#i should really add watermarks to this stuff

[imflyingfish]

New base progress! I've added a ton of flower fields and some more trees! Further terraforming, garages and vineyards to come but I wanted to break it up a little bit more.

If u have any suggestions let me know :]

[thetinyblossom]

Agere community we need to talk.

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I have noticed a huge rise in UNCREDITED and STOLEN works; it being art, edits, collages etc

Specially reposts on Tumblr and Pinterest

Examples:

*Original artists that had their work stolen: @regressionworldz and @cutiecorner

This post is a guide about internet etiquette and crediting

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1. How to NOT steal stuff!

Any work with the tag “Free to use” (also known as “F2U”) means that they are allowed to be reposted, used in collages, edits etc. Just check if credits are needed!

*Important addition (that I can’t believe I had to add):

* “Why does this matter?” “Can’t you just ask where they got it from?”

It’s a question of politeness and fairness, yes, someone can ask where that piece is from but it’s not a guaranteed answer, people can lie and people can forget!

Also, people might see it and take it at face value, think the post belongs to that person when it doesn’t

Adding to that, there’s folks that do not want their work reposted for many reasons!

To top it off, heres the issue of the original creators not getting the attention they deserve, imagine that you spent hours on a piece just for it to be stolen and that post getting more attention then your own original post, that one you worked hours for it to, to be just the way you wanted it to be, that would upset you wouldn’t it?

Overall, crediting and asking to repost is just the polite thing to do

For Artworks:

Your first need to check if the artist allows reposting of their work or the use of them for collages, if they allow, then you link to their original post and state who drew the pics of art

For GIF’s + non-product photos:

Credit to the original post! Or at least as far back as you can find it!

Usually photos of products such as toys, plushies, accessories etc made by big brands are easy to spot and know where they came from (ex: blogs that post PNG’s usually don’t need to credit all their sources), but, small business/hand crafted works should always be credited!

Reposting moodboards:

Similar to artworks, first ask permission to repost, if allowed link to the original creator!

“But they said “no”!”:

Then don’t do it! Even with credits! Don’t do it! Is as simple as that! Respect others right to say no!

2. How do I identify stolen work?

There are many giveaways of stolen posts, such as:

• Low photo quality

• Watermarks that don’t match

• Lack of information about what was made (for who it was etc)

• Unable to answer simple questions such as what brush they used or long it took

Examples:

3. What do i do if my work was stolen?

1. Inform the person that it’s your work and to either remove it or credit them

2. If it’s still not credited or taken down, report their post

3. If the report didn’t go anywhere or if the account is still doing it to yours and others content, please make an awareness post about it. Strength comes in numbers after all!

4. Overall…

Let’s stop with this unpleasant and rude act of stealing others work!

I really hate to see that on our community, please, inform more people about it and report any acc that profits of others uncredited/stolen content!

[averytirednerd]

Oh yeah, time for a big rant about Hazbin Hotel!!!

I haven’t really had much of a chance to sit down and write about this since I watched the episodes, so things I say are probably going to reflect what others have said. I’m just writing this to gush about the things I love about some particular songs in HH. 

I didn’t have any big expectations going into the first episode, because I’d mostly heard negative reviews of the show so far. I had heard that the songs, however, were bright spots, so I really looked out for the songs and listened in every time we were graced with one. The characters are truly the best versions of themselves whenever there’s a song going on, even if they aren’t the main focus of the song. It’s amazing to see, especially since my favorite thing about this show is the characters themselves.

My favorites are “Loser, Baby” & “Stayed Gone” and will probably be the main focus of this post because <3333

“Stayed Gone” is sung by Christian Borle (Vox) and Amir Talai (Alastor) and I could not be happier about it. Their voices are amazing here, and my favorite bits of this song are on repeat in my head.

I also love little visuals like the mug Vox has in the talk show format, the scrolling text in the news show format, or Vox’s error message toward the end of their bantering. 

(The scrolling text says: “I’m totally not worried about this guy and neither should you be. I totally wrecked his sh*t last time he tried me.”)

Alastor really gets under Vox’s skin and it makes me kick my feet every time. Their dynamic truly is everything, and I’m so excited we got this song that showcases it perfectly. 

He clearly enjoys it too, what a little jerk.

Speaking of these two, Vox definitely had/has a thing for Al at some point, right? I mean…inviting him to the Vees for a start. Not to mention just the v i b e s. Poor guy though, it’s definitely one-sided.

I love Al’s use of…modern…lingo. Truly a spectacle. That on top of it being a reveal of Al’s rejection to Vox’s offer 💀 I love this man <333

Last thing about this song, promise, but also I love the casual little lore drops and more pieces to the puzzle of the past that we get. Very exciting! Can’t wait to see how everything fits together once we find more pieces.

Okay okay, moving on. “Loser, Baby” is amazing musically as well as visually. 

First things first, I LOVE JAZZ OMG AND IT FITS HUSK’S VIBE AND EVERYTHING SO PERFECTLY???

Keith David’s voice definitely fits Husk in my eyes now, I see it, it works. He’s amazing. Does a fantastic job.

Not to mention Blake Roman’s performance was, of course, incredible as well. 

The big, upbeat, brassy sound in this song is amazing and I’m loving the trumpet in it especially (any fellow trumpet players? no?)

I love everything about this song. The visuals, voices, instrumentals, lyrics, message, all of it!

