Does anyone use illustrations in their novels?

[foxnflames]

Finished you say I'm actually gonna re edit mine to a 3rd person POV and repost mine on there. But I like it here better too, way more interactive.

[foxnflames]

Lol I figured it was something simple

[alexlcuri07]

I just updated every chapter I have posted, lmao

[KillianRain]

Hey @mrazrielblack

I just pasted my cover on my Prologue to visually hook my readers.

Then I placed another two along the chapters to keep them entertained.

If you want to check it out, here it is:

Empty Land | Tapas

Also, this way I don't need to waste much time describing my OCs' appearences, which is great.

[WolfUnderTheMoon89]

true
and yes hahaha
finished, here it still needs 30 parts

[alexlcuri07]

Update: Copying and pasting doesn't work because it doesn't save the edit. How did you add your pictures??? @KillianRain

[Berserker]

You need to use FIrefox Browser. Then it will let you copy the picture file then right click and paste the file into the desired line. I don't think ctrl + P works. It has to be right click then select paste from the menu.

Edit: And there seems to be an upper limit on the size it will accept. I usually don't paste a picture that is more than 1000 pixels on the smaller side. I'm not sure what the max size of picture is though.

[mrazrielblack]

Fantastic, thanks for the replies guys (that rhymed) and also thanks for sharing your illustrated stories. I'm gonna be checking them out to see how you guys like to do it.

Luckily I use Firefox so hopefully it'll work, either way I'm sure I'm gonna be doing some experimentation in the next few weeks.

I had also looked at Wattpad for the same exact reason but I'm not sure about that platform and seeing some of your views I'm even less sure about posting there now.

But anyways, thanks! I really appreciate it

[MeltingCORE]

I do use illustrations in my series that I make (manga style here too haha).

Red Shift | Tapas

[Penni]

I have art through out my novels (I like to throw my money at artists) and you can add pictures into your novel!

Here's how it works. 1.) Copy your illustration from Photoshop or whatever program you have it on. 2.) Go to Firefox Browser (for some reason, other browsers don't work with this) and get ready to write or post something. The same way you'd upload anything. 3.) Go to your browser's edit option, usually at the top of the screen and physically click "paste." Again, for reasons unknown, CTRL+V doesn't work. However once you do that...BOOM! You get an illustration just like the one below. …

[mcarrowolga]

My book is a collection of short stories in different genres. Every one of the has its own illustration.

Tales from the Afterworld | Tapas

[surenlicious]

I know there are 'cheats' and such like using FireFox to get that image in but I really wish Tapas would give us novel writers the chance to normally put in images. I have so many drawings I want to share, come on.

[haeshin9]

I use royalty free images from Pixabay.

[mrazrielblack]

Well, I've tried copying images through firefox in multiple ways (copying from photoshop and pasting through the browsers edit tab, ctrl-c and ctrl-v along with many many other ways) but for some gosh darn reason it don't want to paste on Tapas. Makes me sad
Anyone know any other ways that might work for this?

[The_Book_Keeper]

I add a custom thumbnail for every chapter I post, but in my case, I do it for improving my drawing skills, all the while adding some context to the story.

[The_Book_Keeper]

the resolution of the picture must be small fo that to work try any resolution under 1000x1000.

[hannahlaine]

You have to use Firefox and actually right click and copy and paste them in.

for the most part I keep my illustrations to only footers reminding readers to like and subscribe and comment... idk if it makes a difference but the graphic took me a minute to make and I like how it looks lol

I also try to do custom header banners for each chapter and the image relates to where (which kingdom) most of the chapter takes place in.

[mrazrielblack]

Alright, interesting point of note for this whole Copy/Paste Firefox situation.

This method works perfectly well on PC. However, on Mac this doesn't work at all. I believe it's because the copy function in their finder windows is somewhat different.

So yeah. this works on PC not so much on Mac. Otherwise all the other suggestions seem to work as well. Keeping it under 1000 pixels, right clicking and copy pasting that way.

Thanks for the help guys.

[JoshRaid]

I wanted to, and I totally do for Wattpad, but it can't be done on tapas to the same degree.

[mrazrielblack]

What do you feel like are the limitations with Tapas as opposed to Wattpad?