companies rushing to replace artists with AI is imo the ultimate smoking gun evidence that corporate executives and tech bros are deeply bitter that other people can create inspiring works of art while they never have and never will create anything of meaning

Remember y’all, reskeeting art doesn’t shadow ban you here; doesn’t matter how small or big you are even if you shared 10 arts in one sitting 👍 Bluesky is NOT Twitter

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.

Hazbin doesn't even have poop and fart jokes, like what is it? 😂😂😂

Its so funny to me when ppl say Hazbin has "immature comedy" im wracking my brain trying to figure out what exactly is a type of comedy that is considered mature 😂❔️

Kids today. #kaseyart

Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.

Some advice from a couple of years ago that I still think most creative people need to hear --

This. The block button is right there, and unlike Twitter there's no mechanism for someone to easily bypass a block and harass you. It's called the "nuclear block" for a reason. The toxic "blocking = giving up" mentality does not exist here, so just don't engage with folks who live to be miserable

If you see an artist using using an app icon that is black, orange and says Ai, capital A, lower case i, just a quick public service note for folks unfamiliar with different digital art mediums. The A stand for Adobe, and the i stands for illustrator. It’s a program used by vector artists.

I find it funny that the week multiple people make hit pieces criticizing me is also the week I have some pretty successful vids. Almost like they...don't actually matter. A revelation.

You know if you start your advertisement of an indie animation project by making fun of another indie animation project I’m definitely not supporting your project at all. y’all just show me your project and make it your own not like “this is better then thin show so you should watch it!”

So fun fact the new Vine app being anti-ai is so they can use it to train AI without doubling up on AI content. 'tis in the terms of service 🫠

since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.

y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"

when we say "you gotta be yourself" we mean like. emotionally, spiritually, inwardly. we don't mean "skip your meds" or "there's no such thing as a faux pas"

there's the perennial "don't change yourself for other people's expectations or comforts" which is of course the way to be but you gotta balance it out with "if you are too challenging to be around then no one will want to be around you"

Yeah, only one would use it to stalk or start uncessary drama. And it's bad if you have stress and anxiety.

Please do not try to get Nintendo to remove the "Mexican stereotypes" from their advertising art again.

If you're not off Twitter by now, what the hell are you even doing?

Me after every social interaction

One of the cool things about being a scientist is that the answer "I don't know" to a question is actually super exciting and not embarrassing at all. It means you get to try and FIND OUT, either through literature search, asking a colleague, or deciding you want to determine the answer empirically

Some may see it as "Oh, they must hate me." But most of the time it's "I don't want to see their name/avatar on this platform".

Don't feel bad if you have to block people for your own mental health sake.

One of the cruelest tricks society played on creative people was planting the idea that being proud of your work is somehow unseemly and egotistical. You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!

Bullying someone for criticizing Smiling Friends is so rich coming from the same fanbase who claims Vivziepop can't take criticism.

once again prefacing a rant with "not siding with paypal because fuck them" but i cannot stress enough that the word "commission" being used is not enough to get your account terminated. "commission" is a very normal business/financial term. it'd be like terminating farmers for saying "tractor".

As always, today is a great day to support artists, writers, creators of all sorts. If you have the means, buy a book, sign up for someone's Patreon, commission an art piece. It's also a lovely day to leave a nice comment, post a short review, spread the word about someone's work. Everything helps.

lol I fucking knew that little shit wasn't to be trusted. Avoid the new Vine like a plague, they just want a pure dataset to scrape.

Especially if you're trans, a woman, or both (Rebecca Sugar, Dana Terrace, Vivienne Medrano, Gooseworx) I'm not gonna claim this never happens to cis boys but we all understand that part of this is misogynistic in nature, right?

"it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed" This. This right here. I'm so, SO tired of having to scrutinize any piece of art that even remotely resembles genAI slop just to determine whether or not it's worth a second thought or any admiration.

The amount of people I see harassing real artists and even wildlife photographers with accusations of AI is genuinely disheartening, and sadly this is just the beginning

The worst thing AI has done to culture in just a couple years is not that people think AI generated things are real, but that they now think real things are AI generated

I'd also like to see more indie studios like Spindlehorse or Glitch try making a feature length film instead of a series. Yeah, it would be expensive and time-consuming, but if Phil Nibbelink could make Sealed With a Kiss by himself I don't see why these people can't.

A big problem I notice with indie animation is how there is really nothing for all audiences Why does all indie animation have to be dark edgy stuff only adults can enjoy? Where’s all the wholesome stuff? Why can’t there be more indie shows out there similar to Phineas and Ferb?

Growing up is cutting Mr. Enter some slack and focusing on the real menaces to society.

🧵 Because a certain teaser came out, I feel like I need to say this again. If you really hate the live action remakes that much, my advice is to just shut up, ignore it, and focus on something you enjoy. You're just a vocal minority and have no impact on the offline general audience.

Average Bluesky art community experience

Another OC based on an old adoptable I bought back when I still had my deviantART (won't be disclosing the original person I bought him from for personal reasons) Anyway here's a deericorn that I named Adrianos (yes the Bambi-inspired design is intentional) #adoptedcharacter #originalcharacter

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.

WE CAN DO IT!! #art #illustration

I'm a firm believer in films getting a second life. It's why I don't hold the box office or use the initially critical analysis as verbatim to dictate how a film should be remembered. What matters is how the person feels about it and if they can cherish it. That makes it special.

EVERYONE'S ART, NO MATTER THE STYLE, IS BEAUTIFUL!! YOU KNOW WHY?! BECAUSE IT CAME FROM YOU!! YOU POURED YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO YOUR ARTWORK AND IT SHOWS!! KEEP ON CREATING, CAUSE I WANT TO SEE ALL THE BEAUTY THIS WORLD HAS TO OFFER!! 💖

ARTISTS If you're burned out, take a damn break! "Pushing through it" doesn't work, you'll make the burnout worse. "I have to do it" isn't a good excuse for ignoring mental & physical health, you'll end up breaking. Take the kind of break that works for you so you don't end up hating art forever.

🌟 Hey you, you're doin' a great job. Don't know if any of y'all needed to hear that but, well, you are. Keep doin' what you're doin'. Treat yourself sometimes, get enough sleep, drink some water, take a deep breath. You've got this, lovely. 🌟