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Hey you could have hired a Black artist instead of using AI... just sayin

We live in hell and will never get free. Because there is no community when anything is allowed in the name of the come up.

This is the same shit y'all pulled with NFTs. Just because Black people are doing it too doesn't mean I should support it.

This "Black AI image boosters"🆚️"Black traditional artists" thing sucks. Cuz like ofc genAI/LLMs/etc offer frictionless solutions to accessorize your business/hobby. But when design *IS* yer business/hobby, seeing yer own ppl preferring the option that conceptually devalues yer skills? it hurts.

not all skinfolk are kinfolk its that simple i'm not anti "black ai image boosters" i'm against AI. period. if you hit me, you don't get to go "but i'm black bruh, you're supposed to back my plays"

Yall, I implore you to look at the responses from all the folk up in arms over THIS comment. This very understandable, mild-mannered, level-headed, and problack and empathetic suggestion. Defending someone using AI and admitting to using their ex's artwork as the template. I cant

I wanna post new work so bad but I have to wait for a few months...in the meantime I'll repost old stuff.

ko-fi.com/weredawgz One of those days

Bacially almost all the major black and white characters were born out of homages to minstrelsy. I talk about this in my Character Design classes actually

Already reposted but for those who may see this thread outside of that, here ya go

Hair

Hair studies

Hair

Hair

Hair

A few examples of the references I use. A really important part of my process is to draw from life even if I’m drawing cartoons.

I always start by collecting references because there is so many different versions of braids. If I take these characters for example, I focused on the shapes. I used references pics from barbershops or hair salons. I also watch videos of hairstylist’s process sometimes.

Hair

Silk

✨Superman✨

Captain Marvel

Kill ‘Em With Success

Don't Fear The Reaper

Batman Day

My cover for GREEN ARROW #31 from @christophcondon.bsky.social & Montos. In shops 12/24 🎄

This is ai.

Take your Kimmel protest energy and use it to freeze out that hateful JKR too! Maybe HP was a part of your childhood. Well now it's a slap in the face and a dagger in the back of people who just wanna live. Don't let her see a dime!

Practice with Batwoman^^

Batwoman

Batwoman

Batwoman

Batwoman

🎶Music’s got me feeling so free 🎶

The Night

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My birthday is next Tuesday, so maybe you should treat yourself with some art by me! ko-fi.com/sablepod

Even if people don’t drop their Disney+ subscriptions and stop going to the theme parks, Kimmel’s suspension has put a stain on the company’s reputation that it can’t get away from

Our final cover reveal for 𝗩𝗥 𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗘 𝟰 is a digital dream! With cover art by renowned illustrator Adam Gorham, this is one action-packed issue you won’t want to miss. Final pre-orders are due TODAY, September 22nd. Available at your local comic shop Wednesday, November 5th! boomstud.io/FOC

Comics pages

Comics pages^^

The Harley was parked just besides a food truck, the cooks saw me about to take the motorcycle's picture and asked for a picture of them. I told them the lighting would probably be a bit bad but whatever, I really like both pictures side by side.

Godzilla

Comics pages

« Stand Tall » Written by @ckcarpenter.bsky.social Line art by me

Thank you for all of the kind words about our book. It really means a lot. I see some confusion about the fate of the title as a whole, so I wrote a little bit more on my Patreon. The post is free to access here: www.patreon.com/posts/139455...

Batgirl

No Time to Cry

Superman sample page