#creative companies

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

I just want to keep my job even though I don't know how to make memes. Buy our coffee. We've got holiday gifts for the coffee lover in your life.

Awesome Coffee is different because 1. we source our beans directly from small farmers collectives, 2. it's better and fresher than grocery store coffee, and 3. ALL of our profit goes to fight maternal and child mortality in impoverished communities, whereas almost all other coffee makes rich people richer, which is the dumbest thing that can be done with coffee (or other forms of wealth).

[greenieflor]

Hey maybe a group of creatives deciding that they want control over their content and don't want to waste time and resources begging for ad revenue is like. A good thing

[friendly-neighborhood-furry]

for anyone who doesn't have the Return YouTube Dislike Plugin, here's how Watcher Entertainment's "Goodbye Youtube" video is doing right now

yeah... gonna throw out a yikes on that one

i suspect this number will only keep growing in the coming days/weeks, especially the longer and longer we go without any sort of response.

EDIT: its only been three hours and the number has already jumped to 206K dislikes.

[jomeimei421]

Felt a bit nostalgic watching RT shut down…Here are the og faves again for old times sake 💙

[chimaeraonwards]

no ai generated content will ever compare to the absolutely cartoonishly evil plot to cut down trees to prevent workers from striking to get livable wage.

[ritzy-biscuit]

FUCK GENERATIVE AI

Full article here

It's disgusting that we see more and more companies using AI to avoid paying creatives just to fill their own pockets. What hurts the most are companies like Wacom and Michaels and others, that are all about uplifting artists and creativity, using obvious AI.

Then you have these fake ass ppl using these generative AI programs calling themselves "artists" and scamming people. If anyone is on artist TikTok you might have come across a vid of a writer who commissioned an "artist" to illustrate a book cover. Poor woman found out the illustration was in fact AI after being urged by the comments to request the files and even the scammer themselves said they used AI. Something the scammer didn't disclose in their description. The writer spent over $1000 for this cover thinking she was commissioning a genuine artists.

The good thing is that artists are fighting back (and winning) and AI isn't copyrightable or protected.

[in-kyblogs]

In the wise words of one Sam Reid:

+ Bonus:

[fallingsatellive]

Whoahoh here she comes

[wanderer-clarisse]

"Soon they had a merry crackle of flame at the foot of a large fir-tree and they sat round it for a while..." (The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien)

Watercolor and colored pencils. Finally getting back into traditional art as I read lotr!

[rocketbirdie]

chocobo breeds based off of real life chicken varieties :>

[professional-d]

just a lot of outis.

[impending-day]

i love limbus ocs with unusual sources. like novel sources are cool and all but when i see a limbus oc whose source is a childrens story, or a myth, or a song, or a cryptid, or a niche historical reference, i get so fucking happy. if youre thinking of making a limbus oc but are worried cause your oc isnt based off of some novel from the 1800d. this is your sign. make that limbus oc soldier.

[gods-perfect-idiots]

"He knows Wade hates his skin, but Logan can’t help but admire the way the ridges of the scars feel softer beneath his fingers than the rest of it. Wade says it looks like pepperoni, but it’s always reminded Logan of the textured brushstrokes of a painting." Make You Mine by @woof-verine - This imagery you conjured has permanently altered my brain chemistry, I felt inspired to experiment with Wade's scar pattern and got a little carried away.

Some details and ramblings below the cut.

*DEEP breath* This is still a WIP tbh - I'm still learning to do digital art, and I may never be happy with this one, but I am trying to power through the intense self-critique and just post it! I've never posted fanart for any fandom before ever (!!!) that I can recall, so this is a big step for me. This fandom has been such a positive space full of incredible enthusastic artists inspired to create by this one specific movie, so here goes! 🫠😳😭 We are all just out here afflicted with the poolverine brainrot, and I am so honored to be serving here with you all 🫡

Specific thanks to @kendyroy for encouraging me to post! You're the realest :)

[raineandsky]

#131

Inspired by #16 on @creativepromptsforwriting's drabble list!

The villain is gathering as much cold hard cash into their arms as possible when someone pointedly clears their throat behind them.

“[Villain],” the hero says smoothly. “You’re not above stealing from banks yet, I see.”

“And you’re not above loitering outside waiting for something to happen,” the villain retorts.

“It’s a shame to see you back here.” The hero hums a laugh, but the villain’s too busy scooping money into their bag to care. “You know I hate to arrest my favourite villain.”

“No need,” the villain says with their usual dry sarcasm. “New laws say that you don’t have to.”

The pause the hero leaves is just long enough to be suspicious. The villain glances back at them, just about catching the slight frown before they notice their nemesis looking.

“Yeah right,” they say unconvincingly. “New laws my ass.”

The classic I kind of believe you saying. The one that gives away that the villain’s quip was, for some reason, taken entirely too seriously. They were setting up for a joke, but— are they actually going to get away with this?

“No, no, they’re real.” The villain smiles as convincingly as possible. “Look it up—villains get benefit of the doubt if the agency deems their schemes particularly newsworthy.”

“The agency wouldn’t.”

“The agency recognises talent, don’t they?”

The villain gestures to the hero vaguely, and the hero falls right for the little ego boost. A smirk tugs at their lips for a moment, their stance a little straighter. “Well,” they say offhandedly, “I don’t think the agency would class robbing a bank as newsworthy. You do it every other week.”

“It’s not about the act, [Hero], it’s about the pizzazz!” The villain is in entirely too deep with this joke they were trying to make. “The agency likes people who can have a little fun. You know I like to make a show.”

“I do, unfortunately.” The hero sighs. “So, what? You just leave here with a stack of cash?”

The villain knows pushing their luck will get them in jail. “Well, you caught me—that’s pretty good going. I’ll leave the money as a congratulations.”

The hero watches carefully as the villain puts the money in their hands back on the shelf. “And the stuff in the bag,” the hero adds.

“Oh, come on, I can’t have anything?”

“You said you’d put it back.”

“Ugh, fine.” The villain tips their rucksack up and dumps a pile of cash on the table. “Happy now?”

The hero hums distractedly for a moment, their eyes glancing over the unstolen money scattered about, before huffing defeatedly. “Sure.”

The villain beams way too obviously. “Sweet. I’ll be heading off then.” They make for the door before deciding to dig their own grave a little more. “The agency does a stamp system now, y’know.”

“What is that meant to mean?”

“Catch five villains in the act and you get a free coffee,” the villain says brightly. "Or so I’ve heard. Ask [Superhero] about it.”

The hero nods thoughtfully. “Yeah, okay. Thanks.”

The villain hadn’t come in here expecting to walk straight back out. They certainly hadn’t expected to meet a hero in there without ending up in jail or hidden in some obscure part of the city.

But that doesn’t matter now. The villain is free, hero is going to make a fool of themself in front of the superhero, and that sucker didn’t even notice the forty thousand pounds stuffed into the villain’s coat.

[pouletpourri]

OMG!! I have a bunch of old drawings where I gave Dipper different pets (a dog, a fox, and a cat thing?) that I also drew in middle school. We are one and the same fr fr ☺️ I love Hazel, she’s adorable.

FR FR, the middle school wish need to give the lonely kid a animal companion truly trascends boundaries! also those sound like real cool concepts ngl! :] glad you like her! maybe i'll post of her in the future? I do have some sketches of her and Dipper stockpiled in my folder, maybe i'll do a selection and post the best ones also a sketch of the good girl, by yours truly