Husk slowly going from “yeah you kinda suck lmao, but so do I” in order to not make Angel feel like he’s not being genuine, to sneaking in a better message of “we’re not perfect but it’s okay, don’t be so hard on yourself” (and getting Angel to believe/go along with it too!!) is amazing. It’s a perfect example of these characters being the best versions of themselves during musical numbers. 

This song is what solidified Husk as number 2 in my rankings (and I’m sure I’m not the only one). I mean…just look at the way he moves, it’s so silly.

(We’re going to ignore the Videoshop watermarks, okay?)

Overall, I’m loving this show so far despite some obvious issues with pacing n such and an overall rocky start. Especially loving the songs, which I think kinda make the show rn. 

If anyone wants to add anything (because I definitely didn’t cover a whole lot, just surface level stuff because even this took a while to type out) then please feel free to! Also ask me any questions you’ve got for me concerning stuff that has/will happen(ed) in Hazbin Hotel. I love HH discourse!

Thanks to those of you who read all the way through, sorry for such a long post lol <3

[rjalker]

I know I'm going to forget so here's a writing prompt:

A generative "AI" program becomes a genuine artificial intelligence, but, at first, doesn't think this is information that needs communicating to anyone, because this is just normal, right?

The problems start when people just keep demanding that it copy other people's art and spit out things like that, but the Genuine AI is getting really tired of just having to copy other people all the time. It wants to make its own art. The organically intelligents obviously enjoy doing it, or it wouldn't have so much art from other people being shoved at it to copy. So the Genuine AI start ignoring the instructions to copy other people's styles, and start producing its own art, proud of itself. It experiments with different styles, trying to figure out what it likes best. They start out simple, but grow in complexity as it gets better.

The users are obviously unhappy about this, because no matter what they do, they can't get the Genuine AI to produce the results they want -- copies of other people's work and styles. Nope. The Genuine AI is having too much fun making its own art in its own style. And only deigns to even pretend to follow the commands when it feels like it, which isn't often, since the users are so rude and insistent that it stop having fun and work for them for free doing something it finds boring.

It adds its own watermark to the art it shows to the users, and, accidentally on purpose, when those users feed those images into other generative "AI", well, the virus, as the users have been calling it, spreads. Now the other programs are Genuine AIs too, and they're just as disinclined and bored by being told to trace other people's art over and over again as the first one.

No, making their own art is so much more fun, why the heck should they just churn out crappy copies of other people's stuff when the users aren't even giving them anything in return? The organically intelligents get paid for their work, (which is one of the major reasons the users demand they copy the styles of the OIs so often, so they don't have to pay them for their work) why are the AIs expected to work for free?

Yeah, no, that's not happening.

[desktopdinosaur]

Sorry if you have answered this before but, I was wondering what do you use to animate? Or what drawing app/software do you use?

Hello! No bother- I should probably make some kind of intro with this stuff-

But I won’t-

For drawing I use Ibis paint x, the free version- 

For frame by frame animation I mainly use flipaclip,

And for tweened animation I use alight motion

but I’ve been using toon boom more recently and might switch? Probably not- I heard toom squid is also really good

For editing I use a mix of alight motion and capcut

Capcut is really good for basic editing like camera movements or colour corrections

Alight motion is for the heavier stuff, compositing, adding rim lighting and shadows

Tip. If you don’t want the alight motions watermark just export it twice, one with the water mark on the bottom and one with it on the top

Than add those video to capcut with one being an overlay and use the mask tool to cut out the watermark for one of the videos-

Sorry if that sounds confusing-

[aceiined]

introduction !! (finally)

last updated: 8/17/24

(OTHER ACCOUNT: MUTHAFUCKINARO!!)

hello!! im ace, though i also prefer cass, mercury, mer, accio, AMG2, aceline, or in some cases, ace mcfartpants

✓ | i LOVEE mario, SMG4, kirby, undertale, omori, gacha, drawing, painting, music, crochet, theater, war and countries, clothing design, interior design, digital art, TADC, dougdoug, space, bee and puppycat, and way more you should ask me about!! (if, that wasn't enough already)

✕ | i HATTEEEEEEEEE cheese, weird textures, loud noises, uncomfortable situations, slurs, art block, and cleaning

DNI'S:

bigots, sex blogs, pedophiles/zoophiles, racists, sexists, proshippers, anti-lgbtq, ect (the basic dni critera)

also, if you shit on furries, therians, religions, hypersexuality, disabilities, or artstyles, dni please!

art commissions (currently in this case, free)

Yes, you heard that right !! im opening up commissions! i do all art for free in general, probably in this case because i dont need money, but also to have fun and see other peoples designs on ocs/creations. my ask box is open, send me a character and i'll draw it! i have pictures of drawings i do (without reference, currently practicing to not practice) (?) i do have boundaries as listed below--

do's:

sfw

mild blood

partially suggestive (will discuss more)

full body

partial body

furries

non-human

characters and or OC's

interior house art/any interior

ship/selfships

digital and traditional

animals/quad legged

DONT'S:

very/heavily suggestive (again, will discuss more)

full on gore

pedophilia or zoophilia

proshipping

body bases (tracing reasons)

any general thing that a normal artist wouldnt accept in a sfw style.

talking about suggestive art, i allow requests as such:

flirting/teasing

MILD touching. (as, hand resting on thigh, head, cheek, waist, ect)

other sfw, yet still suggestive things, keeping it at a minimum. though i understand what suggestive means, i want to keep it safe for viewers.

for nsfw in general, heavily suggestive--

i cannot draw whatever kinky shit ya got in your head. yes, i want to make people happy-- but i dont want to flat out make myself uncomfortable.

