#and for some reason it’s my art style but not???

[tux1i]

Caprice

[Scroll down for two art by me lol]

• Sorta the opposite of Shadow Milk Cookie, but some bits of Caprice's personality are still the same as Shadow Milk Cookie's

• Inch taller then Shadow Milk Cookie.

Although Shadow Milk Cookie (in my headcanon) has the ability to change size, there's one animation intro where he became huge with Pure Vanilla in the nub of Shadow Milk Cookie's hand

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For Caprice he does not change size, just still inch taller then Shadow Milk Cookie. He can stretch to be tall but there will be limits he can't stretch that far. (His that edible dough cookie, not the hard crispy texture cookie type)

● From the other post I mention that the younger sibling of the Witch likes Shadow milk Cookie's design and overall, So the younger sibling of the witch has decided to make her own cookie, inspired by Shadow Milk Cookie. So Caprice Cocoa Charm Cookie was created. While the process of making Caprice, there are a few mistakes she pour into the ingredients. 1. Did not measure correctly of the cookie dough. (Miscalculated and that's why his inch taller) 2. Drop an icing letter into the process. (Which why there's an icing love letter in his right eye. Permanently, Scrap idea there is another reason why he lost his right eye.)

♡ His main purpose is you. Caprice has a specific and caring purpose within this AU. He's not just an abstract representation of love, but an active force for healing and reassurance, particularly for those who have become disillusioned or hurt.

Knowing this, his interactions and motivations become even clearer. His strong stance against superficial or negative portrayals of love stems from a desire to protect the very thing he embodies and to guide others towards healthier perspectives.

It's like specifically to connect with and care for the reader/viewer (Y/N You). That adds a layer of warmth and intentionality to his character. He's not just about the ideal of love, but about actively nurturing and fostering it in individual hearts. This makes his potential interactions and stories within the AU even more compelling. He's a healer of the heart, in a way.

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I'm not sure how to explain it well, but his cookie symbolize a generation of love? Of this generation be how he views love or something like this, either good or bad. Also, the main purpose is to heal those individuals who are losing hope of love, giving reassurance that love still exists.

Caprice's Weapon

• His hammer was inspired by Amy Rose the hedgehog, Very heavy so I don't think any strong cookies can weld it even if they try.

• Can also turn back into a regular staff.

○ His talking to Shadow Milk Cookie BTW. He really doesn't like Shadow Milk Cookie.

Caprice's Canon

• True Believer in Love - He really believes in lasting love and hates when people are negative about it.

• Expressive with Love - His colorful style and actions are how he shows the joy he thinks love should be.

• Relationship Watcher - He learns about love by watching how other cookies connect (or don't).

• Secretly Sensitive - He might seem confident, but he has a soft side and might have been hurt before.

• Honest About Love - He'll speak up if he thinks a relationship is fake, trying to help. (His sorta like a fortune teller to cookies who asked him for help or insights)

• Loves Love Stories - He secretly collects things that represent the kind of love he admires.

• Passion Can Be Misleading - Sometimes, his strong views on love make him seem old-fashioned or judgmental.

• Appreciates Real Love - Despite his critiques, he's really touched by genuine, heartfelt connections.

[sapphira-mydnyte]

♥ Southern Sweet Tea - Gaunt, Sallow & Weasley ♥

(ignore the fact that i got lazy w/ sebastian's hands and foot and the saddle lmao)

just a quick sketch I made for my latest fic one hour and a thousand more yards to nowhere

[skeletonenthusiass]

🍊 ﹕   ( ˶��ㅁ°) !! HIGHTIDE ERA GRAPHICS  ♪

contains ﹕ graphics stamps ﹕ rambling under cut  ♬

┊⌦  𓎟𓎟　art cred ﹕ @稲原 (pixiv)

┊⌦  req by @crepeurie ﹕ thank you for requesting !

┊⌦  𓎟𓎟　character(s) ﹕ taka kuze nashida

♬  f2u w reblog/like ﹕ no reposts ﹕ inspo ok

🍊 ﹕   ( ˶°ㅁ°) !! RAMBLINGS  ♪

COOLSKELETON95 UPDATED ﹕ mmmm i love splatoon and hightide era... gotta be my favorite splat 1 band  ♬   i threw in a some refrences to taka/kuze/nashida's characters and. so since nobodys gonna analyze every single graphic i make i think im just gonna list some things i was doing while making this bc its fun to me :]  ♬

┊⌦  each instrument played by each member is around their character in the top graphic (kuze w drums, taka w piano, nashida w guitar). theres also several pianos/guitars/drums in the bg (sadly most were covered up </3) in refrence to their instruments as well!

