#Stil Studio

[polldermodel]

Wie was jouw favoriete personage van Piet Piraat?

Piet Piraat Stien Struis Berend Brokkenpap Steven Stil Een ander personage Ik heb nooit Piet Piraat gekeken/ik ben principieel tegen piraterij/zie resultaat

[rudeguacamole]

"But when does a comet become a METEOR?

When does a candle become a BLAZE?

When does a man become a MONSTER?

When does a ripple become a TIDAL WAVE?

When does the reason become the BLAME?

When does a man become a MONSTER?"

Forgive me...

Inspired by this edit 🐢

[politespy]

HOOVYDUNDY

[gibbearish]

tells my boyfriend im overwhelmed lately bc ive had 0 alone time for almost a full month now bc we have a friend staying with us until we can get set up in the new house and he goes "oh yeah that sucks im sorry :(( but hey soon ill be working till 10 every night just like (roommate) so whenever we both work youll have most of the day to urself!" i go hide in the closet come out to make a drink and he sits in the kitchen and silently watches me make the drink the entire time

[tomshivbaby]

hi i hope this doesn't make your dashboard explode.. these were the final proyect for a class. more under the cut :]

hooooooo okay here are the jpg version of the pieces cos i knew making them gifs was gonna butcher the quality but i stil lovingly rendered them

and here's the third one, the not animated version. i do like it but it's a lot IT'S A LOT

and here are some of the gifs on their own. i already posted the flail but it's cool so here it is again

couldn't have done it without flipnote studio everyone say thank you flipnote studio

the assignment was completely free as long as it was like. digital. or involved any technology really. so i just went wild cos it's kind of the only class i'm able to do what i really like which is. idk silly digital illustrations.. so. yeaough

[watchmegetobsessed]

SUBTLE

A/N: this idea got stuck on my mind and i thought i would just type it out so here we are!

WORD COUNT: 1k

SUMMARY: Harry's not so subtle way of hinting that he is in the mood.

MASTERLIST | SUPPORT ME!

There are celebrities that never wear the same outfit twice. Some keep them tucked away in their closet, probably hoping one day they will be displayed in museums and some just simply get rid of them once the clothes are off of their bodies.

Well, your boyfriend is definitely not one of these people. He is the king of wearing something over and over again until it’s totally ruined and can’t be worn again. The best example is his crusty Vans he always wears to the maximum before even considering buying a new one. When Harry likes something, a shirt, a hat or a pair of pants, he is the biggest outfit repeater and that’s something you love so much about him, because it’s so mundane, so down-to-earth.

His most worn shirt however is a surprising one. Well, not to you, because he wears it because of you so whenever you spot him sporting it, you know what his intentions are.

It’s a quiet Sunday afternoon, it’s been raining all weekend so you’ve spent most of it snuggled up at home, watching movies, cooking and spending some well-deserved quality time together after such a busy week. For the past hour you’ve been glued to the couch with your favorite chunky blanket and a book that you haven’t gotten around to read during the weekdays. Your tea is set on the side table, an hour ago it was steaming hot, but now it’s more like room temperature and half of it is also gone. A pair of old sweatpants has been your uniform since yesterday and today you paired them with one of Harry’s many graphic shirts. 

Speaking of your boyfriend, you haven’t seen him for a while now. Last time he mumbled something about having a riff stuck on his mind before he wandered off into his home studio. It’s been radio silence since then and you got to focus fully on your fantasy book. 

Harry emerges from the studio after about one and a half hour that he spent strumming away on his guitar, recording a possible new hit song for his next album. Making music usually makes him feel two ways. First one, which happens more often is hungry. His creativity takes a lot of energy and he is a big boy, he needs food to fuel his body and brain as well. The second one however… that’s what causes him the most issues, especially when he is not recording at home and this is what he feels right now as well.

He’s horny.

The song he worked on was heavily inspired by you and the intimate moments he spent with you in the past months and reliving them definitely got him worked up, that’s why he had to put down his guitar and find a solution to his little situation.

But instead of just looking for you, he sneaks into his closet and grabs the shirt he’s been using with ulterior motives lately. He gets rid of his hoodie and then pulls the other shirt over his head before checking himself in the mirror, his eyes scanning over the “Sex” sign over his chest. He can’t help but smile at the sight of the shirt he wore on SNL, which was such an iconic appearance.

He wanders out of the closet and then the bedroom, looking for you with his teeth sunk into his bottom lip to hide his cheeky smirk. He finds you right where left you before his studio session, snuggled up on the couch with your book, your lips moving as you ready but it’s hard to notice. Your eyes are scanning over the lines, one hand holding the book, the other one playing with the necklace he got you for your birthday two years ago. You look adorable and cozy, but he’s also extremely eager to get under that blanket and between your legs.

Clearing his throat he walks closer, failing to pretend like he is just aimlessly wandering around. He peeks at you and narrows his eyes when he sees you haven’t even acknowledged his presence.

“Hey baby,” he speaks up, hoping to catch your attention.

“Mm, hi, what’s up?” you ask, but your eyes are still glued to the page in front of you. 

“Not much. Just checking in on you.” Squaring his shoulders he takes a deep breath before exhaling dramatically, his palms smoothing over the shirt, especially the word written across his chest. 

“I’m good. Did you finish recording?”

Still no peek at him and he is starting to get frustrated.

“Yeah,” he nods and clears his throat again, standing right in front of you at this point, towering over you.

“Good,” you hum.

You’re still ignoring him and now he is determined to have your pretty eyes on him. A series of coughs follows that finally forces you to look up from the book, mostly because you fear that he has a sore throat, judging from the coughs, but when you catch a glimpse of him you see how he’s puffing his chest so you see what shirt he is really wearing. 

“Huh,” you smile, putting your book aside. “Are you trying to tell me something?” you ask, a smirk stretching across your face.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he shrugs, running his tongue across his lips.

“Do you happen to want to have sex?” you tilt your head to the side.

“Oh! Now that you’re asking, yes. Yes, I absolutely do!”

You can’t hold your laugh back as he basically throws himself at you, his lips already kissing you all over your face as he wedges himself between you and the back of the couch.

“You’re so subtle,” you giggle against his lips, pulling the blanket over the both of you while his hands are already wandering under your shirt.

“That’s my middle name,” he grins. “Harry Subtle Styles.”

“What happened to Edward?”

“Gone. He’s dead,” he chuckles before his lips get busy with yours. 

Thank you for reading, please like and reblog if you enjoyed and buy me a coffee if you want to support me!

[kd89-3dstudios]

InZoi's - The sad truth (Fail)

You've also heard about the "hype" around InZOI and I have to give my honest opinion on it. First of all, I'm shocked to see that people are stil Graphic "Bitches". As soon as you say that something was made in Unreal Engine 5, people think that it MUST be a good Game. Sorry there is so much Unreal Engine 5 shit out there, called (Games)

I'm not comparing Sims 4 with InZoi, that wouldn't do the Game justice, but what it can be compared to is Dragon's Dogma 2 (Re-Engine)

Namely the Character Creation version. DD2 had that too

InZoi Studios? Character Creation? Mhh 5/10

InZoi where it's mainly about Character Creation? comes with only half the functionality and selection, I couldn't even begin to create my Character. Because the Character Creation from INZOI only uses the Unreal Engine 5 base function. But everyone celebrates it because it looks good? Even DD2 had all the features in the pre-release that the Game should have in the end. Why can Capcom do this but KRAFTON can't? that makes no sense.

Dragons Dogma 2 Character Creation? 10/10

Anyone who has Created a Character in Dragons Dogma 2 knows what I'm talking about. And it was also a pre-release befor the main Game. All functions and selection options were already included. Just saying. And the Re-Engine looks just as good as UE5.

The Inzoi Character studio hasn't convinced me yet. I can't really get on with the realistic style either, I like Anime and Manga but K-Pop isn't my thing, but InZOI just seems like a "K-Pop Drama Game". And I can't get on with that, it's not Art for me.

So far it is just a sweetly presented base game with a Fluffy Cat.

