It’s rough and the timeline is reflecting that but there are so many creatives, artists and devs doing their thing everyday on here regardless and they need support as well. Engage with the art you see and enjoy its worthwhile for you and the artist on the other side of the screen.

Friendly reminder - It's ok to take your time, even if it's super long on projects, hobbies, etc. You don't need to post everyday, social media is an absolute joke. Breaking yourself by bending over backwards to please it will destroy you, your passions, and any fulfillment you get out of anything

🌟 5k FREE ART RAFFLE 🌟✨ The winner gets a pic similar to these shown of their character! 🌟 RULES: • You must be following me, new followers welcome! • Repost this post • Comment your favorite cuisine RAFFLE starts as of posting; and it ENDS when 5k is reached! - winner will be PM’ed

I keep this one saved

Save often. Don't rely on autosave. Make multiple copies of your files because one of them WILL corrupt and you'll have to start over. Always make backups that are separate from your main files.

I dunno if anyone else needs to hear this today besides me, but just in case: Being tired is not laziness. Resting is not laziness. They were wrong to mock and punish you for that growing up. Your body needs rest. You are allowed to rest. 💖

I've been working on several cat/cat adjacent pieces lately & the primary takeaway is that cats are weirdly fleshy... Extra fleshy mouths, weird little flesh nubbins on their legs, lots of wrinkles under all the fur... like, why are they so fleshy? Flesh? Double it, give it to the next cat.

Someone loves you. And they aren't stupid or wrong. They've decided for themselves, whether you like it or not, that they love you. You may think you're not worthy or capable of being loved, but they're proof you are, and you can't do one flippin flyin thing about it.

IF YOU SEE THIS CLOSE THE TAB IMMEDIATELY this is a trick to install malware on your machine. it is not a real captcha system.

some streamers have this already & as usual, it's opt-in by default If you are opted into this (unsure if any notifications were sent, they usually aren't) then you can disable it in your creator dashboard under Settings - Stream If it's not active on your channel the option won't be there

Heads up: Discord scammers are now contacting legitimate artists asking for "advice" on how to get sales. What they are actually asking you is how to better evade moderation detection. Do not fall for it.

Strongly recommend other artists, whether you do SFW-only or NSFW art, IMMEDIATELY get at least one backup payment processor besides PayPal set up for invoicing, seems likely this is gonna affect way more undeserving artists' accounts based on arbitrary search terms. I could use suggestions myself!

A German court has ruled that Google is liable for the false statements generated by its AI Overviews feature. The ruling could have massive impacts on the world's biggest search engine, which recently doubled down on giving users AI-generated results. www.wired.com/story/a-cour...

Please call your reps, this thing is so evil

You're an artist even if nobody sees your art. You're a musician if nobody hears your music. What makes you a creator is when you create.

No, the assumption that disabled people require our colleagues’ stolen words and illustrations chopped up and spewed out in order to participate in art is ableist. We have BEEN creating art. Many of the works you love? Made by someone marginalized out of traditional jobs.

Happy to continue painting the way people did at least 3600 years ago.

Absolutely this!! Like I genuinely wanna support other creatives but Instagram, facebook, & twitter are completely unviewable if you don't have an account. Even some portions of tiktok can't be viewed without an account! You are limiting yourself substantially if these are your only platforms.

YALL FR Instagram blocks your content from anyone who doesn’t have an account or the app. The number of times I find an artist who’s only on IG and I’m like “damn okay 🪦🥀” and just leave.

Please consider signing this petition - there are legitimately enough data centers as is, but even if this was "absolutely necessary"; there is no reason it needs to be in a residental area much less next to a ZOO.

it's time again!! Starter pack time! Here's a whole bunch of LGBTQ+ artists and creators you can support this pride 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 And i would love to add more!! to join: ❤️Introduce yourself 💛Show off your art 💚Share 💙Tag some friends(optional) go.bsky.app/N2iHCYL

If you are commissioning an artist, and want a specific pose, don't run to genAI to try and make it for you. Draw a stick person. Stick person poses are beloved among all artists. We can see exactly what you want. Do not fear sending the stick person. The stick person is magical.

✨QRP with your pride flags ✨ Anubis is a proud member of the Bisexual & Poly community, while Sota is a proud member of the Demian community!

"what if my art is ugly or bad?" what if you were someone's favorite artist. what if someone was inspired to become an artist because of you. NEVER stop posting your art!!

