The only reasonable position is zero tolerance: the AI industry must end sooner rather than later. It is culturally, socially, environmentally, and economically destructive, and all the Silicon Valley marketing in the world isn't going to make it otherwise.

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I don’t think I’ve ever gone HELL YES this hard at every single sentence of a piece in quite some time. And GODS it feels good to see someone else draw the covid / genAI nihilism parallel

During the writing of this essay, I fundamentally changed my entire stance on the topic during the course of both the research and the writing of it. If I had decided to opt-out of any part of that process, it would have been a much weaker piece, and one I wouldn't feel so proud of today.

I often stop a painting partway bc something feels off in the execution. I pull it apart, put it back together again and the end result is so much better, more focused on the original goal for it. That's part of the process. If I skip that part, the results are less polished, and less meaningful.

We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier. Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder. thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...

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New website (with new host!!) is up now 🎉 I've ported over my tumblr poetry and my Ko-fi blogs, so now it all has one home! In the coming weeks I'll be working on restoring the Fletch Fest gallery and adding my other itch games. I'm so excited about this new face to my work!! fletchmakesstuff.com

The Indie Game Awards air on Dec. 18th, streaming on IGN, GameSpot, and Six One Indie. It’s not a night for new trailers, but a night to celebrate global devs who swung for the fences with unrestricted creative freedom. 🕐 IGAs Countdown: 6:30 PM ET 🏆 Ceremony: 6:50 PM ET 🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg

I'm so proud of how this came out. I went crazy on the details in the line art, and it made me determined to match my line craze with a matching attention to rendering 🥰 #Illust #SpiderPunk #SpiderMan #ComicArt #Art

So, ah... you don't have to watch The Game Awards. Just watch the trailers when they drop after the show; save your sanity while harming on Keighley's bottom line.

Now I can finally post the full set together - A phoenix for each season 🍃☀️🍂❄️ 15% off any prints with code GLMA3D on my inprnt store, link in comments!

In early 2024 I started a new project: a fresh playthrough of Elden Ring and its forthcoming DLC, documenting my progress through photography. The finished project totals almost a thousand photos, and the collective alt text is novel-length. In hindsight, some thoughts on my alt text journey: 1/

In early 2024 I started a new project: a fresh playthrough of Elden Ring and its forthcoming DLC, documenting my progress through photography. The finished project totals almost a thousand photos, and the collective alt text is novel-length. In hindsight, some thoughts on my alt text journey: 1/

This has been a massive undertaking since I started this project back in April 2024. In total, I took 3691 photos of this beautiful, horrific world, and edited and curated them into 18 albums of my journey through the Lands Between and the Land of Shadow.

And with that, my full Elden Ring Photography Tour is now complete: www.robhainescreative.space/collections/... Any signal boosts would be much appreciated!

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Winter phoenix ❄️

Our first Archetypes article is by game designer Gareth Damian Martin, examining how the architecture of Skies of Arcadia draws the player's gaze towards azure skies. vist.ly/4h9kp

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I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms March 10th, 2026! awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...

somewhat related: getting too reliant on a (potentially expensive) black box tool that changes at the whim of a large corporation is not necessarily a good idea

This! Struggling (however little) means I am constantly learning, reinforcing neural pathways, finding new patterns. I’m also committing the codebase to my brain so I can think through it holistically and improve things. The chatbot can’t do that BECAUSE IT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND SEMANTICS

I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.

𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 "𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦" 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴, 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. This one was very relaxing to make haha #art #light

Went in a bit of a different direction with this month's #BirdWhisperer... seemed like it was all about the eyes with this spotted owlet 🪶

This spotted owlet proved a little elusive for this month's #BirdWhisperer, but I finally committed art 😁

And with that, my full Elden Ring Photography Tour is now complete: www.robhainescreative.space/collections/... Any signal boosts would be much appreciated!

At last we come to the last album of my Elden Ring Photography Tour, featuring Enir-Ilim, where Kind Miquella reigns: www.robhainescreative.space/visual-art/i... #RobHainesCreativeSpace #EldenRing #Photography

I'm approaching the end of my Elden Ring Photography Tour, after nearly a year and a half, so I'm going to be talking about it more than usual this week! Meanwhile, here's the penultimate album in the set: www.robhainescreative.space/visual-art/i... #RobHainesCreativeSpace #EldenRing #PhotoTour

So this weekend, our cat Poppy has had a burst of progress with her communication buttons, after a number of months where she was using them only for a small number of predetermined requests.

Feels like I'm seeing a lot of new to Bluesky artists lately so just a lovingly and humbly offered PSA: There is a pretty hardcore group of users here who won't repost or engage with images that don't include at least some basic alt text. Alt text = more engagement opportunities

So this weekend, our cat Poppy has had a burst of progress with her communication buttons, after a number of months where she was using them only for a small number of predetermined requests.

Here is the full version! Social media is unkind to super-wide art! My print store is open with this piece & more for 6 more days: devinellekurtz.shop

I want to make a third Ancient Wisdom. Someone commission me please.

I've recently been thinking about the different ways I engage with games in the post-game. Outer Wilds, I revisit through the lens of watching other people discover its mysteries. Elden Ring, I re-immerse myself through photography, mapping my wanderings into a form of travelogue.

I've spent the past couple of weeks casually speedrunning Silksong on the Switch, and today's run came to 2h2m2s, knocking a full hour off my previous personal best. Definitely plenty of room left for improvement, but if I can get it below 1h45m I'll be delighted!

Today is Shadowplay's UK launch date. Significantly revised, this sequel to Pantomime takes to the magician's stage. The Micah Grey trilogy stars a n0nb1nary, 1nters3x lead. It's a whimsical gaslamp fantasy with the undercurrent of danger. hodderscape.co.uk/products/sha...

Yes, this was because of the name change, all and such ... But ALSO, it'd be amazing if y'all check out my new portfolio website. I've worked really hard on that over the last weeks 🫶

Went for an autumnal walk #Photography

Edited a photo I took of the blood moon back at the beginning of October #Photography #Moon

Started Blue Prince today and @juliesayshello.bsky.social had a lot to say about my ~extremely coherent~ playstyle. 💀

The Guardian 🦊 Continuing my attempt to get back into daily art, this one site just shy of 2 hrs #dailyart

Chrono Trigger: Waiting Fiona dreams of growing a forest to save the land laid waste, but it'll take centuries, so Robo stays behind to help tend to the trees long after her lifetime. 400yrs later you find him, rusted and broken down amid a lush forest, Fiona's dream accomplished🌳 #ChronoTrigger

Almost Home

I finished a small painting in a rush this morning and haven't yet emptied the thick, tea-colored paint water that's sitting next to my actual tea mug. Place your bets now. (Oh yeah, here's the painting, for @maddybellwoar.com's Monthy Art Show stream today)

This month's #BirdWhisperer is the Turkey Vulture! ~2hr study in Clip Studio Paint

This month's #BirdWhisperer is the turkey vulture! He looks cold, or maybe I'm just projecting lol (Ref photo by PublicDomainImages) 🦢🐡 #art #birds

I recently released my latest Elden Ring Photography Tour album, To High Peaks & Shadowed Ruins www.robhainescreative.space/visual-art/i... Only two more to go! #EldenRing #PhotoTour