peach

it really is shocking how much self deprecation is seen as a cultural requirement for 'serious art.' 'real' artists are not allowed to exalt their work and must present it publicly as a sort of 'i dont think this is very good but maybe you will get around to it.' HECK THAT. love yourself

it comes from the heart 🫶

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

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An illustration of Armand from the show Interview with the Vampire in an art nouveau style. He reaches out to the viewer with one hand while tape from a cassette wraps around him.

don’t be afraid 🎞️ #iwtv

Iron Man meme, edited, Obadiah Stane yelling, "Your ancestors made timeless art in a cave! With berries and ash!"

"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"

:CherrySmug:

generative AI has become widely available in the summer of 2022 and entered mainstream in 2023

people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip

A small painted portrait of my oc Oz looking over his shoulder. Oz has red hair, blue eyes and freckles. He is wearing a white tank top, a necklace and has pierced ears. His arm and back are covered in a tattoo made up of abstracted flames and a snake motif.

🖤🧡

An oranate gilded frame cameo carved from white, soft marble. A sharp part of lips that smirk at an uneven tilt, decorated with gilded cracks that reach deep into the frame.

An ornate golden cameo frame, simple in its smooth construction yet broken and shattered in extreme angles. Gold reticulations peirce through the green mossy agate stone and the eye that stares directly into you.

A gilded set of cameos of Astreux's beautifully gilded features~

#art #commissions

An imagine explaining that OpenAI is Trump's largest donor

One more reason my soul shrivels up every time I hear someone say "I just used chatgpt to ____"

Favorite Pain
[vent sketch]

Illustration of a catacomb saint; a bejeweled and decorated skeleton. #kimgakaku

Hot Skeletons in your Area, Pt.VII

Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI' The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.

"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.

Boston Essek v2, he’s having a no good bad time

#essekthelyss #criticalrolefanart #bostonessek

If/when you brave the style swap for procreate I will be looking intently because I never managed to crack painting on it and I thought it was just a me problem. Best I managed is very illustrative and flat, very minimalist so hey this makes me feel better!

WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know

Eizo is the best when it comes to colour accuracy, the colouredge series especially

gay fantasy will save you. Gay elves and gay knights and gay ritual sex cults and gay magic will save you

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.

Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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A very thin vertical illustration in an Art Nouveau poster style depicting a small man in a paired dance with a dark horned figure. The devil is clad in flowing fabrics and furs, his skin dark grey. He is tipping the smaller man back, one hand supporting at the small of his back and the other intertwined with the other's fingers. Andrei is wearing a short with billowy sleeves, a green west and tightly fitting pants with white socks and fancy shoes. He has a shocked expression on his face as he's being tipped back and his medium lenght dark brown hair falls freely. The background is made of intricate decorative designs and the text on top says: Saltiato Cum Diabolo. The whole illustration is in decadent shades of lighht yellow and green, with the figures in shadow, eminating a slightly "sickly" and unsettling feeling sepite the overall decorative and pretty first- impression. The same image is mirrored on the left side, with the linework more visible.

A Dance with the Devil
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[OC- Andrei - RDR2/ a victorian setting] #newtsocs

digital illustration in the shape of an ace of hearts card depicting a portrait of a young man with blood down his throat and 9 dark colored hands with sharp nails cupping arranged around him. Some are cupping his face, one is holding his hair and one is gripping his throat. his lips are stained the same color as the blood and there is a smoke rising from one of his pupils. The letter A in the corners of the cards is done in a gothic style font.

just the plain lineart from the previous illustration.

Don't spread yourself too thin darling

[OC: Andrei Croft #NewtsOCs]

An illustration of a long haired man in a leather jacket full of slogans

No Kings
2025

Evergreen

illustration of jesus as a trans man, with a crown of thorns and top surgery scars. Celebrating his existence with a glass of champagne

Happy #TransDayofVisibility friends! 🥹🏳️‍⚧️💙

a ship needs to be a little codependant and toxic to be fun. It's fiction, after all. ships need to be a bit fucked up