And don't forget that the finished Game will have high hardware requirements, even if the developers want to improve a few things, it's Unreal Engine 5 and, even today there are still People who have problems with Sims 4 and CC together, which means that many of you won't even be able to play it when it comes out. In developer mode - What do you think it will do when the first mods and custom content comes for InZOI? Your PCs will burn.

That's a sad fact

Btw, did you know that we can put a comic filter over our (Photorealistic 3D character - Gameplay)? That changes EVERYTHING! Of course! Seriously, it's still Photorealistic, another UE5 product, almost everything that comes out.

I'm sorry but I'm not a fan of it.

[absolutebl]

In Strongberry We Trust

I had a private ask about Strongberry recently so here’s some thoughts.

Strongberry is probably the most established KBL studio, they started in high production shorts/microfilms (as, indeed, did all of KBL) and still specialize in them. They also do some GL. They tend to have very good chemistry, work with professional actors (not idols), and will go high heat. They are now a division of Matchbox, and have been around and steadily producing content since 2017. The CEO is adorable. 

For YEARS Strongberry was the only studio reliably producing BL content out of Korea. And, sometimes the kisses were even good! For real... there was a time, not so long ago, when all we really got was KBL shorts and most of those from Strongberry. Dark days. Except for Strongberry shining one bright light of BL content. They are reliable, HEA, and high quality. 

Hence the fandom slogan...

#In Strongberry We Trust

They often pick odd (or underserved) premises but always execute beautifully. Their stuff is either on YouTube, Gaga, or pay to play on Vimeo, and they do move it around so my links might not always still be working. Vimeo earns them the most money. They are a small, struggling, queer-friendly studio, please support them and their content by not pirating or watching illegally. 

Here's my ranking of Strongberry's offerings.

1. A First Love Story

2021 YouTube short in 2 microfilms 

Tropes: childhood friends to lovers, home setting, soft tone, grumpy/sunshine pairing

Strongberry are true masters of their craft and yet A First Love Story is still one of the best things they have ever produced. It’s the only microfilm every to make one of my year end top ten list. It’s two episodes of about 8 minutes each that manage to perfectly portray the sweetest friends-to-lovers confession ever. It’s joyful, and gentle with its characters, and a little hot. How on earth do they manage to leave us yearning for more yet completely satisfied at the same time? It’s like the perfect amuse-bouche, that one finger food at that one cocktail party that you will never forget. You are a ridiculous human if you haven’t spent 16 minutes with these two boys. Go watch it now. Or go watch it again. It’s time VERY well spent.

2. Long Time No See

2017 Gaga KBL length series (total 1.5 hr, some places packaged as a movie)

Tropes: secret love, enemies to lovers, secret identity, assassins, catfishing, mafia, higher heat, grumpy/sunshine pairing 

One of Strongberry’s few longer pieces and I often wonder whether this is strictly BL. It’s about assassins on either side of a terf war who fall in love not knowing they are on opposite sides. Or do they? Good fight sequences, mature characters, high heat, very suspenseful, AND an HEA. If you like KinnPorsche you will LOVE this one.

3. Some More

2018 Gaga microfilm

Tropes: friends to lovers, hyung romance, self acceptance, countryside setting, soft tone, age gap, country boy/city boy

One of my most favorite of Strongberry’s shorts, about a city boy on a bike tour who gets injured and rescued by a taciturn, but (as it turns out) very gay, farmer. Mentions of pride, adorable supportive cousin. SO CUTE with excellent chemistry and featuring tropes I can never get enough of. 

3. Private Lessons

2019 Gaga microfilm

Tropes: student/teacher, jock/nerd, hyung romance, obsession, crush, university setting, May/December, age gap  

Given it is age gap and teacher/student (AKA P’ABL’s catnip) it should rate higher on my list, but the chemistry is slightly off. Stil I do love this one for the dynamic. Certainly worth watching especially if this is one of your fav yaoi tropes.

4. Step For You

2018 Gaga microfilm

Tropes: friends to lovers, sports, university setting, crush, jock/nerd, soft tone

About a reporter from the student newspaper who has to interview an older dancer and falls in love with him. This may not have been my first Strongberry, but it’s the first one I remember watching. 

5. Please Tell Me So

2021 YouTube microfilm (AKA That's My Mr.Right!) 

Tropes: crush, obsession, cafe setting, sunshine/sunshine pairing 

Cute barista (played by Han Hyun Jun star of Love Class) has a crush on his customer, musters up the courage to ask him out. 

6. My Pistachio

2018 Gaga microfilm

Tropes: friends to lovers, crush, hero worship, hyung romance, university setting, play within a play, grumpy/sunshine 

7. As if You Whisper

2019 Gaga movie

Tropes: friends to lovers, self acceptance, music industry setting, grumpy/sunshine pairing

8. Confidential Coffee Break

2021 Vimeo microfilm

Tropes: mature romance, long term relationship, self acceptance, university setting, one act

It’s a monologue piece about two closeted older gay professors discussing changing times and the nature of acceptance (self and others) in modern day South Korean academic environment. 

9. Hold Me

2021 YouTube microfilm

Tropes: friends to lovers, self acceptance, high school setting

10. Sweet Curse 

2021 Gaga short

Tropes: horror, paranormal elements, ghost story, possession, obsession, gay friendship group, everyone wants that one boy, bad/good

This is a low-gore atmospheric horror, with some very high heat. I’m not saying it’s in the top 10 just because of that, but I am saying when Strongberry does high heat it v good and v gay. 

OTHERS

My Personal Trainer - 2019 short Gaga. It v silly and v gay. Influencer has crush on his personal trainer. 

Secret Roommate - 2020 short Gaga, Cohabit, self acceptance, home setting, family, coming out 

Fingers After - 2021 microfilm Vimeo. Cohabit, morning after, home setting, pining, sunshine/tsundere pairing. 

Secret Spectacles - 2017 microfilm Gaga. Very silly again, friends to lovers, paranormal elements, university crush.

Table Manner - 2018 microfilm Gaga. Cohabit, self acceptance, home setting, long term relationship 

The Summer Pasta Recipe - 2021 short YouTube, reunion, self acceptance, grumpy/sunshine.

There my be a few more I don’t know about, MDL doesn't seem to have a sort function for production company. 

NEW! 

Choco Milk Shake 

2022 YouTube KBL length series (total 1.5 hr) 

Tropes: cohabit, F2L, paranormal elements, home setting, soft tones, sunshine/tsundere. 

Two pets, a cat and a dog, reincarnate as humans to visit their old owner. Stongberry gave us a full length BL on YouTube! It’s a BL miracle and an endless delight. It was wonderfully cute, unexpectedly hilarious but expectedly silly, a little too poignant, occasionally gut wrenching and with a somewhat expected weird (but happy-ish) ending. The actors playing the two pets must have had the best time. As, indeed, did I watching it. Jealous Milk made me cackle so hard it scared the actual cat on my lap. Choco was perfectly cast, and the chemistry was ultimately decent. In Strongberry I still trust. Thank you thank you, may we have another, sirs?

Two Other KBL shorts worth checking out:

Just Friends? 

2009 Gaga short 

I consider this one of Korea’s first actual BLs. Boyfriends, one of whom is on military leave, trying to decide on coming out and their future together. Bonus for out gay director and queer activist. 

Being Me 

2018 short Gaga 

A summer of love for two long term besties who have basically always been boyfriends, but when a girl tries to date one of them, they finally realize it. Beautifully filmed and a STELLAR ending kiss. 

(source) 

[aprilblossomgirl]

We Are - a mid-term break.

(written just right before episode 9)

We Are, to me, is such a nice depiction of a university slice-of-life romcoms that actually live up to the very core of university life, a quite fluffy one, but still. Sixteen episodes? That's a sixteen-week semester for you. Well, to be precise, fourteen weeks courses, one week of midterm, and one week of finals. I'm sure the actual episodes didn't really go by the actual semester weeks (episode 7 shown that they were just transitioned into a new semester, but still on the same academic year). Anyway. You get the concept.

Note: If this show is not up to your alley, please just scroll through, I'm not putting this under a 'read more' :)

The first thing that I love is that the show took its portrayal of university life pretty seriously. Note that, I mean seriously by heart. You may want to question the accuracy of some elements and that's fair enough, but may I say they didn't deter my enjoyment of the show. Any elements they thought of adding, they did it right, so far at least.

