if you ever wonder what it's like to be an artist: you can draw your favorite drawing one day and then the next day, every line you draw is the ugliest line that has ever been created

Artists, never forget that you are not a brand. You do not need to be consistent and marketable. If you CHOOSE to strive for these things that’s fine, but you do not NEED them. You are a fucking person, multi-faceted and complex. People who do not respect that see your art as a product

"I really want art of (insert specific niche scenario)" "I mean, draw it lol" You have to understand sometimes I want OTHERS to draw an idea. Yes, I CAN draw it, but some people draw scenarios a way I like!! Being an artist shouldn't make wanting to commission by others a weird occurence IMO.

(i mean this lovingly as a team mystery person) #artfight #artfight2026 #teammystery #artfightmemes

Unsolicited advice for comic artists: You know, in your heart-of-hearts, what to draw in the next panel. It can be hard and you'll be tempted to dodge it, to go around it. Don't. Take it head on. Draw the difficult. Control it instead of letting it control you, and, in time, you can draw any story.

✨A starter pack for #teammystery! ✨ How to join: ✦ Share your ArtFight profile ✦ Repost this post I'll gradually add people from the comments and my own artmoots ❤️ go.bsky.app/iCBLE2 #starterpack #artfight #artfight2026

All the Mysterians, We are part of the Mystery cult!! I am still submitting few OCs and whatnot along with maybe making icons, before July comes by. I won't go as crazy, but looking to have fun :P #artfight #TeamMystery #artfight2026 artfight.net/~Amberz_Winter

I'm surprised Art Fight got 3 teams lol.. but I may join Team Mystery cuz I'm biased with red, it's in between comedy and tragedy, and I find it funny I have a character named "Mysterious/Mystery." #artfight #art

When someone asks "does your art use Generative AI" I don't want the answer to be "well we utilized it at an early stage of development trained on ethical datasets internally used by our team of VERY respected human employees" I want the answer to be "No."

It's honestly been a long while since I posted my art lmao. I guess I am working on animated Art Fight Icons (mainly with my Pokémon OCs, with almost 2 out of 10 completed so far)

Im once again posting that i think people who are too scared to learn how to color and draw characters with darker skin tones and non white features out of fear of "getting canceled" are the weakest link.

You should QRP with your Art Fight :p artfight.net/~Amberz_Winter

Art is such a funny thing because yes, you can do things that are "technically" correct, but that doesn't matter if it's not the artist's intention to -be- technically correct. This is why I rarely offer art advice unless it's asked for. You can't assume the artist wants to be "correct."

the occasional "you're my fav artist" and "you make me wanna draw" and the rarer "i started drawing (again) because of you" are some of the most beautiful and moving things i have ever heard as an OC artist just having fun and drawing what i love, genuinely. from the bottom of my heart thank you 💙

Throwback to something worth repeating.

guess it's queering time. Happy pride month to my fellow queer homies and broskis and gals and fellas <3

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Your best chance at getting any sort of creative job is to just make shit. Learn how to code, to draw, to edit - you're not going to get any potential employers to notice you if you just have a cool idea and zero experience. Just make shit.

As a general rule for all my art shares AI is not accepted in any facet- INCLUDING if you used an AI piece as reference but still drew the art. Referencing AI is bad practice & will give you unpredictable incorrect results It's not welcome here so please don't do it Referencing AI is using it to me

Just a little PSA for those who commission artists, if they send you a sketch update and your response is "looks great" then they send a line art update and tell you they've started coloring, that's not the time to request changes to things. Some will be happy to do so but

I think artists should be able to make a decent living without living in one of the three designated "this is where you live if you want to be an artist" cities

🌷✨ May Commissions are OPEN! ✨🌷 I'm open for all types of commissions, if you are interested, check out my TOS and send me an email! I'm excited to work with you. :3 Reposts and Shares = 💚 Thank you all for your shares and interest! [ #art #commissionsopen #commissions ]

opening commissions for these goobers for 4 USD to help evacuate @milliefomx.bsky.social from an abusive house. I know 4 USD is barely any money but I want to make this affordable. if you're interested my discord is victoree6680. payment via paypal #furry #furryart #OC #OCart #YCH #Y/N #anthro

I keep getting leftist memes on my fyp that’s just AI slop. 1. I don’t care if it’s tailored to my exact beliefs, AI slop = immediate block. 2. Don’t call yourself a progressive/leftist if you’re willingly feeding the right wing propaganda machine to make your 50th “haha orange man bad” post.

a good thread but I want to add: literally all of every sport favors people with genetic advantages but no one complains when cis men have them Michael Phelps’ muscles produce HALF the lactic acid as an average cis man, meaning he can go twice as long before tiring is that unfair? nobody cared

I dunno how I feel about non-therians pivoting into selling therian related patches, merch, etc. Preferably, actually buy within your own community

