I think the biggest damage to the art community was the obsolescence of gallery sites (y!, deviantart, etc) and the rise of scroll-by social media, like twitter and even tumblr. Art is not ''content'', you shouldnt need to post art every day (or every month!) to be relevant. This mindset sucks.

Karla is a friend of mine, I can personally vouch this is true and she really needs help. So if you have a couple bucks to spare for a good cause 🧡 (the amount is in mexican dollars)

The dream would be to be without body, to go freecam mode, but only a body could have that dream.

Reality is excessively generous. Compared to what? What would a non-excessive generosity look like? You could be content with this if it weren't equally generous in its outpouring of atrocities. Every fragment is worth spending several lifetimes on, but you are limited so you have to move on.

The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it

Talked to this middle-aged guy today who said he just came from the hospital and that he was in pain due to herniated discs and I asked him which ones and he said: both.

THIS IS WHAT SAM ALTMAN WANTS TO TAKE FROM YOU

Wandering Boss of Dawn. Original dryad character by @beastsoul.bsky.social that I turned into a fire based, burning plant woman. The tips of each leaf is eternally burning with edges of ember.

Meril, one of a friend's rp characters.

Laughing Prince (2019) #DatLoonArt #Destiny2

will probably never polish this. vent piece from last month

Human artists! Use only one piece to convince people to follow you :3

string theory sketch comm for @eiramew.bsky.social 🎵 #Destiny2Art #Destiny2aotw

something I really dislike about depressive phases is that I lose sight of any diet I've been on and eat like the world's saddest raccoon for 2 - 20 weeks ya like how wildly that time span can vary? yeah me too /s

started working on a sketch from last year, i havent been existing so have a wip oouuughghh flat brushes... i love you flat brushes...

I FUCKING LOVE FLAT BRUSHES screaming it. top of my lungs. every time im not enjoying my work i just throw the flat brush on and suddenly WOOOHH FUN YAY

Despite how excellent the news may seem, do not get comfortable just yet One key word to take this away from; "Halted," which means, the Age Verification junk is very much alive and there's a possibility they'll be trying this again Keep the pressure going, do not let them get away with this

I've had this WIP for so long, and always think it's cool when I see it, and then never work on it 😩

Surprisingly decent valentines day. Spent it a day early with the one friend who would never leave unless I made him. Played Helldivers and watched some Dexter. Was pretty good for my mental health ngl I never needed a partner. I just need somebody who really knows me, and boy does he. I'll be okay

I think the thing that is making burn out extra difficult to deal with these last few years is just how dehumanized art has become. It was already bad with the pressures of satiating social media, add engagement farming accounts that repost art uncredited and GenAI on top...🫠 ofc we're not ok

Every day I'll post some drawings until I don't. In 2013/2014 i had one hell of an obsession with black birds.

botdivers eating good, cyberstan content fucks grateful arrowhead knows we like the way it hurts

Decomposition final boss

hello people from @astreetrat.bsky.social 's lovely starter pack <3 here's some hidden king coffeshop sketch for y'all ...as well as a humble offering to Clancy Brown to take my soul x) #deadlock

a lifetime of consummate melancholy

it's annoying how artists feel like they have to smother themselves in 50000 layers of jokes and irony and hate and jealousy to survive as an artist online when in reality people absolutely love authenticity and sensitivity in art.

An Eldrazi above all Eldrazi? The client wanted a creature inspired by mtg eldrazi titans but bigger. This is what I came with! #cosmic #horror #creature #design #commission #artistforhire #eldrazi #alien #lovecraftian #titan #illustration #art

"Artificial Harvester of Human Progress" (AHoHP) A manmade monster of flesh and metal fishing and eating workers falling from the sky into dark waters while AI investors cheer from marble walls.

planetary voyager (commission) it was a delight to paint this character that was also inspired by my work. she felt very natural to sculpt into stars 💜 #astroluminescent #spaceart

Kanye's WSJ apology is really interesting to me, to be honest. Not due to any quality judgment or anything, nor am I of any of the involved demographics he victimized, but because regardless of those things... ... his comments on what living with bipolar disorder can be like are pretty spot on.

I would be significantly less grossed out by the LLM tools suddenly built into every app if they didn’t always call them things like “AI Companion” 🥴

Gotta be honest Between Vintage Story and Hytale, I don't think I could ever touch Minecraft again wish the Hytale devs the best, I had significant doubts but even in its massively unfinished state it's solid. It's got good bones

people who get upset when the super mentally ill person they chose to date/befriend is actually super mentally ill and that it wasnt a bit

I enjoy artist advice not only because its valuable information, but because there’s a sort of human tenderness in seeing how another was able to synthesize their own frustrations. we’re all slamming our heads into the wall until a small “aha” comes out, and I cherish others’ as much as my own.

Need to take a break from socials, need time to myself. Quick question for when I return tho, is insta any good for art? *Especially if you're more varied/don't focus on a single subject or fandom? Previously only used it for captura but itd be nice to use something that *feels* less evil than twt

Marie Leroux #warframe #warframefanart

Commission. #Destiny2Art

I used to think them indifferent - these beautiful, hateful eyes in the dark. Vent piece.

Yk, I started spiraling hard af when it was confirmed Trump would be re-elected largely because he reminded me a lot of my dad. He still does. But that wasn't all - I was also fixated on what it might be like if our checks failed. It was too absurd at the time or whatever. Guess we're finding out.

'Do everything you can, do it now, this is the moment, you have to act now or else you'll miss your chance--' This is the constant state of mind in the US. I've only been aware of how insane it is for a decade, after living/working abroad for a few months. This is not a functional society.

I used to think them indifferent - these beautiful, hateful eyes in the dark. Vent piece.

If I had a dollar for every time people attributed symptoms of schizoaffective disorder to character rather than a disabling condition that's happening *to* me, I'd be able to stop taking commissions forever. The world's never been ready to accept people like me, and at this rate it never will be.

I was just woken up from a dream where a friend and I were at a grocery store checking out but fiercely locked into an intense debate with a rando from the next register over, arguing about whether either of the destiny games were real games that existed or not

"joy is an act of resistance" is not praxis and while im a firm believer that art is good for the soul even during hard times, you have got to be fucking real for a second and realize that drawing pictures is not gonna help someone who is being bombed by the US government

also if you go out of your way to make it known you're "freshly 18" and you advertise OF shit I feel incredibly bad for you. The people around you failed you, and you're going to be hurt in ways you'll never heal from, like I was. But I will block you so fucking fast. Please get help.

Rest in piss 2025, you won't be missed. Back to work. Two more in the queue, then a break for a while for studies and personal. Will be more proactive about announcing when open, and my carrd will be more regularly updated, so keep an eye out and plan ahead if you'd like anything from me <3 :3