Being sold AI images at Dragon Con is like walking into a Michelin-star restaurant and being served a week-old frozen block of 2-minute ramen noodles.
02.09.2025 14:46 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@khurrum.bsky.social
Artist, Software Engineer, Ent
Being sold AI images at Dragon Con is like walking into a Michelin-star restaurant and being served a week-old frozen block of 2-minute ramen noodles.
02.09.2025 14:46 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Degenerate art.
11.08.2025 12:01 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If he was so great, then why were the orcs taking the hobbits to Eisenhower?
20.06.2025 18:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My first illustration of 2025! β¨οΈ Iβm hopeful this year will be incredibly productive. #illustration #bandedessinΓ©e #frogs #fantasy
14.01.2025 10:17 β π 501 π 102 π¬ 1 π 0So do it. Here is such a model source.plus/public-diffu... - Wait for the release and use it. Why are you using things built on IP infringement? This isn't a digital vs trad conversation. All the models now are using people's work without consent. If it was research purposes why is it forprofit now?
18.02.2025 18:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Eventually there will be free oss models that are better o3 that will fit on our smart watches. It's inescapable. But it remains true that the initial tokens were created from our data, without our consent, without payment, and are used to replace many of us. That is why people are unhappy with llms
18.02.2025 03:01 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0Put my post in chatgpt and ask it to explain it to you
18.02.2025 01:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We made the training materials that AI companies used to build their models. Plus, these models are behind pay walls. So telling writers and artists to pay for a tech they helped build without their consent which is simultaneously replacing them is going to be unpopular. The contract stinks.
18.02.2025 01:31 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Thanks!!
17.02.2025 21:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A book cover depicting a powerful sorceress carrying a staff standing in the forest about to cast a spell
A book cover depicting a sorceress holding a staff looking up in awe at a rift opening up in the sky above. A blurb reads, "Dive into a world of magic, romance, and rebellion against a tyrannical evil god"
A book cover for "Reborn" by Emmie Mears, depicts a powerful sorceress casting a spell. An elf in the background observes.
I can show these now! Three book covers I did for the "Aurora's Rift" series written by the multi-talented @maigheach.bsky.social Planning the "rift" going around the book and above the character was a fun challenge.
17.02.2025 20:19 β π 18 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0Giving Bluesky a try. Here's my latest sculpture.
#voodoo
Hello.
17.01.2025 23:57 β π 78 π 17 π¬ 5 π 0Hello friends, Iβm going to make a go of it here at Bluesky.
11.01.2025 22:44 β π 167 π 21 π¬ 7 π 1Thank you!!
29.11.2024 12:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0QRP with your skull art β οΈ
28.11.2024 00:29 β π 72 π 18 π¬ 1 π 0Thank you!!
23.11.2024 19:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you!!
22.11.2024 01:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I will still try to publish my work on my own site, and then link to it from BlueSky. I don't want to make the same mistakes as we did with FB, IG, Twitter etc. BlueSky is wonderful now but they can change their policies whenever they want.
18.11.2024 19:14 β π 12 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0Allright Blue Sky! Lets rock!
15.11.2024 22:20 β π 256 π 35 π¬ 12 π 3The ~90-ish artists from GenCon 2023
GenCon 2023 Art Show was a great experience! It's a lot of hard work but worth it! I hope to see everyone again next year!
08.08.2023 12:10 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Painted statuettes. A skull, robot head, octopus head.
This batch of hanging wall statuettes is done! I designed them in Zbrush, printed them on a gkTwo, and painted them w acrylics + FW Ink.
31.07.2023 17:45 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Can I blatantly self-promo here? Today is the last day of a sale at my print shop (inprnt.com/gallery/tristan_elwell/). these are my bestsellers, but there's plenty more there.
04.07.2023 21:12 β π 60 π 18 π¬ 0 π 1Thank you!!
14.07.2023 18:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Some of my favorite work β¨
12.07.2023 20:35 β π 175 π 42 π¬ 6 π 2omg! what happened?!
14.07.2023 17:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Fables Cover #159 for DC Comics
11.07.2023 19:51 β π 39 π 9 π¬ 0 π 1Getting better engagement here with ten followers than *there* with 3000+ followers.
04.07.2023 03:27 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0wyvern rider flying around a medieval city that is on fire
This was a fun illustration to work on
03.07.2023 12:17 β π 12 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0Not loving the image compression! I'll post this again with a link to a higher rez version.
02.07.2023 20:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0