The way profit maxxing corpo culture has invaded every form of art through algorithms pushing people into daily posting is really weighing on me lately. Efficiency and regularity of making "content" being prized above all else feels so grim, man.

The Free Speech Coalition is serious about starting an adult industry credit union. Part of this is being able to show regulators that enough people would use it, so please fill out this form if you're interested! (Yes, credit unions can issue credit cards!) www.freespeechcoalition.com/survey

incubation

Thank you for the amazing response to HADES II on Xbox and PlayStation!🌖🙏 We hope you enjoy meeting all our gods, ghosts, and monsters from Greek myth... such as fire-thief Prometheus, voiced by the one and only @benstarr.bsky.social and featured in this new piece by @0jenzee0.bsky.social!

Hello #portfolioday! ❤️ I adore drawing characters, fantasy, and fanart, and love getting carried away with the small details and personal touches. Portfolio: melbergy.wixsite.com/artbymelfaris Contact: [email protected]

Whiteboard dragon that I drew and put in my cubicle 😌🩵

Hello #portfolioday! ❤️ I adore drawing characters, fantasy, and fanart, and love getting carried away with the small details and personal touches. Portfolio: melbergy.wixsite.com/artbymelfaris Contact: [email protected]

cm #ffxiv

Wore my haori yesterday and got a few compliments, including from an older lady at the gas station ;_; ❤️ Also some pics of plants growing in the rain; it's full springtime now! Salmon berries are flowering and it's so vibrant out there ☺️

Integrity crew landed back on earth and departed the vessel safe and sound!! AAAAAAH I'm so happy, this entire mission to the moon and back has been incredible to witness ❤️ Honestly haven't been this excited and overjoyed about a current world event in a long time. ;_; I love space!!

It is happening again.

They're going after horror, we said this would happen

Me, calling my grandma: "Heard you had a cold, how're you feeling?" Grandma: "I didn't have a cold! Just a small cough." Uncle calls me back: "She *was* sick and has been coughing a lot, don't let her fool you!" *Grandma, in the background, distinctly calling him a liar* GRANDMA PLS

📢 My Intro to Character Design Guide is now LIVE 🎉🎉🎉 ✨50+ slides of basics, thought processes, and workflows 🌱Available on my Vgen and Kofi 🙏This was a big project! Shares are hugely appreciated! 💬more info in thread

So this special little game, the first industry game I ever worked on, is out TOMORROW!! People of Note is such a huge part of who I am as an artist and developer today. Every environment has a piece of my heart in it. I hoped that someday people would be able to play it, and it's finally here 🥹❤️

exalt : the mirror. ichnaea, by @ emahriel

I cannot believe there's a BERSERK REFERENCE in Spiritfarer omg... Good tastes, devs. This is where I drop the lore that my FFXIV character is named in part after Casca ❤️ ;_;

Feeling well enough to try a little Spiritfarer stream today! I still have a cough so it might only be a 1-2 hour stream; hopefully I don't cough too much. I made some tea with honey, that should help a little! www.twitch.tv/farisflare

Man it's so, so cool to watch the moon rise tonight and think "There's four people flying to the moon RIGHT NOW". Right now!! They're in space zooming to the moon! I love space ❤️

We have a calendar whiteboard at work and my coworker said "you like to draw, can you decorate this?" and I was like "YES PLEASE" She said she liked cherry blossoms so I drew a branch in bloom on top and then put a lil bunny for Easter 😌

[NSFW] COMMISSIONS OPENING 🩸 tonight, 4 / 03 @ 9PM EST spot illustrations aiming to capture dynamic angles, character interactions, and plot through illuminated vignettes. no background but an eerie gloam. either caught in the act, or nonsexual states of undress : let us see it! #commission

A sunny day at Restinga beach 🌺🌴✨ Time to hydrate with sweet popsicles! #shark

Tfw you're recovering from being sick but still suffering from coughing and phlegm and then have a coughing fit at work after eating an apple 🫠 Uggghhhh I need a break from coughing

ONE WEEK LEFT! 🍄 Pre-order the newest I Was a Teenage Exocolonist plushie - a vriki with glowing eyes! ‼️Pre-orders end on April 6th & these will be unavailable after that! www.makeship.com/products/glo...