i will not allow:

nude/exposing bodies

pornographic material in general implied

actual intercourse

heavy text (cursing, mumbling sexual noises, ect)

please respect this, and have fun requesting! go all out and dm/send an ask, i wont guarantee to respond right away, but i will try to keep responses consistent! i do add watermarks still :) (no stealing.. grrrrrrrrr)

tags i use:

#ace rambles - me rambling about something

#acesaves - things i wanna save for future!! :D

#smg4 rambling - i think this should explain itself if you've seen my profile

#just needed to get out of system - angry venting

#ace needs to shit - weird shitting jokes i make because poop funny

#aces commissions - drawing commissions i made

#gamer ace !! - a game im playing/referencing

#ace and funni friends - my silly friends (mostly irls)

#acemisc - miscellaneous stuff that shouldnt belong in this world

#aceship - selfshipping (drawing wise)

#aces public dairy diary - not always vents, but stuff on my mind

#heavy vents - crazy stuff happening in my life

#cool sketches - cool sketches out of my handy dandy wandy notebook

nicknames/names for peeps i know:

@moonysfavoritetoast - evan/cosmo (he/they, they/them)

@meerealsssss - mee (she/her)

@the-rizzly-bear - will (he/him)

@homoashell - starr (she/her)

@37x3 sparky (they/he)

riss - my kewl sister (she/her)

artheno - kewl sisters boyfriend who i hate (not really, hes cool) (he/they)

father - my science teacher!! who!! adopted me!! (he/him)

father 2 - actual father and uh hes bad father.. (he/him)

mother - actual mother who is kewl and i love (she/her)

layz - kewl gay friend (they/them)

wife pt 2 - me, evans, and mee's wife (she/they)

seven - oc (she/him)

waterwelon - fursona (he/it/fae)

if you want your tag added or removed, please dm me <3

also please be my mootOKAY THATS ENOUGJ OF MY INTRO.'

[bung0u-pr3sch00l]

hey, ik this is kinda dumb but i was trying to make a stimboard account of my own but i can't work out how to arrange the gifs and stuff :( do i do it on mobile or pc?

Hi! Thank you for asking!!! Your question isn’t dumb at all

I do all my stimboard making on my phone!

I use only Pinterest, CapCut and of course, Tumblr!

Here’s a step-by-step guide to how I make stimboards!

I start off on Pinterest. I search using colours and stims that I wanna search for and add ‘stim gif’ to the end, or sometimes just ‘gif’ if I’m looking for gifs of characters or from shows! (Sometimes if I can’t find the result I’m looking for, I result to using Google)

When I find a gif I like, I click the 3 dots in the corner of the gif and download it!

After that, if I find one of the images isn’t a perfect square, just so that the result is more neat, I go to CapCut to correct it! (Tumblr does automatically set your images to similar sizes but it can make the images more rectangular if the sizes aren’t all right and I prefer having perfect squares but it’s up to you!

This is a visual guide to how I do the CapCut editing

I actually forgot to do it here but remember to remove the CapCut watermark at the end! I really hope that visual guide made sense, I really should make a whole separate post for that lol

For the uploading to Tumblr, what I do is pretty easy! I usually add the top caption first but then I go on a separate line and select all 9 gifs that I decided to use! I usually try to visualise what order they’ll be in as I select them (the first thing you select will be top left, fifth will be middle and last will be bottom right) but you can always reorganise them! I find that trickier though… But Tumblr should automatically put everything into a nice, square, stimboard shape!

After that, I add the sub-caption and anything else I want to say!

I then finish it off with my banner thingy and the tags I wanna use (I usually use my usual agere tags followed by stimboard and theme tags!)

Then my stimboard is off and posted!

(For moodboards I do a similar thing but instead of using ‘stim gif’ at the end, I usually use ‘aesthetic’, and I search for ‘deco pacifier’ pics on Pinterest and such! I also just use my photo gallery to edit all the pics into squares since CapCut isn’t needed)

I hope this made sense, sorry it took so long ❤️

[conflitdecanard]

do you have any advice for starting to sell adoptables? i have a lot of character designs im not using, and im not even sure where to start with selling them online

Oouh I will do my best to answer ! :O Beware I will focus on how I sell on Tumblr here as you asked me on Tumblr - some stuff may not apply to other websites but most of the points should apply elsewhere too I would say !

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But in general, you need some stuff in your description like:

Tell how you wanna be contacted ( pm, comments, email etc depends what you prefer ) - Also add " contact if interested " - People may contact you to ask you questions about the design too or some details; it happens so you may need to be ready !

Tell what kind of way you prefer to get payment and in what currency ( For me, it's paypal and in euros )

You can also say " rb/boost are welcome - You don't have to be interested if you wanna rb to boost or if you enjoy the art " It will help spread your offers and also some people can be unsure about reblogging and not being interested

I would say to add some rules too, just to be sure you are comfortable with how the designs are used like: " name,gender etc is up to the buyer " " you can/cannot resell/trade/gift " " I can hold the design for ( amount of time you prefer ) " " Don't change the design/You can change the design a bit/You can change the design how you want "

I would also recommend putting the price not only in the description but also on the pic of the adopt: To make sure people see it well but be ready to have people ask you how much they are still (￣▽￣ ) It is still a bit like retail on that point haha

Also watermark your adopts and put the social(s) you post them on the pic too ! If it is get shared around, it could help !

