For those not in those circles, I just need to remind you that losing a job to AI is not a vibes based idea. We are being told explicitly by art directors that we are being weighed against AI for jobs, people on teams fighting against the AD and you. It sucks. It’s demoralizing.

I'd say I'm "the cold makes hand/wrist joints hurt " years old but this has been true since i was a teen soooo Lol

late to the party, but this face angle is something i've ALWAYS loved and practiced endlessly

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.

I'm old. If you're not, listen to this. Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder. Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever. It's literally never been more important.

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a heteromultivalent nanogel capable of killing some of the most dangerous bacteria known to medicine- with over 99.9% effectiveness against P. aeruginosa. It also showed strong antibacterial effects against other major threats, including E. coli and MRSA.

AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!

1/3 Massive efforts are being done to ensure states do not regulate GenAI. Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech! On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill. We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives! Rsvp link in thread!

I... Think one of my shrimp might have or is about to have some eggs?? Finally?

All these cute clothes things i would like to get good enough to make/wear some day but i dont live somewhere cold enough to wear most of it

Finished pieces!!! Will have at MFF :3

Knit a Hat That Looks Like a Bob Ross Painting ... everyone LOVES this hat, designed by Camille Descoteaux! 🌲❤️ Pattern: 👉 ravelry.com/patterns/lib... Gradient Yarn: 👉 tidd.ly/3Tt5oNk (Chroma Fingering) #knitting #handmade #ravelry #giftideas #KnitPicks #affiliate

Support Native American-made cartoons! After 100+ screenings around the world, you can now watch Pow! for free, from the comfort of your home on FNX - First Nations Experience! Watch Pow!, share it and help us dethrone A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving as the most popular November cartoon!

creators share 90% of their work for free, so what ends up for sale is a small fraction to gather income and support. treating creators like they aren't already sharing freely riles me up. also: libraries exist, you can read books for free without stealing while supporting authors at the same time

Is it hard because cotton or hard because hard?

The best way to combat the negativity and horror of the world is to retreat into community and creative energies. Todqy I get to do both at the same time 😁

Current one? I had transferable technical skills from animation and am generally good at people (irl) so now I'm in "tech". Wasnt earning enough $ at art and it never got better so I do this now. Got into visual art because I am a storyteller and drawing lets me do that in a dyslexia friendly way

hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html 🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky

Another of my FOM builder, Oriane

Lol just spent an hour trying to put stitches in a magic ring

GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster virus- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against Alzheimer’s disease!

ARTISTS! You can DISABLE this feature! Protect yourself and don't assume that you're safe if you're an sfw artist!

Here's the bit to check (or uncheck) to stop trawled by AI

Another of my FOM builder, Oriane

Whoa. Cicada brooch by Marta Mattson #sciart

Happy Native American Heritage Month! There are currently no shows with Native leads that have Native showrunners!

🚨 Yet again Ted Cruz and Steve Scalise are trying to sneak in a moratorium on state GenAi legislation. If passed states can no longer enact laws for transparency, child safety, privacy, environmental protection etc. We got 3 days to stop this. Call now! www.senate.gov/senators/sen...

Commisson I did for Marie ! 🌿 #digitalart #originalcharacter #artdigital #doodle #sketch #draw #artfight #illustration #art #digital #artist #drawing #artwork #doodling #artoftheday #commissionnedart #artcommisions #commissions

The "Frieren angle" thing, apart from just being delightful, also completely demolishes the pathetic "AI is democratising art" argument. Someone struggling with a difficult drawing received advice from hundreds of strangers who just wanted to help them improve their art.

Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk. please donate if you can! fund.blender.org

Cleaned up old one for MTAS Maybe I’ll write my HC for this someday They got a little scrapped up while they were fighting earlier and now he wants to patch her up while waiting for Exposition Time. Iykyk #mtasspoilers #mytimeatsandrockspoilers #mtaslogan #mtasbuilder #cwblood

In the grand scheme of current things maybe not that important, but was shown a movie trailer and was reminded why I draw so many of my characters with wavy/curly hair. Really hope it doesnt stay that way through out the movie because if so, ick, though I'm unlikely to be paying to watch it anyway.

Donate to your local food bank instead.

For those who are interested in tackling the most challenging head angle, here's how I would approach it. I left some notes, hope it helps

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic that is 100x STRONGER than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA and VRE. Hiding in a well-known soil bacterium, pre-methylenomycin C lactone KILLS drug-resistant bacteria WITHOUT triggering resistance.

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Becoming disabled is *the* most radicalizing thing that can happen to you because it happens atop whatever marginalizations you already have, amplifies them into a laser focus. For cishet white men, it can be the first time they've *ever* experienced marginalization.

Having a politics that focuses on disability *automatically* protects the entire population, because no human can escape it.

Find your local food bank using this link 👇🏽

see ya space cat! 🚀 ✦ #oc / #art ✦

I dont think people realize how ridiculously high level this kind of skill is at how much time and effort it takes to get this confident in your lines. it's SICK

#WIP #art #sketch #oc #ApolloThePeacock #D&D #dnd #TraditionalArt So remember how I said it'd been a minute since I drew anything on paper? Haha, guess what I did tonight? (Turned out damn good, too.) (If this gets labeled, let it be known that I'm being silenced for my love of man tits, lmaoo.)

GOOD NEWS! A groundbreaking study in MORE THAN 1,000 people reveals that cancer patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived dramatically LONGER than those who didn’t. In some cases, their survival rate was DOUBLED.

More Oriane, my FOM farmer

I think most artists hit a point where they’re like, well if I can’t be the best artist, I shall be the most ME artist.

Learning to knit during lunch Need another skein for learning crochet i think since i wanna also learn toys

We should all be way more confidant in ourselves and our ability to change the world. You just need kindness, you just need the want of something better for people and not just yourself. We all have what we need to do this already, we dont need to wait to be more prepared.

NSF is open again! A few comments: *Please be patient. During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails. *Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th. *POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.