It's spooking time! Again! Poor Katie, five years on and that tentacle is still up to mischief. Big thank you to @ttothekay.bsky.social for allowing me to fanservice Katie, and for his advice and support over the years. Everyone should go check out his stuff, and his own Halloween pics! #art

Hey artists Just keep posting. Last post didn’t get many likes? Keep posting. Not 100% happy with what you made? Post it. Feel like you aren’t getting anywhere? Keep posting. You never know who will find you and when.

Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have. Python foundation said no and rejected the grant. If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

Not seeing much on my timeline about it anymore, so here's a reminder: payment processors are still trying to censor NSFW content of all kinds, and are in fact getting more aggressive about it; I'm seeing stories of folks losing access every day Call them & tell them THIS IS BULLSHIT

It's getting there. I'll be done before Halloween. Susssssss- -pense!

Tumblr actually gave me pretty decent click-through to my Patreon so this is a bit of a bummer. If you’re interested in supporting me (and in a secure place financially!) here’s a link to my page: www.patreon.com/spicymancer?...

Hey gang uh… my tumblr just got nuked. I’m submitting an appeal but we’ll see how it goes. Please pass along my apologies to the Tumblr community.

real and true

Hmnn... Something spooksome this way comes. Again 👀

Y’all, Spotify’s stock price sunk by 5% in 1 day. YOU did this by spreading the word to boycott them for running ICE ads. These billionaires only speak one language—money—so let’s keep up the pressure. Tell everyone you know to cancel their Spotify subscriptions. Send them to BoycottSpotify.com.

#bonktober69 day 21 Goon Squad I only really have two goons. More of a duo than a squad really.

Engineer (at the moment) This. This is so true.

Me whenever the AI topic comes up:

I think it was this pic (or possibly the comic Tkay did in 2020, go check it out on his page!) that spurred me on to finally do at least one Halloween pic! So good it needed airing out again (that, and I think with one week left I'm a lil' outta time this year. Curses!) Speaking of breezy... 👀

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

Copio de Mastodon, Artistes: El Gobierno de España ha abierto una consulta pública sobre las concesiones de licencias colectivas que permitan entrenar IA generativa a base de las obras de artistas. El plazo es hasta el 10/12. Muy importante dar una opinión crítica y que llegue a artistas.

Frustratingly time has once again flown by, as soon as I have something seasonal I want to do :( I have ideas for Halloween pics, but no drive and little energy (work stuff, health stuff, etc) I may have to settle for a repost this year, and really get geared up for seasonals next year, heh.

Reminder that za/um is made up of businesspeople that stole disco elysium from the creators, kicked them out of the company, are currently suing them, and are making a mobile game of disco elysium Do not pay money for DE, and do not give za/um a cent otherwise www.newsweek.com/entertainmen...

Videogames are art unless they are live service with pay to win microtransactions, AI and crunch, then they are the opposite of art. Art lifts us. It does not drain us.

here's how you remove the AI from the latest Firefox update

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

I did the Halloween comic, but I wanted to do a more typical piece as well, so did one in the same style as the Sam piece I did last year. Had to hurry to get it done on time, but I think it turned out alright. Happy Halloween!

Question for all my followers! Are any if you voice actors, or know voice actors? If so, link me your reels! I'm on the prowl for some quality VAs and curious if I have any following me.

the US government has arrived on bluesky

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on. Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights. Block, and move on. This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein': 'AI can go f**k itself!'

US Government accounts have arrived on Bluesky. Block on sight. Protect your digital space. Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them. The detach quote function will come in very handy here…

We're still rolling on with the Halloween Archives! Now we're in 2019 now and seeing Katie once again wearing her classic witch costume and once again dealing with some pesky tentacle mishaps!

ABYSM - Prologue - Episode now on Webtoon - Let's begin. www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ab...

Paypal is now playing harder ball on artists, going after anyone even mentioning commissions. Artists, send invoices. That way, no one has to say what the money is for on Paypal's paper trail. Customers, SAY NOTHING about commissions. Just say "thanks" on donos. Everyone: INCREASE THE CALLS.

Note to self... 😅

reminder that free speech is a privilege and not a right—those in power will challenge your right to free speech at every turn if you do not stand up for yourself and those around you make your calls!! in the US, KOSA is back on the floor. use the 5calls app to contact your state reps!

It was @kmanicart.bsky.social's birthday like, a month ago, and I meant to post this here but I haven't exactly been very active again... well, he deserves all the love any day of the year! =w= HAP HAP BIRF <3 This is Fran's younger sister, Chloe! (Now go check out their stuff!)

spots are still open 👍

ok listen. i know no big platform is actually "safe" atm. Bluesky is run by shitheads, this place sucks too. that being said, i need to fucking implore you, Twitter's unsafety is on a whole other level. there's "not safe" and then there's the actual wolf's den.

Hey Voice Actors!! Once upon a time the community was fairly easy to find on twitter, but it's getting harder to keep track of all the VAs I know across social media, so I'm finally making my own (long overdue) private roster for clients that like to cast through demo reels! You can sign up below!

I have 2 spots open for Full-Body comms~ RTs are appreciated! ko-fi.com/c/ebbef61bde

Continuing the 2017 Spooktober posts, we have another in the same set. This one featuring Fran dressed as a Japanese-style ghost, with a slightly "unfortunate" wardrobe malfunction.

Forgot to post a Halloween image yesterday to today is a double post! We're jumping forward to 2017 now and here we have Katie, once again in her classic Halloween attire.. or whatever is left of it after a magical misfire.

We are in a crisis of sell outs. With recent stark examples like Riyadh festival and respected filmmakers embracing AI. I hope it kills these dinosaurs and makes room for new voices who to create and succeed. We need to make shame hurt more.

The right-wing lies are so pathetic. Look at this caption of a photo from Portland of a woman wearing a unicorn costume: "They may not look very physically threatening … But they are militants, sociopathic." A 100-lb woman in a unicorn costume with a chicken purse is going to hurt ICE thugs?

Sam was such a brat after winning that hand last round, but it looks like you managed to teach Sam a lesson in humility! Victory is yours, congratulations!

Hey, is there anyone around who knows enough about websites to advise me? I've been keeping a website for THK and for myself for years now that pretty much no one visits, and my web server has increased its prices. Is there any DIY solutions I could do, or is it even worth it keeping them?

I posted this in 2016 and I'll share it again.

Continuing the Halloween image run, we jump ahead to 2013 where we see Katie again, now a more solidified character, sporting an updated version of her original witch outfit! The colours were done by @ kmanicart, but unfortunately I don't have a larger version of it than this one.

Asking people to please, for the price the use Spotify you can buy music to own in places like Bandcamp, it will actually go to the artist and you won't have to deal with all the shit Spotify does.