#general production comments:

[schrano]

"Siffrin? Are you alright, bud?"

Fanart of Siffrin from @cinnamin-is-a-star's Villain Siffrin AU fanfiction To Extend Our Reach to the Stars Above Chapter 11.

[himulrai]

i wanted this to be a super cool animation to celebrate all the support i've received so far but i'm so close to scrapping this😭😭 im so sick of the 3d camera oml

[lesbiancarat]

want to give my two cents on the AI usage in the maestro trailer--

i think seventeen doing a whole concept that is anti-AI is very cool, especially as creatives themselves i think it's good that they're speaking up against it and i hope it gets more ppl talking about the issue. i also understand on a surface level the artistic choice (whether it was made by the members, the mv director, or whoever else), to directly use AI in contrast to real, human-made visuals and music in order to criticize it. i also appreciate that they clearly stated the intention of the use of AI at the beginning of the video

however, although i understand it to an extent, i do not agree with the choice to use AI to critique AI. one of the main ethical concerns with generative AI is that it is trained on other artists' work without their knowledge, consent, or compensation. and even when AI generated images are being used to critique AI, it still does not negate this particular ethical concern

the use of AI to critique also does not negate the fact that this is work that could have been done by an actual artist. i have seen some people argue that it's okay in this context because it's a critique specifically about AI, and it is content that never would have been done by a real artist anyway because it doesn't make sense for the story they're trying to tell. but i disagree. i think you can still tell the exact same story without using AI

and in fact, i would argue that it would make the anti-AI message stronger if they HAD paid an artist to draw/animate the scenes that are supposed to represent AI generated images. wouldn't it just be proof that humans can create images that are just as bad and nonsensical and soulless as AI, but that AI can't replicate the creativity and beauty and basic fucking anatomy that's in human-made art?

it feels very obvious this was not just a way to cut corners and costs like a lot of scummy people are using AI for. ultimately it was a very intentional creative decision, i just personally think it was a very poor one. and even if some ethical considerations were taken into account before this decision, i certainly don't think all of them were. at the very least i feel like the decision undermines the message they want to convey

i would also like to recognize that i myself am not an artist, and i have seen some artists that are totally on board with the use of AI in this specific context, so clearly this is not a topic that is cut and dry. but generative AI is still new, and i think it's important to keep having these conversations

[elftwink]

my personal advice is a lot of you would have more coherent politics if you didn't wish death on everyone who did "evil things" without ever stopping to interrogate which things are "evil" and why you think that. also though it is not a complete picture of your personality I have a hard time believing in your ability to show compassion when you're chomping at the bit to say certain people should be condemned to die because you hate them so much. can you do some reflection on the evilness of wishing other people would die or is that automatically fine because you only wish death on "bad" people?

[supercantaloupe]

this is absurdly pedantic i know but i think it's kind of dumb when people say that spices like ginger, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc being traditional in european holiday recipes (think gingerbread and its thousands of variations) is the product of colonialism. like yeah sure colonialism helped make those spices more cheaply available and therefore widespread in europe but come on, europeans were trading across asia and north africa for those very same spices for centuries before modern transcontinental empires existed

[icewindandboringhorror]

examining a seemingly normal image only to slowly realize the clear signs of AI generated art.... i know what you are... you cannot hide your true nature from me... go back where you came from... out of my sight with haste, wretched and vile husk

[very-uncorrect]

Having parents that love you so much and are so kind to you but are also bigots is so emotionally conflicting like my parents are so so supportive of me and have made it clear they'll continue to love and care for me no matter what (which I'm of course very grateful for) but they also say some very horrible things about trans people and POC sometimes and idk if I can convince them to change their views

I mean yet again my mom's went from being very pro life to being mildly-moderately pro choice so maybe there is hope idk

[sherlock-is-ace]

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[welcometoteyvat]

hello everyone. please give me inspiration.

in liyue who would be the most likely

screenwriter

story writer

costume designer

producer

production designer

movie music composer (optional)

editor

director

[hopeful-hugz]

"Seems winter is starting to move in on The Geode far sooner than last year. I'll have to get some items for assisting in my deliveries, now that the trade shop is getting more popular..."

[queenharumiura]

"Oh dear, what a conundrum i've found myself in." Fiore was running an errand and she'd somehow gotten herself lost and was in a sketchy part of town. Now she's being accosted.

Her options were thus: Be a poor damsel, or hopefully be a lucky damsel. Quite frankly, both options offered little comfort to the woman currently face to face with a man who clearly had untoward intentions.

This is the last time she ventures out on her own to a place she'd never been before. She's likely to get herself lost and therefore in trouble. "Sir, if you could please let me go. I've an important errand to run posthaste. It would do no good to impede my path for long." Will anyone come to her aid? She hopes so.

[good-beans]

Success!!! 🎉

[ninashiki]

musical theater......actually....good......

[tfshouldidohere]

i saw this video on instagram and i wanted to tell you i love your tan skin so much it’s so pretty baby my pretty baby mi amor

AND WHAT IF I CRY HUH ?????

[marciliedonato]

was anyone gonna tell me brad taste in music reviewed hesitant alien and gave it the most absolute dogshit rating like. living up to the name i see like jesus christ, man......

[alinedreams]

EA looked at Neopets' Advert Attack and instead of seeing it as a piece of slightly self-depreciative satire, they saw it as an excellent idea.

To contextualize: Advert Attack is a Neopets game where one of the main villains of the entire lore, Dr. Sloth, wants to create a game and profit from it as much as possible; to do so, he litters the game with ads to the point it's nearly unplayable (the goal of the metagame is to have Ace Zafara, a space racer, reach the finish line before his rival, and the goal of our actual gameplay is doing so while getting all those ads out of our way so we can press the ever-moving "Go!" button on the screen; it's suposed to be very annoying because, as I said, it's a self-depreciative satire).

They're doing some literal supervillain kinda stuff in here all earnestly as if we never grew up with a literal Flash game mocking this sort of attitude AND IT FREAKING SHOWS.