Art by • Yoshitaka Amano

vibe for the week

I'm running my 5th round of Palestine charity postcard preorders! They will be open until January 1st, after which all the proceeds from the cards will be donated to the Sameer Project's paypal account. Here are my postcards if you'd like to participate; neonufo.bigcartel.com/product/pale...

And here is the Sameer Project's donation tree if you'd like to donate directly; linktr.ee/thesameerpro...

Had a chat with Genndy Tartakovsky about how his idea to make Primal's third season about zombies came to be, his grassroots effort to get Black Knight greenlit, and why he wants the future of the animation industry to be driven by bold original works instead of legacy sequels, franchises, and AI.

Goblin Man thing

I'm running my 5th round of Palestine charity postcard preorders! They will be open until January 1st, after which all the proceeds from the cards will be donated to the Sameer Project's paypal account. Here are my postcards if you'd like to participate; neonufo.bigcartel.com/product/pale...

The number of big name games coming out saying "oh yeah we used Gen AI tons during the initial concept stages, why is thay a problem?" Is honestly enough to make me not want to touch anything larger than an Itchio game

‘The Shortest Day’ illustrations by Carson Ellis

Shoutout to commission clients who send crude mockups and stick figure drawings to get across the idea of what they want for their comm. You don't need advanced art skills to communicate concepts.

the only good thing about genAI is that it got me to really love seeing bad art, because I know a person put in time and effort, made themselves vulnerable by showing it to others, and is trying to improve. I value that more than anything now

MONDAY. SPITE AS FUEL.

this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will

There's a gazillion ways to build a scene with zero drawing skills. You can build rooms with Sims, Minecraft, probably a dozen other tools online. You can use stuff like HeroForge for posing a character. Or- and perhaps most importantly - be fine with doing it badly. We used to be like that with art

"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out pick up a pencil and a napkin

I don't want gen AI in my browser I don't want gen AI in my pc I don't want gen AI in my art I don't want gen AI in my games I don't want gen AI in my music I don't want gen AI in my movies I don't want gen AI in my books I don't want gen AI in my cart I don't want gen AI in my life

I just need some modern myth movies to give me the slightest dash of this✨

Our movie comes out tomorrow!!!! It’s been a long 4 years and we’re so excited for people to finally get to see it!!!! Please rent/buy and tell your friends. Indie movies like this can really get a big boost from opening weekend if enough folks see it.

“Love it or hate it it’s here to stay” is a crazy thing to keep saying about a technology. If people don’t like using something it doesn’t have to stay we’re not talking about bad weather here

[Ballas x Roathe] the thought of them in opulence and hedonism... #warframe #roathe #tennocreate

"concept artists can experiment with AI to make their lives easi-" wrong I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI get good

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nothing scarier than the economy #art #illustration #design #digitalart

Another Frazetta study, taking on one of his Death Dealers this time around 🙏💀 #swordandsorcery #fantasyart #fantasy #darkfantasy #art

The only job Ai could actually replace without affecting productivity is CEO. Terrible decisions based on bad information. No empathy or regard for people's well being. Its a perfect fit. Imagine how much money shareholders would save if they didn't have to pay CEO bonuses.

I saw someone say this and I want to make it clear too: please, if you commissioned me and you still use Twitter, don’t post my art there. Please

Commissions are open & I'd love to get some work again! If interested, please DM or email me! (email in bio) Details ➡️ neonufo-comms.carrd.co [Additional full & halfbody examples in reply] #artcommissions #artcommission #commission #artsky

Ančka Gošnik Godec. I loved to draw ever since I could hold a pencil (allegedly, according to my parents), but seeing her work made me want to become an illustrator at the age of like 8 years old. Since then, I never ever wanted to be anything else.

stars aligned

conversely it's pretty cool that a lot of small-time browsers can now advertise themselves by simply saying "we have, in response, chosen not to hit ourselves in the dick with a hammer"

The act of gathering reference is such a deeper thing than just a fucking collage. It's research, learning, assessing and building on your knowledge base. Even google image search is dog shit for this, crack a fucking book. Learning names, history, influences.

my condolences to all the larian employees out there who have to watch their boss tank their studio's reputation in one day right after they announced their next game after their biggest hit ever at the game awards just because he had to say some bullshit about AI but can't say anything

yuque

im so overcome with love and nostalgia for macross 7 that i just got sick in my stomach lmfao... feelings too powerful to feel at 5AM

I haven't listened to Macross music in so long, I forgot how incredibly beautiful and nostalgic Lynn Minmay's songs are... Silver Moon Red Moon has always been my favourite 🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuiT...

So the guy himself is saying they arent really even seeing productivity gains? He said they are just using AI because they are afraid of being left behind. He is inviting this public scorn by repeating techbro talking points for no benefit at all. The mind of a CEO is fascinating.

Had to scratch the #bionicle itch. Here’s Gali, don’t think I’ve ever done her before.

Art by • Alan Lee

Using gen ai for text and asset placeholders is not solving a problem; games have been made for decades with regular placeholders. studios using AI this way are just testing the water to see what more they can get away with - which will inevitably mean laying off skilled workers, to make worse games

I’ve spent 2 weeks gathering refs and lining up ideas for a mere 12 pages comic. Not for necessity, but for the pure joy of it. You need to be a real bozo to think that this part of creative process is worth cutting corners on, and special kind of dumb to think your random AI prompt can replace it

Sangre. #memamorkin

Realized it’s been a while since I posted my Bronze Age Fellowship of the Ring so here the lads are again

"tyrannosaurus rex" is kinda one of the craziest called shots of all time if you think about it some dude in 1905 was like 'this was definitely the most badass dinosaur so I will name it as such' and 120 years of research and new discoveries keeps proving him right.

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

Another Frazetta study, taking on one of his Death Dealers this time around 🙏💀 #swordandsorcery #fantasyart #fantasy #darkfantasy #art

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

no yea i drew the same thing again. sorry #warframe #theoldpeace #tennocreate

the voice acting in Lands of Lore is so funny. you got Patrick Stewart here committing completely to this fantasy world next to his advisor coming from the land of 'we paid a guy in our office 20 bucks to do the radio ad for our printing business' bsky.app/profile/spac...