If you are anxious and sad about the state of the world, that's fine, and there are plenty of strategies for dealing with that. But I think you already know that drive-by online dooming isn't a strategy. It's selfish and adolescent. It's a contagion that only spreads the worst of you, not the best.

I doubt anyone would impersonate me, but my xitter accounts, @TheGoddamnOwl and @ItsNSFOwlets (and soon @70th Owlt) are effectively deleted and locked down. If you see anyone claiming its me, they're not. My links (dead ones too) are in this carrd page below, don't take imitations tgowl.carrd.co

Bandwagons

If your main motivation for making art is the attention it gets online, I don’t think you’re engaging with your craft in a productive or fulfilling way.

i made warframe run again on my pc during my holiday break after realizing i'm stupid haha

PSA: twitter, X, is doing new terms of service that basically make it so that any comtent you share on there including DMs and photos is theirs and they can use it for "any purpose" including commercial use. So, if you have a page you’ve left up and don’t want them there’s time to act 1/

mirage prime my beloved

I don't want to take on any more paid stuff until I'm done with what I've got at least, but I really need to figure out a more efficient and sustainable way to keep living each week

I did take a break during the holidays so art stuff just resumed this week haha

heheh... slop

So how's everyone doing? I hope you've had happy holidays :>

hey

We're at 61% now! Please don't forget that if you apply for a draw you should send me a DM here or in discord, I don't bite :>

We're at 61% now! Please don't forget that if you apply for a draw you should send me a DM here or in discord, I don't bite :>

btw we're at 40% now and a few draws lined up among the work :>

The amount of variants i did for this batch was apocalyptic, but its finally out! granted not everything had variant versions but it was still a lot, my patreons know :P #art #illustration #commission #artcommission #oc #originalcharacter

Goal's at almost 30% by a hair yippee! If you apply for having a draw done for you remember to send me a DM either here or in Discord :>

I'm gonna be real: how long will it take for EVERYTHING to be over?

Everyone is more or less okay with it” dude you make people emigrate to work there because you don’t do remote work, they risk having to change countries if they disagree with it

We are still recruiting game makers who had games posted to Steam or itch.io in July 2025 for a survey on the impacts of NSFW policy changes. More info on the project website. You can also always email me (via the website or through the email on the USask website) for info or with questions.

Having a rough one today. Here’s the Ko-Fi. For every dollar, I will provide a BlueSky post length review of one comic. ko-fi.com/alexjaffe

Using genAI for concept art is so fucking stupid because like... that's where you get the cool shit. Thats the blue sky phase where artists make pieces of art that will be seen by a teenager later and change their life forever. Why would you want to start from mediocre. Why would you do that.

Solair dressing up a bit and looking unimpressed. This sketch almost didn't survive, spent 3 days waffling on an outfit. Hope you enjoy

If this upsets you, please extend that compassion towards ALL animals. Leading cause of wild habitat loss is due to animal agriculture. Signing a petition is important, but don’t let that be the end of your activism. Love yall 🌱❤️

If you're entering that Mega Man robot design contest and you posted your designs here, you might want to delete your post before Capcom finds out. This is such garbage, glad I decided not to participate.

Goal's at almost 30% by a hair yippee! If you apply for having a draw done for you remember to send me a DM either here or in Discord :>

As I've said many times throughout this year of Old Blogs, the @archive.org is an AMAZING resource in these times of ephemeral record keeping and broken links - life is going to be difficult enough for Future Archeologists, they're going to need this sort of thing a LOT!

Hot take, but I think if you have an audience, you are responsible for that audience because they're a reflection of you. If folks are in your spaces harassing other people, especially on your behalf, and you choose to do nothing about it, you're letting everyone know that's acceptable to you.

AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone - tech is now more expensive - you cannot trust most media of reality anymore - programs barely function - energy prices - literal psychosis - your voice can be literally stolen for evil - more spyware but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.

OPENING COMMISSIONS! Gonna have some dental bills soon, so this would certainly alleviate that lol Please email me at [email protected] with your references and type of commission you want!

Trying to raise money for our disabled cat who is in need of a major surgery to save her life. If you can donate or share, it's much appreciated

Reminder that doodle comms are open! (Therapy bills! Yay!) #commissions

Thanks again to everyone who donated or bought something. To help with the remaining debt, I’ve refreshed ebay with a lot of rare anime+game stuff: ebay.com/usr/mshinzan Still willing to work out cheaper deals off of ebay! Pls do not feel obligated, and thx to anyone who passes the link or reposts.

don't claim it. doesn't matter that it's free. Don't.

around 40 game developers affiliated with @videogameworkers.bsky.social have gathered outside the peacock theater, where the game awards will take place in a few hours, for a “the industry is dead” demonstration

I am definetely gonna be supporting this after I get my paycheck. It's important to have indie platforms for webcomics especially where you can customise the presentation. I wish you guys nothing but success!

Anyway, on an hourly basis, the people we decided to put in charge of the world tell me and my community and my industry to go fuck ourselves for even thinking about demanding compensation for the work they endlessly pervert, pilfer, and profit from. So all that considered, I'd say we're doing good

I got a thought: if I were to aim at getting money for the holidays by taking on more extra work, would people be willing to wait on me?

Heads up for all my art friends that have an online store.

Lawmakers and bible thumpers don't want you to understand the people they're demonizing are doing more good for society than they ever would

These last few months have just been awful with non-stop billings, payments and situations requiring more than what I can handle, and once again I'm forced to ask for help while I continue work. I'd like to raise enough for the coming holidays, but I feel that'd be abusive ko-fi.com/thegoddamnowl

Tucson residents fought back against Amazon’s secretive plans to build a data center in the desert — and won. But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.

Padorus are just Christmas-themed Minions for weebs

Our modern subscription hellhole is aggressively anti-ownership and the kids know it

When an issue like this is affecting America it gets all the support and reposts and links and ways to contact and bombard phone lines. Anyone else and people are dead silent while stupid laws like this get passed off. UK folded, and now we folded too. fan-fuckin'-tastic, thanks Inman Grant

After all that whining about payment processors with adult games and censorship, age verification still hit my country (Australia). Where was all that righteous outrage when this shit was in the pipeline?

I really hate to have to do this but i just had a deer jump in front of my work van (and everday car) on the highway and total the bumper/fender and I need to open some emergency commissions to help cover the cost of repair and help me stay afloat while it's in the shop.

people are way too fucking comfortable talking to strangers however they like, we know this. BUT ALSO people are WAAAAAY too comfortable assuming everybody has the same ability to do something that's "easy" for you