I know that ko-fi is essentially platforming AI but Patreon also does that too and I can't afford to keep jumping ship when most platforms have that blanket half ass statement. IG, Threads, and even here technically "platform" AI accounts. The solution can't be "well I'm out" everytime. 😪🫠

Reminder: "separate the art from the artist" is about literary analysis. It means your interpretation of a work is not invalidated by the author saying "nuh-uh". It does not mean "you can consume any media without guilt". You are responsible for your choices. A misused phrase doesn't change that.

for the past few months I've gotten well meaning messages from students asking how to break in, and then when they show me their boards, they're lacking in fundamental draftsmanship. I hate to say it, but the industry is no longer at a place where we can train people to draw better anymore

I drew @amberzwinter.bsky.social's pair of cool and awesome Joltbreons, Flash and Lanter the pawbumpers,,, #art #fanart #pokemon #eevee #eeveelution #jolteon #umbreon

Currently (well, for a while now), I am planning to make a new ref sheet of Amberz, which just feels like some features elevated to be larger, like neck fluff, their ears, semi-sabertooth fangs, tail feathers, and tail, in addition to his clothes and accessories. (1/2)

Next week there will be another existential boogeyman designed to discourage you from pursuing art. There will always be a mosquito in your ear trying to convince you your creativity has no value. Let this Sora situation be a lesson. Stop getting pushed around by scammers. Make art

Dear Authors: Please for the love of god DO NOT use AI to make your cover. Not even if you're in a rush. Not even if you can't afford real art. There are cheap options. You do not want your hero to hold his gun with his thumb and index finger on the SAME SIDE. And you don't want to rip off artists.

Seeing people say AI is a tool that helps "working class people become writers" and its such bullshit. The process of learning and skill sharpening is labour, and its telling that there is work to be glamorized (being perceived as a Writer) and labour beneath people (learning to write)

Re: my last reposts “Do not put money in the pocket of a woman who has sworn publicly to use it to disenfranchise vulnerable populations” is the smallest ask imaginable. It’s not oxygen, it’s not food. It’s television. You can do without. There are thousands of other shows for you to watch.

Please RT if possible! #mutualaid #helpsky By the skin of our teeth, we've made it out of CA. Our next goal is to get our belongings shipped here, which are being held hostage by the moving company until we can pay them the other half of the cost of service, which is $657.72.

Bluesky IS actively hostile to real Palestinians on here but you guys have to re-engage your brains and not treat genocide like fandom wars, ppl will be and are taking advantage of your impulse to never criticize your own ideology to take ur money. PCRF and other reputable orgs are the best targets

Cuz I feel like drawing characters of random ideas, but I don't want to keep them, I sometimes feel like doing adoptables, but probably want to do actual commission first lol.

The amount of 'realism' I want in a game is exactly as much as the art team behind that game intended. The lighting I want is the lighting the art team behind that game intended. The character appearance I want the way the art team intended. That's it. Stop touching it.

If your entire argument against something boils down to, "It's just not for me" but you have to frame it as, "This thing is complete dogshit and never should have been made and you are stupid if you like it and..." then kindly fuck off. Please. Stop mindlessly hating stuff. For clout or otherwise.

i think its good to want things to be softer and kinder. the world is so hostile against too many things, makes it harder to exist unnecessarily .. plus its exhausting to be angry at everything all the time

I so understand when people aren't feeling one of their own specific pieces (we can't only make bangers) but it IS genuinely exhausting being around creatives who are always self-deprecating. In a world with much negativity, the least we can do is be proud of our own work, as much as we can. (+)

guys who do commissions you need to stop calling ur art negative stuff 😭 why would someone want to spend their hard earned money on something you, as the creator, call trash or lazy? put value in your work and respect your clients too 😔

just so i'm clear, i trust no one that prefers not to speak about politics. if you have told me you'd rather not state your preferences on the political spectrum i do not trust you. i do not care how long we have know each other, just know that i trust you a lot less if you claim to be apolitical 🖕

I feel it's a complete failure of media literacy to look at something animated and go "okay but what if this was literal/real life". it's not supposed to work as a literal or live action, that defeats the allegory and with it the narrative foundation

not for nothing but i think it’s really concerning that terms like “unalived” and “graped” are completely reducing the impact of real things by putting distance between the event and the way we discuss it.

Shit like AI and fascistic surveillance is so inter connected that that if the AI bubble were to explode right now a lot of the age verification bullshit all these fascistic governments are trying to implement would face a massive hurdle.

I can't STAND people who let their cats wander freely outside esp at night. Woke up to some smaller cat getting the fuck beat out of it by a local cat outside our window & it terrified one of mine so much she won't come out and eat. I can only HOPE the targeted cat is okay, they'd both ran off. 💢