Like, I know it's the right slice-of-life drama with university setting with all those assignments, deadlines (with actual deadline talks and stress), pin-up sessions (if you went to art/architecture school, you'll get it), grading, consulting with the professors, painting studio, clay workshop, architecture model making, art exhibition setup, group works, volunteer camp, cross-faculty activity, football, drinking nights, group lunch or lunch date at faculty's canteen, 'hanging out' on campus or nearby cafe or bar, and some more other things that I might miss.

Second: I really ADORE the friend groups and their friendship dynamics!!! I feel like this is the actual heart and soul of the show. Sure, honestly, I might have decided to start this show mostly because of Winny Satang (well, you know me), yet here I am, falling in love with the whole gang and by extension, the whole cast. It really surprised me how well they worked with the friendship side of this show. Everything just falls and blends naturally with the story. Understandably, with such big cast with numbers of main, side and supporting characters, I should expect there would be some proportion on their highlight. But (and I hope I am not too biased here) so far, I can say that the highlights are still within the range of proportional to the story.

And... I guess this is attributed to the line of actors, which you cannot say they're new to the field, that the chemistry among the characters just happened so organically, which is such a pleasant to see. I'm still amazed that I could see the Peem-Q-Tan-Chain-Pun's group (with special bond between Q-Peem) happens alongside Phum-Beer-Mick-Tan's group. (Bless you Tan for bridging the two. And later, Pun-Mick instant bonding.) And then insert Toey-Matt duo, and now we have a complete chaotic mix. Oh, but also remember we have Tan-Fang-Phum, Phum-Peem-Toey, and Q-Peem-Fai among them. Well, not all are exactly friendship links, but, talking about groups dynamics, we just cannot ignore the trios. Okay now, don't make me write my (love) notes for each individual character.

And finally: the love lines! I cannot and do not plan to write a lengthy description on how I love having all the four (going five?) different pairs. But I will just say I adore how each of their love lines intertwined very well with the friendship dynamics that happened along the way. The story of each pairs doesn't feel forced blending with how each group, to which they are bonded with, creates their stories. The friendship and the romance here are not two sides of the same coin, but rather are two layers of pictures, each with certain opacity that allows them to overlay perfectly creating a whole new complete picture. Not that anything others haven't said but I just need to say it in my own way, nonetheless.

That said, in short: long live slice-of-life romcoms!

We Are, by this mid-term, is truly a work of hearts (I still wanna cry if I think about the refilming part) and I cannot wait for the finals (please don't come too fast, though). As much as I need the show to finish strong, I need it more to finish warmly.

Second half of the show, I am ready! <3 <3 <3

*Note: Taking the academic terms more seriously, I knew by both logic and heart the second half of the 'semester' could either go better or go wrong and in no way I could predict which will happen but I do wish with my whole heart for the first. However, regardless of how it eventually goes, it won't erase the wonderful first half that I've had this far.

[can-ya-guess-my-curent-obsession]

Nap/sleep? headcanons- with and without a S/O:

WRITER NOTES: Why? Because why the fuck not. Sorry if this feels more like a unhinged rant- but what'evs. Also I had thought I had deleted this for a hot sec and almost died. Its currently 11:56 PM so I did post four days in a fucking row despite what my head said

Edited: no

All art in this post is mine

TW: Curssing, Pain killers, alcohol, alcoholism, abuse/hitting, insomnia, sleeping meds, migraines, passing out, being high, nightmares, trama, cigarettes, weed

(Update: Murdocs shity behavior is not ok, its's abuse, I am nto tryingto indorse it!)

Characters:

/Gorillaz/

Noodle

<GENERAL NAP HEADCANONS>

-Noodle the best sleep schedule out of all of them, and gets the most good sleep out of all of them though thats not saying much

-Even if she has a good sleep schedule she likes naps

-Though as a kid it was almost impossible to get her to nap if she wasn't exhausted, though this is not to say she didn't like to nap

-Noodle just had too much energy as a kid, but she was a kid and being in a band is exhausting so she did take naps usually after performances, recording, ect.. (In a interview they had talked about something like this but I can't remember witch one)

-But as she got older she found appreciation for them way more then when she was a kid

-Noodle is one of those people who can fall asleep almost on command lucky :'[

-Noodle tends to nap to movies

<With a S/O headcanons>

-Like I said she likes to nap to movies- and even better she likes to cuddle with her S/O and to fall asleep to a movie

-Noodle also loves falling asleep on her S/O or having her S/O falling asleep on her, because she finds having her S/O play with her hair makes it 100% easier to fall asleep, and she finds it comforting to have her S/O lay on her

-Noodle has no shame she will fall asleep anywhere with her S/O- cuz no one's gonna say shit

-She loves cuddling but if its like time to go to bed- she will cuddle till she falls asleep then in her sleep she will most likely drift to her side of bed kicking you plenty of times in the process

-She shifts a lot in her sleep with has caused a lot of problems- especially if she has an overactive dream- cuz she will karate chop you in the head or kick you in your stomach

-This doesn't really happen when you two nap together

2D

<GENERAL NAP HEADCANONS>

-While 2D gets the second most amount of sleep- he arguably has one of the worst schedules

-He is a heavy sleeper but he has a hard time sleeping in consecutive amounts of time

-This is mostly due to his migraines, he will wake up at the ass crack of dawn with the worst migraines- migraines that make it nearly impossible to fall back asleep no matter how many pain killers he takes

-So he does some some shit, like writing music, playing a videogame, or watching a zombie movie

-2D at one point in time he used to play instruments when this happens but Mudroc was drunk and near by and so happened to hear 2D playing a bit to loud for his liking- which resulted in Murdoc getting pissed and hitting 2D in the head making his migraine 10x worse (This was when they lived in the original Kong Studios)

-So instead of sleeping continously throughout the night- he tries to sleeps a bit during the night, and then just naps continously throughout the day

-Though eventually he tells his mom and he gets put on sleeping meds in the later phases (sometime after plastic beach) which makes him more peppy

-He still takes naps every once in a while, and he is still an incredibly heavy sleeper

-He smokes a Iot more before going to bed, both weed and cigarettes

<With a S/O headcanons>

-This lanky boi becomes strangely strong in his sleep occasionally

-His arms firmly hold his S/O to his body or he's just sprawled on top of his S/O

-Either way he wants to be touching his S/O in his sleep- but he does role away sometimes but will role back eventually

-He's incredibly unpredictable in his sleep- one night he may stay stil as a bored and another he may be rolling himself off the bed... so be careful, 2D's S/O has woken up with 2D's foot in their face many of times

-2D feels incredibly guilty if he wakes up his S/O when he wakes up in the middle of the night because he has a migraine

-But having a S/O that could comfort him when he has one of his mibble of the night migrains, makes him feel better

Russel

<GENERAL NAP HEADCANONS>

-Russel hardly ever naps

-Russel tries to have a consistent sleep schedule- which he achieves some what

-He tends to wake up in the middle of the night- not as often as 2D, but ever once in a while he'll wake up but won't be able to fall back asleep, so he'll will just sit in bed disgruntled

-Also he's not one of those people who can fall asleep on command

-He takes sleeping meds, he has been taking sleeping meds- like before he joind Gorillaz but he did start taking stronger meds when he joined

-When Russel does get sleep he gets pretty shitty sleep but he pushes through the day

-Even if he wanted to nap- no one IN THIS DAMN HOUSE WILL LET HIM SLEEP(this is when they lived in the original Kong Studios)

-He's either making beats, taking care of Noodle, chores, ect.. all you need to know is that he's busy

-But if we're talking phase 7 Russel- OMG he is a total fucking insomniac- he's to busy with the static, he has to hit his own leg to keep himself from passing out sometimes

-Also Noodle crawled into bed with him whenever she had a nightmare when she was a kid- she also did this with 2D but it didn't work out as much due to 2D's sleeping problems

<With a S/O headcanons>

-Russel is way more likely to take naps if he has a S/O that takes naps

For many of reasons- if his S/O is naping and he naps with them it doesn't feel like he's being as unproductive because he will be spending time with his S/O

