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A graphic advertising Donny Caltrider’s presentation, Getting you start in Magic Art, for the Table Top Talks info share for creators by creators.

This week our guest for the TableTop Talks is the lovely @donnycaltrider.bsky.social He’s going to be talking about his career path in the MTG art scene. If you’ve ever been curious about working with Magic artists, this will be a talk you won’t want to miss!

happy birthday sweetheart 🧡

selfie of ri dressed up as a sad rodeo clown for halloween

not a costume :’(

what a stunning space !!! can’t wait to see the art that you create there :)

happy birthday sam !!!! 🥳

Promotional graphic with a purple and blue fantasy-themed background and crystal-like formations. The image features two logos: the Wizards of the Coast logo in rainbow gradient colors on the left, and the Trans Lifeline logo in white on the right. Large bold text in the center reads: “Support Trans Lifeline.” Below, smaller text says “Tune in Oct 4” next to the Twitch logo.

Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!

effective today, I have resigned from working with Ultimate Guard, as I can no longer support the company's creative or business decisions.

one of the many ultimate guard’s coral places deck box designs that looks like it was designed with generative ai

distorted and inconsistent lines in the ultimate guard’s coral designs that display a lack of depth and detail that is common with generative ai designs

one of the many ultimate guard’s floral places deck box designs that looks like it was designed with generative ai

close up of the blurred and warped flower petals and leaves of ultimate guard’s floral places deck box that looks rendered with generative ai

so what i'm hearing is that you won't use gen ai on mtg products bc it came to the attention of wotc :( still curious if your coral places + floral places deck box designs are made w/ gen ai. this apology feels disingenuous if you're just going to continue to use ai designs on your other products 🥲

marketing for ultimate guards coral places deck box collection with ai generated designs

close up of muddied ai generated coral design by ultimate guard

like c’mon … it’s SO obvious
@ultimateguard.bsky.social 🫠

ugh it’s just so frustrating seeing this brand continue to dismiss concerns, go onto extend an artists art with ai, and make more lame gen ai deck box designs for the sake of a cash grab :/ i’m tired of seeing them push ethical limits. like cmon this shit is whack 🥲

i will continue to keep speaking out about my immense disappointment toward both wotc and ultimate guard - gen ai is NOT welcome in this space. ultimate guard stated that they are “investigating this internally” but what is there to investigate ??? this isn’t the first time they’ve used ai designs 💭

JUST PLEASE STOP SUPPORTING THEM 🥲 i have lots of examples but this is one of the most recent designs they’ve put out but won’t even credit an artist ??? wtf

i’ve been asking ultimate guard if their floral places deck box designs are ai generated or ATLEAST who the artist is with no response

ultimate guard moonlit glen ai generated deck box art

ai generated artwork where the flower petals are merging into the leaves and background behind it

w/ the current discourse surrounding @ultimateguard.bsky.social using gen ai - i would really like to point out that they’ve been pushing out generated ai deck box designs for a HOT MINUTE. they just finally got caught doing it, and to an mtg artist’s work no less, which is beyond disingenuous 🫠

uhhh are these designs made with ai ???

just started writing my first yt video 🧡🧚🏼‍♂️💫

a painting of a humanoid creature in profile. One glowing horn protrudes from their forehead, while other horns curl back around their head. They have deer-like ears and are swathed in glowy clouds.

An older piece for Junicorn, and the reward for Patreon prints & stickers this month.

YouTube video by Vagabond Gallery The Tragedy of Grixis: Magic's Doomed Shard

Hey everyone. I made a short video exploring Grixis, why it was awesome, and why we don't see anything like it anymore. It's obviously not all-encompassing so I look forward to opening up some conversations about Grixis with y'all.

youtu.be/g-sVyfxHksw

YouTube video by The Faerie Conclave Ri's Alela, Artful Provocateur | MTG Commander Deck Interview | The Faerie Conclave 97

It's Faerie Conclave Friday! 🧚‍♀️

On fridays i post about an old TFC episode you might've missed. Today it's episode 97 with @raspberrriii3.bsky.social! We talked all about my show's namesake creature type: Faeries!

youtu.be/H-8-Hko_T38?...

mail time + balatro !!! 😚🧡
live rn :) twitch.tv/raspberrriii3

tysm for all your sorting tips and support 🥹🧡

hello ??? i’m live on twitch rn 🧡
come open a booster box w/ me :)
find me @ twitch.tv/raspberrriii3

congratulations !!! much deserved 🧡💭

happy birthday !!!! 🥳🧡

An introduction. I'm a traditional artist, I've created a book called Faeries of the Faultlines documenting all kinds of faeries. Brian Froud and Alan Lee, creators of Faeries wrote the intro for it! I also illustrated Dark Crystal, Labyrinth and Star Wars Bestiaries

i hope your appointment goes well 🤍
just showing up takes a lot of courage - very proud of you !! you got this :)

happy birthday friend 🥳💓⭐️

what a beautiful find :) i still have my grandma’s model 15 singer from the 70’s and it’s still running strong too 🧡

ahhh i can’t wait to see you again :)

early bird badges are live right now btw
mcchicago.mtgfestivals.com/en-us/badges...

i’m so happy to share that i will be a featured creator next year at MAGICCON CHICAGO 🧡

excited to get to connect with you all there :)

THANK YOU SM @magic.wizards.com !!!! 💫