A recent post in c/main has sparked interest in finding a new sidebar banner for our instance. The current one is AI generated, and was chosen by our users from a bunch of other AI-generated submissions. It has been three years since then. Also, the mood toward AI has shifted. Maybe it’s time for something new, and human-made?
This post is a place to collect submissions for new banner artwork. Put your art in the comments below! We plan to leave this post open for two weeks, and hold a vote on Friday, Sept. 11.
For context, here is the recent post in c/main: https://sh.itjust.works/post/65729579
Here is the old banner discussion: https://sh.itjust.works/post/1022097
And here is the old banner vote: https://sh.itjust.works/post/1432783
(Unfortunately, some of the image links are broken.)


AI produces the purest blob of lowest common denominator, displaying all the life of a twirling gas station hotdog. There’s no journey in AI pics. No thought or feeling. I’d take novel, amateurish humanity over corporate blandness any day. The only people I routinely find using AI are republicans and my illiterate friend.
Check out my masterpiece! I call it: “Only republicans use AI and my illiterate friend”
It’s very technically impressive. You should submit it
I am confused, I thought you would be angry it’s ai?
I think you need to take a good long gander at some of these submissions. 🤣
This is so ridiculous.
Did you seriously just “you must be a republican and therefore are wrong by association” me? Good lord…
I don’t think they’re 100% serious attempts within the first 4 days, but I do like at least one of them for the sidebar.
And I didn’t call you a republican, just a philistine. My friend certainly isn’t a republican.