i am usually compelled to draw the "hardest art" i can manage, which means lot of foreshortening, funky poses, etc.

the best solutions are often much simpler, but i forego "good art" in favor of "hard art". i think on some level i still feel the need to prove that i know how to draw

COMMISSION for @naiadvt.bsky.social

Never surrender 🏳️‍⚧️

#bionicle #commissions #koficommissions #art

Which is why the damage AI causes shouldn't just be framed as an issue of regulation: So long as someone's willing to take the low-road—and there always will be—an AI-safe society is impossible.

me, dead and at the gates of Hell: but why I am going to the ninth level, for betrayers? who have I betrayed?

a demon, poring over his book: it says here that you made Rodger get up off your lap after he was comfortable.

me: I didn’t know that counted.

a demon: it’s the main thing we look at.

Ladydevimon with a holographic finish

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Enjoy your trip and also the trains! I will be envious of both ❤️

The fact that ai art and writing programs are built on stolen work really seems to be fading from the discussion even amongst artists and writers, which is a bit shit.

Black-and-white illustration of a stylized young woman in profile gazing upward, set against a starry black background. She is whispering a small pink heart into the hostile void. She has long flowing hair, pointed elf-like ears with piercings, and a thorny choker with a small pink heart charm that winds through her hair to become a thorny crown. Sharp, lightning-shaped shards encircle her head.

The challenge of speaking love into the Universe while living in a devastating material world is Very Real.

Radical
Ink on Bristol
2025

being an artist is just decades of going "ugh I wish I knew how to draw" over and over again until you die

Illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a fantasy library scene. A woman with auburn hair in a cream and gold ensemble sleeps on a sofa. Bookcases line the walls behind her. A goblin sleeps next to her, and another goblin climbs down from a bookcase behind them. A faint shadow of a figure falls over her.

Asleep in the library 📚
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Working with this rainbow scratch board is always a fun challenge to determine the size and composition I need to get the colors I want. It’s only about 5 inches wide which is…a little less fun 😅 but scanning it in kinda made it look like an old TV which was a happy accident
#arknights #NeonRain

🧵 read this and be strengthened

Illustration of two people sitting on the grass at night watching stars with the caption "look at the stars, look how they shine for you" the stars form a bright phrase written "lock in"

This is your sign to get it together nephew. Send this to someone who's locked out to lock them back in.

I don't have a type. Unless you mean "men with long white(-ish) hair", then I most definitely have a type. 🫣
#Arknights #Hellagur #ArknightsFanart

Echoing this to say that $1 a month to a creator whose work you like is equivalent to easily a thousand ad-supported views on their videos. Even a little bit of support makes a hugely outsized difference - pick your favourites and support where you can.

“Be kind, be involved, believe in your art,” he said. “At a time when people tell you art is not important, that is always the prelude to fascism. When they tell you it doesn’t matter, when they tell you a fucking app can do art you say, if it’s that important, why the fuck do they want it so bad? The answer is because they think they can debase everything that makes us a little better, a little more human. And that, in my book, and in my life, includes monsters.”

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

A silly drawing of two faceless people. They have their hands in front of their mouths and have hearts near their heads. Their faces look anguished. The entire drawing is captioned "The Artist Experience (to me anyway)" The person on the left is labeled "People who piant everything" and they say "I wish I could do clean lines like you." The person on the right is labeled "People who have beautiful inks and cel shading" and they say "I wish I could paint like you."

this feels like a universal thing i experience all the time lol

For another, you can just do art and not post it. I do that all the fucking time. I make doodles for my tabletop game, I draw my little avatar guy. Art can be just for you and like four of your weirdest friends.

The purpose of human expression is not Posting.

"AI isn't going anywhere, it's here to stay, can't put the genie back in the bottle, just gotta get used to it."

Just say that you are tired and exhausted and feel hopeless and want to give up. It's okay. Everyone feels pretty fucked at this point. Just say what you feel.

Fantastic shapes lurk in clouds of glowing hydrogen gas in NGC 6188, about 4,000 light-years away. The emission nebula is found near the edge of a large molecular cloud unseen at visible wavelengths, in the southern constellation Ara. Massive, young stars of the embedded Ara OB1 association were formed in that region only a few million years ago, sculpting the dark shapes and powering the nebular glow with stellar winds and intense ultraviolet radiation. The recent star formation itself was likely triggered by winds and supernova explosions, from previous generations of massive stars, that swept up and compressed the molecular gas. Joining NGC 6188 on this cosmic canvas is rare emission nebula NGC 6164, also created by one of the region's massive O-type stars. Similar in appearance to many planetary nebulae, NGC 6164's striking, symmetric gaseous shroud and faint halo surround its bright central star at the lower right. The field of view spans about two full Moons, corresponding to 70 light years at the estimated distance of NGC 6188. Best of APOD 2012: Download a free 2013 APOD Calendar Follow APOD on: Facebook (Daily) (Sky) (Spanish) or Google Plus (Daily) (River)

NASA Astronomy Hourly Picture - 2012-12-28: NGC 6188 and NGC 6164
#Astronomy #NASA #Space

Hey Larian, hey Swen. Just dont. Just dont use AI. Its that simple. If you're using it for Concept Art, you are replacing people. If you are using it for Writing, you are replacing people. If you are using it at all in the development of the product, then its in the final product. Just dont use it.

💕💕💕 #OCsky

'From Six Feet Under'
watercolor & mixed media on paper
Archive Print Drop: 18 Dec • 12PM (PT)

A heartfelt thank you to all who buy from independent artists, hire us, or even share our work or give words of encouragement. Even the most established of artists are feeling a decline in work and sales this year. Your support in all or any way is felt and appreciated amongst us! Thank you!!

Just really sucks that so many of us are barely getting by (if that), and the people who stole from us are rewarded with billions. It's hard to put into words how demoralising that is.

illustration of Harrowhark and Gideon from the locked tomb book series, in jojo's bizarre adventure poses

ladies 😎

#thelockedtomb

YouTube video by Ghost Of Lamplight The Anglerfin in Wrankwood's Swamp | Themes of Arknights

youtu.be/udi9FApHYYk

A New 'Report' Dokutah, this time on the events of Wrankwood

#Arknights
#ActOrDie
#VideoEssay

screenshot of my shop, overlayed with a sketch of myself annoucing a 20% off launch sale

✨SHOP LAUNCH & SALE✨
20% off all products, from now until Dec. 8th!

Launching the shop with my staple goods: Large prints, stickers, tapestries, & bandanas! Charms, postcard prints, & standees to follow soon💜 Happy Cyber Monday!!

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#shopsmall #art

Verity

Also that “bad” art can be good and fun in ways other than technical impressiveness.

Just off the dome, this picture has brought me so much happiness