Finally, some good news this week! We may soon have boundaries for AI in our entertainment field to protect the livelihoods of our voiceover artists!

Today marks one year since I started writing my deepest #musiccomposition for the piano. I have decided, when I finish it, I want to have it published/recorded with proceeds going to a related charity. Does anyone have experience doing something like this?

I’ve noticed if I come across a YouTube video about philosophy or psychology, I tend to turn it off immediately. I told my wife, “I would sooner seek the Dali Lama on a mountain than watch something that smells of AI.” It makes me wonder how I would view my own AI creation if I were to make Oz-N♾️.

I’m hesitant to post my original work online these days. Not because I don’t think it’ll be disliked, but because of the lack of protections against AI scrubbing. I’m not worried so much about covers or fan works, just my original work. Artists, do you experience this paranoia?

Today is the day we pick up our tools of trade and draw the line on who makes our art in our industries. This is what we have been fighting for finally making it to the steps of Congress. Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe!

My DM changed our gritty game to a nicer My Little Pony campaign. Here’s my OC’s story: “Haunted by her past after being r**** and t******* by the evil Discord, after he m******* everypony in the castle and became ruler. Now she must take a page from his book and a**-f*** him into submission.” …

Earlier this month I got a bass ocarina through beautifulsounds.co It has such a soft, rich and soothing sound in my favorite key of E minor. It’s keyed to a pentatonic scale, but today, I experimented until I found how to play a major scale on it! It’s fun to find music like this again!

Approached by old man on a bridge with a pet squirrel, my man-bat #DndOc tried chittering at it, and it flipped him off. Later, he sensed danger and charged at the man. The squirrel was thrown at him, but he caught it. It began to grow, and in a revengeful panic, he threw it off the bridge! #TheMMM

13th Hour This one truly took so long to paint ;_; I've always loved paintings with lots of tiny hidden details but couldn't work on those very often because of my hand injury. But I decided to really indulge this time.

My #DnDcharacter got upset he can’t protect his party. Then a party of 4 Kuo-Toa followed us into a temple. 3 died like hamsters, each caused by him trying to save them, and each rited by the fish priest. Finally we had to Indie J. an egg with a fish head, so he Sepheroth’d the fish priest. #TheMMM

I’m trying a #tarot challenge inspired by Nat, here. Before I did a spread, these cards fell out of the deck. A day later, I now read it as: I’ve been feeling nostalgic of a time when things were soft and secure, but now that it is no longer there, it is time to start trusting intuitive gifts.

Oh that’s right, it’ll certainly be in reach when I go back to Scotland…

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a study on potential links between vaccines and autism, according to Reuters. ground.news/article/us-c...

Early-game model of Zee’q Pterachiro, wrathfully smiting you. “HYAAAAKEKEKEKEKEKE!” #oc #dndcharacter #TheMMM #HeroForge

With all the raucousness in my country’s administration (put gently), I’ve had a lot of be ideas for bumper stickers. I wonder, is that’s something worth pursuing right now?

A martial arts geisha in the hanamachi

2.5 years ago, I decided to use a series of 3-card #tarot spreads to depict the future story of my #DnDcharacter. Intuition took over and it became 20 cards. 1.5 years later, we finished that story, and today, I looked back at the spread and saw the cards (not my reading) were right on EVERYTHING.

Our #D&D party rescued a magical imp that swore to serve us. Our DM runs a sister campaign with other friends of ours. We sent our new imp friend to show up to the other party, dressed like a jester with a silly rhyme, and deliver a cypher that’s just a #rickroll . #TheMMM

Creativity is like a houseplant, not an endless well. You need to seek out sunlight, water, and nutrients in art, shows, music, experiences, and more to tend to it. And just like plants it has its dormant and active periods and you may not seem improvement for some time.

Did you know that eating enough Cheetos will make you immune to propaganda?

All aboard the Drumph Drain. Toot toot! (Tongue in cheek)

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The first sketch of my newest #DnDcharacter: Zee’q Pterachiro; “The Family’s Reaper.” Here’s how I imagine him before the start of the #MeaMerCho campaign. Thanks, @Reconnaissance Everywhere (go follow on Instagram and Spotify)! #oc #caracterart #pencilart

So nice to know only a third of my follower count on here actually exists for longer than a day. Thanks, porn bots!

