"Faster, more efficient" = cutting artists and animators "3rd party video models w/ a proprietary model portfolio" = we won't tell you what data we trained off of (likely stolen) A bill in Cali would force AI transparency, but it needs YOUR help! Please sign this petition tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/

#tdih Memorial Day ⬇️ -- @dblight.bsky.social on origins in SC in 1865, led by African Americans -- #HowardZinn urges us to "destroy the weapons of death that . . . threaten our children & grandchildren." -- Memorial Day Massacre doc 🎨 by @owenfreeman.bsky.social www.zinnedproject.org/news/peoples...

Lagoon collage of sketches from last nights #readysketchgo workshop! #mermay

Satoshi Kon, Tropic of the Sea, 1990

Wait, you can do that?! Just... tax rich people more?! And cut unnecessary police overtime? And then you get to have libraries and schools and parks? And record low crime? And city services that work?

A super fun collaboration with Pentel Arts just released today, my Digital Integration Pro Kit! Available now! (Also 20% off at pentem.com if you use the code OWEN20 )

Happy to discover my Last of Us poster made it into the American Illustration book! Thanks Mark Heflin and the judges and everyone at Naughty Dog and Nucleus

Crimey scenes

Available now! Thanks @hachetteus.bsky.social ! 🎠

Illustration for Lea Ypi's piece on surveillance for the Financial Times. #surveillance #espionage #illustration #drawing

My "Last of Us" poster (and ink drawing) for Naughty Dog's 40th Anniversary show at @gallerynucleus.bsky.social Available as a limited edition of signed prints through Gallery Nucleus' site 🍄✨️

Creature illustration for a cool upcoming book from @harvey1966.bsky.social

"The Unexpected" (L'Inattendu)

Illustration for the latest Foreign Policy magazine "Why Compare the Present to the Past?" Thanks to Lori Kelley

New illustrations for Reader's Digest

Cover illustration for Stephen Rebello's new book "Criss-Cross: The Making of Strangers on a Train, Hitchcock's Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece" from Hachette. Another dream assignment to watch this movie over and over for work. 👓🎾🎠 #strangersonatrain #noir #hitchcock #illustration #crisscross

"Ten Things I Don't Want to Hate About You" #illustration for @thisamericanlife.org from a few weeks ago

More early visdev from The Day the Earth Blew Up (in theaters now!) The bittersweet, sentimental "Days of Heaven" vibe on the first one has never stopped being funny to me.

If you are in any creative or copyright dependent org of any kind, NOW is the time to speak up. You have until March 15 11:59 pm EST to send a note to the WhiteHouse on why we need to follow our current laws. We all lose if tech’s deranged agenda passes. www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...

"The Day the Earth Blew Up" opens in theaters today! I had the pleasure of working on some of the early visual development with the brilliant @aaronspurgeon.bsky.social and the nicest team you could ask for. Please go see it so we get more hand drawn animation on the big screen ❤️

My contribution to the God of War 20th Anniversary Exhibition at @gallerynucleus.bsky.social If you're in LA it opens tomorrow and will be up through March 23rd and looks to be an epic lineup. Also signed prints should also be available soon through Gallery Nucleus! #GodOfWar #posterart

1st Patreon post is up (free for everyone) - this month I'm going to post my newsletter/WIPs for free, next month they will only be for paid subscribers at my $5 tier! A WIP of a current print as well as a process write-up of how I work on pieces www.patreon.com/posts/welcom...

Incredible to think how hard Merrick Garland worked for four years to avoid even the remotest appearance of partisanship or ideological commitments, and literally on her first day as AG Pam Bondi is like "Diversity is now illegal, we will be putting all the libs in prison"

New work for AARP Thanks AD Tom Albertson #illustration #medicalmystery #AARP

This app is so helpful when you need numbers and scripts to help contact your US representatives

More raffle prizes for tomorrow's Figure Drawing & Raffle Fundraiser for animators affected by the Eaton Fire at Scribble on York, 7-10pm. Angela Sung & @owenfreeman.bsky.social prints!

More amazing raffle prizes by @trevorshin.bsky.social for Tuesdays costumed drawing fundraiser! Tickets (link below) include a raffle ticket!

Time lapse drawings for the poster for our upcoming Ready/Sketch/Go "Swan Lake" costumed drawing night at Block Party in Highland Park! A few tickets still available www.eventbrite.com/e/1215520026...

AI is such a perfect distillation of capitalism: a massive dedication of resources to make and maintain a product that no one needs, prompting companies to desperately try to create demand they can then supply, ultimately deteriorating our ability to think, create, or explore.

Come draw with us and raise money for animators displaced by the fires here in LA! Raffle and prizes and two amazing costumed models! Link for tickets below ✨️

Wake up honey, the newest Ready/Sketch/Go figure drawing session just dropped. Next Thursday, LA! Come draw with us.

Gen ai is poisoning our power grid, stealing intellectual property, using precious water, and ruining the internet with unreliable information and garbage imagery. Don't use it, and don't normalize it, even for laughs.

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Monarch LP artwork for Mondo! Super fun project, happy to be a small part of the Godzilla universe. Thanks again to Josh, Cam and everyone at Mondo, Apple and Legendary ☄️ #monarch #godzilla #illustration #owenfreeman

Oh hey look at that, the government knew all about the use of GenAi for this project. Awesome. Thanks for engaging in the exploitation of artists, the public and the environment, while displacing artists just so the US can be* checks notes* a prosperous nation… 💀 ow.ly/iU9L50UgZ9w

"And Then There Were None"

Key scenes for a show I worked on last year that I hope sees the light of day. Also, glaze your art everybody. We have very few protections out here. @theglazeproject.bsky.social are the heroes of our time

Process time-lapse poster drawing for one of my favorite events in Los Angeles #ReadySketchGo with @creepcaptain.bsky.social

LOS ANGELES ARTISTS we draw our sea siren this Thursday! We have one ticket left online, and then some walk in tickets at the door. Follow us on IG if you want to stay on top of our schedule: www.instagram.com/readysketchg...

Update-Just $200 left to go to hit 4k Friday! WE CAN DO THIS YALL!!

Bow and arrow

Uncorrected raw sketchbook scans? Maybe that's the Bluesky angle?