my favorite subgenre of Halloween decoration is “skeleton of things that absolutely do not have skeletons”

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

I saw this originally on mastodon, but want to draw attention to it here- really good breakdown of how exactly payment processors function and why you can only DIY it all so far

This doesn’t mean it’s easy, but I’ve been feeling strongly about this. I think Patreon can make you think it’s something inescapable when lots of people are running their own membership sites or newsletters. And have for a long time. I strongly want Patreon to work for artists, not the reverse.

Hey y'know this is why it's great to have things like my members website. Which is an independently hosted way for me to catalogue my work just in case this ever happened. Y'know, just in case. PARANOIA PAYS OFF BABY

making a presentation about comics for kids, and I wanna stress that you don't need fancy tools or programs to draw comics...anyone wanna throw me some examples of comics made with nontraditional or very low cost materials?

Just a periodic reminder that it's a good idea to bookmark your favorite artists' sites, sign up for their newsletters, and follow them everywhere you can. (My links are in my profile & pinned post!). Because of the current climate of censorship you never know where we'll get kicked off of next.

Some of yall still on Twitter after fucking everything

Quick friendly reminder that Bluesky is entirely fucking public and you should post accordingly! Heads on straight, gang!

The wonderful tech writer and author of Blood in the Machine is running a blog series called AI Killed My Job. If you or any other artist you know has had their work impacted by AI, please contact them. To underline: getting this kind of information out there is critical for the arts right now.

Their core new offerings are a reworked Feed page, Quips (the bulk of the conversation and questions revolved around this feature), Collaborative posts, and Creator and Patron profiles are now merged.

Do it. Search your name. Take their money. It’s yours anyway.

👋 Are you a comics podcaster or journalist? Are you proud of something you've written or produced in the last few months? Want more people to see it? We'd love to share it in our feed & spread the good word.

🕐24 HOURS REMAIN!🕐 Unsounded in winding down on Kickstarter! Can we hit our THIRD stretch goal and unlock cameos in Ashley Cope's new comic??? www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

✨ Nib & Ink Fest 2026 Submissions are NOW OPEN! Co-op members, submit your comics to the Marketplace, the Webcomic Sampler, and the Oops All Comics Zine! Submissions open 9/1/2025 and end 10/1/2025. Check out nif.cartoonist.coop/submissions for more info!

If you've ever wondered or struggled with how to provide alt text or a transcript for your comics, Jessi @jbeoin.bsky.social is here to walk you through it with details, examples, and in-session exercises to make alt text an easy addition to your workflow! #coopcamp25

Kickstarter! Be better! I’ve stuck with Kickstarter through a lot of shit because the fine folks at Kickstarter United had my back - now we all have to have theirs. Sign this petition for a minimum livable wage and a codified 4 day work week for our colleagues at Kickstarter United.

I’m add to this, I went last year and this year. I had been warned to not bother with the dealers hall (exhibiting that is. I did browse). It the most out of it by attending and being on panels. But comics are 100% an after thought at worldcon.

Now is your chance to make it clear to Patreon what you think about them using AI.

Patreon. The 'We're made by artists for artists,' people. Anyways. If you get one of these surveys, please enjoy tearing into them. You might get a gift card for your trouble.

I don't know if it's being sent at random, but I got an email survey from Patreon. And I never miss an opportunity to yell. It's all about AI. They very much want to use AI. They very much want to use your art to train AI. They could not broadcast more clearly how much they want a piece of that AI

Everybody calling payment processors and raising a stink about this, you're doing amazing, and I'm proud of you.

*The public breathes a heavy sigh of relief as they run away from the mainstream onto the internet, enjoying a wider variety of art, music, and thought* Silicon Valley: we spent billions of dollars to remake the mainstream. You’re welcome. *public avoids it* Silicon Valley: WE SAID-

Ew.

