Why is my cover being rejected?

[Rauxon]

Hello everyone,

I'm facing some frustration as I keep trying to update the cover of my story and I'm getting rejected being told that the covers are NSFW. But I can easily go find stories with just as revealing if not way worse covers than my own. Can someone help enlighten me what I'm doing wrong?

I've attached the two covers I've tried, the first one I tried was with just the two characters and I was told too much skin. The second one I tried with more characters and was just told NSFW.

But I just went and scrolled through stories active on SH already and found 10+ stories in the first several pages with covers just as bad if not worse? Some of them are outright saying they are righting hentai and my story doesn't even have smut in it, so I'm confused.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

I suspect the proportions of the women shown are setting off red flags. Especially with that first image.

 

[Rauxon]

I suspect the proportions of the women shown are setting off red flags. Especially with that first image.

I'm not denying some sex appeal on my covers, but when stories like "A Pervert's World" have huge side boob hanging out on the cover or "Dead Man's Harem" has huge boobs and almost an upskirt, I'm like, why is mine rejected??

 

[SirContro]

Because it's not good enough.

 

[MasterY001]

Side-boob, I guess?

 

[JayMark]

Overly ginormus badonkers. We're talking some honking badonkers. Some bonking, honking, wonking, bouncing, flouncing, trouncing, watermelon sized monakers. These are some big old humungous garbonzo laden bonkers.

But in all honesty it's probably the thong.

 

[Anonjohn20]

I'm not denying some sex appeal on my covers, but when stories like "A Pervert's World" have huge side boob hanging out on the cover or "Dead Man's Harem" has huge boobs and almost an upskirt, I'm like, why is mine rejected??

For your approval's sake, in both of those examples you gave, the ladies are still wearing more clothes than the main female in your story. Make her bottom half less revealing and use a more realistic top. Her breasts are defying gravity.

For the readers' sake, each and every character in your photos seems to be in a slightly different art style. It's very jarring; ask your AI bot for some consistency.

 

[PancakesWitch]

I'm not denying some sex appeal on my covers, but when stories like "A Pervert's World" have huge side boob hanging out on the cover or "Dead Man's Harem" has huge boobs and almost an upskirt, I'm like, why is mine rejected??

Those probably uploaded their covers before the new bot appeared, and since then haven't changed them

 

[Alski]

For your approval's sake, in both of those examples you gave, the ladies are still wearing more clothes than the main female in your story. Make her bottom half less revealing and use a more realistic top. Her breasts are defying gravity.

He should also tone down the size of her legs/ass, you wont find anyone outside of a 200kg fat person with a bottom half like that.

 

[Rauxon]

Those probably uploaded their covers before the new bot appeared, and since then haven't changed them

This is the answer I'm looking for, I didn't know there was some new bot.

To the others who have answered, I appreciate your responses. As to how "realistic" the proportions are, it's actually written into the lore of my story why she looks like that, it's not just there for eye candy or meaningless sex appeal.

Thank you to all who responded.

 

[MarekSusicky]

it's not just there for eye candy or meaningless sex appeal.

I mean...

 

[ArchlordZero]

It's not the badonkers. It's the overall skin shown by the waifu

 

[RepresentingDesire]

I think it hasn't the right size.

 

[Ai-chan]

Hello everyone,

I'm facing some frustration as I keep trying to update the cover of my story and I'm getting rejected being told that the covers are NSFW. But I can easily go find stories with just as revealing if not way worse covers than my own. Can someone help enlighten me what I'm doing wrong?

I've attached the two covers I've tried, the first one I tried was with just the two characters and I was told too much skin. The second one I tried with more characters and was just told NSFW.

But I just went and scrolled through stories active on SH already and found 10+ stories in the first several pages with covers just as bad if not worse? Some of them are outright saying they are righting hentai and my story doesn't even have smut in it, so I'm confused.

The female crotch area. Cover it with some red shorts and it should be more acceptable. Also put a bit more cloth on the chest area. On scribblehub, it's not just "as long as the skin is covered" it's also "make sure the leftover skin doesn't suggest THE THING".

 

[lambenttyto]

Lol

 

[Paul__Michaels]

Yeah, a smut author here. I don't see what's nailing your cover. Everyone seems to be focusing on the girls when maybe it the guys on the that are at fault here

But in all honesty. Try posting the cover with one character and seem if it keeps getting rejected. Who knows, there might be a glitch in the system. And if there is maybe it can be fixed by creating a new page for your book.

 

[Rauxon]

Yeah, a smut author here. I don't see what's nailing your cover. Everyone seems to be focusing on the girls when maybe it the guys on the that are at fault here

But in all honesty. Try posting the cover with one character and seem if it keeps getting rejected. Who knows, there might be a glitch in the system. And if there is maybe it can be fixed by creating a new page for your book.

I really appreciate this answer because I'm expecting criticism just based on my content but, in case anyone is curious:

The woman in the picture is not human. She's a race in my story inspired by the Asari from Mass Effect. They are an all-female matriarch warrior society that can have kids from age 25-100 and mate with almost any race.

Someone above said "those proportions would never be on someone in real life." Hey, I'm not arguing. But keep in mind, the woman pictured, in story, she's 7'8" and weighs almost 600 pounds, most of that is muscle.

I didn't just write this race to have them be "Oooh, big booba sexy women." The core message with them is that they can be sexy, enjoy sex, and there still be more to them than just the flat one-side fact of objectification. Every single one I write as deep, layered characters.

Ok, end soap box rant. ?

 

[Alski]

Someone above said "those proportions would never be on someone in real life." Hey, I'm not arguing. But keep in mind, the woman pictured, in story, she's 7'8" and weighs almost 600 pounds, most of that is muscle.

Its the disproportion between the upper body and lower body, if you say shes 600lb she has 500 of than in her legs/ass.

 

[Rauxon]

Its the disproportion between the upper body and lower body, if you say shes 600lb she has 500 of than in her legs/ass.

? entertaining observation, but I promise I actually calculated out the weights and proportions based on human anatomy, factoring in her height, muscle mass, and bust size.

 

[ConansWitchBaby]

The ever so slight curve of the inner thigh would set off alarms for a bot.