-Russel likes to cuddle but prefers to not cuddle in when sleeping at night due to the fact he sweats a lot- and just has a higher body temperature, so cuddle can make his already high body temperature higher and make him feel uncomfortable

-Though having his S/O in bed with him does improve his sleep due to the fact having his S/O around him in most cases makes him feel more relaxed

-When Russel and His S/O cuddle he will sometimes pass out sheerly because he is just so tired

Murdoc

<GENERAL NAP HEADCANONS>

-My fucking god... this man- this fucking gremlin of a man has one of the most janky ass fucking sleep schedule- at this point can you even call it a 'schedule' with how inconsistent it is

-But that mostly only applies to pre-plastic beach

-When Murdoc becomes the old man he now is, his sleep schedule mellows out

-But before that he tends to go out and drink most of the night- come home absolutely crunked or tripping balls and would pass out somewhere random- often in the middle of the house what a great role modle

-And much like 2D he will take naps throughout the day- all various in lengths- but he usually gets pissed at 2D when 2D does the weird nap schedule thing

-But like I said, in later phases he fixes his sleep up a bit- but that doesn't mean he doesn't take naps anymore-

-Now Murdoc doesn't just take naps because he's drunk or high- but also because he's an old man now

<With a S/O headcanons>

-Murdoc's definition of nap before his S/O was just passing out because he was fucked up, but when he got a S/O who forced helped him to fix his sleep schedule- he realized he was not exactly right

-Now he passes out on his bed or the couch and not the kitchen floor

-If you are able to get this man to go to bed at night with out any form fo alcohol or medicine I commend you, for you have done the impossible

-But on a more serious note Murdoc will do a lot to avoid going to bed at night- especially when he's sober

-He hates the nightmares, the nightmares that remind him of his past- and what made him.... he hates it

-So it takes a lot of comforting on his S/O's side to get him into bed

-And Murdoc's S/O has to be ready to wake up and comfort him when he wakes up from a shitty dream- cuz its either that or he goes back to the bottle

[rayofmisfortune]

Throwing this ask over for if you ever want to ramble about Bendy ✨/nf (we are getting fed lately, 3 more games??? A movie??? Ink demon at a rave??? What???)

BENDY RAMBLE PERMISSION? OH HECK YEA!!

We are SO getting fed! I can't wait for what the games have in store for us. With The Cage supposed to release some time this year ANS THE MOVIE??? OH DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THAT!

I love the Bendy series to bits. Like actually

I've been keeping up with it since chapter 3 of BATIM- haven't read any of the books sadly but that can be excused right???

ANYWAY

The Cage is supposed to be a look behind the scenes at what happened on the other side of things while Audrey was busy explaining the concept of personal space to Wilson, if I remembee right? Also supposed to be darker and gorrier SUPER EXCITED FOR THAT

Then... in Secrets of the Machine we get teasers for B3ndy and Bendy Silent Town...

I hope B3ndy's gonna pick up on where BATDR left off, Gent taking away the Ink Machine to GOD KNOWS WHERE??? With Bendy now being out in the real world... it begs the question of who the role of big bad and smiling (traumatized, very much traumatized) will fall on... As for who we may play as.... maybe it could be this Riley Wells (hope I got the surname right) character we found out about in Secrets of the Machine? They ended up being a GENT employee so it's not completely out the question? They were employed at Joey Drew Studios before but- got fired because their ideas were too grotesque and dark for Joey's liking (EXCUSE THEM for having trauma you entrepreneur a-hole).

As for Bendy Silent Town... I feel like that game may be a look at mayhaps the genre of Bendy cartoons Riley had scripted? As I said, their ideas were dark. And what is Silent Town? A complete turn to the left at what Bendy games are. Unsure if the hand in the teaser image is Bendy's but- the char has a revolver named Alice FJFJ does that say anything? I dunno! Fjfjfj Getting to shoot cartoon bad guys in a cartoon tho? Aw heck yea! I suck at shooters but I'm willing to try my hand at one if it's Bendy

This is getting long lmfao

AH I haven't realized, but Secrets of the Machine came out on 4/14 (cuz- not american, use a different date format heh) which is the last loop that took place before Wilson or Audrey right? Some significance there

Oml I'm gonna fall into rambling about Bendy and the Ink Demon aren't I?

When you break all the cutouts in Secrets of the Machine, you get instakilled by the Ink Demon. Which. Deserved. I ended up doing that a lot cuz I didn't KNOW what I was supposed to do??? And destroying the cutouts was the quickest way out nfjfjc sorry Benders I promise it wasn't personal.

Anywho- yea it's been over a year YET I'M STILL NOT OVER HOW THE INK DEMON LITERALLY HAD BEEN TORTURED BY THE KEEPERS??? Like- YOU CAN'T JUST THROW THAT AT ME AND NOT EXPECT ME TO WEEP LIKE A BABY- My man's gone through literal hell even before he's been carelessly thrown into the machine "because he was imperfect" my ass, I bet the worst he ever did while in the Real world was walk around and be curious about everything while the only thing decisively threatening about him was his appearance... WHICH ALSO he had nothing to do with??? That's all on Joey and GENT for fucking up and only looking at the outside and not the inside. Is it obvious how much I need this guy to have a happy life?? He has a chance for that with Audrey now which I'm honestly so damn glad for nfnfnc Poor guy had been forced to follow a predetermined script where he was cast as the villain... tbf.. wouldn't anyone end up embracing that role when they've had to go through it for hundreds of loops?? I'd grow tired of trying to change anything as well.

Can... can you imagine? A little scene with Audrey and Bendy in B3ndy where they're just hanging out with eachother in Audrey's apartment.... PLEASE

Ah this got long hehe nfnfjfb

ALSO still not over Henry. My favorite father figure. Pls be a dad to them I beg

I STILL DUNNO WHAT THE RAVE IS ABT 😭😭 Haven't seen anything abt it YET- BUT AYYYYY

AND OML YEA THE MOVIE PLEASE GIB SOME BEFORE THE INK WORLD SNIPPETS PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE?? Could you imagine? Just- getting to see how the studio was before it all went to hell??? I- GETTING TO SEE THE PROGRESS ON THE INK MACHINE??? MAYBE EVEN BENDY'S CREATION????? And and oml SAMMY before he went "My Lord, My Saviour, coocoo in the head" THE VAST WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES

[shinondraws]

Some people passing the window of my studio space: Are they still painting? That's so fucking cool!

My gremlin ass stil painting when the last bus home goes in fifteen minutes:

[theonlygroupie]

Cold night

Kirk Hammett x Reader

warnings: angst, lots of swearing, mentions of alcohol and drugs

note: hey guys! this is my frst imagine ever so i really hope that you will enjoy this <3

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Me and Kirk have been together for about a year and a half. We did have our ups and downs, but we always somehow managed to stay together. For the last two weeks he has been coming home late and completely wasted, not even capapble of standing on his own and I decided that I’ve had enough.

It was four am, and I stil haven’t closed my eyes for a minute. I couldn’t stop worrying about Kirk. My Kirk. The only person that ever made me happier than anyone could. 

Suddenly, I hear a loud noise coming from downstairs. It was Kirk. I stay in bed and cover myseslf withmy bedsheets. I just didn’t want to even look at him right now. I hear more loud noises and then i hear him crawling on the stairs. 

“Baby...Where are you...?” He whispered while trying to open the door of our bedroom. I sighed and stayed quiet. He then slowly opened the door and said “Don’t you fucking hear me?”. No, not this again. I sat up and looked him. He was barely standing and staring at me. We kept looking at eachother until he came closer to me. He smelled like alcohol and cigarretes which was nothing unusual. “Hi” He said in his normal tone. Hi? is he fucking mad? He just comes here almost breaking everything in my own fucking house, totally wasted and later than he promised and a hi is all that he’s going to say? Not even a stupid apology? I got up with the urge to slap the absolute shit out of him. 

