Elliot

"Gen AI of course has some uses" no it doesn't. You're a liar or a complete rube.

the thing about AI boosters is that everything they promise is a lie and the correct response to 100% of it is "no it isn't. that isn't true."

"single-use plastic of the mind" had me GAGGED

reminder that Disney+ has still been on the Palestinian BDS boycott list for over a year.

You should continue the pressure and continue withholding your money from them.

Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

#nsfw #censorship #canpoli

@acvalens.net

this "passion tax" appears all over the place & should be talked about more. you see it in book stores and game stores all the time

excitement for particular work is constantly weaponized to depress wages & pit workers against each other

Happy Silksong

A religious ceremony in ancient Minoan culture: a young female priest, dressed in white, under an olive tree. In the background, two more women doing some kind of dance and strewing red petals on the ground. The scene is full of dappled sunlight.

The Hallowed Grove

For the boardgame expansion pack "Minos: Dawn of Faith" I was asked to imagine what religious ceremonies in ancient Minoan culture could have looked like. This is one of 4 illustrations I made for them on this topic, a kind of harvest ritual.
Client: Board&Dice

#art

Very scared of this new Worlds Beyond Number episode… gotta sketch a Suvi for good luck

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The Steam page for Humblets is here! 🌱✨

Check it out and wishlist to follow our cozy adventure! 👇

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Illustration of Karlach and Shadowheart laying on a luminescent blue fabric at opposite angles with their faces nearly touching, caressing eachother's hair and gazing into each other's eyes longingly. Karlach is wearing a small leather top and leather pants, Shadowheart is wearing a purple metal bikini.

I thought you'd never ask.

i genuinely feel better abt writing sf after reading this quote 💀💀💀💀

Elliot Woods Concept Art cargo.site

Ooh this sounds fun! I sent an email through the contact form on your website with a link to my portfolio, but you can also find it here: elliotwoods.art

Oooh excited to see what you think as you play! I really enjoyed it

Love ologies ❤️ but I was also saddened by the pro AI argument from the guest. it’s bad for the environment right now, why take companies word that things will be different in 10 yrs (a long time)? Also surprising given the guest’s interest in human rights - ai has inbuilt bias, in input and output

portrait of Mahmoud Khalil

Mahmoud Khalil, student activist detained by our fascist administration

Oh perfect timing - I just finished the game yesterday and the art was a huge part of why it was so wonderful to play!!!! Thanks for sharing!

BREAKING: U.S. and Canada video game worker are launching an industry-wide union with the Communications Workers of America.

The @cwaunion.bsky.social, the American Federation of Musicians, and workers everywhere are creating this major new organization to build power across the industry.

lovely!! feels like a gouache painting

Environments — Elliot Woods Concept Art cargo.site

Hi Heather, I love working on historical projects!
You can find my portfolio at elliotwoods.art/environments

AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.

A must read, I would say (and quite funny!) newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

Home Hello, we're Warrior Painters, an artist community fueled by love for plein-air painting & entertainment art.

Warrior painters has a ton of people who participate! And they have in person meetup groups in a bunch of different cities

www.warriorpainters.com

Hi, are you working in the video game industry in a chiefly creative capacity (artist, writer, designer, etc)? Is your boss/company trying to foist AI on you against you or your team's wishes? If so I'd love to chat. lukeATaftermathDOTsite, or a DM here if you prefer, thanks!

Yes!!!! In person is so much more rewarding, and there are so many wonderful small communities that you'd never know existed without seeking them out

@lyriordan.bsky.social

Found this! Looks like you need to unwrap first, and is easier if you paint the mask directly on the mesh in blender?
www.katsbits.com/texture-blen...

Though I’ve only ever used the procedural textures for mix fac, so I’m not sure off the top of my head if you can use an image texture that way

Hmm, would a hand painted roughness or normal map help at all?

Or maybe having a separate group of nodes for the texture of the highlights, run through a mix, with the fac set by a hand painted b&w mask that decides where it shows through?

I was thinking about this the other day too when I saw someone getting dogpiled - even if the structure of bsky isn’t identical to twitter the culture has still followed