┊⌦  the symbols around each member is a nod to their personalities. taka has a bunch of arrows and framing around his face because of his desire for attention/to be fawned over, kuze has three lines(?? idk what theyre called) because hes more loud and outgoing :p and nashida has sweat drops and x's because theyre more closed off and often avoids being the center of attention.

┊⌦  i wrote almost all of the splatoon letters on the graphics, (thank god for the splatoon fonts i have saved on my computer) some of it is gibberish, but theres "hte" (hightide era), "nashida", "taka", "kuze", and "sucker punch" (song by hte) in the graphic. there's also "look at me" behind taka for the same reason as the arrows :3

┊⌦  i planned to add a bunch of sheet music/academia as a small theme while the most of it was digital/grunge to emulate their music style, but the idea quickly fell apart ;-; there's still some remnents of it in the final graphic though.

♬  COOLSKELETON95 UPDATED ﹕ also if you couldn't tell i'm VERY autistic about splatoon and inkfish culture :3

[gamerbeta]

Hey guys! So I’ve been working on some art after taking one of my finals (only got 2 more now, yaaaaaaaay!) and was thinking about making some art of the double-battle facility leaders (Emmet, Evelyn, and Blue) as well as possibly the single ones as well! (Ingo, Nita, and Red)

I did finish one of the trainers! Here’s a version of Blue in my style! (Or DumbA** depending on what you named him in the earlier games :) For some reason I had a middle-school, early high school crush on him lol but shhhhh no one needs to know that…

For some reason, I can see him angering the other ones. Him ‘Bonjour’ing and ‘Smell ya Later’ing Evelyn cause she’s Kalosian, and … well… hmm. Let’s just say if his and Emmet’s victory ego met during battle, those two would probably derail a ton of trains, international police would be called, and Looker would be shaking his head as he leaves Anabel to deal with those two lol.

I could now see these groups absolutely becoming chaos trios and this has been on my mind all week. But what do you guys think? Kinda curious on your thoughts! •w•

[aoifethephoenixqueen]

WIP Wednesday

It's Wednesday once more, and for the first time, I've been invited into the WIP Wednesday circle! Here is a little blurb (is that the cool word for it these days?) of my upcoming 'Spellweaver' chapter. Anyone is welcome to join in on the fun. I'm going to open it up a little bit. Post a WIP of your art (be it writing, digital photography, or more traditional art styles). Something you're working on but have enjoyed creating!

“I promise, I haven’t poisoned it,” Gale assured her, the corners of his mouth twitching into a faint smile. Gale's expression shifted as realisation washed over him. "You really don't trust us wiza…Spellweavers, do you?"

"They've never given me a reason to," she whispered. Again, she reached out for the bowl but hesitated, her fingers inches away.

Gale held up a hand as if swearing an oath. “All the ingredients were acquired fairly from those willing to sell in the Grove or were gifted to us. The coins I used were from my own purse and all acquired prior to my unfortunate abduction.” His sincerity hung in the air, mingling with the fragrant steam as he waited for her to decide.  

"You did… Did you use…"

"Magic?"

Faelyn nodded.

"Ah. I see. The only magic I used was to ignite the fire," he explained, his voice slightly teasing. "Some of the wood was still damp and wouldn’t catch, so I decided to lend Astarion a little assistance."  Faelyn chuckled. “There was nothing wrong with the firewood,” she said, her eyes sparkling. “Astarion simply didn’t want to put forth the effort.”

Gale stood wide-eyed, mouth gaping, making Faelyn laugh. It was a real laugh, the first one in a long time. It felt good. She accepted the bowl and took a sip from the edge. Comforting warmth radiated through her. She gulped down the rest.

“Thank you,” she whispered, wiping her mouth with her sleeve.  Gale bowed dramatically, arms stretched wide. "My mother taught me to always be a gentleman," he said. "What kind of a gentleman would I be if I let a lady sit here starving and cold?"

Faelyn swallowed the last of the stew. "I’m not a lady."

Gale closed the distance between them in the span of a heartbeat. His hand reached out tenderly to cradle her chin, his touch both firm and delicate. Gently, he raised her face to his, forcing her to look him in the eyes. The world around them faded, leaving only the intensity of that moment, where every heartbeat felt like an eternity.

