VampireAngel13

-just a simple description is better than nothing if that's all you can manage. "A digital illustration of___" or "a painting of___"

-there is a setting on that won't let you post without it. It truly helps!

Two things can be true at once:

1- finding it difficult is not an excuse to avoid Alt text. Please do you best to make this community accessible.

2- someone not using it does not automatically mean malicious intent. There is nuance to be had in this conversation.

That's my final thought here.

This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.

Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.

Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.

Tumblr post screen capture by nocryptographer about how to tell AI slop from a story that was created by a human being.

If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.

Infuriating.

Thank you!!!!😭😭

lol whyyyyyy I feel like I should know what I’m doing by now but no

Thank you!! ❤️❤️

WIP of a comic page at the color flat stage

As usual I get to exactly this stage and completely forget how to color. What’s next?! I have no idea 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Tumblr post from eldritchdilf-deactivated2025061: "Contrary to popular belief the biggest beginner's roadblock to art isn't even technical skill it's frustration tolerance, especially in the age of social media. It hurts and the frustration is endless but you must build the frustration tolerance equivalent to a roach's capacity to survive a nuclear explosion. That's how you build on the technical skill. Throw that "won't even start because I'm afraid it won't be perfect" shit out the window. Just do it. Just start. Good luck."

Being unable to tolerate frustration + chasing social media clout gotta be a big reason why ppl jumped on the gen ai machine to churn out slop

If you need to understand what's happening, this farce is a perfect place to begin.

A broken, unhappy man is being given a fake award he doesn't deserve by a corrupt group looking to bribe him and earn favors. It's meaningless, everything he wants, and it won't matter to him within an hour.

Inks almost done for the current page, and I hope I can finish them and maybe this whole page up in the next several days - I will be on track for 4 pages in December and that's crazy.

Last week I was really hoping for 2. 2 that are already done less than a week later. I am (dare I say) proud.

Hey I forgot to say anything but did you know that this is the 600th page of Rigsby??? That is a lot of pages!! And they’re all free to read at Rigsbywi.com !!!

WSJ: A vaccine panel at the CDC voted to end a recommendation that newborns be given a first dose of hepatitis B vaccine. Scientists have credited it with helping drive down rates of hepatitis B infection, which can lead to liver damage, cancer and death.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

I can't decide which of today's horrors in the news is worse.

If Shapiro and Newsom are so concerned about Trump supporters they should run as Republicans.

A seal in an aquarium with the reflection of a person's shoes in the glass, making it appear as if the seal is wearing sneakers

Man I wanna make more comics but it's so hard to have time to when I'm working a day job 5 days a week

Throwback time! Woohoo!!

Years ago I needle felted this little DuckTales family — Scrooge, Webby, and the boys. They’ve been living on my shelf ever since, but it’s time for them to find new homes.

If you’d like to adopt the whole set, they’re now up on my Ko-fi shop!

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Don't remind me that they still exist 😫

Four panel comic. P1: A simplified drawing of my cartoon self, stood before a white background and staring directly at the reader. P2: A large blocky "THINGS" comes flying in from the right of the panel, hitting cartoon self's head. P3: Now the word "KEEP" comes shooting out from the bottom left of the frame, hitting cartoon self's head from underneath, causing them to recoil. P4: The word "HAPPENING" comes raining down all at once, burying my character.

All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.

I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".

YES exactly!!!
For real, my coworker and I had a nice conversation about that this morning when I told her to talk me off the ledge (like a good friend she of course urged me to buy them all lol) and we said the same things. These days we gotta treat ourselves while we still can!

Aren't they?? I just got three more, I need that to be the end for the year lol.
But they're so good. I don't like regular perfume, all I can smell are the chemicals, but oils are like, envelope me in a cloud of deliciousness

At some point in the last 6 months I have become obsessed with perfume oils. I went from a small handful to probably too many. And I'm shopping for a couple more today. Send help

Yes! Even harder is resisting the impulse to redo everything not just the panels that really bother me

Cat is always perfect

The image is of a comic. Panel one depicts Santa Claus. He says, "Have you been naughty or nice?" Panel two depicts a happy dog. He says, "I am ALWAYS a good boy." Santa responds "Very nice!" Panel three depicts Santa again. He says "...And you?" Panel four depicts an orange cat climbing a Christmas tree, turning his head to look back at Santa.

WOW I am so sorry to read about your many many losses

Vital Cat Update It’s time to talk about my cat. To which you might be saying, “Chuck, I didn’t know you had a cat!” and I’d respond with, “I didn’t know I had a cat either…

It's time to talk to you about my cat.

This just looks amazing