Man, my dA account is the oldest art account I have. It’s a time capsule of my progress for nearly 20 years. I’m reluctant to delete it, but I cannot support this! Thank you for making me aware of this.
Just a heads up for anyone with a DeviantArt, they have now made everyone automatically "opted in" for their art to be used for AI art. You have to go into the settings of every piece you've ever posted and opt out for each individual piece if you don't want your art to be used as "inspiration for" AI art. Additionally, users can now create AI art by inputting random DeviantArt users' usernames as prompts. Today might be a good day to opt out (or delete your account entirely, as I did).
I got this commission a while back and it felt like I was visiting an old friend. Not because I knew this OC or related to his story (the client did tell me a bit about him and I love that), but because it reminded me of what I wanted to capture with my own sith pureblood piece back in the day.
Time lapse of my recent character portrait. The original sketch was one I had made about 4 or 5 years ago and wasn’t interested in completing it. So when I found it again I decided to give it a go and see what I could do. This looks nothing like the original but I’m satisfied with the end results.