"Yes, you are," he whispered, so confidently that, for a moment, Faelyn almost believed him.

They stood in the tranquil silence, a breath away from each other.

Thank you to @optimisticgrey for the tag!

@thedarksilkpen, @kindheartgale, @whiskeyskin, @tociminna, @astarioffsimpmain, @whiskeyskin, @thoughts-of-bear, @druizard, @darcydekarios, @waterdhaviancheeses, @auroraesmeraldarose, @preciouslittle-bhaalbabe, @karlachbrainrot

No pressure tag (epsecially if you've already done this)

Anyone else PLEASE feel free to join!

Now, back to the writing:

[zorilleerrant]

Well, I can't speak for everyone, but a lot of my complaints aren't any of the ones listed here, so I thought I might run through a few of them. First and foremost is the fact that chatgpt etc. don't work. They don't do the thing they're supposed to do.

Machine translation, while wonky, has consistently gotten better since its introduction, and tends to translate the gist of what's being said. It's not always entirely right, but the ways in which it's wrong are noticeable and fixable to a professional translator, whereas the inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the chatbots can take professionals in that field hours to track down and either correct or debunk (as seen with, say, false legal cases).

Similarly, text-to-speech pronounces most words correctly, and even incorrectly pronounced words are identifiable. Mispellings are also identifiable when read allowed, and capture much of the same nuance as intended when written. And while the various anti-AI art tools apparently aren't doing much to deter AI, they are pixelating the images exactly as promised.

(Coding tools are different. They don't do any of the work they're supposed to, and people who rely on them piss their fellow programmers off more than any other coworker. Nobody should ever use these for any reason. If you want to look at bad code to fix just ask an intern to wing it or something.)

Another thing to talk about is less copyright infringement - which is fraught in different ways - and closer to trademark infringement or impersonation as a topic. In the same way many people feel violated by deepfakes of their face or voice, people feel violated by others intentionally copying their artstyles. Sometimes people present these as if they're the originator of the style, even claiming credit over the artist's original works, or claim to be that artist (as with the deepfakes); more likely they just don't specify anything and allow their audience to assume some affiliation.

In the same way reposting people's art generates engagement for people other than the artist, this can impact people's livelihoods as well as being incredibly demoralizing. It's much less likely for someone to associate machine translation or text-to-speech with an specific individual this way. This is why we're seeing more of a pushback against large repositories that do imply their audiobooks are associated with fan creators and webnovelists in some way, sometimes even claiming the rights were sold.

Another problem that I have with generative AI that's not necessarily with the AI itself, but the culture surrounding it, is that people don't double check. With machine translation, people either use it to translate a message and then reply back (so they get feedback if the translation is wrong) or they put out a call for native speakers to check over their translation. With text-to-speech, people listen to see if the result is understandable.

With auto-generated captions? No one is checking those, and so people complain about them all the time. With summaries of news items? No one is checking those, and so people complain about them all the time. With asking for legal, medical, and life advice? People aren't even getting a second opinion, and they end up doing really ridiculous things, and so everyone complains about them all the time. People are sending in assignments and writing messages and all kinds of things without even reading what they 'wrote'. It's very different from looking things over to the best of your ability, even when your ability is limited.

Also - and this is a personal thing - I once read an article about how watching a whole TV show was a waste of time. How people should optimize their hobbies to be something like sports, which only takes a few minutes a week because all you have to do is look up the scores instead of wasting time watching anything. It said that everyone should always be on the grind, and taking time for fun should be minimized to fifteen minutes a week. (It also suggested having children would fit in that category.) So anything that takes on that mindset immediately sets my head aflame.

And what are people using chatgpt and co to do, now? They're using it to summarize books and movies they can't take the time to try out. They're using it to shorthand their communication with family and friends. They're using it to skip to the end of other people's creative endeavors, regardless of whether those artists would actually make those choices (and with absolutely no regard to why). They're using it to minimize joy for the sake of efficiency.

