Ridiculous and appalling that Open Ai, amongst other GenAi companies, think they can dictate how THEY use OUR works. No, Open Ai, it should not be authors and copyright holders opting out of your exploitative models. It should be you, Open Ai, asking authors and copyright holders to opt IN.

Welcome back to the #LollipopGang ! Today we are meeting Angel - the second in comman of the LG. Wisdom and experience are his currency, and most often Angel would rather use those than have to get his hands dirty. He values comfort and a measured approach - second only to a good nap.

Key Art for one of the book projects I’be been developing #BloodGuts&Tears - Artwork from last year. For the time being BGT has been pushed to the back of the que after #LollipopGang and one other project I’m really really excited about.

Welcome to #TheLolipopGang . Meet Kirin - the brawler of the group. Joined years ago after rich corporations took over her family’s business and left them with nothing. She joined up with the Lollipops to strike back against the rich and powerful who took everything from her.

Welcome back to #TheLollipopGang ! Jax and Baby Face have a father daughter relationship. Taking care of BF now and making sure he is by her side 24/7 is his way of atoning for his past life. Being with the Lolipop Gang is their way of sticking it to the corporations who made their lives hell.

Fucking stop.

Welcome back to #TheLollipopGang ! Jax and Baby Face have a father daughter relationship. Taking care of BF now and making sure he is by her side 24/7 is his way of atoning for his past life. Being with the Lolipop Gang is their way of sticking it to the corporations who made their lives hell.

I challenge all conventions to echo GalaxyCon's new policy. Each Artist Alley or booth spot granted to a genAI slop peddler is being being taken away from a working artist. And smart con-runners know it's artists who make them what they are.

Class Sign Ups are now closed! Thank you to everyone who signed up, liked, shared, and provided encouragement! Excited for a new batch of students to teach and learn from. If you are interested in taking one of my classes in the future, I will be setting up more in 2026. Hope to see you in class!

Look at what Meta has to do to offset the power of organized labor and creatives! So want to continue fighting against Meta’s Super Pac? One thing you could do is send letters to Californian legislators to pass AB-412, a pivotal transparency bill! Do so here👇 actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...

This Saturday signs ups for my Fall Class officially end! There are now only 2 slots left in Feedback, so hurry if you want to take my class. Spectator still has plenty of room! Hope to see you in class

This is the final week to sign up for my Fall class! If you’re interested in a 9 week online course where I break down my process from start to finish then don’t wait too much longer! Only a few spots left in Feedback! And plenty of spots still in Spectator Tier.

Love Character Design and want to get better at it? Consider enrolling in my Fall Course! Signs ups are live until Aug30th. Only a few spots left in my Feedback Tier! Plenty of spots still in Spectator Tier. Hope to see you in class!

Nearly all Feedback Tier Slots have been filled while Spectator still has plenty of room. If you’re interested in growing your character design skills, please consider signing up for my Fall Character Design Class. Check it out!

1/7 This is Showrunner AI, a startup that just a few weeks ago got Amazon funding to become the “Netflix of AI” as reported by Forbes, Business Insider, NBC News and so on. Frustratingly, no news outlets asked or researched the data used by Showrunner. Well after some digging here’s it is👇

Oh the crocodile tears of thieves who might face legal consequences. “But our company might go down!” Well you shouldn’t have felt entitled to profit off works you do not own, and built your entire business off this racket 🤷🏻‍♀️ Also missing from this article- arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

If you see this post a ghost👻

Only one more slot left in my Feedback Tier! If you’re looking to join my live class with direct feedback from myself then don’t wait! Plenty of spots in Spectator still. Hope to see you in class!

WE'RE WINNING

I’m seeing grand announcements of Amazon investing in an AI content slop platform. But nowhere do I see key questions answered like what’s the foundational models? How are these models trained and on what data is it trained upon? News needs to do better variety.com/2025/digital...

Only 3 slots left in the Feedback Tier for my Fall Class! Act fast if interested!

