#IM TIRED OF PEOPLE JUST LIKING ART AND NOT REBLOGGING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mdrarw]

I feel like a lot of non-artists don't understand how defeated some artists feel when they look at ai art. For some it's because they think that ai art is better than their own, for others it's just the sheer disgust they feel when they look at ai art. AI art has been turned into a joke for many people, but looking at ai art is genuinely demotivating, and atleast for me, really fucking annoying.

And then there are people who'll go on about "oh but midjourney was already taking your art" okay, and? Is it not disgusting how Tumblr was aware of AI taking their artist's art, and instead of trying to implement some rules to stop this, they decide to make money off of it? And no, I will not leave Tumblr, because this has been the best platform for me to post art on, but Tumblr has now consciously decided to ruin that. I mean, where do you even want to go? Twitter's dying, TikTok is a hell scape, deviant art is also doing AI bullshit, and Instagram is just downright ass.

It makes me feel very defeated to think about all this, and I don't think anyone who doesn't know how this feels like should be telling artists that it's "not that bad". Please, for the love of God, shut up.

[13eyond13]

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[poisonouspastels]

I'm always struggling so hard with Minecraft AU because it feels like even some of my closest friends don't WANT to care about it even when I know it has things they would like a lot if they just gave it a chance

[rainingincale]

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[nomadic-star]

OK BUT SERIOUSLY. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE WHO REBLOG MY ART WITH FUNNY TAGS AND/OR JUST TAG THEM AS #FAV/#INSPO

It's really hard to explain because my grammar is such shit right now but.

Thank you guys?? You silly people on my phone never fail to make me so happy and jump across the room whenever I get a notification like that because it motivates me to keep on posting art and keep on posting here on tumblr in general

what tumblr does to a self-taught artist fr.../Positive

[magentagalaxies]

i feel like a lot of activism these days is way too "aesthetically pleasing". like i understand why infographics look like that so their information is clear and easily understandable to people encountering it for the first time but idk i just feel very alienated by posts about trans activism and mental health awareness that are using the same visual language as makeup ads and corporate powerpoints. give me my messy diy "fags supporting dykes" punk signs back idc if it makes it more uncomfortable to put on your instagram story

[r4zzberry]

do u guyz also scroll thru ur old art and look at the comments/notes people left ech time u feel like drawing or am i weird

oh lords sorry 80% of this post is me rambling in the tags 😰

[gemharvest]

I wish those "YOU GUYS NEED TO ACTUALLY REBLOG POSTS!!!" posts actually worked I hate looking at my art that got decent notes only to see abysmal reblog:like ratios.

[infernalcrypt]

rant warning lol

i dont even rlly know how to explain what i am feeling but i am just becoming exhausted trying to Be an artist. but it is all i want. no one sees what i post and as much as i agree with not creating art for anyone but yourself the art i make for myself is my ocs. and drawing them side profile 100 million times. and thats not exciting. but even when i DO draw fanart it gets only a smidge more attention. idk im just....... ough. i'm gonna keep going obviously i also cant stand to live my life without creating, i'm just getting fed up with the state of the internet in regards to artists. algorithm and consumer culture and now fuckin AI too. RAHHH anyway : )

[benilos]

Hey yall. Please stop trying to message or send asks about Darks Verse. I dont care if someone i reblog here or on my sideblog has drawn or written for it. Half the time im not following that person and I dont care if they did. Any time i think yallre finally leaving me alone someone has to bring up Darks Verse and im sick of it. I have not wanted anything to do with those two for years and there are STILL people bringing them up like they can start some beef. From what ive heard those two arent even on tumblr anymore. Please leave me and those two alone, none of us want to be involved with each other nor speak to each other so seriously, stop. And please stop with the creepy ass praise baiting in your asks saying "i told them how bad those two are for you 🥰" Bitch i dont care. I do not care. I dont want yall doing this shit. I do not want you trying to "tell other people about them" for me. It isnt for me, its for your weird parasocial shit. Stop. I do not want to be involved with them, and I have not for years. I have had them blocked for fucking years, stop bringing them up. You are just causing unnecessary drama when that beef is years fucking old now. Im fucking sick of it, i have their tags blocked for a fucking reason. Stop.

