manhattan cafe

Haku & Rei

Not to sound like a downer but even if I post art here or wherever, I feel AI is just inescapable. Like what's stopping them from saving images here, then posting back on X What we need isn't to migrate it's to actually have a boundary to protect content

My first Huohuo in 2023 to now Hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas!

Nom

Umamusume ocs WIP

Short hair

Life has been significantly better now that I've cut my social media doomscrolling time to like 15ish mins a day. Our time is too short to be raging over some dumbass clickbait post from someone who only cares to farm engagement

Tracey !

Coark

Redesigning Rosetta and Graeya a bit

Rip any of my blue haired ocs you're forever Kronii or Ado now

This is so silly but I'm kinda afraid to post my ocs sometimes because someone will go "oh it's that Vtuber"

Took a quick peek at my old design agency and yep after they laid off the design team all their pictures are AI generated now lmao

Artists who use sleep deprivation as a badge of honor 💀💀 please don't market your poor self-care as a symbol of dedication because being healthy is literally half of the job

5 people in the office today, and 3 of them are me and my coworkers LOL today is a chill af Friday

I'm in a very good mood today I'm happy <3

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Perhaps I'm not strong enough as I am but I need to stay hungry and grow until nothing can stop me

I think I have a lot of growing up left to do. I'm afraid of not being skilled enough as a full time artist, and I'm not sure I'm mentally resilient enough for a 9-5 service job. Sometimes you have to go through something tough to achieve something nice and... I just want a peaceful life.

Its one thing to fuck up pronouncing Nguyen, it's another to purposely say it wrong because they refuse to even try lol I like being Vietnamese stop making fun of my name

My own dad's yellow teeth, coughing fits, and constant need to spit in the shower is the only anti-cigarette campaign I'll ever need to never touch that shit again lol

I'm so tired already

I wanna talk a lil. Recently I started an office job; it's doable and busy albeit the pay is kinda low. I also lost my grandma recently, I'm past the shock but it's still sad. My future seems really vague but I think it's progress... I still believe my dream is art, like 100% and this

Got his ass

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You never know what kinda day someone else is having. I offered a visitor some water at work today and he just deflated like "You're so nice... I'd love a glass, thanks." I don't know the full package but, hope your day is going good, my dude.

The difference in soul between an artist who'd having fun and an artist who's stressing over validation is night and day

i apologize for coming here to rant so often. been kind of going through some personal things myself, i shall return to my chill guy vibes soon

yknow the BA community has been kinda split on that whole racist momoi cosplayer thing, i feel like i have a mild yet uncommon(?) take: you are free to indulge in whatever humor you fancy but you dont take that shit outside to a random stranger lol its rude

AI artists/defenders piss me off the most when they don't even advocate for any pros, but instead just resort to calling artists unskilled or obsolete. They insult because they don't know how to create anything, even a good argument.

A lot of people talk about giving up art because someone else or AI or whatever can do it better. Doesn't matter if you're the worst artist in history, the only motivation you need is your own love for the craft

I'm seeing all the new AI stuff go around and I'm of the opinion this is genuinely amazing technology being misused to create soulless decorations lol

I hate the atmosphere of a hospital, can never get used to it here

When life gets ya down, have pho

Life comes at ya quick, I felt really good last weekend and now this week everything has been hitting me hard lol

Man my time in Japan + comiket was so lit... I'd give a lot to rewind time and experience it for the first time again

Gyaru Haku

This the level of locked in I need to be today

My strat w social media is to just post and leave, or limit myself to like 15 mins a day. You'll read the most insane, stupid, and evil shit on Twitter but I promise you if you go outside, people can be kind and normal. These people exist online because they cant survive in society

i hope this doesnt sound too morbid, but my grandma is too sickly these days to really move around a lot. i've been trying to recreate her pho recipe to the taste that i remember and i just cannot do it haha. i'll be chasing this flavor forever, thank you for feeding me grandma

I want to be so much better at art but I gotta be patient. Embrace what I'm already good at and learn 1 new thing at a time

Drew this w my phone

drawing March 7th @ twitch.tv/erikiri

Salad

I am once again opening commissions! Please allow for 2-3 month delivery depending on your commission, appreciate y'all as always! vgen.co/erikiri

ocs

Posting a little after launch, but we are live!! Ends in 2 days, 100% of net proceeds go to Wessam's family in Gaza 😤 Don't miss these exclusive bundles!! Reg n bid ➡️ galabid.com/p4pfebauction