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Gift for my friend. This one also supposed to be part of Inktober challenge but I gave up and decided to finish some of them anyway so Astarion was for Snacks.

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Niffy on Cara.

Hello there!

Just letting you know that I'm slowly starting to build my account on Cara. I'd be more than happy if you follow me there. :)

Niffy's Cara account - click!

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General Jiyan from Wuthering Waves. My weakness 💙

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I was pondering what would happen if Toothless was in House of the Dragon...

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That poker face…

Sorry, I had to. There was no other option for me in that conversation. Sadly General Jing Yuan is professional or not interested or both. Oh well there are others! :D

Another quick one and silly, inspired by game dialogue.

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Boothill in three acts. Rope for my friend to hang on him, 9-millimeter classic for bad people and well Nameless Pom-Pom... :D Ghost Riders in the Sky by Johnny Cash - the only song I could think of, listened looped.

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Silly Nifling today. Quick and simple just to raise my mood a bit. Short story about Boothill, Stelle, fork and spoon.

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Have you ever had that feeling when, under the influence of a strong inspiration, an idea came into your mind, became important and precious. You were so happy that you wanted to share it with someone. That person, instead of listening to the end of the story, simply made a mocking comment halfway through? Please someone tell me I am not alone. :(

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This one was planned to be posted much, much earlier but I didn't make it on time. Anyway I hope bad boy Bladie will like those Dan Heng-like pralines from Ruan Mei collection ^^

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You know what really sucks about art history and AI?

These days, I can't go on Google and look up "Renaissance" or "Rococo" or "Baroque" art without the results being absolutely littered with shitty, modernized AI pictures. If I'm studying 18th-century portraiture, I'm looking for themes and motifs specific to the period (composition, shape, emotionality, emphasis, etc), so I can better understand the cultural values of an era, and then deconstruct and experiment with them in my own art. I don't want to see some generic hot girl in an inaccurate Marie Antoinette dress, or a Chad Napoleon that's even more ridiculous than the Jacques-Louis David propaganda. Jesus Christ. This garbage isn't even comparable in how awful it is, and it's infecting everything.

For reference, on the left is the work of Artemisia Gentileschi, an actual Baroque artist (click for full size), up against "Baroque Style" from a website selling AI prints. Ew. I won't even explain how Not Baroque the image on the right is, it's so bad it's actually criminal.

Examining historical art periods in modern works is one thing, but this shit isn't even trying. This is another reason why AI isn't art. You can click a button and make something aesthetically pleasing, but you learn nothing. You evoke nothing. You say nothing. There is not a single ounce of value to be had here, other than demonstrating our culture's most superficial ideals, your complete lack of personality, and absolutely no foundational knowledge or intuition. It's a joke is what it is. Artists are trying to do actual work over here, you're just a waste of air.

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its official: tumblr is selling our data to Midjourney

we'd been hearing rumors about this for a bit but now its open and out there. some details from this article

it goes without saying, but if @staff goes through with this its going to be an utter shitshow and im all but certain the website will not survive it.

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Finally finished. Long time this one was waiting. Too long :( One of three fave dragons. I wondered if there's something more behind my love for dragons and I learned they are rat's best match.

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It's me again... With Lantern Rite themed nifling. Can't say how many times I changed and repainted this one. Way to many times. It took me weeks while others would do it within hours. Oh well I'm lame.

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Happy B-day dear Geo Archon Zhongli, my fave Genshin Impact character! 💙 You will shine like gold in my memories forever. I can listen to "Osmanthus wine" and everything he has to say over and over again. And we're both from December. x)

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Geth gingerbread consensus. Not going to happen!

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Gift for my friend.

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It’s been a while since I posted any new Nifling. I just didn’t have will to paint and I’m not sure if I have it now... This one was started with joy and ended with a lot of frustration. But still I somehow like final outcome...