“Kirk, what the fuck do you think you’re doing?” He also stood up. “What do you mean?” “What do I mean? are you this fucking stupid?!” I said, raising my voice. “Alright then, let me explain what you’re doing! You never even spend time with me and all you do is drink and drugs all day and when you’re supposed to come home you don’t. I mean god knows what you’re doing when Im waiting for you here all the fucking night all worried that you might be dead somewhere in some whores house!” “Don’t you fucking call her that.” He cutted me off. “What? Who’s her? So you’re actually cheating on me?!” I yell in disbelief. I never really thought that he would cheat on me, I just said it because It’s what most men do when they come home so late everyday. Somehow I always trusted Kirk. I thought that we were the kind of couple that were head over heals in love and that all of this was just happening because he’s famous now and wants to know how it feels like to do such stuff. “So what if I am?! It’s not like you fucking care anymore. All you do is complain about the smallest things. When wast the last time you told me you loved me? Or the last time we had sex? Im fucking starving for those two things to get from you after spending all day in studio, working on the new album so you get all that you ever wanted when we had nothing and I can’t even have that?! How can you even be surprised?” It was all true. How cold I be so naive? Did I really think that I coul actually trust him? I thought that he wasn’t like others but I guess I was wrong. He just wanted sex like everyone else. I started tearing up. “Oh look at that she’s crying again!” He said with a smilee on his face. “Do you seriously think that your little sobs will make me feel guilty or something? That’s so... pathetic.” 

Tha’s it. I couldn’t hold it in any longer. I curled my hands into fists. “Aw, and now what? You’re gonna hit me? You know that Im much stronger than yo-” He din’t even get to finish the sentence because i punched him right in his face. I never hitted anyone. And never thought that I would, but this was just too much for me. Thanks to the alcohol, he ended up on the floor, passed out. I walked out of the house and drove off to my friends house.

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Don’t worry loves, I will write a part two, i just really want to know if anyone will even read this. 

[hollywoods-angel]

diana <3

diana ross is an american singer and actress, the former lead singer of the supremes- one of the best selling girl groups in the world. she has 6 no.1 songs, a succesful career in films, the presidential medal of freedom and the kennedy center honors.

growing up diana wanted to be a fashion designer and took courses in millinery, clothing design, pattern making and tailoring. on evenings and weekends she took courses in modeling and cosmetology. she was heavily involved in school and clubs such as the swim team.

at 15 she joined a group called the primettes, and they auditioned to be signed to motown, but were told they had to graduate high school first. the group continued to come to the studio and did what they could to help other artists. in 1960 diana was hired to be detroit's first african-american bus girl, and she began working in a hairdressing salon. she graduated from high school in 1962.

when the group was signed they were re-named and called the supremes. the supremes are stil the best charting girl group ever, with 12 no.1 hits. their song "where did our love go" was transmitted to astronauts during the 1965 Gemini 5 mission. diana made her last appearance with the group in 1970.

she had a succesful career as a solo artist and was the first african american woman to co-host the academy awards. in terms of acting diana was nominated for the saturn award and golden globe award. she's been in tv spanning from 1964 to more recently in 2018. in total she's had 18 no.1 hits- 12 from the supremes and 6 from her solo work. she's continued to inspire big artists, and the supremes were added to the rockn roll hall of fame in 1988.

[hannibell]

AI Bilder und ihr Nutzen.

Seit Monaten beobachte ich das Thema, lese Artikel über Artikel, diskutiere mit Artists darüber und... ich hoffe, dass es mir helfen wird, diesen Blogpost hier zu schreiben, um endlich Antworten und sogar eine Entscheidung zu finden. Ich muss dafür recherchieren und entschuldige jetzt schon mal das Chaos an Gedankenbrei.

Aber halt! Erstmal... Was ist AI?

Künstliche Intelligenz, auch artifizielle Intelligenz, englisch artificial intelligence, ist ein Teilgebiet der Informatik, das sich mit der Automatisierung intelligenten Verhaltens und dem maschinellen Lernen befasst. Wikipedia

Was sind AI Bilder? Mithilfe von gesammelten Bilddaten kann eine künstliche Intelligenz dir ein Bild nach deinen Wünschen generieren. Klappt mal mehr, mal weniger gut. Wird das Künstler*innen den Job kosten? Tut es bereits.

Beispiel:

Hier habe ich ein selbst gemaltes Bild als Vorlage genutzt und die AI hat daraus anhand meiner Vorgaben versucht, etwas zu gestalten. Versucht ist das richtige Wort. Aber... erstaunlich nah dran.

Die Vorlage:

Doch das am heißesten diskutierte Problem an AI ist aktuell, dass AI-Firmen die Daten von Artists (aber auch Handyfotos von dir) abgegriffen haben, ohne Lizenzen dafür zu haben. Die AI lernt von Daten aus dem Internet, ohne zu fragen.

Beispiel: deep beautiful christmas forest in snow, many trees, digital painting, lineart, soft coloration, ghibli inspired

Der fluffige Stil mit den sowohl dreidimensionalen Schatten als auch glatten Farbflächen wurde ganz OK wiedergegeben. Würde darin aber kein Ghibli erkennen. Scheint erstmal harmlos? Mh. Kommen wir noch zu.

OK. Die AI lernt also von öffentlichen Bildern. Lernen kennen wir.

Ich benutze wie alle Artists fremde Bilder als Referenz beim Malen, das gehört zum Malen/Zeichnen dazu. Und aktuell: Rechtlich darf die AI das THEORETISCH, aber… genau hier beginnt das große Dilemma, sie darf das nur, weil es noch gar keine Gesetze gab, die AI berücksichtig haben.

Tja.

Es gibt eine gerichtliche Auslegungssache, an die AI herankommt, und zwar das, was mit unseren Rechten passiert, wenn wir etwas für die Allgemeinheit veröffentlichen. Ein Teil unserer Rechte geht dann nämlich auch an andere über. Eben gerade das mit den Referenzen ist darin enthalten. Ansehen, lernen, verstehen, etc.

Letztlich ist da die Frage: Gehen diese Rechte auch an eine davon lernende AI bzw. an die Firma? Ja schon. Aber, wie weit? Was dürfen sie genau damit tun? Wie arbeiten sie damit?

Manche sagen dazu: Große Studios arbeiten auch mit den Vorlagen von Künstlern an ihren Projekten, ohne Lizenzen. Artists speichern auch tonnenweise Daten auf ihren PCs, die ihnen nur im Rahmen des "fair use" gehören. Wieso dürfen AI Firmen das nicht und damit was gestalten?

Das Sampeln von Daten ist nicht kreativ.

Das ist ein Algorithmus, der anhand von Daten einen Querschnitt erstellt - Kunst tut genau das nicht. Wir knüpfen eine emotionale, persönliche Ebene und entscheiden anhand von winzigen Details, was wir wie malen. Das ist, als würde ich bei einer Excel-Tabelle ein Diagramm von meinen Daten machen und behaupten, die Excel-Tabelle hat genau so viel Arbeit gemacht wie ich - und wäre klug. (Der Vergleich hinkt, aber so was hab ich sogar schon gehört. Technikverständnis ist eben schwer)

Filmstudios / Artists arbeiten mit Referenzen, aber sie machen ja etwas Eigenes daraus. Künstler nutzen Referenzen als INSPIRATION, AI nur als SAMPLE.

Aber gehen wir weiter.

Ist die AI selbst Kunst, etwas neues? Eigenes? Oder ist das Datenset hinter der AI die Kunst, erschaffen aus Referenzen? Und was ist das da eigentlich, was AI generiert? Wie nennen wir das auf dieser Basis?

Wer macht Kunst? Nehmen wir das mit der Inspiration und den Samples mal auseinander.

Aktuell kann laut Meinung der Meisten, nur der Mensch aus Referenzen wirklich Eigenes gestalten, weil ein Mensch zu den Referenzen eigene Daten (sein Leben lol OFFENSICHTLICH) mitbringt, und diese ein Bild eben zu etwas Eigenem machen. Der Mensch erhält somit Rechte an seiner Arbeit. Der Mensch macht Kunst. Der Mensch erzählt. Wir haben Kunst definiert. Kunst ist etwas menschliches. Ein menschliches, kulturelles Konstrukt unserer Gesellschaft.