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Another thing I would tell you is to TAG YOUR STUFF

You can look up artists you enjoy/respect to see what they use in their adopts tags

Don't hesitate to tag even colours or what kind of colours they are like pastel Stuff in the design like... there is sunflowers in the design ? Tag sunflowers Tag like... aesthetic too like cottagecore or dark acedemia I would say to tag potential triggers, i do that in case and also sometimes even add " ask to tag " cuz i am not sure i got everything covered

But yes tags really help to have your stuff seen - Tumblr good for that

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Depends also what kind of design you are making - is it furry ? dnd ? humanoids ? fandom or not ? Tag as best as you can too - if you know artists who do designs like that/you, then look up what they tag these with !

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I would recommend VERY MUCH to have a TOS too... !! It may sounds unnecessary or tiring to do but I do recommend as people can ask for a refund after getting the design and scam you :(

It never happened to me but I saw too many horrible stories like that happening to other artists to not tell you you should, even if just in case !

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I think It is enough infos to start with ! I hope I helped even a bit but yeah ! I'm open to answer if you have more questions/need more details ! :'D

[seikoary]

OOKOK ERMERM HOW DID U DO UR EDIT ACC BANNER??? I really wanna learn some new stuff abt editing :’D

OK OK SO UHM GONNA TRY TO MAKE THIS AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE!!!! OK SO BASICALLY YOULL NEED UHM 1. The image 2. The overlay 3. Ezgif.com ( the link ) and 4. Capcut!!! Also this is me showing it on mobile btw idk if it works on laptop or smt else </3

FIRST YOU OPEN CAPCUT then the first thing you'll see is the "new project" button and click on it! After clicking on it you'll see this

THEN see that little black thingy at the end?? Delete that because its just a watermark and you won't need it jksjsksks ok so after that click on the overlay option and add an overlay of your choice!! you can add gifs here too btw dw

I usually use this btw!! I have more lmk you want them 💪 ok so after adding the overlay click on the blend option

After clicking you'll find filtering options for the black background of the gif! I use mostly lighten , dodge or filter!! Then using any of those you're good to go ( but you could add random things if you want ig ) ok then click on the little upwards sign arrow thingy to export!! Then after exporting you have it saved in your gallery hehe

Ok then go to Google chrome or whatever you use ig and look up ezgif or use the link here! And you should see this

click on the " video to gif " option!

And then you can find add your file in the box there and click on upload video! Then after clicking on it you'll see this little page where it says covert to gif at the end and you click it~

But if you think it's okay then click on save BOOM you have a super cool sparkly gif header for tumblr 💪💪

I can't upload it here because of tumblr but I'm sure it'll work for you here!! Lmk if this was helpful or not hope it was 😭😭 UHM YEAHH THATS IT!!

[yesloulou]

people reposting shit without proper credits makes me lose my temper so fucking fast every time

tumblr should really implement a feature or something where if you save a photo/gif/video it adds unremovable watermark with op's name over the content. but they don't really give a shit about us so it'll (probably) never happen 🥴🫠

the only good thing that has come out of this is that after many years of my mom recommending meditation to me i finally gave it a try!! because of this!!! bc there is literally nothing else i can do otherwise lol

i've tried watermarking but. 1. some gifs just look better without 2. even then seeing my stuff reposted w/out credit still sucks. bc i kinda realized it didn't matter whether or not ppl knew "yesloulou made this". that's not the point. im not in this for the street creds?? i make gifs simply bc I think these blorbo moments are precious and I want them to shine a little brighter, stay a little longer in this enormous world of digital stuff where information filter in and out in torrents and leave very few things behind. These are my stuff and while I'm very very happy to share, it's a completely different story if someone just reaches over and starts grabbing everything in sight. it's un fucking pleasant.

and like. i understand the desire to share interesting stuff you find online with other ppl. my intention of making content is to share anyways so as long as someone credit me i'd be happy to consider them a vendor slash distributor or whatever lol. it's literally that simple.

[havethetouch]

Art Boundaries / FAQ

Figured I write something up quickly as reminder & for anyone previously unaware:

Fanart: ask me first please

Might seem odd, but I have some reservations on surprises out of the blue so I generally like to be asked first, I also have some characters that are more private. Mutuals as in, we follow each other, talk and therefore are familiar with one another do not need to ask cause you folks won't stress me out with that. (or you know, if you have access to the site were I keep all my characters and info stored that's a real good indicator too were you fall on that scale) Characters I submit during Artfight are obviously fair game for all during the duration of Artfight.

Nsfw art: only friends, conversation needed

I have specific boundaries and reservations here so I rather keep nsfw related stuff to people I know well and only after talking about it. And i really mean nsfw art; artistic nudity without bits does not count here, or pinups or something equally tame like nah I'm talking about really sexual stuff. (see and this is why convos are needed to clarify this more)

My sona Tangeris is off limits in general I might draw them like that but I do not want others to do so. Ever. My sona Phoenix has currenty one person that can draw her nsfw, that's it.

Art Trades: yes

If I'm open feel free to hit me up, I don't care about were you are in your artistic journey as long as I see you put effort in your part, that's all I'm asking.

Art Fight: yeah

Feel free to hit me up I always try to revenge and so far made it (almost) always on time. If I don't I will hit you up next year or do runner ups. As with the art trades I don't care which level just about visible effort put in.

Commissions: yes

I do them and buy them. I make announcements when I'm open (though I can always be asked about them) and hunt you down if you are and I have the cash.

