𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄, a guide to making covers

Quality of Covers on Wattpad Nowadays

Surprise, bitches!

𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 yoghurtfleur 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲.

𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫.

𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓:

"𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕-𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒆?"

(feel free to add your thoughts inline or wherever!)

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬.

I know like next to nothing about the graphic community in Wattpad nowadays. I only pay attention to my friends lmao. SO, I won't make comments on the shops being mostly text-on.

I seem to remember there were a lot of manip shops here when I first started. I definitely have noticed a shift since then though, so you are probably right

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥.

I can say for sure that quality has absolutely no relation with the covers being text-on. Some of the most gorgeous covers on this app are text-on.

I can name at least two non-manip cover shops that are honestly super good?? I know they work their asses off for each of their covers, and it honestly shows! Like I mentioned long ago, text-on does not equal no effort!

So, why is the quality the worst for text-on covers?

I see two sides to this.

The problem lies in, as you said, the effort designers put into a cover. With the growing number of shops opening on Wattpad nowadays, it's honestly hard to find shops with good quality like Meha's or Natt's.