Zack Bel

Pick from widespread heavily funded religious-backed propaganda campaigns spreading pseudo-science about sex, masturbation and porn; online algorithms that hide or ban frank and open discussion of sex in a healthy manner; or that abstinence is still taught as sex ed in many schools;

Fanart of Alistair Theiring from the Dragon Age games, wearing grey warden armour, standing in front of a mural with a crown over his head.

✨ Alistair Theirin ✨

#dragonage

$750 an hour? Bezos makes 7.6 MILLION an hour.

Dragon in a forest at nighttime. A deer is drinking from a small river down below. Glowing spots are sprinkled all over the foliage and the characters.

One chunky illustration commission for Heatsink! I rarely get to paint complex environments and had a lot of fun with this one ☺️

Thei wante us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe, and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to sell us hell and have us pay for it.

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

Throwback to this piece I still quite like #spooky

I hadn't seen that lotus flower illustration before. Its so calming and peaceful.

Digital illustration of Endres and Gou kissing in front of the fullmoon at night. Gou is floating in mid-air as though taken by a gust of wind, Endres holds Gou's face tenderly with his left hand while holding a paper lantern in his right. There are flower petals flying around them.

A digital illustration of five lotus flowers in the water.

Digital illustration of Endres riding horseback on a grey horse while having a falcon land on his outstretched left arm.

Digital illustration of Endres, a young man with long hair and festive attire, standing amids a see of floating and glowing sky lanterns at night while holding one lantern with both hands, a serene expression on his face.

also kinda introducing myself for everyone new here: hi I'm Inky and I mostly draw my characters and am really into floral and nature motifs, whimsical scenery, and costume design!

tea kettle guys

Aaron Swartz was one of the developers of RSS, WEB py, Creative commons, Markdown and a founder of Reddit. After being arrested by MIT Police for downloading academic articles from JSTOR using an account MIT had issued him, he committed suicide,

Remember when actual people died because of the copyright lobby's inhumane tactics to protect major corporation's profit margin?

But when copyright is protecting artists, they suddenly want to change it.

An ancient greek red and black earthenware perfume bottle in the shape of a man's head wearing a helmet.

He's just a little guy. (Rhodian black figure ware perfume bottle in the shape of a helmetted head, c 600 BCE, from the National Gallery of Victoria.)

Correct, it is too late. But every year we keep on waiting, the more catastrophic it will be

Bluesky hates art, videos, and anything that isn't a screenshot of a Tweet of some new deranged Tr*mp stuff, but I am going to keep posting my art videos / mini-essays out of a curious mixture of love and pure spite #art

Join Inky's Membership If you want to support me and my work, please consider tossing a coin so your local artist can stay caffeinated ❤️

I know I am not super vocal about my ko-fi page but if you like what I do and want to lessen my financial strain, you can tip me a coffee there!

I also added a recurring tip membership in case you are interested in that (one-off donations are still available, don't worry!)
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Digital illustration of Endres in a casual robe sitting in front of a painted divider screen at a round tea table decorated with a vase of blossoming branches. He has a plate of pastries and a tea pot with a tea cup in front of him, grasping the cup delicately and arranging the branches. The mood is quaint with pastel colours.

If you want to support me and my art, you can tip me on ko-fi!

#MyArt #illustration

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The samaritans still exist. They're a living religion

wait until you tell them Good Samaritan was a foreigner and watch their heads explode.

Purple background, white text, which says ...is there such a thing as historical science fiction? There must be science fiction set in the past... a little digging turns up enough titles to show it really is a separate genre. So, let's think about historical science fiction. Towards a Taxonomy of Historical Science Fiction -- Brenda Clough

@brendaclough.bsky.social says we should think about historical science fiction, so let's think about historical science fiction. Read the essay here: www.speculativeinsight.com

Make a submission re: Productivity Commission report allowing AI to run rampant in Australia (“Harnessing data and digital technology”)

Please consider doing so, if you don’t want to see artist’s work being “legally” stolen for profit, in an #AusPol “AI arms race”
engage.pc.gov.au/surveys/secu...

Another sketch today! Thought it might be fun to paint some phoenix designs inspired by Australian native birds~

or a government lawsuit if you dare employ a trans person.

Costume dramas: Everyone is wearing beige and brown

Real Victorian aristocrats: wearing tiaras made of beetles

A golden Egyptian style necklace, tiara and earrings decorated with emerald iridescent beetles in the place of jewels, in a red velvet case

Lady Granville's beetle tiara (1884-1885). Yes, those are real beetles.

time to invest in iron lung stocks if they do

Wondering why there is no ebook available in Australia? Were Australian rights not sold?

At a quick skim I also found 3 trans people on it.

Generic European Fantasy version 2093 by author The Worst Guy You Know

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.