Anon's explanation:

I’m curious because I see a lot of people claiming to be anti-AI, and in the same post advocating for the use of Glaze and Artshield, which use DiffusionBee and Stable Diffusion, respectively. Glaze creates a noise filter using DiffusionBee; Artshield runs your image through Stable Diffusion and edits it so that it reads as AI-generated. You don’t have to take my work for it. Search for DiffusionBee and Glaze yourself if you have doubts. I’m also curious about machine translation, since Google Translate is trained on the same kinds of data as ChatGPT (social media, etc) and translation work is also skilled creative labor, but people seem to have no qualms about using it. The same goes for text to speech—a lot of the voices people use for it were trained on professional audiobook narration, and voice acting/narration is also skilled creative labor. Basically, I’m curious because people seem to regard these types of gen AI differently than text gen and image gen. Is it because they don’t know? Is it because they don’t think the work it replaces is creative? Is it because of accessibility? (and, if so, why are other types of gen AI not also regarded as accessibility? And even then, it wouldn’t explain the use of Glaze/Artshield)

Additional comments from anon:

I did some digging by infiltrating (lurking in) pro-AI spaces to see how much damage Glaze and other such programs were doing. Unfortunately, it turns out none of those programs deter people from using the ‘protected’ art. In fact, because of how AI training works, they may actually result in better output? Something about adversarial training. It was super disappointing. Nobody in those spaces considers them even a mild deterrent anywhere I looked. Hopefully people can shed some light on the contradictions for me. Even just knowing how widespread their use is would be informative. (I’m not asking about environmental impact as a factor because I read the study everybody cited, and it wasn’t even anti-AI? It was about figuring out the best time of day to train a model to balance solar power vs water use and consumption. And the way they estimated the impact of AI was super weird? They just went with 2020’s data center growth rate as the ‘normal’ growth rate and then any ‘extra’ growth was considered AI. Maybe that’s why it didn’t pass peer review... But since people are still quoting it, that’s another reason for me to wonder why they would use Glaze and Artshield and everything. That’s why running them locally has such heavy GPU requirements and why it takes so long to process an image if you don’t meet the requirements. It’s the same electricity/water cost as generating any other AI image.)

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[pearsandrust]

i never post about genshin on here because i quit for good last year but i do kind of miss the sumeru cast so here's some quick surface-level analysis to cope with the hole in my heart. i am not editing this at all so it will likely be totally incoherent, but here goes:

language & wisdom

sumeru's character lore plays on the concept of "communication", which fits in well with the academic focus of the nation. each character represents a different form of communication: notably, kaveh communicates through art, nilou through body language, and dehya through fighting. we also get interesting tidbits about communication in candace and cyno's stories -- candace makes the conscious decision to negotiate through talks rather than violence, and cyno notes that he makes jokes to make people feel more at ease. in both cases, the characters break tradition and/or stereotypes about them through the use of language.

to add to this, i consider alhaitham the "emblem" character of sumeru (despite cyno being in the travail trailer) because. well. linguistics major. he's accordingly well-versed in manipulations of language -- for example, being sarcastic simply because he finds it interesting.

but interestingly enough, nahida seems to imply that alhaitham is not truly wise, which we can see from how nahida uses language compared to him. while alhaitham speaks pretty bluntly and tends to not use many figurative devices (at least as far as i remember), nahida is full of odd metaphors. her speech almost has a poetic vibe; this both demonstrates a higher degree of "freedom" with language and shows that nahida's idea of wisdom is more closely associated with art than alhaitham might think. she corroborates this by saying that of the sumeru cast, kaveh is actually the person she believes to be closest to her idea of true wisdom.

while i don't think the writers got this across very well, the events of the story are supposed to take each character beyond their original communicative style. for example, alhaitham has to confront cyno in a fight, deceive the sages through acting (body language, like nilou), and briefly Do Politics as acting grand sage. pretty interesting, but i'm unfortunately not sure if it led to any meaningful development in the end.

the importance of memory

this point is going to be a lot less coherent, but basically: the dendro archon being the avatar of irminsul creates an inherent link between memories and wisdom, which we see in the characters as well.

coming back to the point of kaveh being closest to nahida's ideal of wisdom -- kaveh is a character who is firmly influenced by his own past. a lot of his actions are motivated by the guilt he feels. he also understands the importance of making memories; one of his hangout event endings has the caption "the positive feelings you gain will get you through the long and difficult years". on top of that, he has two hangout endings where he emphasizes that his present suffering is nothing compared to the legacy he hopes to leave behind -- another form of preservation through memory.

with this in mind, the reason that scaramouche cannot become a god of wisdom is not because he lacks power -- it is because he cannot come to terms with his past. nahida even says that although he may have the abilities of a god now, he still has the mind of a mortal. and that is because he is always trying run, always trying to leave behind the last thing that hurt him. if wisdom is fundamentally tied to memory, then those who choose to bury their pasts entirely cannot be truly wise.

there's a lot more to talk about -- mind control, childhood, dreams, that time-stop place under the desert, etc. sumeru is very far from perfect (cOUGH hyv stealing pieces of existing cultures and then refusing to acknowledge the rest of them COUGH), but the story had such great potential. potential that might have been ultimately wasted, but hey, that's what fanworks are for, right?

