Ben Zhao

Sigh. It is disappointing to the highest degree

“To turn off, go to Settings > Apps > Photos on iOS and turn off Enhanced Visual Search. On Mac, open Photos and go to Settings > General to do the same. You must do it on each of your Apple devices.”

drawing of a woman entering some kind of cyber glowing bat, in a room full of old looking computers and wires and cables there's a huge aquarium in the background with fishes and deepsea-like algae, etc. the woman is linked to a machine by cables in her left thigh and neck, her eyes glow green and her skin too in some places

Drawing of me as a witch floating in the night sky, wielding necromancer magic, holding a skull, wearing a witch hat, spiderweb pattern tights, a jean jacket, fishnet top, big goth shoes

colored piece, fanart of Harrow from Harrow the Ninth she's floating into the black space, holding a giant sword close to her chest, frowning in anger and sadness, tear rolling down her face painted as a skull she's surrounded by many skulls with "IX" on their forehead, and ribcages, and bones

Hades 2 fanart showing Melinoe wielding her dagger and scythe, looking fierce, with Hecate behind her as some sort of guide/mentor

✨ new pinned post ✨

I'm Chloé, french concept & comic artist, currently working full time in video games

I draw *lots* of lesbians, I love playing Go & I probably post too much selfies 🌸

A bunch of recent studies from random photos aimed to up my inking game a bit, and in the post below also from screencaps.

Digital painting of a pale white merman perched upon a rock on the dark ocean waters at night, and a decapitated man's head in front of him. The merman has wavy long hair, long sharp nails, and a sparkly scaly tail. He is flashing a devious smile, showing his fangs, and he's a balance of beautiful and sinister.

siren~

Absolute Batman variant cover.
Watercolor 11”x17”

Sir Paul McCartney backs calls to stop mass copyright theft by generative AI companies.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

🦢 #princesstutu
I have this print available on my Etsy ✌️

Hi, Bluesky. I suck at social media so not expecting much. Here's some of my art.

A monochromatic sketch page of various fantasy characters. Most of them have horns. The textures and brush strokes are clearly visible and all 4 characters are portrayed from a side view.

This character sketch page is still one of my personal favorites

It’s hard, when
A) legislators don’t understand the tech. To be fair, most CS faculty don’t even understand generative AI and its limitations.
and
B) when AI companies lobby and threaten governments with taking themselves and their (so far nonexistent) billions of revenue and taxes away

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10 is hard. I think I'm only doing 6 and I have to compare letters to make sure I'm being sufficiently original and detailed enough for each of the folks I'm writing for. 10 would just be too much.

Neverwinter Dragonslayer

Hi there!
Here's the Key art illustration I did for the Neverwinter Dragonslayer game.
Ⓒ Gearbox Publishing.

This is a good example of why generative AI opt-outs don’t work: this is my music, but I have no way of opting it out of AI training.

I composed this piece, but I didn’t make the recording and I don’t control the website where it’s hosted.

www.boosey.com/audio-clip/I...

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Meme cat Stepan fanart

Cat Stepan

#digitalart #cat

Pailiah for Brandon Sanderson’s Rythm of War - The Stormlight Archive - Dragonsteel Entertainment

#TheStormlightArchive #BrandonSanderson

Light the Way ✨ My OC Poppy in ink :)
#traditionalart #ink #monochrome

A cute little fluffy white creature with a pink nose and candy cane in its mouth. It’s also snowing. Watercolour

‘Festive Offering’

Watercolour. #creatureart #watercolour #festive

Indeed. For those who have worked a lifetime to train in creativity, whether it’s in the visual arts or in story telling, asking them to use a genAI model “for efficiency” is like placing them into handcuffs and asking them to point at one of a few hundred templates with their chin.

Just a reminder that mimicry does not justify replacement. GenAI script generation would only accelerate how fast we tire of regurgitated formulaic content and remind us of how much we need human creativity.

Let's see how this one goes. I'm here on bluesky now! I'm an illustrator and concept artist for fantasy game properties like Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: the Gathering.

A bipartisan special parliamentary inquiry in Australia today said big tech is “pillaging culture, data and creativity” to train AI, and must license and pay for training data.

This is how all governments should respond to this technology.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Meeting a fan when you are IRL.. picking up your pre ordered holiday bird (nice to meet you K!)
Thankful for EVERYONE who likes what I’ve done ..it LITERALLY cannot exist as an artist without you!
Wishing you all the best this thanksgiving!!

This is me attempting to be better with social media, Hi!! Im a freelance fantasy oil painter that moonlights as a belly dancer at renfaires while I raise and train raptors for wildlife education programs. My life has taken some hard turns ✨️🙃💙

This isn’t a statement.

“Stasis” is a portrait painted by the artist Zara Alfonso, and is the first piece in her series about invisible illness. A portrait painting of a girl with skin so pale she’s almost translucent, her lips are tinged blue and she gazes upward through seemingly unseeing eyes. Pale moths and winged insects cover the expanse of her face and body, blending into her skin in places.

“Tenacious Underdog” is a painting by the artist Zara Alfonso, done for the Magic: The Gathering Streets of New Capenna set. A boxer lounges over the corner of the ring, he’s bruised but grinning as a figure from the cheering crowd hands him a glass potion bottle filled with red liquid.

“Bereaved Survivor” is a painting by the artist Zara Alfonso, done for the Magic: The Gathering Innistrad Midnight Hunt set. A young girl from Innistrad mourns in front of the grave of her late sister, in her hand she clutches a locket. It’s late autumn and the weather is overcast and gray, on the edge of the first frost.

“Medusa Portrait” is a portrait painted by the artist Zara Alfonso. A portrait of a young Medusa who looks peacefully towards the viewer, her hair is flowing mass of thick iridescent dark indigo snakes tied up in a head wrap.

Hello new followers! I’m Zara, an artist working on Magic: The Gathering & drawing & painting for myself in my free time. Here are some of my favorite painting I’ve done 🖤

Hello Bluesky! I’m Ryan and I do oil paintings, mostly for Magic: the Gathering and occasionally for myself

Teysa Envoy of Ghost: a woman in black and white fantasy garb sits before you, judging.

Ghoulcaller Gisa: A deranged woman wearing a black veil, smiles a toothy grin, as she is surrounded by the undead she herself dug up.

Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver: Ashiok, a human like creature with half of their head gone, replaced by horns and smoke, hovers above the ground. From the smoke, nightmarish creatures form.

Liliana, Defiant Necromancer: A beautiful black haired woman walks on top of a mound, where she walks the undead emerge to adore and worship. Embers flowing in the background.

Here are some of the #MagicTheGathering cards I’ve made in the past! 🙌