[archivist-the-knight]

people who only reblog hit tumblr posts but refuse to do anything about art posts but like them should lobster

[artemisaed]

STOP PITTING THE BAD BITCHES AGAINST EACH OTHER

DIVORCE POLYCULE FOR THE WIN

This sketch is unfinished but uhh here's a sneak preview while I find the motivation to finish :>

SUNSTONE SHIPPERS-- ASSEMBLE

As of recently the Rain World shipping scene has been DOMINATED by Traffic Light, or SRS x NSH. (No hate on this ship by the way, it's adorable and I'm honestly tempted to put Nish, Pebbs, and Suns in a big poly relationship)

BUT THE SEVEN RED SUNS X FIVE PEBBLES SHIP HAS SLOWLY BEEN DISAPPEARING, AND I REFUSE TO LET THIS HAPPEN

thus. I am calling all sunstone shippers to (lighthearted) war. WE MUST RECLAIM WHAT ONCE WAS OURS AND QUASH ANYONE WHO BELIEVES OTHERWISE

GRAB YOUR PENCILS EVERYONE, WE'RE GOING TO WAR

*Disclaimer: ArdienotheSieno is not responsible for any hate, drama, or otherwise negative things that may come out of a shipping war. They are simply doing this because they are bored and wish to see more gay robots on the internet*

also please spread this around we need to reach as many people as possible and grow our ranks cool thanks

[poisonouspastels]

[s0lar-ch3ri]

jaw dropped what how omfg

i mean you showed how but still

Here’s a painting I did of Charlie Slimecicle! :D

Timelapse + reference photo are under the cut!

[vantaesfairie]

𝔭𝔦𝔠𝔨 𝔞 𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔡 : 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔡𝔬 𝔭𝔢𝔬𝔭𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨 𝔬𝔣 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔬𝔬𝔪

atlty’s tarot readings: art commissions, paid readings, spell ritual comms open!

choose a pile below:

pile 1, green eyed cat:

when you leave the room, people think that you’re just really tired and stressed. it’s like you carry a black cloud with you. you look tired and you feel tired emotionally. people can see that you’ve been fighting. with yourself / with others, depends on your personal situation. they can see that you’re a passionate and high energy individual usually but am using that energy in different negative ways. the vibe im picking up on is aries energy and rainy days. it seems like you’ve been stabbed in the back and just drained of positive energy. keep in mind this is just how they see you when you leave. they feel empathy for you and wish you the best though, your ambitions will stay true to you and things will be alright soon. 

message for you: it’s all gonna be ok one day stop overthinking it and stay calm

pile 2, white cat:

when you leave the room, people think that you’re an intellectually strong person. you’ve got fresh ideas and strategies in your mind, you’re a smart person. you seem kind of quiet to others, the vibe i’m getting is white roses and air signs. emotionally healing, comforting, hopeful. they feel like you’re going through something though, and you’d rather just stay in and be with yourself and your own energy. people think you’re an introverted mini extrovert. they feel subconsciously that you seem to be burdened with something, stressed, and just want to take a mental break. you do have a certain aura about you that makes you look beautiful, but in a luna lovegood way if you know what i mean? also, you seem like a great debater when situations arise.  

message for you: take a break and please sleep and rest more 

pile 3, black cat: 

when you leave the room, people think that you give off heavy family energy in a good way pile 3. people see you as someone who is very caring, kind, and emotional. heavy ‘mommy’ energy too 👀👀. some may like your curves / chest especially, you look physically warm if you know what i’m saying. they think that you relate well with nature and have a grounded vibe with you. empathetic, and a sensitive person. they sense that you are a poetic and romantic person in love. for me i’m getting the vibes of like pisces sign and baby’s breath bouquets. someone who likes to take care of people but regrettably neglects themselves sometimes (eg. self care, mental health care). someone who always gives gives gives but doesn’t give back to themselves. 

message for you: do that self care buy that skincare product and start doing art

i hope you enjoyed this pac! please consider purchasing a paid reading by sliding into my dms. reblog and share if possible! i’d love to know if this resonates to you. thank you so much! 