[ivyllamauwu]

I had to I’m sorry 😭 I was so conflicted on what text to use but alas I settled on that one.

[hinamie]

oversaturate

[umbratheshadowfamiliar]

Hey I really appreciate being tagged in this. This isn't about Solztice in particular but about accusations of AI as a whole. The reason why my art 'looks like AI' is because my art is the thing being trained on. I have my art stolen by tech billionaires and the only one who seems to see the affect of that is me. It's classical baroque styling that is usually what is classically taught to people who are trained in school. I had been working on this far before the Kramor art competition started and just wanted to put in something fun.

The more that this happens to people who actually make art the less people will actually be willing to post the art they created on platforms lile tumblr and in communities like GBA's.

My art is not perfect. In fact it's not even good 99% of the time. Which is why I don't post pieces I'm not incredibly happy with. Being told that the art I worked on for almost 14 hours is soulless is incredibly disheartening especially because my style is so consistant from my older works and my drawings of weaponry. It's especially disheartening because my weapon posts do not get the same amount of hate.

Accusing people of using AI doesn't just happen in a vacuum. Other people see that real artists get accused of AI and think 'well if this real person is getting accused of AI clearly people don't know the difference so it's fine if I do it.'

Here is some proof of my original sketch and blocking. I have pinterest boards dedicated to art I like the look of and want to draw. The text is plopped on because my handwriting isn't very good so I edit some of my text pieces in canva.

This just makes me not want to draw anymore. I wish my art wasn't so 'souless'. And I wish my art style wasn't trained on by AI so much.

THIS IS SERIOUS

I don’t want to come across as rude or bring any negativity, but I feel the need to speak up about something important. After this piece was posted, many of my artist friends and I suspected it might be AI-generated. The brushstrokes looked unusual, and the artwork felt emotionless. We even looked it up to see if it was made using AI.

If this piece is being entered into an art competition and claimed as original artwork, I believe that’s unfair. It feels disrespectful to artists who put in real time, effort, and creativity into their work—people who express emotion and meaning through their art.

Please understand that this is not meant to put anyone down. It’s simply meant to raise awareness and support fairness for all artists. (Especially for a art competition THIS IS BAFFLING.)

Thank you for understanding.

[secretarysong]

eVe be upon ye 😋😋😋

[fauvester]

something something seeing things through different eyes

[shroomerr]

omg kahl broflobster !?

[wildernezz]

#what clues do you actually look for?

the biggest hint to me is usually line weight and the roughness/sharpness of their outlines. for example, i've noticed many of the russian artists i follow tend to have sharper lines. they tend to exaggerate specific things about their characters, however what exactly is being exaggerated seems to vary throughout a lot. arms, legs, and necks seem to be the most prominent though. also, for some reason negative space is typically strung throughout the whole page.

contrast this to things i've noticed in japanese artists, who often have much softer outlines. there's a focus on the smoothness of the art, rather than character shapes. usually there's little to no negative space in the middle/subject of their drawings. the negative space is all around the subject, rather than embedded into it. there's also a pattern in the colors they tend to choose and where they choose to use them?? that one i can't exactly describe but i know it's there.

when looking at your art (which by the way i've always adored your art style it's just so wonderful to look at <333), a lot of your negative space is on the outside of the subjects in your art. however, that doesn't tell me a lot. there's a focus on anatomy and bodily expression. i've noticed bodily expression is something that appears a lot in spanish artists i follow, but for some reason spanish just doesn't seem all that fitting??? the colors you choose are very soft, and the way you integrate them into your drawings almost remind me of a picture book. i've noticed the european artists i see tend to lean towards that look. though that doesn't really help me a lot either, so hm.

i can't guess the exact language, but i'd say it's similar to spanish in some way. something like portuguese, italian, catalan, etc. and if that's way off the mark, then my next guess after that is something around polish, german, or norwegian. hopefully one of those hit the mark. <//3

interesting to me how sometimes you can guess what languages an artist speaks based on their art style.

[spyderschaos]

Redraw from the OVA!! 🛹

[cowardlykrow]

“Not my circus, not my monkeys”… Except those are his monkeys and they are the circus