Gross Ko-fi customer support imposter scam going around. Do not click any links from anyone you don't know and report these types of accounts.

You don't even need to be a California or US resident to sign, altho california residents have a bigger emphasis, please take a moment to consider signing. Creatives deserve transparency on if their works were used.

W/ the recent bluesky issue, I saw some recommendations to go to pillowfort - anyone have any experience with it? Good, bad?? I like their pro-nsfw and Anti-ai stances which are big selling points but I legitimately have never even heard of them before...worried about joining just to have bsky 2.0

"You’re going to get left behind if you don’t use AI.” Leave me then. Leave me with my critical thinking skills, my ability to read and write long-form, and books without needing AI summaries.

Reposting, because I'm not seeing a lot of non-NSFW artists talking about this and I'm starting to see the accounts go down If you want to see NSFW Art specifically-- remember to set your "Sexually Suggestive (cartoon)" setting to warn/show It's a totally different setting to the other NSFW labels

A glaring issue with bsky's nsfw account lable is that it's expected to only be used against people who don't label their nsfw. It's not gonna stop there, we know that. It's gonna be used against anyone including those who follow the rules & who get falsely labeled.

Now is the time to make your thing. Stop motion with LEGO, webcomic, walking sim game, weird Halloween costume, backyard water feature, container garden. This is your sign. Make your thing. Stop waiting. Do it.

If you have a Git Hub account, go share your thoughts about this here. Be civil, but strong in our convictions. Let make our voices heard.

I'm so tired of companies deciding what I can & can't see. I am an adult; I'm capable of handling adult oriented materials, thoughts, & opinions - I do not need a company to handle my decision-making for me.

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

if it isn't clear, I'm with the 18+ artists. don't think because the majority of my art is market friendly that it means I am. fuck censorship, fuck fascism, fuck puritanism. people should have the choice to decide what they want to see, not have the choice made for them.

I got this email yesterday and I've been working to delete my account. Just finalized it. I wish a happy bankruptcy to every company forcing us into unwanted, anti-human AI sloptools. I've updated all my socials, but just so everyone knows, my new link page is: keymonster.carrd.co #noai

In light of bluesky + a huge majority of other popular social media sites trying as hard as they can to destroy the livelihoods of people who make porn, I want to thank the non-creators who consistently stand up for us, support our work, share our posts, and treat us like they'd treat anyone else

With all these changes with censorship here, I am begging people now to take the time to REALLY boost your favorite artists more than usual. The lack of being seen is going to hurt so many Artists who rely on this site for sales. That's food, rent, & much more. So please, repost/comment. 🙏

bsky too quiet? missing comments? not seeing posts from spicy artists? check your moderation settings and your bsky filters if you haven't configured these before, many of these will be set to hide as defaults

If you are feeling down about working in this industry - please remember this: You have more to offer to the world with your art than just landing a job. Your decision to peruse art was not a mistake. Your art matters- it matters to me and it matters to us. Now more than ever - create. Don’t stop❤️

sorry lots of angry reposts today but if you break the blorbo part of my brain all that's left is someone being very very pissed at the state of everything

Backup day here. If you do any sort of creative work (or collect/purchase/save such materials digitally), protect yourself from headache and heartache in the future!

These AI companies are trying SO HARD to get you to accept it. "Look! We got these popular artists to use it and endorse it! You like these artists, don't you? Don't you want to support your favorite artists?" THEY ARE LOSING MONEY AND NEED YOU TO BUY IN. DON'T FALL FOR IT.

yikes :(

Please keep creating, even if you think you suck at it, please keep going. What you're doing matters so much more than you realize in a world that is actively trying to suck out creativity and heart from the world for the sake profit and greed Be the heart the world needs

CA’s transparency bill AB-412 (which forces GenAi companies to disclose if their datasets are using YOUR copyrighted works) is in a slow march to become a bill. Also due to massive tech opposition, they make us all work for it every step of the way. Don’t let em win, sign the petition below asap!👇

As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!

Spent 2 days working on the tail section before I realized the fur is going in the wrong direction… 🤪 bright side - I caught it now & it can be fixed! But currently feeling a little internally screamy Either way, please appreciate this beautiful fur while I go erase it.. #wip #art #artistmistakes

Recently learned about csp’s “creative hours” feature, & thought it would be cool feature to get a more accurate feel for time spent per project. apparently it’s not the same as “work time” on canvas & works w/ multiple canvases open (?) - here’s how to enable it for the curious! ~