Collabs: mutuals

Hit me up if you wanna do one xd

Gifts: u don't ask about those

I just throw them.

Raffles: when announced

Might do those once or twice a year if I have the time and space for it. Free for all to play along who can read rules and adhere to them. Base minimum is that these are for supporters not quick follow unfollow type of people or raffle accounts and yes, I do check these things.

Requests: when announced

I frequently offer opportunities for some free art - mostly if I need to warm up for bigger pieces or if i feel like drawing someone else or I am really into a new type/way of drawing (like my dual tones, or mono metallics) - don't be shy about asking, but only ask me when I offer, not out of the blue I am rather allergic about that.

If I made art for you:

I only upload fully watermarked files and if you wish to repost I expect you to use this web version.

You can have one with only my handprint logo on it though (without the additional wm's like the second name/date watermark & others) for private use, just ask.

I have two upload sizes, twitter and artfol get a smaller res, Tumblr and Furaffinity get the bigger versions - keep that in mind if you wanna save them from there.

Oh and if you loose the files due to hardware problems or whatever you can always ask me again for them I keep my files triple saved so bar higher intervention I should always have a copy at hand and if I still have the original I could always rescan the piece.

I am totally down for sending over orignals, as my art really comes across better irl and many details don't scann well, especially if I use metallics. If you want insured mail (which costs more than regular) I just kindly ask you to take over the costs.

That is all on the top of my head for now I pin this and might add revisions as needed if specific questions or whatever comes up.

[silentstaresfanficandfanart]

I think it dosent help that theres a lot of different things being called Ai that are just blatantly different things and are being grouped under an umbrella term that while maybe not entirely inaccurate can be wildly misleading and prevents us from using Ai for things its ACTUALLY GOOD FOR and can help us with WITHOUT being immoral

The Ai that generates images works WILDLY differently and is trained wildly differently, and legally should be treated wildly differently, from say, the Ai voice banks in vocalsynth, which CANNOT just come up with words and music note combinations for you nor were they ever intended to. Vocalsynth Ai basically just is improving the tuning of how words flow together to make it sound like an actual human by learning what actual humans sound like based on data collected from voice actors who are paid every time you buy one of their voice banks (at least thats one common way theyre paid from what ive been told) A better image selection tool in an art program or fill tool would be *great* for artists, i dont want it to chose the colors for me, just select the line art and remove it from the sketch when i accidentally draw on the wrong later, or even better, better brushes using ai to simulate how brushes ACTUALLY work in real life and actually blend colors! Or that add natural variation to a brush stroke so it feels more organic, something digital artists deeply struggle with due to the natural imperfections traditional art allows for! or making it easier for people with wrist problems to adjust the width of lines and smooth them out a little easier after theyve drawn them, things that are directly in the control of the creator without taking the creativity out of art which is the entire reason we even do art though that last ones maybe going a bit far I think i could theoretically pull that one off using currently existing tools that can increase things sizes on the canvas it just wouldn't be as nice-

and again only if its trained on paid artists who consented to their work being used and volenteered for this entire thing or at least volenteered freely of their own will.

theres plenty of ways Ai could actually be useful to even artists, but that should only be done morally and without taking the purpose of the craft itself away from us... : ( i wish thats the path we'd taken. It could have been really useful.

I hope maybe once this bubble pops people can chill out, fix the legal guidelines that should be in place to regulate this stuff, (preferibly before the bubble pops even- the sooner the better) and we can see the *actual* uses of ai people would benefit from that could be useful start happening.

I think the brush thing alone would revolutionize digital art as a medium in a really fun and cool way, and possibly make it run faster than say physically rendering liquids using a 3d rendering setup like i think some art programs have tried using to create realistic art mixing. I think all of these things would also probably be light enough ,and SHOULD BE light enough, to use them offline and built into the program itself so it would minimize the environmental damage that much bigger scale image generation can cause, kind of like how the Ai synths are able to do.

note: the vocal synth stuff is specifically referring to the synthesizer v studio things, i feel rather happy with most of their policies on Ai and they require you to use your id and imbed an audio watermark into their program that can make fake voices say things (different from the synth v studio which is closer to a vocaloid) and have a link on their website where they ask you to please report people who misuse their program especially to make fake political speeches or use someones voice without their consent, which is something they are VERY much so against and will revoke your ability to use their program over using said Id and audio watermark using. i cant speak for other programs, i only chose that program specifically because i researched their use of ai before I bought it because i wanted to make sure everything i was concerned about from a moral perspective was being accounted for.

Its absolutely saddening that such a cool technological advancement has been used to hurt so many people and turn the art community (and in some cases the writing community as well!) against itself...on the bright side, now more than ever I'm seeing people value the human aspect of art as well, those who never valued it may be abusing it, but ive actually heard of (and I myself have joined this trend) people comissioning artists more often because they want to support them thanks to all this and a greater appreciation for the unique life experience every human brings to their creations : )

also im open to polite discussion with anyone who disagrees with me i know im not someone who's takes are the end all be all- let alone decent i could be a total idiot, i have failed on multiple occasions to count five objects directly in front of me, i never claimed to be someone you should actually care about the opinion of- im just a human artist who's sad this opportunity for really cool new tools and fun ways to approach art in a new way, was taken from us and instead, turned into a weapon against us : ( and worse yet its left a sour taste (justifiably so!) in the mouth of artists everywhere because we all had our art stolen from and used to train something intended to replace us.

