As artists it can feel like there's a pressure to make art faster, more generic, and marketable for a wide audience. Generating art is that idea to an extreme. I think we need to embrace niche art that has thought and care put into it. Not just for clients, but making something only for yourself.

Hate trying to do laundry & look at the label to see words I never had before girl wtf is tencel 😭 did they reverse-engineer this shit off alien technology at Area 51 and then sell it to shẽin wtf

Hi folks. Whatever it is you were holding back from asking for, whatever you thought you didn't have the resources to pursue, whatever art you thought you needed permission to make -- just go for it. Go do your big project. You might as fucking well do it.

Last commission of 2025, again for Taylor! Thank you for being my best customer of the year, and for having such fun characters to work with! #artsky #dnd #fantasyart

Last commission of 2025, again for Taylor! Thank you for being my best customer of the year, and for having such fun characters to work with! #artsky #dnd #fantasyart

Don't mind me just doing all my year-end memes on the same day lol. #artvsartist

Happy 2026 it’s horse time baby 🐎🐎🐎

Doing these always makes me anxious, I feel like I'll be disappointed (it's never enough!) but this time I'm pretty happy! '25 was butt & ass yet I returned to art I truly wanted to be making. Here's to making 2026 even better. 🥂🎆 #artsky #artsummary2025

Don't mind me just doing all my year-end memes on the same day lol. #artvsartist

Doing these always makes me anxious, I feel like I'll be disappointed (it's never enough!) but this time I'm pretty happy! '25 was butt & ass yet I returned to art I truly wanted to be making. Here's to making 2026 even better. 🥂🎆 #artsky #artsummary2025

Woah what the HECK has been happening here?! Hello new followers! Thank you for being here with me! <3

Beware the Yule Cat! In Icelandic folklore, Jólakötturinn, is a giant cat who prowls the longest winter nights, hunting those who didn’t receive new clothes before Christmas. So… here’s hoping socks are under the tree. 🧦🐈‍⬛ Merry Christmas Eve, everyone! #HappyHolidays #YuleCat #Jólakötturinn

Very minor #criticalrolespoilers but I have been calling Wiccander “Wiccolas” for yucks almost since ep 1 and now Sam says Nicholas is his middle name?! 😂

My professional artists peers! We got a survey request! Researchers at the University of Carnegie Mellon is doing a research to see how generative Al has (or has not) impacted your work and/or sentiments in the industry. Folks in creative fields only, please consider filling this out 👇

Got the same, also accurate for me! poomang.com/en/t/mycolor...

To be honest, I'm at the point now where I'll continue to make art out of spite because I refuse to let some computer take my passion. I'll prob get drowned out in a sea of slop, but at least I don't lose my lifes purpose. I've drawn since I was first able to so nothing's gonna stop me.

I've made it a personal goal to stop using the term "content" when referring to media made by artists. The word implies mass-produced filler and calling someone's hard work their "content" has started to feel kinda like an insult. Like human art made strictly for quick consumption

Time to meet with your values when studios and other creators decide to ditch that for money and opportunities. There will be some goodbye even if it's painful. Fuck gen AI and opportunists.

"people with renaissance-level art skills don't exist anymore" yes they do their username is something like 03748218_ and they spend all their time drawing pornography so deranged it'd kill hugh hefner a second time

A heartfelt thank you to all who buy from independent artists, hire us, or even share our work or give words of encouragement. Even the most established of artists are feeling a decline in work and sales this year. Your support in all or any way is felt and appreciated amongst us! Thank you!!

Anti-A.I. stamps! For illustrations, comics, photos and all your creative works, printed and digital! You can download the transparent file for free here: ko-fi.com/i/IT6T718NAKF (but consider donating please 😘)

Please keep creating art. Every day of the past 5 years has felt like a swift kick but we need real creation more than ever for morale and humanity

The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.

manifesting: 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 ai bubble 🕯 🕯 to pop disastrously 🕯 🕯 for all involved 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯

We've got a trans teenager who's a friend of the family, and we want to give her a merry Christmas. Book recommendations along these parameters would be so appreciated!

another banger

Turns out all the zines I was in this year are throwing us loose at the same time! A completely un-subtle Gortash for @dead3zine.bsky.social. 2 versions because why the hell not, and I let the mods pick which one got into the final book.(spoilers: it’s option 2 lol) #bg3 #baldursgate3 #gortash

I went back and revamped this little Krampus from last year...It worked out, as it's Krampusnacht today!! #artsky #krampus #krampusnacht

Some day I will do new Serious Fanart™️ for #CriticalRole but today is not that day. #critrole @criticalrole.bsky.social

Please please read this.

Some day I will do new Serious Fanart™️ for #CriticalRole but today is not that day. #critrole @criticalrole.bsky.social

Grind culture is a scam. There is no work worth destroying yourself.

Yes I love Science™️. Proud of my grass-touching status, and very surprised at "happy" being my most-used word, something I would not associate with myself in a lot of ways lol. From anisota.net

🧵 Understand WHY you're posting your art. 📈If it's for numbers/gratification: You do you, hop on trends, but understand some creators won't want to engage with you because of differences in goals. 💰If it's for income: use metrics to gauge your MARKETING skills, not your value as an artist. (+)

“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

i dont get peeps who refuse to learn art. it's super fun to do and so dang easy like put some lines to paper to make pics or words dont sweat mistakes, everyone dips it up that's why pencils have erasers, backspace has been around since typewriters, and ctrl z is universal bad art is still art

I went back and revamped this little Krampus from last year...It worked out, as it's Krampusnacht today!! #artsky #krampus #krampusnacht

Why buy from a corporation's mediocre black Friday and cyber Monday sale, when you can buy from an indie artist's mediocre black Friday and cyber Monday sale? Wink

Some closeups because I worked my ass off on this one.

🛍️💪 [ #cuteart #shopsmall ]

Turns out all the zines I was in this year are throwing us loose at the same time! A completely un-subtle Gortash for @dead3zine.bsky.social. 2 versions because why the hell not, and I let the mods pick which one got into the final book.(spoilers: it’s option 2 lol) #bg3 #baldursgate3 #gortash

Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.

I have these WIP sketches too! The horizontal one was the first composition I wanted to use, but had to make it work within the specs of the zine, so we went with option 2. #bg3 #baldursgate3 #dndart #dnd

Close ups! I just kept thinking "I can be your angle…or yuor devil" the entire time while drawing. #bg3 #artsky #dndart #karlach #baldursgate3

I made another drawing process video!! People seemed to like the last one, and this is a more complex illustration! youtube.com/shorts/nHoMq...

Halloween is past, but I'm only now allowed to share what I did for @bg3hallozine.bsky.social, & I'm NOT waiting until next year! 😤 Karlach x Ravyra (my tiefling bard Tav) again, this time as tacky (or classic) angel & devil costumes. I leaned into an anime style on account of it’s kinda silly!

Halloween is past, but I'm only now allowed to share what I did for @bg3hallozine.bsky.social, & I'm NOT waiting until next year! 😤 Karlach x Ravyra (my tiefling bard Tav) again, this time as tacky (or classic) angel & devil costumes. I leaned into an anime style on account of it’s kinda silly!

Another zine I drew a *very* horny Gortash for is out!! Stunning work in here, go see and read it all!!

“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”

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