Das Recht an durch Referenzen erschaffenen Kunst hat man auch nur, wenn sich die Arbeit wirklich genug von der Referenz abhebt.

Nach gängiger künstlerischer Sicht erschafft die AI nichts Eigenes aus den Bildern, obwohl sie ähnlich arbeitet. Die AI bringt nichts Eigenes mit. Es sind immer die Daten anderer, ohne emotionale Ebene. Und wenn wir Emotionen darin sehen, sind sie von anderen Bildern genommen, oder von uns interpretiert. Maschinen aber fühlen nichts.

Da ist aber nocht die Frage: Ist die Erschaffung von AI selbst Kunst? Wie viel kreativer Code steckt in einer AI? Kann Code kreativ sein?

Könnte. Data Sampling ist das aber nicht. Das ist echt unbeschreiblich einfach und es gibt das alles jetzt erst, weil die Rechner es leisten können.

Es kostet unendlich viel Strom und Wasser.

Ihr verbraucht beim Bilder Generieren LITERWEISE WASSER!

Wo waren wir? Ach ja...

Kunst

Viele Leute haben da eine sehr strenge Meinung: Maschinen machen keine Kunst. Ich sehe das tatsächlich nicht so, weil für mich Kunst viel mit Bedeutung zu tun hat. Meine Bedeutung macht mir die Kunst.

Kann ich, durch meine Emotionen zu einem hübschen generierten Bildchen aus diesem Bild Kunst machen? Nicht mit einem ethisch reinen Gewissen, weil die Daten wurden geklaut. Seht ihr? So weit kann die Definition von Kunst reichen. Kunst ist für mich das, was auch im Menschen steckt - und so lange eine Maschine das nicht erfüllt - die Verbindung von Daten zu einer Seele - ist das keine Kunst.

Es sind Bilder.

Gib mir eine KI, die auf gefüttertem Wissen heraus Kunst erstellt, ohne je ein Bild gesehen zu haben. Steck ihr eigene Bilder in die Öhrchen - dann reden wir noch mal. Und auch dann sollte das nur ein Tool sein.

Samplen noch mal …

Betrachten wir das mal frei von der Definition Kunst. Es gibt Anhaltspunkte, dass AI noch lange nicht so weit ist. AI kann nicht differenzieren zwischen Symbolen, Bedeutungen, Beschreibungen und Begriffen. Sie ist nicht kreativ. Woran erkennt man das? Bei dem reinen Namen "Mona", wird sie dir wieder und wieder die Mona Lisa ausspucken. Und das teilweise so nah am Original, dass es einem Plagiat gleich kommt. Das kann ein Künstler auch für dich so malen, nur ist er sich der Straftat bewusst und muss den Auftrag bekommen so etwas zu tun. Die AI kriegt nur das Wort "Mona" und dreht schon frei. Dieser Fall zeigt uns, dass AI zu stark beeinflusst ist von Begrifflichkeiten als Symbol. Sie sampelt nur. Berühmte Bilder mit Suchbegriffen wie "Das afghanische Mädchen" führen euch zu einem Bild aus den 80ern, dass so oft mit diesen Suchbegriffen verbunden worden ist, dass die AI dir dieses Bild generiert, wenn du ein afghanisches Mädchen als Prompt eingibst. Ein Artist hätte so eine Entscheidung nicht getroffen.

AI ist also noch nicht so weit.

Wieder bewiesen: AI sampeled nur. Darf sie das? Wie sind solche Daten zu werten? Was darf man mit gesampelten Daten tun?

Wie geht es weiter?

Ich wünsche mir, dass der Nutzen von den ganzen aktuellen Klau-AI's limitiert wird. (Ja utopisch lol)

Stellt euch vor, weil sie unsere Daten nicht gekauft haben, können die Firmen ihre AI nur in diesem Rahmen anbieten: "Du darfst damit nur rumspielen und lernen, viel Spaß! Nix rumzeigen." Und die Firmen dürfen kein Geld verdienen. Vielleicht für die Bereitstellung der Server. Man, da vergeht ihnen aber der Spaß. Das würde immerhin rechtliche Grundlagen für Prozesse geben, wenn jemand AI Art verkaufen will. Und man könnte auch die Auflösung massiv begrenzen, was Missbrauch weiter unterdrücken würde. Als Referenz reicht mir 500x500 Pixel. Für Details brauche ich eh Fotos. Da kommt eh noch keine AI ran.

Klar, ganz weg damit wäre toll - aber ich glaube, dass kann maximal der hohe Stromverbrauch und die Gerichte erzeugen - und es sieht aktuell noch nicht danach aus, als würde das bald geschehen.

ABER, sowie 100% lizenzierte Modelle auf den Markt kommen, sieht das wieder anders aus (gibt bisher keine). Dann kann man damit kommerziell so viel arbeiten, wie man mag. Und das kann Jobs kosten. Was heißt kann - es kostet Jobs. Jobs die nicht gestrichen werden müssten, weil sie keine scheiß Jobs sind - nur schlecht bezahlt, denn Disney, Netflix und Co. sind geizig. Das einzige Problem ist als nur der Kapitalismus.

Es betrifft bereits Autoren, Artists, aber auch Übersetzer. Und der Witz ist, dass Leute eingestellt werden, um AI generierten Mist nachzubessern - die mehr arbeiten müssen, um den Mist zu retten, als die Artists, wenn sie selber Bilder erstellen würden. Nur dass man diese “Nachbesserer” NOCH schlechter bezahlt.

Neue Angst freigeschaltet? Well... Ich hab noch mehr:

AI Datensets beinhalten nicht nur Daten von Künstlern, es gibt auch manchmal Datensets auf denen die AI basiert, die einfach illegal sind. (Hier ein Artikel)

AI kann Gesichter kopieren. Promis, kleinere Leute, deren Bilder halt so im Netz sind, und ja sogar dich... kann ein fieser Prompt in einer AI in eine hässliche generierte Lage bringen. Und die Anbieter sind da nicht reguliert genug. Von Deepfake reden wir gar nicht erst...

AI lernt von den Prompterstellenden und Bildern aus dem Netz ... und ehrm die Welt ist voller "YIKES"? Sexismus, Sexualisierung und Co. sind in AI Bildern auch schon in harmlosen prompts zu finden. AI hat keine eigene Moral.

AI Stuff wird für eigene Arbeit ausgegeben und verkauft - ist für Kunde ohne Kenntnisse kaum zu erkennen.

Firmen nutzen einfach AI Bilder, weils reicht ja aus.

Leute laden AI Bilder hoch und sagen, sie sind Künstler*innen und prompten war ja so hart und das ist ihr kreatives Werk und... sie posten das auch auf Webseiten wie Artstation.

AI Generierende nehmen unfertige Bilder oder generell Bilder von euch ohne zu fragen, drücken sie in AI und machen "Was eigenes daraus" und aktuell gibt es keine Möglichkeit, dagegen vorzugehen.

Auch AI generierte Bilder als Ref zu nutzen hat ihre Tücken. Du weißt nie, ob es nicht eines dieser Plagiatsdinger ist. Oder ob das Gesicht jemandem sehr sehr ähnlich sieht, den es wirklich gibt. Ja, das weißt du auch nicht, wenn du dir eines ausdenkst, ich kann aber nur empfehlen, dass ihr AI Gesichter nicht kopiert, baut eigene Gesichter daraus.

Hat AI auch gutes?

Klar. Tonnenweise. AI ist nicht das Problem. Wie sie erstellt werden und... der Mensch, der sie nutzt, ist es. Sogar jetzt könnte AI mit den richtigen Regeln, Großes leisten.