Just want to boost this petition one more time. These things actually help organizers gain support in the gov. Please sign and share! chng.it/c4JZGQgJmw

Hi all! Sign ups for my Fall Class are now live! The class starts September 10th every Wednesday at 7pm -11pm PST. There are 2 Tiers - a Feedback Tier & a Spectator Tier. Feedback Tier is live with direct feedback. Spectator Tier is pre-recorded only. Hope to see you in class! -Kal

Friends, we got a call to action 👇 We have the right to know when and how our creative works are used, especially when it comes to GenAi! This is why we need regulation like California’s Ai Copyright Transparency Act #AB-412 ! If you agree, especially if in CA, please sign & share this petition!

Tomorrow!

Hi all! It’s almost time again! This Wednesday, signs ups for my Fall Class will be live! Hope to see you in class

Don't even give this a curiosity watch

Welcome new Blueskeeters! That is our official name, we voted on it back in June! I'm Bryan, I make #art, work in #animation and am usually the correct amount of #sad. Here's a little bit of work from a personal project

For weeks after they'd found the maze on the outskirts of town, the kids debated who'd built it and why. Eva thought it was an art installation, Chase said it was probably built as a tourist trap and abandoned. It was only now that it occurred to them that maybe nobody built this place at all

Welcome to #TheLolipopGang . Meet Kirin - the brawler of the group. Joined years ago after rich corporations took over her family’s business and left them with nothing. She joined up with the Lollipops to strike back against the rich and powerful who took everything from her.

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for. Stop using WeTransfer.

Yay Jentry! 🥹🙌 Congrats to our team on the amazing nomination!

Late #PortfolioDay post! I’m Kal, a character designer and art director working in animation and comics. You might know me from my work on Jentry Chau and Carol and The End of the World. I’m trying to grow my BlueSky presence more so any likes and shares are much appreciated:)

"The Lolipop Gang", a personal project by Kal Athannassov @drkaldrungus.bsky.social (Carol & The End of the World, Jentry Chau...).

Got the chance to do an illustration last week that turned into something bigger than expected. Meet the Lolipop Gang! A dysfunctional family with not the best decision making skills. #anime #manga #comics #characterdesign #illustration #visualdevelopment #animation #art #procreate

Sharing something fun I’m working on. Very much still in progress, but sneak a peak at one of the members of the Lilipop Gang🍭🥷- #visdev #characterdesign

Some more Jentry Special Poses that I never got around to posting. Always really liked how these turned out - they are from throughout the show. Thanks for looking! #jentry #jentrychauvstheunderworld #netflix

Lots of hot Kpop Boy Art on my timeline this past week, so I thought I’d share some production art from a fan favorite Kpop Boy who made his debut last year😏 Unfortunately, this is all the art there is of bath Kit - a turn redress. Hope you enjoy! #kpop #demonboy #jentrychauvstheunderworld #netflix

Concept art from a project from over half a decade ago🤯 Not character related obviously, but I still had a lot of fun experimenting with this project’s mood and vibes and capturing a very specific look that the project leadership wanted. #visdev #productionwork #pitchart

Mirko🐰🥊🔥 #fanart #myheroacademia #myheroacademiafanart #mirko

Jentry Chau Production Mouth Charts. These were done by me, during production to cover characters with and without lips, as well as the Bakeneko mouth charts These were the main examples we used to go over how our character mouths worked on the show #jentry #netflix #jentrychauvstheunderworld

Some Jentry special poses throughout the series. These were done over the amazing boards the entire story team did - we brought things into style with the special poses. Hope ya dig em! #jentry #jentrychauvstheunderworld #netflix

More Jentry production art - this time we are talking about we stylized lighting and how it looks on the characters! #jentry #jentrychauvstheunderworld

I have been logged out of my toothbrush.

Excited to share that I will be at #Lightbox this year! I’ll be doing a Character Design demo/presentation. Look out for more info in the future! Hope to see y’all there! #lightbox2025 #LBX

Marvel could pay for my healthcare for the rest of my life for a fraction of 1% of profit from Spider-Man Noir, a character whose original comics I edited. For Peter David to die in medical debt, co-creator of Spider-Man 2099 and writer of countless seminal Hulk and X-Factor comics—that's a disgrace

Today is the final day to sign up for my Summer Class! Feedback Tier is fully booked, but there are still some spots in Spectator. Hurry now and reserve the final slots if you are interested! And thank you to everyone who has already signed up!