I've been working 100% in Linux for the last 4 months if you're wondering how this experiment turned out.

This has been my last few days, so some notes if you're going on a Linux+CSP journey: - Install the latest version of Wine! The one in your distro provides is likely outdated, check here to install it correctly: gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/...

Everybody is saying that you should hire me to absolutely nail the look of your characters in 2026

"people can still download your art from bsky and feed it into AI" if gamer behavior has taught me anything, just one extra button press is more than enough to annoy a MASSIVE amount of people into not making the effort

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"This doesn't affect you because you animate, so you are fine." No. This sucks and this is really dangerous. In solidarity with all artists, Please be cautious. I know many will remain on Twitter because they have mostly everything here but be aware this time it's worse than the other times.

Hey new folks, here's a collection of top tier artists you can follow. Concept Artists: go.bsky.app/TyNJQ99 Creature Designers: go.bsky.app/SBCxqoa Pro Illustrators 1: go.bsky.app/79aS32C Pro Illustrators 2: go.bsky.app/D3T5kF Good Paleoartists: go.bsky.app/RYwJUEK

Did someone add me to a starter pack what's going on here

Another older drawing salvaged from Instagram. Still like this one.

Here are some machines I grabbed from Instagram, all of which are from like 2017 or 2016 Sorry about the tiny resolutions, this is apparently what I was uploading nearly a decade (!) ago

remember parody? those were the days

they didn't need AI to make Silksong, it just needed some deeply insane guys to have a blank check for living expenses until their next thing was done, I think we should try doing more of that instead

And now Minnie!

Puppy portrait! Did a little drawing of my brother’s dog, Winnie.

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.

muppet christmas carol (happy holidays!)

I keep seeing that “Gen Z Republicans, let’s ask them what’s up” thing going around and honestly I remember a bunch of kids my age having those beliefs when I was younger, too. It’s not some new thing. Regressive ideas get taught and reinforced all the time.

Another older drawing salvaged from Instagram. Still like this one.

Here are some machines I grabbed from Instagram, all of which are from like 2017 or 2016 Sorry about the tiny resolutions, this is apparently what I was uploading nearly a decade (!) ago

I haven't been to my Instagram in forever and oh my god there's a lot of old art there

In today's PDAP / DD4 Production Diary, - did I rise to the challenge and finish inking Chapter Six before the holiday break? - Either way, I have *25* new pages to show you! www.patreon.com/posts/146272...

I spoke to a dozen professional concept artists working in games about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs easier, even if it's just used in "very early ideation stages." Zero said "yes." Most said it made their job harder. I learnt a lot about concept artists. You should too!

once again screaming at people about her public document full of historical clothing references and resources (which had it's most recent update on the 12th of january last year!) heystacks.com/doc/1247/cla...

Ask your agent to request anti-AI provisions in the contract/push back against clauses that require them to ok AI use! We kept saying “authors will hate this” and being told “nobody’s complained”

A huge part of the book-banning project aims to make work that provides a public good feel impossible and unsafe! It targets authors, absolutely, but it’s also trying to add unreasonable administrative burdens to the work of teachers and librarians.

Self-consciousness about your art feels unpleasant, but it means your tastes are growing. Your personal taste as it guides your work is kind of an essential part of being an artist. Practice builds your skills and your point of view! You want to develop the Artist’s Hand *and* the Eye, so to speak.

Ok 2026 plan: I really gotta make time to just doodle fun things again

ahh!!! is it the skill-taste gap chart?! I think about it all the time. bsky.app/profile/kody...

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periodically I'll see a backlash that goes a little too far or seems kinda unfair. i never say anything because i think we need to be kinda unhinged and zealous in our response to this shit. I'd take an honest-to-God crusade against this stuff over letting it proliferate.

This is such a bad take I had to block the person no matter how many smart people I like follow them lmao This is presumes that all creative output must be availed to the public. This is stupid. You do not owe everyone a behind-the-scenes look at your development if you don’t want to.

We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier. Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder. thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...

I forgot I could just idly doodle with no plans for fun. I forgot I could just enjoy drawing.

This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default. And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit

The lesson from Facebook is that trying to personalize the web is baby steps. The far more useful tactic is to *anti-personalize* the web. It's to shove shit at you that you don't want, and measure how long it takes to wear you down. It's a web that knows hate renders stronger preferences than likes

Scanned the entire final prints of the "People of the Corners" risograph art book; whole thing is up on patreon - www.patreon.com/evandahm

I had to watch Alabama's ban on gender affirming care for minors go into effect. It impacted multiple people in my life. It is cruel beyond words. Pick up the phone. Call all of your reps. Don't tell me it won't matter--I call Tommy Tuberville. EVERY FUCKIN' TIME. I won't gift them silence on this.

not that it would convince any AI turds but this is the best way to explain it They want the tip of the triangle with nothing under it

Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social has signed & sketched another batch of the Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen hardcover. We've got them in our etsy shop and will ship them to you IMMEDIATELY. They're signed by a bunch of the artists depicted on the cover, too! helioscopepdx.etsy.com/listing/4311...

The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out. This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.

The Palia beta literally had unreal mannequins as NPC placeholders! This is good for development! You do not want overly rendered placeholders, it completely hurts the foundation evaluation of your game. Grayboxing is simple and ugly ON PURPOSE

Not to add to the din but I can't emphasize it enough; I couldn't think of another link in the chain of game dev more disastrous to poison with generative AI than concept art.

I don't think Larian's CEO understands how art is made: aftermath.site/larian-ceo-ai-...

Even more #spaceships from #Predator #Badlands The first one was my favorite, but did not get picked ^^

you ever write an email and then realize a few hours later that you forgot to hit send

My upcoming middle grade graphic novel Inbetweens (which is based on my mixed experience at animation college) got a starred review in School Library Journal! YAY! www.slj.com/review/inbet...

Introducing Comix Cleric, a web framework that makes it easier than ever to make and host your webcomic YOUR way! Crafted BY comic creators FOR comic creators and jam packed with features, you can learn more by checking out the Kickstarter NOW! #comic #webcomic #webcomics #kickstarter