diff --git a/pics/cover-blank.png b/pics/cover-blank.png
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diff --git a/tools/make_cover.py b/tools/make_cover.py
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+++ b/tools/make_cover.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Finish the landing-page cover pair from the flux base image.
+
+Stamps the title (so the band name is spelled by us, not by a diffusion
+model) and derives the risograph hover variant (two-ink duotone, offset
+plates, paper grain).  python3 tools/make_cover.py OUT_DIR
+"""
+
+import os
+import random
+import sys
+
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageEnhance, ImageFont, ImageOps
+
+HERE = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+BASE = os.path.join(HERE, "..", "pics", "cover-blank.png")
+
+FONTS = [
+    "/System/Library/Fonts/Supplemental/Impact.ttf",
+    "/System/Library/Fonts/Supplemental/Arial Black.ttf",
+    "/System/Library/Fonts/Helvetica.ttc",
+]
+
+
+def font(size):
+    for f in FONTS:
+        if os.path.exists(f):
+            try:
+                return ImageFont.truetype(f, size)
+            except OSError:
+                continue
+    return ImageFont.load_default()
+
+
+def stamp_title(img):
+    d = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
+    w = img.width
+
+    def line(text, y, size, fill):
+        f = font(size)
+        tw = d.textlength(text, font=f)
+        x = (w - tw) / 2
+        # fat xerox outline: many offset passes
+        for dx in range(-4, 5, 2):
+            for dy in range(-4, 5, 2):
+                d.text((x + dx, y + dy), text, font=f, fill=(12, 10, 8))
+        d.text((x, y), text, font=f, fill=fill)
+
+    line("NOMEANSNO", 26, 118, (238, 232, 220))
+    line("QUEST", 148, 96, (208, 40, 32))
+    return img
+
+
+def riso(img):
+    paper = Image.new("RGB", img.size, (240, 233, 216))
+    g = ImageOps.autocontrast(img.convert("L"))
+    # ink plates from tone bands
+    dark = g.point(lambda v: 255 if v < 90 else 0)
+    mid = g.point(lambda v: 255 if 90 <= v < 175 else 0)
+    blue = Image.new("RGB", img.size, (36, 62, 168))
+    red = Image.new("RGB", img.size, (222, 60, 44))
+    out = paper.copy()
+    # misregistered plates, like a real duplicator on a deadline
+    out.paste(red, (3, 2), mid)
+    out.paste(blue, (0, 0), dark)
+    # grain
+    rng = random.Random(41)
+    px = out.load()
+    for _ in range(img.width * img.height // 14):
+        x = rng.randrange(img.width)
+        y = rng.randrange(img.height)
+        r, gr, b = px[x, y]
+        n = rng.randint(-18, 18)
+        px[x, y] = (max(0, min(255, r + n)), max(0, min(255, gr + n)), max(0, min(255, b + n)))
+    return out
+
+
+def main():
+    out_dir = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else os.path.join(HERE, "..", "covers")
+    os.makedirs(out_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    base = Image.open(BASE).convert("RGB")
+    base = ImageEnhance.Contrast(base).enhance(1.08)
+    titled = stamp_title(base.copy())
+
+    cover = ImageOps.fit(titled, (311, 400), Image.LANCZOS)
+    cover.save(os.path.join(out_dir, "nomeansnoquest.jpg"), quality=88)
+
+    riso_img = ImageOps.fit(riso(stamp_title(base.copy())), (311, 400), Image.LANCZOS)
+    riso_img.save(os.path.join(out_dir, "nomeansnoquest_riso.jpg"), quality=88)
+    print("covers written:", out_dir)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/tools/mb_background.py b/tools/mb_background.py
index 073a348..8b8682a 100755
--- a/tools/mb_background.py
+++ b/tools/mb_background.py
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ def api(path, data=None, raw=False):
 
 def main():
     name, prompt = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
-    job = api("/api/jobs", {"operator": "flux_local", "params": {"prompt": prompt, "width": 1024, "height": 608}})
+    w = int(os.environ.get("MBW", "1024"))
+    h = int(os.environ.get("MBH", "608"))
+    job = api("/api/jobs", {"operator": "flux_local", "params": {"prompt": prompt, "width": w, "height": h}})
     jid = job.get("id") or job.get("job_id")
     print(f"submitted flux_local job {jid}")
     for _ in range(120):