*that* Heather Hudson

Lah, it was a long time ago and i only mention it to explain why I *strongly* recommend freelancers maintain a business mailing address and otherwise make their private life a safe space.
NEVER let the world know where you live.

This is why I’ve had a private drop box for a business mailing address for 30 years.

Have random dudes turned up there looking for me? Yes they have!

Pencil sketch of a tiny dragon, perched on a twig with a paper clip in its mouth.

A tiny dragon guarding his treasure.

Scrivener and AI: Why Do I See AI Prompts in My Scrivener Projects on Mac? - Literature & Latte

How to turn off AppleIntelligence which will otherwise force itself into your apps in recent operating systems; www.literatureandlatte.com/blog/scriven...?

A Facebook post from Scrivener: "Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you're on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt. Here's why, and what you can do if you want to remove this" attention-grabbing graphic says "SCRIVENER AND AI: WHY DO I SEE AI PROMPTS IN MY SCRIVENER PROJECTS ON MAC?"

Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)

I do understand: you want permission. There’s a machine in the corner wrapped in human skin that makes things out of shit and blood to look like whatever you want (as long as you don’t look too closely). You gave one to your teacher and they didn’t notice. Your boss told you to use it after they laid off half the team and it was fine. You fed one to your kids and they liked it. You want to know you can use it sometimes without me thinking less of you. You don’t need me to believe it’s useful, you just want me to be polite about it. But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.

I cosign every single word of this

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

And it’s even more challenging to draw a pretty young character like this, because the more detail you add, the less “young” and “attractive” the face reads. 😢

I’m good with that.

And they’d do it again, too.

The movie, sure. I don’t think anyone associated with the wicked property has read any of the Baum books.
Or even been in the same room with one.

Theye have a pepper bar!!!🎵🎶🎵

YouTube video by Rathergood Quiznos Spongmonkeys We Love The Subs ad

Them: "Your artwork is so... interesting! You must be *so* creative!"

Me: *thinking, while I work*
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuPT...

On the Anniv of Moby Dick’s US publication, a painting I did in 2018 as a private Commission but ended up on a version of the book?

Hello! It's been a year and some change since I was laid-off from my previous job, and I'd love a new one.

My name is Steve and I have 7 years of experience in the animation industry as a background artist and illustrator. I've worked on shows like Castlevania, and card games like MtG!

"Crow", pencil crayon, graphite on paper, 5 3/4 x 7 3/4", 2025 - $175(Cdn) #art #birds

Yes, but it works so well!

Nice!

A painting on wood cut in the shape of a cathedral panel. The painting depicts a mausoleum in a dark swampy forest. The mausoleum is surrounded by lit candles, with a pile of small bones at the entrance. The door is slightly cracked open.

Desecrated Grounds

Acrylic on panel (original sold)

Congratulations!

A sketchbook page filled with a mix of quick sketches and detailed drawings of white lipped snails.

Snail weather just now. The rain doesn’t seem to stop. #sketchbook #snails #drawing

Please, check out all the nice art in the Changeling art auction this week!
(I have works in this show but no focus now to post my own glazed images/links, so i invite you to check it out in general!)
#art #artshop #fantasyart #fairy

Some democrats suck. Some do not.
The nature of Democrats is that they are diverse lot who do not play well as a team. Pelosi could herd her cats, but *looks at Schumer* she was an unusual person.

No fresh, salty meat there!

(That’s a “King Lear” allusion, ya barbarians!)

Silhouette drawing primarily in black ink of a stoat in combat with a rooster on a patch of wild grasses. The animals face each other; the stoat, at left, is in motion with its hindquarters off the ground and its head tilted up towards the rooster opposite, who leaps into the air, hackles raised, kicking its feet outwards. The rooster's comb and wattle are the only touch of red gouache.

'Stoat and Rooster'
Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, approximately 132 × 85 mm.

This original artwork and two older pieces are in this month's @changelingart.bsky.social auction, ending Friday 14th November, 12pm EST.

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The “lay/lie” error never fails to fill me with frustrated-librarian rage.

a green dragon with deep black shining eyes, a pink nose and a head covered in green horns, almost tree-like. The dragon has a benign and kind face.

The big sale ends TOMORROW! Most will be archived and or recycled after the sale, never to be seen again in my shop. buff.ly/QZIAKGN 30% off this beautiful wood dragon.
#artforsale #artsale #painting #watercolour #creatureart #cutecreature #fantasyart #supportsmallbusiness

I feel it is probably unhealthy for the poor fellow. Surely the community could reach out in a wholesome and healing way, for his own good.

Colored pencil drawing of the head and neck of a large heron, seen in profile.

A quick Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) sketch. Colored pencils, ~8 x 10 in.
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #herons

A few panels from the coloring guide: a scorpion, an isopod, and a tachinid fly (along with their info).

It's almost the weekend! 🥳

If you're looking for something for you and/or your kids to do, I've recently re-uploaded my arthropod coloring guide 🎨

Please feel free to share, print, and [definitely] have fun with it!!!

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