I was in Walmart walking in the books section where I found this. They ruined it with color and I didn't imagine Nikki being that. And yes, I did read the original books but looking at this book, it feels more to the younger audience. The book itself feels heavy.

The og artwork felt like it was drawn by the narrator. (Like the wimpy kid books) This feels very computery
I agree
You might not like the new design, which is everyone's personal preference, but what does it have to do with the subreddit's topic? It is just literally coloured 3d-ish version of the 2d flat artstyle?
https://preview.redd.it/rz9r29j7343g1.jpeg?width=1206&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8421c347234fbbfd5df0b7d71c229adb1a71ef2e
But how will we ever find out when she learns to draw hands? (The doodle style was very different than colored in 2d or 3d not sure what cool aid you’re drinking)
Still, different art style does not make it "not like the other girls"? It is a common thing for the same book to have many different covers... If you don't like this specific cover, you can always find books with the og cover. In either way, this post is completely off topic
OP is implying the book series in general not the specific art
"They ruined it with colour" doesn't really imply that for me
the artstyle is completely different. completely. it’s not about the colors and shading.
Still doesn't make it fit the subreddit's topic
Dude same I saw the art and thought "this is some AI bullshit"
yeah it's definitely AI
Dude wasn’t the whole point that Nikki’s drawing it??? Why ruin the fun of the book 😭
She was an artist!! 😭 It’s a huge part of her character, wtf is this
What have they done. Look how they massacred my girls.
I opened the book and saw the page with color and I can't even see Brandon ever again. I'll see if I find a picture online and post it here
This is how I feel about The Babysitters Club.
I work in a bookstore and I constantly have to explain to customers "no, no, these ARE the original babysitters club books, they just redesigned the covers."
https://preview.redd.it/e7ahucj5by2g1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f55bae92f37f753ca646308c1d49cfbb221fe75b
Has like weird emoji face like characters
like Bratz dolls.
The kids LOVE the original books, not sure why they’d fuck it all up like this. I’m hoping they still release new books with the old style
This really just sucks the charm right out of these books.
Omg I haven’t thought about this book series in years. Why is the blonde girl’s eyes looking backwards but in her reflection they’re facing forward? 💀 even if this isn’t AI, the art style is trash, I’m sorry. It feels too airbrushed and “polished”, if that makes sense.
Omg yes!! Her reflection doesn’t even match her.
Blonde girls who like pink always get done dirty. It’s so rude.
Wtf is this it looks like AI... 😭 Is this really what kids like these days? Damn... The old artworks were so cool.
DELETE this. ABSOLUTELY not
Why would I delete this? I just wanted to post it for people to see it
no not you, the book needs to be deleted!!
i read these as a kid all the timee.. they ruined it!
https://preview.redd.it/60k4jhss683g1.jpeg?width=1206&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44586b7672658db709a9ddf5e0106f3536b95df0
🫵 WITCH 🫵
This feels very soulless..... is this AI?
I don't think so
I believe it’s illustrated by the authors daughter
It looks like it to me
Are all of the illustrations like this, or is it just the cover?? If so….that kind of defeats the whole point. I wouldn’t even mind if they were all colored as long as they still had Nikki’s artstyle. I know Nikki was supposed to be a talented artist but no one’s making that in their diary
I believe this is the first colored book I saw according to their website
FULL COLOR EDITION? WHO IS COLORING THEIR DIARIES? I'M SUPPOSED TO BE READING A DIARY NOT A BOOK.
I think I’m too old for this reference.
i normally don’t complain about new character designs, but why do they look like that? i hate it, ew. the charm of these books to me was always that it looked like the art was hand drawn.
It looks like they used a bunch of clip art to create one giant clip art scene
What the hell
What the fuck. This can’t be real, they cannot be serious. This can’t be serious.
I have journaled almost my entire life because of this book series and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I absolutely adored these books when I was a kid. Just today I was thinking about the little smiley faces I still draw because of this series in particular.
What the fuck did they do 😭
I don't know these books. What is it about?
They're pre-teen books about a relatable girl, Nikki, going to a new school, having a crush, making friends, beefing with the popular spoiled girl, etc.
they're kinda the girl flavor of "diary of a wimpy kid." In that they're illustrated chapter books. I read them in the 5th grade, when being in middle/high school was cool and grown up.
I think the books might not have been available in the Netherlands. I really did not know this. But we did have similar books. Hoe overleef ik serie, or translated. How do I survive series. That kind of books were great and are fun when you're that age
I'm also Dutch and I was obsessed with this series as a kid (born 2008). They're called Dagboek van een Muts here, if that rings a bell? A lot of other girls in my grade also had the books, so it's not very niche in my experience either. Maybe it's just a generational thing? They started getting released in the late 2000s, so you might've just not been part of the target age demographic anymore at that point.
I was a teenager in the late 2000's so it could have released but maybe my genres were not there. I love fantasy books so maybe I was reading those. I remember reading a lot of Carry Slee and books that had emphasis on mental or physical problems but I don't remember the titles. Oh and the Mask of Zorro. That one made an impact on me because it had murder in the story
This and junie b jones😭😭😭😭😭 MAKE IT STOP PLEASE
wait isn’t the man character based off the authors niece?? A BLACK GIRL!?!?!
YES! Idk no one has said this, literally the most important part
thank god i still have all my dork diaries books to pass down to my future daughter so she can experience REAL culture
Mackenzie is blonde???
i thought this was obvious lol
I always saw her as a brunette..
I also saw her as a brunette despite the book stating she was blonde… I just ignored it lmao
I've never been a fan of dork diaries, the bits I heard sound quite annoying and I've only seen the wimpy kid movies because rodrick but seriously this looks like a total downgrade.
My favorite books as a kid ughhh
got my middle name from mackenzie! (i’m adopted and got to pick it) but decided to spell it as Mackinzi
im sorry.. what... I havent read these in a while, but the last art style i read was more drawing-y this feels computer like and it js makes it less nostalgic? idk
this art looks terrible
ew wtf is this, the og was perfect >:(
This feels so cursed😭
I don’t like it
This was my teen years and what is this AI-generated cover? It looks so computerised, I can't... I take personal umbrage with this because this was my comfort book for so long.
weren’t they all dark-skinned? 😭
None of them even look dorky
nooooooooo!!!! whyyyyyyyy!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭
Omg nooooooo
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She’s also like a pop-star, or something.. I think she was on a tv show? Haven’t read in years, but yeah she’s not really a “dork” anymore.
Me personally I like that they added colors it looks more appealing to me personally cause when I used to read it I always imagined how it would look if it was colored and I actually like it that way
But not with this soulless af artwork 😭
it lmao I don’t see why I’m getting downvoted for a different opinion