[bogkeep]

grousing about ai art stuff

every time i open twitter (my mistake) there's a new thread on how to spot ai art or ai photos by finding all the mistakes in it, and like obviously this is useful and it's good to watch out because they kEEP SHOWING UP EVERYWHERE AHHH HELL WORLD HELL WORLD, but it's also a little depressing that we're training ourselves to nitpick all kinds of details within a piece of art.

like even before the artifically generated image boom randos on twitter would reply to fully finished illustrations with the most asinine unsolicited advice possible. art's gonna be flawed sometimes! i'll draw someone in a weird pose because of vibes! i'll wing a hand! i don't fucking know what a house actually looks like!!! like yes of course the way a human artist creates flawed art is different from the way an algorithm doesn't actually know what anything looks like because it has no mind. it doesn't know shit. so it's not that it's UNRELIABLE but it's like. it's like... i've been telling myself and others every time i'm struggling to make something look Just Right that actually nobody i going to be staring as hard at my art as i am while making it. if i don't point it out people aren't likely to notice unless they are going through it with a fine toothed comb BUT NOW WE ARE DOING THAT APPARENTLY. WHICH IS ANYONE'S PEROGATIVE AND FAIR ENOUGH! PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT MY ART HOWEVER THEY WANT IT'S FINE

but it's ALSO so depressing to consider having to analyse every single piece of art you come across like that my goddddddd i just wanna enjoy it!! i wanna enjoy art!!!! i mean the main reason i finally stopped going on twitter regularly was during the NFT boom and i got so tired of having to vet every single artist i came across to make sure i wasnt retweeting nft stuff. like that really ruined my previously enjoyable experience of LOOKING AT NICE ART ON MY FEED WITHOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE.

god another thing that happened during the dark nft times was how certain art styles tended to be nfts. and i don't mean the ugly apes and stuff, like of course there's those, but there were a lot of artists who sold their souls to crypto and there was just a certain Vibe to a lot of those styles. like i got a sixth sense for it, i would see a piece of art by an unknown artists and when i checked - yep, that was a crypto guy now. and you know what!!!! i hated that!!!! i hate that it ruined entire art styles for me!! AND NOW ARTIFICIALLY GENERATED IMAGES ARE DOING THE SAME!!!!! like what tends to tip me off is less because i spotted some wonky hand or a weird flap but because the style is a popular one for the ai bros to imitate. you know what i mean right!!!!!! it's kind of how the ai photos look a bit too clean and crisp and smooth in an unsettling way. it just pings the brain a bit.

ULTIMATELY the absolute main method i have for filtering away ai images isn't so much looking for mistakes, but by checking sources. it's the same way i check that i'm not reblogging from reposting accounts Because That's A Thing I Care About Too - if there's no description or the description seems off and i don't recognise the OP, i check the original post/blog to see what's up. if the image gives me a weird vibe, i check where it comes from and who posted it. oftentimes the comments on posts with ai images will point it out - they're not always accurate and there's definitely been times where people are a little too trigger happy to accuse art of being AI... but it can be a good lead or confirm suspicions. on one hand, i don't want to do detective work while im having chill scrolling time, but on the other hand - i already had this habit for other reasons, so it's less disruptive to me than the alternative. it also helps that it's very rare for ai shit to turn up in my tumblr feed. i don't want to keep looking over my shoulder!!

(also for anyone who wants a little bit of optimism in the middle of all this, here's an episode of Better Offline podcast that outlines how it's very unlikely for generative ai to actually get much better. here's the part two also.)