The Count of Monte Cristo Black ink on white paper Very much inspired by the miniseries with Sam Claflin as Edmond Dantes

I can't believe we're going back to this kind of discourse but: Using references isn't cheating Using 3D mannequins and photo references is STANDARD, even for professional artists Shaming people and pushing them to draw exclusively from memory is harmful and can set back people who are learning

go tell your favorite artists you like their work. you may think they hear it enough or your praise would be identical to someone else's so you say nothing, but i promise you they would love to hear it. and sometimes they need to hear it.

Using 3D model and personal photography resources is one if the most basic and classic forms of art tools out there. It was a common source of reference material we used when I worked in the animation industry. Here are some old examples from Disney. That rule needs to go, its very anti artist.

"We Love You from the Moon" (Sold)

Had convos w/ multiple people in the past 4 days who DID NOT KNOW that 1. AI doesn't "think" or know anything; it's a probability machine 2. It was created using massive amounts of work stolen from actual people including me 3. The environmental costs are astronomical Spread the word, every time!

I've always loved this performance because he plays it completely genuinely. he knows the choreography, his costume is tailored and well suited to his body, the entire vibe is silly and celebratory instead of showing quiet distaste for what he's doing, as a lot of men would

The 2026 Calarts Producers' Show Opening is a lovely tribute to art & animation (directed by Sofia Kondrasheva & Veda Lee). Every year, Calarts school has a showcase where they select a handful of student films to be screened in a Hollywood theater. >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsmu...

If you’re trans & born before 2000, when asked who you are you can legit answer: “Do not ask me for a single title, I have crossed millennia under different names and worn more than one form besides. Revered by some and feared by many, I am remembered differently in each age that survives me.”

Deepfakes are everywhere, but digital forensics investigators are fighting back. Learn more: https://scim.ag/42dMPBg

Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it. www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...

Stop your doomscrolling and look at this otter

Love this, we need more companies doing this.

It would also still use people in third world countries and in prisons to click on every image with a ketchup bottle (or child p*rn) on it for days on end and pay pennies for it. People think the machines learn only by themselves. They do not. Humans teach them. And it's tedious slave labor.

Saw this terrific shirt in Calgary.

A visibly emotional Anne Hathaway responding to a trans kid--who named herself Ella after Ella Enchanted, and thanked Hathaway for her courage as an ally--saying "Ella, sweetie, I want to make something absolutely clear: It takes zero courage to love you"......now I might cry too

Bring back the ancient knowledge

Ghostface. Black ink on white paper (with some slight retouching with white ink). Inspired by the absolute stunning ink work of @vvilczy.bsky.social

I will never forgive AI for destroying one of my favorite emoji/symbols the humble sparkle

She is very lonely

notably his cure is from CAR-T therapy, which is so new I didn’t even learn about it in med school THIS is why we invest in science

Ghostface. Black ink on white paper (with some slight retouching with white ink). Inspired by the absolute stunning ink work of @vvilczy.bsky.social

Everyone keeps saying "AI isn't going away" and no, "AI" as you've come to know it is in fact going to go away. It's unprofitable and the user experience to date has been subsidized. It will never scale, and it's not getting any cheaper. And localized fragments of that tech aren't the same.

Oh wow really

I can’t express enough how important music is to me and how healing it is.

Them: "think of the children!!!!" Me: omg yes you are so right. we should abolish child prisons, stop funding militaries that slaughter children, ensure every child has access to medical care and healthy food, provide mental health counselors in schoo-- Them: NO WE MEAN CENSOR THE INTERNET!!!

Saw a new Metroidvania game that has bug characters, but the trailer and images looks a bit…Gen AI, look down further and…yep, interest gone

I made some lil trilobites! 🩷 Sewing pattern is for patrons till May 5. www.patreon.com/nazfx_studios #plush #plushart #trilobite #sewing #cuteart More info ⬇️

What if the curse was to be human? 🥀✨🐾

Late night at the art studio

I don’t “network,” I make friends. Other artists are not my competition, they’re my beloved peers and sources of inspiration. We all have the same goal; to share our art. I’m not gonna corporatize my human relationships with them. I am in my sandbox playing and I hope they join me.

IRON LUNG IS GONNA HAVE DVD'S AVAILABLE WITH BEHIND THE SCENES CONTENT!!!

When you use AI to do your writing, you are telling your audience: “I deserve your attention, but you do not deserve my effort.”

I HATE THE WORD "CONTENT" WITH BURNING PASSION AND I WILL KEEP CALLING YALLS CRRATIVE WORKS EXACTLY THAT - YOUR CREATIONS, NOT FUCKING PRODUCT RAHHHHHHH

The critical lesson of James Cameron's Aliens is you should always choose to stay home with your cat

My emotional support historical fiction of all time. #LadyOscar #TheRoseOfVersailles #ROV

Happy ‘Sinners’ Day! One year ago, Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners,’ released in theaters.

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Happy bat appreciation day. #dracula #darkart #vampire #traditionalart

I got banned from twitter in 2023 for this drawing. They called it "violent speech". It had over 40K likes and too many comments for me to read before my ban, but I still see it floating around here and there. Save a copy, and use it freely. No attribution needed. Love u #transdayofvisibility #tdov

It’s fucking bizarre how people are acting like something from 2022 is something they can’t live without. Like dudes, the emotional dependence on a sycophantic machine regurgitating nonsense to encourage you to stop engaging in critical thought and trust the slop is truly depressing to witness.

Finally finished it! Shirt cut meme but with Yautjas.

doodle #Yautja

The most bad-ass rebuttal from Tite Kubo, the author of Bleach.

He told ChatGPT he was a nazі іncel who wanted to dіe, then asked how many people you’d have to shoot at his school to get on the news. ChatGPT helped him pick his ammo, pick his target, pick the best time for the massacre, and then told him how to use the gun. Then he did. youtu.be/IbG-JGdGniY

“People need to be nicer to each other online” and “people need to develop thicker skin because it’s not normal or healthy to get upset at everything you don’t agree with” are two statements than can and should coexist actually

i don’t know why some people are obsessed with fictional characters doing only Good and Moral things. i like them broken and twisty, it’s more fun 🙂‍↕️

I’m obsessed with the new bird house, although it’s becoming apparent that we either have a huge number of house sparrows, or Buffet Biff will soon be too heavy to fly.

I hope we're just in some sort of transitional period in fandom/media consumption and this doesn't last, but I really need people to realize that bullying creators for not catering specifically to what they want or expect out of their creations is not, in fact, a good or normal or cool thing to do.