John Petersen

This is exactly why I think all art schools need to have their students take at least one business course. We're all woefully unprepared for when we actually try to make a living doing this stuff.

HELL YEAH!!

Look at what we did TOGETHER! Comic-con has quietly changed their language and will NOT allow GenAi imagery in their art show!

And this happened because you all wrote letters, and shared your concerns! Speaking up works EVERY time!

So congrats friends! We did this together!!!
🙌🙌💖💖💖

Hey @maypopcreative.bsky.social ... any idea on how to customize a social link on my squarespace site? It seems that if the logo isn't in their database it doesn't exist. It's not like Artstation is exactly obscure.

Every time I take a shower or change clothes at the gym I think about how stupid the transgender bathroom debate is. I guarantee I've been naked several times in the presence of a gay man who may or may not have been checking me out.

yellow poster with drawings of the sailor moons. text says: TRANS PEOPLE EXISTING DOES LITERALLY NOTHING NEGATIVE TO YOUR LIVES, YOU CRYBABY WIMPS YOUR LIFE IS GETTING HARDER AND COSTLIER BECAUSE OF THE OLIGARGS, NOT TRANS PEOPLE

reminder:

Take away my paper and put me in a dive bar in the middle of nowhere, I'll draw on a cocktail napkin with a ball point pen.
Take that away, I'l scratch a drawing on a cave wall with charcoal.
Because I have spent decades practicing the fundamentals.
AI plagiarists... what do you got?
(2/2)

"Generative AI is a tool, just like Photoshop. Traditional artists criticized digital painting when it came out, right?"
Take away my computer, I'll paint on canvas.
Take away my canvas, I'll draw with ink on board.
Take away my inks, I'll draw with pencil on notebook paper.
(1/2)

Yeah, if she thought children were loud and disruptive... hoo boy. I hope she never gets a full night's sleep for the rest of her life.

Well, you know, he was undocumented, so...

You know, I wish the rapture would happen because at the very least it means the rest of us would get to enjoy 7 years free from these Evangelical fuckwads.

AI is a joke. AI is a bubble. It is nothing but hype. This shit does. Not. Work.

I just realized how badly I need a West Wing spin-off (written by Aaron Sorkin, obviously) starring @dulehill.bsky.social as Charlie Young, who is now a senior partner in a law firm. Maybe he's a lobbyist, so it's titled The Lobby. Make it happen.

Tonight's work on stream. Almost done with asset creation for the Physics of Santa animation!
#blender3d #3dmodeling #3danimation

I'm never buying another Xbox, I never subscribed to Game Pass, and I want nothing to do with the brand. Phil Spencer's internal memo just before laying off 9,000 people was disgusting. #cancelgamepass #boycottxbox

AI slop. Learn how to paint.

YouTube video by Scatterbrain Art Zombicide 2nd Edition Horde

Finished the zombie horde!
youtu.be/btwswE2f0uw
#zombicide #minipainting #minis #tabletop

I watched The Last of Us season 2, and am playing TLOU 2 game. Hot take: Joel got exactly what he deserved and the more I play through Ellie's story the more I despise her, killing hundreds of people to avenge one man. #tlou2

We are also further away in time from the movie Apollo 13 than the movie was from the actual Apollo 13 mission. You're welcome.

I just found out that Batman Begins is as far in the past from today as the Adam West Batman show is from the Tim Burton 1989 Batman film.

They don’t believe in any gods and can’t read the Bible. How can they possibly do the morally correct thing?

Immediately added this rule to my server:
4) NO GENERATIVE AI: Any images uploaded to any of the channels found to be generated by AI will be deleted. This includes images generated by Discord's own internal apps. The user will get one warning, and on the second offense they will be banned.

Character models for The Physics of Santa, a humorous (to me, anyway) infographic animation I'm making, which involves the statistic that there are an average of 3.5 children per family.
#blender3d #characteranimation #3dmodeling

Finished her quick draw animation! #blender3d #characteranimation #gunslinger

"BuT I NeEd a PiCkUp tRuCk sO I cAn HaUl sTuFf "

Working on her quickdraw and "fan the hammer" animation. I've got the basic movements down but need to add secondary motion and revolver animation.
#blender3d #characteranimation #gunslinger

When anybody breaks the law. No one should be immune.

YouTube video by Scatterbrain Art Ji the Gunblade Walk and Idle Test

My first fully rigged character from scratch! She has a walk and idle cycle for now. I added the finger guns to learn more about Blender's Nonlinear Animation Editor.
Blender 4.3 and Substance Painter, Cycles render.
#blender3d #characteranimation
www.youtube.com/shorts/fLlW0...

Don't worry; he'll be the next keynote speaker at CPAC.

Canceled my Amazon Prime membership after over 15 years. Good timing, too; it was up for renewal in 4 days. #fuckjeffbezos