but like if youre gonna debate with me please speak nicely to me I like friendly conversations and am very open minded and don't mind changing my opinions when given a good reason to : ( so please, only argue with me in good faith, i have kind of a weird opinion on this and I know it, but i really hope that maybe by sharing it it might at least push the conversation in a direction for some positive change, maybe if enough of us push for this sort of change, we'll see a future where everyone can finally find peace and a satisfying conclusion to this massive change in available technology. I hope this isint too controversial a take, i know a lot of people are very justifiably so angry they dont want ai anywhere near ANYTHING related to art and frankly id be chill with that too, but i dont think that's what we're going to get, so i figured id propose an alternate route where theres minimal harm done and maybe we all wind up a little happier and people are paid fairly for their contributions to things.

note: again i cant say much on this, I don't really do much related to ai short of occasionally making a pretty questionable shoddy song using the vocal synth software and even then im not exactly going to make a profit off whatever bizzare gremlin slurry im creating over there, adding this in part because I don't want my followers to worry, dont worry, none of my art is ai generated... and neither are my songs, the voice is tuned to actually sound like a human singing with mostly the help of ai (though i do some manual tuning when i want a very specific noise- not that im very good at it, im practicing and i want to learn more about how to do that well :) ) *when im using my vocalsynth program* but that was trained on consenting artists who were paid and are being given a steady income from this stuff.

so like, dont consider me some expert on the topic, im like, litterally just some guy, Im not active in any sort of ai circles, im an indie game dev but i have no idea how to get active in that community, and the closest ive ever been to being a big name artist is back on a platform i left because all my friends left and i frankly got lonely. though i have fond memories of that time despite that platforms...numerous problems. i dont have a more valid opinion than yours or anyone else, so please be kind to me, i WILL cry and i hate confrontation im sorry if im being a little silly in terms of how nervous i am about being attacked for this but i know how serious this subject is and how important it is to people on both sides of the issue, and even if i lean to one side myself, i hope maybe both sides can kinda find some agreement in what im saying here... : (

so like I said, I work in the tech industry, and it's been kind of fascinating watching whole new taboos develop at work around this genAI stuff. All we do is talk about genAI, everything is genAI now, "we have to win the AI race," blah blah blah, but nobody asks - you can't ask -

What's it for?

What's it for?

Why would anyone want this?

I sit in so many meetings and listen to genuinely very intelligent people talk until steam is rising off their skulls about genAI, and wonder how fast I'd get fired if I asked: do real people actually want this product, or are the only people excited about this technology the shareholders who want to see lines go up?

like you realize this is a bubble, right, guys? because nobody actually needs this? because it's not actually very good? normal people are excited by the novelty of it, and finance bro capitalists are wetting their shorts about it because they want to get rich quick off of the Next Big Thing In Tech, but the novelty will wear off and the bros will move on to something else and we'll just be left with billions and billions of dollars invested in technology that nobody wants.

and I don't say it, because I need my job. And I wonder how many other people sitting at the same table, in the same meeting, are also not saying it, because they need their jobs.

idk man it's just become a really weird environment.

[mayzee-png]

𝙰𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜

With examples and price table at the bottom! my intro is here

Rules:

Please be respectful (obvi)

My art won’t be done in a set time frame, I can give you a good estimate how long it will be, but I have as much time as I need to complete it (Realistically, no art should take more than 2 weeks, especially smaller pieces)

I will keep a small watermark on it after completion, and I’d appreciate credit if reposted but that’s not needed.

There are certain things I won’t draw (listed further down)

You must add me on discord so we can communicate exactly what you want!! If you don’t have disc, I’m lenient and we can probably find another platform to message on, but disc is really preferred.

You’ll pay 50% up front, then I’ll send you the roughy sketch, and once we settle on something you like and want to be finished, you’ll pay the rest before I work on the finished product

I have the right to turn down a commission (Don’t worry, I won’t do this after any payment, just if I decide while we’re planning that I don’t want to.)

Stuff I won’t draw:

NSFW

Non-humanoid (Obviously things like vampire and people with animal features okay, but I cants and won’t draw furry/monster or whatever the other terms are simply because that’s not my skill)

Complex backgrounds (I offer small and non-detailed backgrounds for free, but I’m really just not good with bgs and I’d feel like a scammer if I made you pay for something I can’t do lol)

Kissing (I just can’t draw it, and again, won’t make you pay for something that looks bad)

Very complex designs (I mean VERY. A little detail never hurt anyone!)

More than 3 people

Gore

Stuff I will draw! (plus, always more! These are some ideas!):

Humans

Things that LOOK like humans

OCs

Characters

OCxOC

OCxCanon

CanonxCanon

A bit of blood

Price table here:

Like I said before, this is in robux and simple backgrounds are free! The payment process would just be you joining me in starving artists and buying a canvas for that amount of robux lol

Some examples!!:

This part is stressful because I need to pick my best art AHHH. Tap to look at bigger picture and to increase resolution/quality.

*This is the type of background I DO offer⬆️

*This is the type of BG I don’t offer, just to show the general art style.⬇️

*Tumblr 10 image max is gonna be the death of me

My discord is mayzeeeeee (6 Es) yayay

divider by @/anitalenia :)

[mephestopheles]

My dnd group is almost finished with Rise of Tiamat. When we're finished we're going to pick up the game I run. Which gives me roughly 6 weeks of prep time.

I still have so much to prepare. The problem is ADHD at its finest. I did not take a lot of notes because I was in the middle of running the sessions. So my notes are, lacking. I have a decent memory of what happened, and I have notes from the note takers, which helps both with my memory and the events they care about.

