To say anyone did a half assed job about anything is rude.
To say some of our most prolific (and excellent) cover makers did a half assed job, is VERY RUDE.
To call people half assed, and then ask for help, is....well....erm....silly. Yes I'll refrain from the myriad of other words that sprung to mind and stick with silly.
I know you didn't mean it, I understand your background, but I have said 'think before you post' so many times now, and I'm bored with it. How would it make you feel if you produced something for someone, and someone else called it half assed?
Even some of the covers I did when I started out, which, quite frankly I am embarrassed about being on the site, I would not take kindly to them being called half assed, as they were produced to the best of my ability at the time.