Stell dir vor, ein Mensch wie ich, eines Tages aufgrund meiner Erkrankung nicht mehr in der Lage zu malen oder vielleicht auch mal eben so zu kommunizieren... Ich könnte meine Gedanken in Bilder verwandeln. Ich könnte einer AI all meine Kunst beibringen und so dennoch weiter Kunst erschaffen, obwohl ich keinen Pinsel mehr halten kann. Meine Auswahl der Bilder ist dann die Kunst und die AI wird durch mich zur Kunst. Durch meine Jahrzehnte lange Arbeit. Selbst gewählt. Ich sag das hier mal sehr deutlich, weil immer wieder mit ableistischen Scheißargumenten um die Ecke gekotet wird. “ABER WAS IST MIT BEHINDERTEN?? DIE KÖNNEN SO AUCH KUNST MACHEN?!?!?!?!?” - NEIN! Das machen wir bereits. Behinderte erstellen bereits Kunst. Entscheidet bitte nicht für uns, danke. Wir sind nicht euer Argument, geklaute Daten zu verkaufen. Wenn wir AI für UNS als Hilfe nutzen wollen, sagen wir euch schon wie.

Wenn 3D und AI verschmilzt, erreichen wir ein neues Level an visueller Darstellung.

Ich finde, dass es als Referenztool einen validen Nutzen hat. (Aber nicht mit geklauten Daten …)

Kommunikation durch Bilder kann vielen Menschen das Leben erleichtern. Anwendung in der Therapie, was für ein Traum ist das denn bitte? Jemanden über seine inneren Bilder kennenlernen. Weil AI mag vielleicht ohne Sinn Bilder generieren, aber WIR wählen sie aus und können damit durchaus Kunst ausdrücken. Die Forschungsdatenbanken und freie Kunstdatenbanken sollten für so einen Datensatz doch ausreichen. Für so ein Projekt würden Leute vielleicht auch spenden. Weil da ja niemand nen Reibach mit geklauten Daten macht.

AI als Tool in Programmen kann anderen Ansätzen nachgehen: Logisches erkennen von Öffnungen an Linien anhand von Motiverkennung und nicht mehr aufgrund von Abständen (wie in Clip Studio Paint beim Fülleimer Tool) Farb, Licht und Schatten Hilfe beim Rendern von Motiven (wie sieht das Bild bei Nacht aus? Wie sähe der Schatten auf der Skizze von Rechts geworfen aus? Hilft beim Lernen, spart Zeit. Sollte aber viel mehr Kontrolle benötigen, als sinnfreie Generierung, wie sie aktuell am Start ist.

Man sollte denken, die Musikindustrie hat es einfacher. Vor der muss man sich nämlich fürchten. Und trotzdem gibt es immer mehr generierte Musik auf TikTok, die einfach Stimmen von Künstlern klauen, ihre Art Musik zu machen - damit viral gehen und Geld auf dem Nacken der Arbeit anderer machen...

Was tun?

Das muss irgendwie jeder für sich selber bestimmen, weil es keine eine Lösung und Antwort darauf gibt (Meiner begrenzten Meinung nach, berichtigt mich da gern). Denn es handelt sich bei den Themen ja auch um Kunst und Fair Use und Lizenzen und Copyright. Das ist nicht mal pro Land gleich und auch nicht pro Mensch gleich. Und unterschiedliche Einstellungen dürfen nebeneinander existieren, nur müssen sie einander achten.

Was tue ich?

Zu erste nutzte ich AI, weil ich dachte, das wäre programmierte Kunst. (Ich Clown)

Dann kämpfte ich gegen AI, indem ich versuchte, schneller zu werden und besser, und habe AI als Referenz versucht zu schlagen.

Dann sammelte ich noch ab und an AI Bilder aus dem Netz, weil die Farben hilfreich waren.

Jetzt will ich das Zeug nicht mehr sehen.

Das war ein Prozess von über drei Jahren.

Wir Artists haben sowieso schon nix und werden von der Gesellschaft belächelt.

Was wir tun können, ist aktiv den Wert schmälern und aufklären, aufklären, aufklären. Wer Geld und Nerven hat, kann auch klagen.

Mehr gute Infos auch hier:

"Das ist ja nur ein AI Bild... pfff!" <- Ein kleiner Satz, so viel Macht.

Aufklärung. So wichtig.

Missbrauch kommt bereits jetzt oft genug vor:

Ich hab sogar AI in Videos genutzt, weil ICH dachte, dass das alles easy ist und die einfach Stile programmiert haben und nicht durch Datenklau gesammelt haben. Weil ich nicht informiert war.

Informiert euch. Informiert andere.

Ich sehe inzwischen reine klauAI Bildgenerierung nicht mal mehr als potentielles Werkzeug. Ja, auch das Zeug mag inspirieren, aber es stammt von jemanden, dann lass ich mich lieber dort inspirieren. Ist mühsamer, aber "einfach" war noch nie gleichbedeutend mit richtig.

Es gibt jetzt auch eine Studie, die belegt, dass es Datenklau ist: https://illustratoren-organisation.de/2024/09/11/neue-studie-belegt-ki-training-verletzt-urheberrechte/

Wenigstens etwas ...

Und privat für mich:

Mein Kunstverständnis, meine Wertschätzung für den künstlerischen Prozess, hat sich durch das immer wieder im kreis drehende Nachdenken über AI massiv verändert und entwickelt. Mein ausgebranntes Selbst hat Probleme mit Konzentration und der Drang, sich etwas bequemen hinzugeben ist enorm hoch - doch inzwischen bin ich so fern von bequemer Kunst wie noch nie und war auch noch nie so glücklich mit meiner Arbeit.

Kann ich verhindern, dass mich AI Bilder im Netz inspirieren? Also ich erkenne den Shit inzwischen teilweise nicht mehr sofort. Aber ich will das auch nicht zwingend verhindern. Inzwischen wächst meine Lesezeichenliste zu tumblr Blogs, Webseiten und Portfolios und ich nutze immer weniger Google und Pinterest, denn sind wir ehrlich: Auch da ist Diebstahl hoch im Kurs.

Einfach Inspiration auf Künstler Profilen suchen und nicht via Datenkrake.

Immerhin durfte ich mich durch AI erneut in die Geschichte hinter Kunst verlieben. Das hatte ich durch die Leistungsdruckgesellschaft tatsächlich verloren.

Ich hoffe aber auf nützliche AI Tools, die tatsächlich etwas ZUM Prozess geben, statt von anderen zu nehmen. Denn ja, natürlich ist das möglich. Es gibt auch im kreativen Bereich Arbeiten, die nicht allein vom "schönen künstlerischen Neuerschaffungsprozess" leben, sondern eben schnelle Ergebnisse fordern, da das Gesamtwerk, wie ein Film, Comic, irgendwann auch mal fertig werden muss. Comic Artists bedienen sich schon immer allen Hilfsmitteln (nicht alle tun das btw.), die sie kriegen können. Ich selber arbeite mit 3D Modellen, denn es ist für meine Arbeit (für mich persönlich) keine Kunst 100x das gleiche Fass zu malen, sondern die Geschichte, die ich erzähle. Die soll raus. Da kann ich auch ein 3D Fass und ein wenig Technik nutzen, damit es gezeichnet aussieht.

Kann AI bei so etwas helfen? Nun nicht für das Fass, wie ich finde. Aber AI könnte erkennen, welche Liniendicke ich bevorzuge, welche Schattierung ich nutze, welche Texturen vorhanden sind - und mir das voreinstellen. Ich will die Endkontrolle. Aber die vielen Knöpfe drücken, um dahin zu kommen, wohin ich will - manchmal will ich das nicht.

Aber wenn AI, dann mit Wahl.

Aber wenn AI, dann ohne andere Auszubeuten.

Aber wenn AI, dann nur erneuerbar.

AI soll nervige Kacke ersetzen. AI soll ERGÄNZEN. Nicht wegnehmen.

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𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟒.

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓮 𝓘𝓼 𝓢𝓮𝓽!

𝙎𝘼𝘾𝙍𝙄𝙁𝘼𝙈𝙀 𝙎𝙀𝙍𝙄𝙀𝙎

John’s Letters To Aunt Mimi

Dear Mimi,

We are in the bougie part of London, and we had such a lovely sunny March day (which is a lovely yet rare occurrence during springtime!) and we are making a motion picture. Can you believe it?! Yeah, I can’t either.

It’s fab as now people say because of us four! Gosh, I am so proud of them and me of course! Can’t forget about me!