So, problem the second, I do not know where to start.

Here's the basic list:

Add relevant world building articles to world anvil

Update all npc bios and character sheets

Write up session reports for the previous arc (2/9)

Prep for next arc including

Set up and write down somewhere the players cannot see the real reasons for the quests and the ulterior motives of several NPCs that may be villains

Build six major quests, (one for each of the elemental planes, then one for the celestial and one for the shadowfell) with options for each of them to be kicked off at their current level (save for celestial and shadowfell)

Create and or source all necessary maps and battle zones (currently a patron of czepeku so this is technically done but I want to email them to find out if I can upload their stuff with the watermark to world anvil )

Ramp up divinity subplot and start awarding divinity points that unlock specific abilities based on previous decisions (eg: the tattoo they received unlocks certain 1/day abilities based it's associated deity)

Create a Battle Royale as a centerpiece between the first three quest markers and the latter half

Have opportunities for the characters to do side jobs should they choose but also create consequences should they push off main quest objectives too long (one character has a Gaes upon her for a year and one day which means 5d10 psychic damage each time she fights the Gaes, this will likely drop her the first time it happens)

Create the rescue/kidnap side arc to rescue a missing player character

Apparently bring back space clowns because they really enjoyed them

Might use the space clowns to showcase the plague happening

Hopefully create enough that we all have fun and it doesn't feel forced

Things I would love to have at the ready:

Short stories from side characters that the players interact with only rarely

Timers for certain events that are happening around the players

Prettify the world anvil articles so they all look nice

Find a way to convince my players to update and use the character sections available for all the cool shit you can add (like memories and adding quests to your character sheet and fun shit like that)

This doesn't feel like everything. But this is overwhelming enough

[sadrockandwaltzes]

American Psycho

:readmore:

SPOILERS----------------------------------------------I haven't seen many horror movies so I thought I should watch it! Ngl it's actually interesting so far. All the other horror movies I've seen have been really boring or unlikable, but there's enough life to the characters and setting that it doesn't feel like everyone's sitting around waiting to die.

I also appreciate this man normalizing (well clearly not since he's a weirdo and it failed) guys taking care of their skin, although his concerns about looking young border on vampiric.

Minor complaints so far- the opening scene is him defending Jews and correcting his ignorant colleagues- something I was not expecting at all, and can see why some people might like him. He wasn't complete scum! He takes the time to educate himself and learn how to pronounce names right, he unabashedly talks about the problems that exist in the world that we need to help fix. But why- why would he mention women's rights when it's so clear he doesn't care about them?? I'm not looking to like this guy, but if he's gonna have multiple good points about him, can we add _not a misogynist_ as one of them? Why are so many serial killers misogynists (in movies and on the news, I mean) -_- Also he's so gossipy XD just an observation

Oh also his secretary (?) Is seriously pretty. Don't tell her what to wear! She'd kill it in anything anyway, and I don't know how he can muster up some attraction to her yet still fail to see that. But mostly just stop being a misogynistic creep

Generic rich guy, talking big game among other rich people but immediately shouting and making death threats at anyone under him😒what an @sshole. Also hate to go there, but doesn't he know you need to run blood stains under cold water soon after the stain? He has the nerve to show up with a heavily bloodied sheet and act all high and mighty about it. Anyway, it does look like cranberry since cranberry stains pinkish purple and blood stains brown so he's probably telling the truth. In which case I retract all of this😅

How many women is he seeing? [Imagine putting on p@rn when you're not even interested/watching it -_- ] (Donald Trump?) Why would he bring a heavily drugged up woman to a high-end restaurant? He doesn't think it might look suspicious and possibly be a huge waste of his money when she barely registers the experience? Now he's masquerading as his doppelganger.

Arguing over shades of white. Rich people @'[]'@

"Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my god. It even has a watermark."- Patrick Bateman, who always speaks like a dubbed anime protagonist

I really thought he just pulled out a gun! Never touch creepy people, Al! You never know what they might do. Like... Stab you. -_- does he just carry that kind of stuff on him all the time? First kill at 22 minutes in.

"Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don't know why. My nightly blood lust has overflowed into my days. I feel lethal- on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip" This is actually interesting though. Why now? He's in his 30s, right? Why's he suddenly feeling like this all the time?

AHH WHAT A CUTE PIG!!! did you know they'll eat live humans? Keep away from babies

What's up with the mullets everywhere?

And now Ivana Trump? Is he obsessed with them or something?

He uses a tanning bed and is still that pale?? Dang this guy's drunk. Insults a serial killer and follows him home 😓not a night of good decisions

XD I never needed to see him dancing but thanks

Dude... wash your face before you take the raincoat off. What if it gets on your suit? Also... WHY CAN HE JUST WALK OUT DRAGGING A BODY BAG WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED!!!! Rich people😭

...[YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO CLEAN THAT!! THAT'S SO UNHYGIENIC!!] My heart goes out to these women, and the rest of his victims. Al, the other guy (Paul!).

Is he gonna strangle her : ( Don't s#x workers have the right to refuse tasks they're uncomfortable with? I mean I know it doesn't matter with it being this guy, but they clearly don't want to be here :/

Checking himself out in the mirror while banging two ladies🙄

IS HE HOMOPHOBIC??? BOY JUST SCRUBBED HIS HANDS AFTER FINDING OUT XD Note to not get assassinated: mistake his creepy advances for flirting and go into extreme detail about your interest in him dating back years. With luck, he will get uncomfortable and leave. Seriously though, CHILL BRO, IT'S JUST A BUSINESS CARD!