This probably seems obvious to some of you, but art that you personally abhor does not necessarily have to reflect on an artist's character, desires or actions in reality. I think it is a dangerous precedent to restrict one's artistic freedom to tell stories or create art in ANY form.

Back to working on my big beach theme Exo piece, figured the burnout might be gone by now, and if I start now then maybe it'll actually be done by summer! Currently working on Vace 😌

Leon S.Kennedy.🖤Cold rain seeps to my soul... #leonRE #ResidentEvilRequiem #fanart

Had a doozy of a night last night so I might not stream today; if I do it'll be later today depending on if I feel better by then!

Me: ah I just have a mild cold Also me: gets a raging fever Oh, oh I see. 🫠 Save me alka seltzer

Was looking forward to the weekend and hoping to go to a cafe today to treat myself and ship out some orders, but I've obviously come down with a mild 'unwell' bug of some sort and my energy has been sapped since yesterday evening ;_; Bleargh... I desperately need a nice normal weekend...

today is my birthday & i’d really appreciate it if yall would take a peek at my #store and/or share this! we just put a ton of things on clearance & we’re running a big sale on all cotton items my clothes are made ethically, have big pockets, & come in sizes S-6X store.mayakern.com

GIVEAWAY 🩸 to celebrate a change in the season, I am offering one "surprise me" illustration! all characters welcome! nsfw allowed for final artwork. to enter : 🪦 repost 🪦 comment your character : tell me about them! 🪦 follows [not] required, but appreciated ENDS APRIL 10TH

I finally finished this artwork! An initial experiment I did using 3D models of the city of Tidebay to draw over and create the city skyline in the background of the artwork, it was fun to do! ✨ #shark

Dragon doodle while I take notes at the new job 😌

“We’re “”just”” using ai for concepts but then meticulously following its orders by hand” is just production cuckoldry, you’re cucking yourselves

I have a bunch of art ideas but I'm still getting used to working full-time again (I got a job and my first week was last week!), so it's going to be veeeeery slow drawing for the time being. BUT it'll be worth it when I'm able to pay bills again without stressing out if I can afford it!!

This is the really big news here imo, its not just the sora app thats gone but chatgpt wont be doing videos either. This is a massive hit to openAI. Hopefully this hit causes internal bleeding that kills them as painfully as possible.

My elezen and the things in her pockets

Dragging myself out of the past week's trenches to finally continue Spiritfarer on stream!! www.twitch.tv/farisflare

I finally tested my purple paper and I love it! ☺️💜 #TraditionalArt #MixedMedia

the delight maker

Hayao Miyazaki has recreated/redrawn 31 scenes from his films in "Panorama Boxes", on display starting July 8 at Ghibli Park. >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=toVU...

I currently have my hot Chronos fanart as my phone lockscreen and sometimes I'll just stare at it and think "wow, I drew that??" Which feels SO GOOD to say about my own art, haha

I forgot to post this!! Latest commission I completed for a small bookstore near me! I got to draw a cool green fox with a bunch of books and I love them 💚😌 The owner reached out because of the magical deer I've drawn in the past waaaa 🥺 #art #Farisart #commission #artwork #CommsOpen

I forgot to post this!! Latest commission I completed for a small bookstore near me! I got to draw a cool green fox with a bunch of books and I love them 💚😌 The owner reached out because of the magical deer I've drawn in the past waaaa 🥺 #art #Farisart #commission #artwork #CommsOpen

2nd day finished at my new full-time job, and while I'm relieved to have it (because art unfortunately can't pay the bills right now), I already miss streaming and just being comfortable at home. ;_; Also got hit by a dumb migraine yesterday so I've been suffering even more, bleh.

New pack releases this Friday, exclusive to TrueRef.io! ❤️‍🔥 TrueRef: real references or real artist.

Everything Burns! #FF14 #FFXIV