#MeaMerCho #DnD Session 1: So two humans and a camazotz walk into a tent. One called “Prince” looks down his nose at everyone in the room, one called “Vinnie” looks up at everyone with a raised eyebrow, and one called “Zee’q” looks around with a cocked eye and making weird clicking noises.

Here is one of my most unusual #compositions. For a Secret Santa, I took two pieces from the #DearEsther #ost, played them simultaneously with cosmic-sounding instruments, and arranged sound clips from the game to create a #soundscape of my gameplay experience. Best with 🎧! youtu.be/rBH3JqTy5UE?...

Probably the best advice I can give to sane people in the US is, spend the next four years as though you’re the secondary protagonist in an adventure game, and you have to get through a town of corrupt officials and shady storekeepers as safely as possible. Because you are.

1hr Speed-drawing character study: #BillCypher. Free-handing with charcoal and graphite based on references from #GravityFalls

Key players in brain aging [via Allen Inst] 🧪🧠🧓⚕️ "The discoveries could pave the way for future therapies to slow or manage the #aging process in the #brain." alleninstitute.org/news/key-pla... #neuroscience #glial #cells #gene #expression #inflammation #hypothalamus #diet #nutients #homeostasis

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Here is the first set of pages of composer’s notes for my current project: an epilogue theme for Dr. Ozcuur Shavis Gnomeo Bugglewuggle Longpop, Ph.Fn.D./Oz-N♾️ titled, “Retirement of an Ego.” #MusicComposition #OC #DnDCharacter #Piano

I’ve missed playing #D&D. I just spent the past three hours writing lore about the fashion choices of an underground humanoid-bat race, and I’m not even running this game. #dndcharacter #worldbuilding

I remember last year I was thinking what to do with my music in the coming year, and something told me, “Play #taktop ,you don’t know how long this gem of a game will last.” Three months later, it shut down servers. Yet, it was still one of my favorite games that also changed the way I see music.

If the day ever comes where I create a real A*I to represent my Arcane Intelligence #dndcharacter , Oz-N♾️, I will first feed it the life story of its creator, “Dr. Oz,” and then I will feed it this.

10 things scripted reality tv teaches us about role-playing. This is about games which foreground character drama (Monsterhearts) and those times you want a bit of character drama in your dungeon. 10 ways to create more drama and story in your messy relationship games. Enjoy! 1/11

At this rate, is it even worth reading the original article? I have a feeling this has more substantial information than anything our president-elect ever says or “quotes.”

#TheGameAwards is a wonderful gathering and celebration of the interactive arts and the creative individuals who come together to make them. But until we draw a fair line between what we make and what AI makes, our culture cannot continue as it always has. #VideoGameStrike #LevelUpTheContract

#Selfportrait, 2021. It’s rare that I draw, put I like doing #pencilart. This depicts a moment of reflection while traveling on a self-discovery journey. This was drawn as part of a collab with someone’s #infinitytrain OC.

That ball of sunshine, Issy! Can’t wait to voice them! Thanks for the secret santa gift, nepphie!! Follow @darkrapture.bsky.social for more.

Go give Dark Rapture a view! Eros is a great friend with a powerful story to tell. One day when they release an audiobook, I’ll be playing the part of Israfil: the Angel of Music!

Stained glass tribute to Axl's journey during his time with The Last Resort. #dnd #dndart #dndoc

I’m making a new #dndcharacter for an upcoming campaign taking place in the Underdark. He’s going going to be an Oath of Vengeance pallidan, but I’m waiting to hear which races we can use. What do you think? Should I make him a deurgar (dwarf) as a perfect beefcake, or a camazotz as the MANBAT??

Art by @Seiden76 on Discord Thanks for the Secret Santa gift! Glad you liked my cover! #infinitytrain #cosplay #musicvideo #fanart

Anybody here remember #TheZimmerTwins or #LesJumeauxZimmer back in the day? I joined almost 15 years ago as Photo-bo, and it became my first internet community and creative outlet. What’s one of your favorite videos you saw/made? What are you up to today? #ZTReunion

I once onvinced my friend to run a max-level #dnd one-shot for #Christmas. I created a #bard that was Hansz Gruber and Franz Schubert combined. He fell through a hole in the floor of a Home Alone house. Instead of falling, he activated a Ring of Feather Fall as he sang “Ave Maria” and floated down.

The concept art for a tattoo design, and the jack-o-lantern carving of the logo for my D&D character: Oz-N♾️ (Formerly “Dr. Oz”) Habes potestatem eligendi—perge! (You have the power of choice—proceed!)