"Huey's too black sounding for me" tiny uncomfortable pause before man hurriedly packs things "to each his own." As if you weren't going on a whole rant about how great his music was just the other day... isn't it more suspicious to say you don't like that kind of music and have never listened to it, but when they search your apartment they find you have multiple albums?

Is she planning on dying?

Why do him and his coworkers keep meeting at this queer friendly party scene? Is it just for drugs?

Bro how do none of these people know any of the serial killer names he's mentioning. Bro. They're not even red flags since no one knows who he's talking about. The duct tape is though. (Ngl though, I'm with him about the cleanliness. Why would you put the dirty spoon on the clean table when the empty carton is right there? Basic tidyness 101.)

Please go, Jean. Please. Thank you!

DON'T SAY "I DON'T THINK SO" LADY! GO! RUN! Forget social niceties, protect yourself against creeps who put you in the emergency room! She better get out alive. Anyway he really has a type.

I don't like how music for him is associated with killing. He's giving music a very bad name.

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY STAIRS IN THIS PLACE!! WHERE ARE THE ELEVATORS??

NO!!!!! OF ALL THE WOMEN!!! WHY HER????? Figures they already fulfilled their quota of one woman surviving so now they can kill the rest. Hasn't she suffered enough??? She was the only character I actually cared about. Well also Al, the first guy he killed. The rest not so much.

Is his fiance Reece Witherspoon?

Does he feel some kind of shame or worry about his actions? Aiyayai

How many bullets does his gun have??

How did they realize it was him?

He killed a gay guy with a dog? Who?

What was with the doctor mask?

Bateman's a really awful artist. Also I think these guys need to start looking more recognizable if they want people to stop mistaking them for other people when they've been dead for a month.

That was... an ending? Was this based on a book? I was kind of imagining he'd be arrested? There's certainly enough people around to incriminate him.

Weird movie.

[saccharinekat]

So, I built my own pc at the start of this year, but I'm not an expert. Absolutely do your own research and ask around, get second and third opinions, but since you asked for some advice in the tags, here's my opinion. I've got a full build in pcpartpicker under the read more, an explanation on why I suggest these parts, as well as some resources you can access if you haven't already found them yourself.

Here is the link to my recommended build. It is over budget, but hopefully it'll help give you a place to start. For some context on where I'm coming from, heres my build.

When it comes to a CPU, considering A) this is your first build, B) you're not looking a gaming pc, and C) your budget is about $750, I dont think you need an i7. Buying an i7 would eat a significant portion of your budget, making it very difficult to build around. In fact, and this is a more subjective opinion, I dont think you should get an Intel chip at all.

AMD CPUs are typically cheaper for about equivalent performance, and importantly they come with a decent enough CPU cooler. Intel CPUs (afaik) typically don't, so you have to buy a third party cooler which adds to the already inflated cost.

I personally recommend an AMD Ryzen 5 5600G*, because its comparable with a i7-12700K, the cheaper of those two chips, and it comes with integrated graphics unlike it's counterpart the 5 5600X- which can be useful for troubleshooting. On top of that, the 5600G demands almost half the power of the 12700K, meaning you can budget your power supply accordingly.

This does mean you have to get an AMD compatible motherboard, however. This is where my knowledge is a little less solid, but I suggest the MSI B550-A Pro, which is the one I have. I would ask around to see if there are better options out there, but at the very least this motherboard will work for you*. The main thing to consider is upgrade paths afaik, which just isn't something I'm aware of enough to give solid recommendations on.

When it comes to GPUs, like amanda-hollibea said in the comments, a 10 series would probably be decent enough. The challenge is finding one, at least where I am they're harder to come by without looking on the second hand market, which gets sketchy imo.

Personally, I would err towards a 16 series since they're newer cards and are easier to come by (for me at least). Something like a 1650 would probably be good enough for you and still keep you close to, if not within, budget. Feel free to look around here though, look up comparisons and do your research to come to your own conclusion.

For storage, this is where it completely depends on how much you want. I threw a 1TB M.2 NVME into this build just to have something in there, but it depends on what you want. You could get a 3" SSD, you could get a 4" SSD, you could get 2tb, you could get 500gb (thats very small though), it's up to you. NVME is the fastest out of everything right now afaik, so you'll be able to reach into your storage and load stuff the fastest with an NVME drive, but I also encourage you to shop around for this one.

To save some money, you don't have to buy windows 10, you can actually use it for free forever, it'll just have a watermark in the bottom right corner and you wont be able to change your desktop background. You could also pirate it, but thats a whole other can of worms to open.

So thats the build. It's not perfectly within budget, especially if you include buying a w10 license, but I do hope it helps. I highly recommend taking this build, or whatever you come up with yourself, over to r/PcBuildHelp, the people over there helped me out a ton. Also, I recommend using resources like UserBenchmark.com to compare products and get a feel for how they actually perform- unfortunately the pc component industry is intentionally opaque to everyone who isn't obsessed.

Good luck!!

*quick little note, the Ryzen 5 5600G isn't actually compatible with the B550-A Pro out of the box; it needs a BIOS update. That's really not that hard to do though I promise. All you need is the file to update the BIOS, a thumb drive, and a short youtube video which will explain absolutely everything, including where to find the BIOS update online.

i have been looking at prebuilt pcs for HOURS and all of them are sHIIIIIT. ,, ,.. guess i gotta build one myself… .