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howl....but its volo

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i hate it when i cant even write a poem about something because its too obvious. like in the airbnb i was at i guess it used to be a kids room cause you could see the imprint of one little glow in the dark star that had been missed and painted over in landlord white. like that's a poem already what's the point

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Credits artist @pyofruta

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volo goes to court

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ummmmm *furries your merchant*

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aw look she’s learning metronome :D

SHIT

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"It's like Cookie Run but more killing" - my 7 year old niece

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i think this is a really interesting and nuanced topic and though it's a few days old, i did want to add my two cents. i see where you're coming from but in my opinion the problem with ai art is that it's usage can never be ethical because it's fundamentally built by stealing from other artists. even encouraging personal use becomes iffy, especially when you share it online, because another problem with ai art is that it's killing creativity. before ai became so rampant, if you wanted to create oc art but you didn't have the means to, you might pick up a pencil and start learning or turn to commissions. the issue with encouraging ai art as an option is that it then takes away from these options, creativity as a whole suffers because artists that might've gotten commissions lose out on potential clients and the world as a whole loses on potential artists in the making

as a person who loves to be creative yet isn't very skilled with art, i've never felt the need to turn to ai to create artwork of any of my ocs. don't get me wrong, I love my ocs and i love having art of them but there are more ethical ways to create that art. picrew is super accessible and easy to use and provides so many options to create characters using art that was made by real artists that have consented to their work being used.

there's more than one reason to create, reasons beyond commercial value. take ao3, people take so much time and effort to craft stories just because! creation is a human experience! what about fanart or just general art posted on social media. i wouldn't want to see any of these spaces flooded with things made by ai because the only thing i want ai to do is make life a little easier so i can do the fun part of living, art.

if i knew that my work online was being scraped by some bot and used by some random person out there to create more soulless stories, i would be devastated. with creative departments already facing so many hurdles, i think its a small thing to say no to using ai art out of respect for the amount of work it takes to achieve that knd of skill. thats what supporting artists means to me.

I'm sorry, but GenAI for personal use still isn't okay. You're still benefitting off a program that scrapes and steals the work of others whether your doing it for personal use or for money. People should be encouraged to actually create, not to have a program spit things out for them to then share and act like they're the ones who made it. It's the same thing as reposting art or frankendolling various others together and claiming the result as your own. This goes for other 'creative' GenAI, too, including writing and not just drawn or painted art.

I want to preface this by saying I agree with you. You make excellent points and you’re correct in how GenAI tools operate. And I absolutely don’t think anyone should use it in a professional or commercial capacity. To give context, this was in regards to the ai art of a person’s MC. It wasn’t created for a game they’re developing. It wasn’t an ai generation of my or anyone else’s original characters. It was their own OC.

People should be encouraged to create on their own, yes, but some people do not have the ability or even the confidence to do so. I’m not going to tell someone they must do their personal art in a particular way, especially when the alternative may not be fiscally or technically possible.

Like any tool, GenAI needs to be used responsibly, with full understanding of what you’re doing. Just as with social media, I’m not going to tell you to stay off it. (Even though tumblr and LinkedIn are literally the only ones I bother with anymore. Quite the polar opposites, I know.) What I do encourage is to use the tool responsibly. If someone creates art or stories or anything of the like with ai and claims to have made it themselves, that’s a problem. So if anything, shame on me and the original poster for not specifying it as ai art. That’s valid. But if they used it for their own personal use and are honest and upfront about it, I don’t see the problem.

I also encourage you to support artists. Don’t just condemn ai art. Commission real artwork, share it, make appreciative comments about it, go to art museums and shows and drag your friends with you.

I understand this can be a touchy subject and that not everyone will agree with me. I value your opposing viewpoint and I truly do appreciate you sharing it. Thank you.

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I got bit by a radioactive spider that likes coming up with AUs for Pokémon games. Anyhoo. Take this extremely messy sketch of a comic I made mega fast for my “Legends Arceus + Platinum/Diamond/Pearl + Time Travel + Modern + Slice of Life + Trauma Recovery + Angst with a Happy Ending + Found Family” AU I’m currently cooking.

Volo's trying to camp in the mountains after getting booted through time and space into modern day Sinnoh and promptly gets Barry-ed.

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Remember in Pokémon legends Arceus the whole point of the game was to get your ass back to modern day Japan but God said collet all my critters first so you do and when you do God say u r so cool I'm gonna join you. And then you are still stuck in 1800s Japan

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triptych fanmade cards i drew for @erazonpo3 in a recent exchange!

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manifesting

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I try not to play favorites with my ROs, buuuuuut…

Vicente Aloi (he/they)

The bastard prince, Vicente is calculating, ruthless and driven. They are the same age as you, and they, too, lost their mother the night of The Proelium, though under different circumstances. But while you were adopted into a loving family, he is the unwanted son of the regis, trained to be a lethal tool.

He has long, midnight blue-black hair, icy blue eyes, and high defined cheekbones. The edges of a tattoo are barely visible on his neck above the collar of his doublet… wings, perhaps? It’s beautiful. He’s beautiful, though you’d never tell him for fear he’d take his rapier to your neck simply for looking. Will your plans align with his, or are you merely another pawn in his schemes?

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A little semi-rendered sketch sheet for death parade!! rewatched it the other day and I remember why I liked it so much when it first came out. Decim <3

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Also I guess I'm just spoiling this here, because it's never too early to build hype and also it's an example of the stupid, head in furnace shit I'm letting y'all do despite my own misgivings:

The Kestrel gives you a look that is equal parts smug and condescending. “You catch on quickly,” they praise you. “Fortunately for you, I am not a difficult fae to please. This time, I ask only for a small token in trade. A memory, a secret… a kiss.”

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i kinda started the phainon-samoyed agenda on twitter so im sharing it here too