Today was a long long day for shooting. We ultimately got nothing done… It was just a long train scene. We were all nervous. Imagine, even I, who is used to acting, got nervous. It’s a hard task to pull off a role taking upon another role. But it was fun. We had a great dinner afterwards. Georgie met this girl, and I think they will get together. You may very well have already seen the gal in a mag, Pattie Boyd, the model. She is cute, but not as beautiful as Twiggy or Doris Day or Grace Kelly. After the dinner I was a bit sad we didn’t get stuff done, but “my little friend” told me we will do better tomorrow, though I knew he was even more unsure than me. I told him “Paul if we fuck up, it’s fine, we still have each other.” Great words that. He lit up. And yeah, now I’m writing to ya… Aunt Mimi, I promise I’ll make ya proud, and make this film amazing!

Love ya lots,

John 

Dear Mimi,

we’ve finally filmed the train scene. I got comfortable with the camera and was acting like never before. Even more macho, even more humorous, even more witty. Wish you could’ve seen me, oh YEAH ya will! They say that if we continue at this pace the movie will be released in early July! I can’t wait for you to see all of our lines and our playing and so much stuff! 

To answer your questions. My boys and I are doing great and we are safe. They are not making us do stuff against our own will. We have a contract that prohibits tampering, at least that’s what Brian says. For the stores, I’ll promise I’ll go and check out some when I get the chance. I know how much you like it when I get new clothes and accessories… You just want me to enjoy things now and to spend the money I earn on fun things… Oh, Auntie. And to solve the next problem, I will take Paul with me. He has an eye for what fits me… He is my partner. I will take care of meself, I don’t always need the others or Paulie who you like to single out. Wish you could see how great the flats are!

Love ya lots,

John 

Dear Mimi,

we got a free day! So I decided to go shopping like you told me! I found some great clothes and shoes and I can't wait for you to see ‘em. One of the clothes is a yellow checkered puffy dress with a rose emblem on it, then there is a cute red dress and the combination of a white shirt with black dots and a pencil skirt. I got red pumps and black heels too! That’s done. Paul helped me choose them, he is so stylish… He and the lads greeted you!

I’m glad you are doing well, I cannot believe I forgot to ask you! John’s doing!  I’m so happy you have gone back to your hobby. I miss your hats. Can’t wait to get a new one. How are the other ladies? I hope you are talking to them, don’t get too lonely without me. Did you visit Mum? I hope you brought flowers for me too… It’s so unfair to both of us. I promise, when I come back I’ll keep ya company. I promise and you have this letter as proof I promised. I promise you as me, not my facade.

Love you,

your niece John

Dear Mimi,

everything is so bad. We are done “filming” all the scenes. Yay, I thought. But… Some scenes need to be redone. We have to “redub” some of our live singing. Why? I like it live! I love the studio but it is so stupid to dub live recordings… God, I am so frustrated. Brian and Paul don’t agree with George and me. Everyone thinks Brian is always right, well maybe he is, but this is a musical sin! They wanted to use our album recordings for it. The microphones were so bad they didn’t catch the “nuance of the Beatles playing”. What the hell are they talking about? We just strum. Still, I’m happy with the result we have currently though I am in a fight with Paul because of the stupid dubbing. Paul is so staunch on keeping his opinion, so stubborn! Well, John Winston Lennon is more stubborn than him!  I’ll show him… 

I am very glad the ladies are fine. You think of everything when you do something, Mimi. You even brought my favourite flower to bring her… You really are the greatest aunt. At these scumbags you would for sure scoff. They are so mean sometimes. And they smell bad. Money grubbing idiots. Not fit for a lady like you and Jules, but fit for me… Maybe I am filthy like them, John collects their filth… Julia remains clean. I wonder how clean can a person here be?

Love ya lots, 

John

Dear Mimi,

I’m barely able to write this letter, my rock and roll finger is hurting! Jokes aside, I listened to your solution for my fight with Paul, much to my dismay. Before that I was always on edge to beat him up and to pout at Brian. I formulated to him that what I meant was for us four to ask the film director to film all the scenes with us playing again with more cameras and better sound proofing so that the music would be live and prove to Brian that me and Geo were right. He was intrigued to say the least and gave in, after me bothering him more and more. We went to the film director and as it turns out, he doesn’t have the budget! The goddamn Beatles motion picture doesn’t have the budget! I was fuming! Paul looked like he was expecting such a response. He got on my nerves again. Though, I won’t forget he supported me then, when I argued with the film director about the footage. “No, we don’t have enough film for that.” or “Sound proofing for our sets is quite expensive, and besides that clunky.” would be heard a dozen times. Then I would say, “But isn’t a studio supposed to be acoustic?”, and he would say, “But this is a movie, mister Lennon.”. That’s a new level of dumb. So I had my little revenge. I wouldn’t want our band to waste away, so I told them that we will play everything all over again to make a unique dub for the movie as a fuck you. Weirdly enough, Brian supported me. Even if the film director felt that that was unnecessary, how could you say no to the stars of the film who could pull out any moment? That is the reason my hand has cramps. Paul is annoyed with me because of this choice but he can’t say he didn’t enjoy making a different version. I plan, during the editing phase of the movie, for us four to go explore the place some more and relax. I owe them that much for putting them up to more work.

Lots of love,

John

Dear Mimi,

London is such a big place. Me and the lads went through the entire Hyde Park. I can’t believe I didn’t take the time to explore the city before this. The nature in the parks is wonderful and diverse. The architecture is beautiful and elegant. The Rose Garden in Hyde Park is my favourite place, maybe Paul and I could write some songs there. It’s quiet and romantic, perfect for a working atmosphere. Maybe I get too caught up in music making. Exactly why I don’t explore as much as I did before. I would love to do this with Cyn someday. Maybe Paul and I should take Julian out to play... You asked if I knew how Cyn and Jules were, and I write to tell you they are fine. Cynthia is taking up some art courses and teaching Julian how to count, he is so smart! He knows how to count to five already. Of course he is my kid. He is a bundle of sunshine, really brightens up Cyn’s day, she won’t shut up about him in her letters (and who can blame her, he is very cute and funny). I envy her sometimes, she doesn’t let art consume her so much. But what is an artist if not a complicated person with layers and addictions towards their work? 

You made a hat for me! You spoiled the surprise. You know I love them! Well, I’ll try and forget it. Still, I wanted to ask if there is anything else that you wanted me to bring home? If not for you then for others? Wait, I am not falling into that hole. Gifts for others, not their requests, they are not my aunt. 

Lots of love,

John

Dear Mary,

I don’t know how to feel about your last letter. I am making a difference out here and you still bother me about that small thing! Also, you really think I’m doing this for money? No. I’m doing this because there is no other way… Even if there is, that “sham” you are talking about is giving me a way to distance myself from my feelings and write something quite logical. Even though I think we are still subpar and I tell my band that all the time, I think we are on the right track to improve ourselves. The person you call “shameful” and “selfish” has helped create great bands and improved the lives of the other members. It hurts me you think that way about me and my ideas. You don’t even want me to bring stuff if I don’t let go of my ideas. Silly Mary. I’m not seventeen anymore. I am my own man person and I decide if I will or will not do. But your angry response has led me to question what I did, so thank you very much Mary. Do you wonder if I had waited just a little bit and enrolled somewhere else I could’ve been able to achieve the same thing without my idea? If I had… I dunno, enrolled into art school like Cyn and found some friends there? More similar to me… Well, like Paul but you know how. But, I don’t think it would’ve had the same impact as the Beatles. First it was all about fun, and it still is fun, but I would’ve had fun that way too. But now. Now, it’s about impact too. The movie is edited and ready to go. With it, we have reached the big screen. The influence is a burden but we could use it! We could do something with it! I could help people, Mary! All four of us can! We could be the mirror of the society, we could embody the opinion of our demographic! And we already do! We are the demographic! Maybe I sound powerhungry, but I think we don’t need to educate people, we need to make more people aware about the faults and struggles of society! Maybe I am on a high horse but you can’t deny the facts I have brought up. The Beatles CAN change something. They CAN do it. Just believe in me, Mary. Please, Mimi.

Love ya lots,

John

Jules

Julia

Yours truly,

J. V. L.

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