Weird behavior from bluesky today. "Unable to connect", what's wrong?

Four hours of drawing straight, and still nothing I want to hit "save" on.

GUYS! We can share our Pabu Days pieces I’m so excited! I got to do a 2 page comic spread about Pabu crabs xD YEEEEE

YIPPEE I can finally share my Pabu Days piece!! I had a lot of fun with this one and learned a lot! #starwars #thebadbatch

I have a confession to make: I find drawing backgrounds / nature (as in landscape genre) extremely triggering and not relaxing at all. It might have something to do with my art teacher from twenty years ago who said I'll never draw portraits and I should focus on landscapes and still life.

"Creative IT elite" as a like, motto or a selling point on the job searching site, and it's the most obvious ai users of a company I've ever seen. There's nothing creative about ai (The company I'm talking about blocked me for saying that, lol)

I had a shitty art teacher. Did it discourage me from sharing my drawings? For a while, yes (imagine being 6-7yo and this grown ass loud lady tells you you are a talentless fuck, and you should focus on something you fucking hate just because you can draw it 0,5% better)

today was a bad drawing day: everything is not looking like I imagined, everything hurts my eyes, everything is wrong. I don't like anything I've drawn today. Do I give up? Nuh uh. I'll try again tomorrow or redirect my attention towards something other.

The fact that my drawing style is even vaguely similar to one cartoon series I absolutely hate (to the point I lowkey wish they go bankrupt and go out of market) makes me want to never draw again ever. I HATE HATE HATE THAT STYLE I WISH IVE NEVER SEEN THAT FUCKASS CARTOOON

The conversation I've just had with my cousin: "I can't draw, and you are mean to me for using a/i?" "You can't draw, _because_ you use a/i. I can't draw either, but I'm learning how to do it"

darth maul sketch #darthmaul #maul #starwars #starwarsart #art

Dyinggg over here. I did NOT expect to get shamed for doing cartoonish lineart/outlines in my drawings. And by who, by my cousin, who uses a//i. You are the one to talk about classical painters who did not use outlines? Shut up, all you know is how to press a button!

Seeing "creative" and "AI" in the same sentence again 💀 There is nothing even remotely creative about AI.

Life-saving idea! Pass it on!

Article 1, Section 9 & 10 have been removed from the official Govt website on the US Constitution. Among numerous points: •Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus •Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship

If u ever feel bad about an idea or a headcanon of yours being a bit too hand wave-y just remember one of the most popular, influential and expensive franchises once went with:

Can I just say how fucking ridiculous it is that queer and nsfw art is more heavily regulated than the fucking plagiarism machine destroying our planet that is genAI

Look at him gooo! Finally gave 'em a run cycle. 🏃‍➡️

Hey so friendly TSA, especially for some industry peers that feels gatekeeping art is okay and feels that NSFW should be banned. NSFW art is a form of creativity and one that helps with development/studies for improvement.

Every single one of them is passing the buck to the other one. They're all complicit and they're all working to censor and ban you from consuming perfectly legal goods, as well as legally supporting creators you love. Keep hammering their asses.

To me the scariest part of learning to draw is going back to drawing after a period of intense self-hatred. I needed to learn to see value in my drawings again, after recognizing they all have flaws.

In a yapping mood today, so bear with me. Kriff A//I and the claim on sparkle emoji (✨) To me it means magic. I draw stars like that since I was 5 y.o. I'm reclaiming the sparkle emoji for all of us. A//I is not "magic".

I'm so done. Tired of myself and of being a disappointment. Lack of skill is combatable only with more practice, but what will you do, if you see your drawings and feel discouraged from ever drawing again.

Bluesky doesn't penalize you for using links, tags, using key words like Patreon or commissions, and doesn't have a central algorithm on your following feed, which means all the power rests on you to help your favourite creators be seen!

Black hair has always been underrepresented in games, but we want to change that 🙌 So this week we added 20 new black and textured hairstyles into Loftia! We hand-sculpted each one and built a custom shader to add depth and softness. Quite proud of how they turned out ☺️💛

Why understanding proportions is so hard...

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... SIGN THIS IF YOU LIVE IN THE UK

so itchio has shadowbanned any games tagged with 'nsfw', 'adult', or 'erotic' so they don't show up in searches, and several devs have reported that their r18 games have been removed from the site with no warning

nsfw artists are always the first to get attacked/thrown under the bus by financial institutions.

This isn't just affecting games hosted on itchio... Comics, books, zones, etc with these tags are also no longer searchable. This is going to impact indie scenes across the board if not challenged!

if every single service and transaction is monitored for its adherence to fundamentalist christian ethics, and every piece of media has to go through those services or transactions, you could very quickly find yourself in a world where no queer art or publication is possible to obtain or distribute

if you care about trans people, do not watch the new jk rowling show. don’t even hate watch it or you will be funding this new intentionally transphobic organization. we cannot allow hateful people take away more of our rights

Job market woes

It should go without saying but let's say it anyways. TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS

Cody Time

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references. Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

Did I tell you I love High Ground Animations? Well, I don't mind repeating myself. Because THIS IS AMAZING, Stretcher is AMAZING (I love medic OCs!!) Everyone should stop by and give Jan ALL THE LOVE. They and their work absolutely deserve all the adoration.

Yapping with @wrenkenstein.bsky.social about Pokemon gives me life 🧡🥺

Let’s take a journey to the dark side together… Presenting STAR WARS: MASTER OF EVIL! Out November 11th from Random House Worlds. www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...

Idk how long it will last, but now I'm extremely annoyed with Twitter and its ai policies, and I want to take a break here.

from this cis queer girlie to all my trans... siblings? comrades? yeah, comrades under the sun, happy Trans Day of Visibility. live to see them die.

The Interest Check for Baby Steps: A Bad Batch Zine is now live until April 13, 23:59 PST. All creators, customers and those curious are welcome. The link is in our bio 🩵

🧡TEA ART THREAD GO🧡

1. Stop assuming people announce all their activism on social media. 2. Stop demanding people announce all their activism on social media. 3. Stop deriding people for not announcing all their activism on social media. 4. Dunking on people on social media isn't activism and isn't praxis.

Kanan Jarrus and Depa Billaba #starwars

AP-5 & Chopper and Rex #starwars

Comic civvies Crosshair, my beloved 🖤✨ [ #StarWars #BadBatch #GhostAgents]

Every few months I come along and drop a bombshell of an art piece. Here's Juno's redone expression sheet, to better fit her character and her current design iteration of 2025! ✨ [Star wars, TBB, OC]