Happy to help! Alexander Comic's website was a beautiful site design to work on, and I'm glad I was able to help bring it over into Wordpress for Reimena!

Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder. Here’s how to use RSS. www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...

A new petition spearheaded by prominent German journalists and game developers has gathered over a thousand signatures in the first day. Like other emerging protests, it aims at payment processors to take the pressure from store fronts selling adult games. www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/...

Making your career dependent on a tech product is a great way to make yourself obsolete once those ai companies have to start turning a profit and jack up prices higher than you can afford.

Action for Australian folks: register a concern about Collective Shout's wrongful listing as a charity, do so on the Australian Charity and Non-Profit Commission website Collective shout's profile + ABN: www.acnc.gov.au/charity/char... Raise a concern with the ACNC: www.acnc.gov.au/raise-concern

Yeah, I worked in customer support and, if it's a 'peak' of one day, they will not care. They'll wipe their hands and say "ok, volumes are back to normal, it's fixed" If after a week they are still receiving pressure... Then they'll begin to get nervous

You can also call, seems to work the best. Here is a post with numbers, that can help. (I called too, had to!) bsky.app/profile/iant...

I hope I am not too late! I have a sizeable following and I know many in it does Adult/ NSFW work and do their best to live from it. The try to erase that but Also anything LGBTQ+ it seems. If I can help to spread the Word, best I do it now! You have my support 🙏

please make a website for yourself, even if it’s just a single page, I am BEGGING blog.itsnero.com/webguide

This makes me so angry when I see it. Just unbelievably angry.

I know there's been a lot of lay-offs but whatever you do do not let executives hire you back at a lower price, for WHATEVER bad reason they give, because they WANT us to come cheap now, they WANT to still take advantage of this moment, but we cannot let them

Okay now the tables are turning against AI, I need all marketers, unions, coops, and every individual writer, artist, musician, actor and other creative, to start raising their prices and let's all do our best to start talking about art as something that has value again

It's so crazy how the comics, animation, and video games industries are wildly popular billion dollar profit type shit and yet there is no money and no jobs for the people who make that possible

"like it or not" i don't like it, so i simply will not play their games or give them any money i suppose!

It's a beetle!! With a knife! KNIFEBEETLE is a curated webring of webcomics, so if you are looking for something to read, please check it out! Namesake is on it. knifebeetle.neocities.org

MASSIVE good news for trans people in the United States. A federal judge has just granted class action status to transgender people looking to update their passports. This means that very shorty, the window will open to update your passports with the correct gender marker.

if you’re an etsy shopper definitely try to check to see if an artist has an external store off etsy before purchasing.. :( (its also less fees for the artist that way!) unfortunately though for a lot of artists, etsy is still one of the most viable option for sales

Portlanders: the Police Bureau is trying to amend the rules so they don't have to report information on officers who have been disciplined for excessive force / other violations during investigations those officers are involved in. You can submit comment here. www.surveymonkey.com/r/3WPQRK3

Watching these vids & tagging too many ppl but! I’m very grateful to everyone for their insights. Even in random chatter there’s been very useful art advice. Tysm! 🩷🙏🏽 @explodinghye.bsky.social , @kelmcdonald.bsky.social , @curiouslykevin.bsky.social , @itsnero.com & @firecatrich.bsky.social

I’ll be joining Kel to chat about sorcery101 in ten minutes. Excited to talk with my friend about their fantastic webcomic!

Sorcery 101 is 20 today, but my current webcomic is The City Between which is about qay werewolves in a futuristic setting. You can read BOTH on my website kelmcdonald.com Please check it out #webcomicday ! It's print editions are included in the sale going! 20% off with the code Happy Birthday

What are you reading your digital manga on?

Really looking forward to talking about this with Kel. We have a fun slideshow planned!

Hey all! This weekend I'm participating in Nib & Ink Fest. May 11 at 1pm PST myself and @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social will be hosting a panel called Having Fun with Background!