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-# podcast-cover-brainstorm
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+# Podcast Cover Art Brainstorm Kit
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-Podcast cover art concept checklist and prompt starters
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+Independent podcasters can explore cover concepts quickly with [Raphael AI](https://raphael.app) before hiring a designer or finishing their own artwork.
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+## Constraints of podcast covers
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+- Square, at least 1400 x 1400 px, readable as a tiny thumbnail.
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+- One strong subject, high contrast, few colours.
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+- Leave empty space for the show title, which you add later in an editor.
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+## Prompt starters
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+- `bold minimal illustration of a vintage microphone wrapped in vines, two colours, lots of negative space`
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+- `retro screen-print style lighthouse at night, teal and orange, poster look`
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+- `paper cut-out style city skyline, layered, soft shadows`
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+## Thumbnail test
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+Shrink each candidate to 100 px wide next to covers from your category. If you cannot tell what it is, simplify the prompt.
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+## Final steps
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+Add the title in a vector editor with a font you have the right to use, then export PNG and JPEG versions.
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+## About the tool
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+[Raphael AI](https://raphael.app) is a free online text-to-image tool: https://raphael.app
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+License: MIT for the checklists in this repo.
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