Inkblitz πŸ”œ MCFC

Inkblitz πŸ”œ MCFC

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Writer, voice actor, adventurer, VR/3D Artist | Spiritpanda fursuiter | NoAI | #nobot | Minors DNI | Silly ADHD king cheetah who doesn't know what they're doing

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Real talk time, part of why I've been struggling lately is because I've been trying to navigate some things while refusing to compromise on my values and ethics. In the short term, capitalism rewards cutting corners and anti-consumer practices. We have to do better.

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My last retextures are wrapping up, so I'll be opening for new commissions soon! Maybe take an experimental render or two? Not sure, haven't really figured that out yet

Heck this pirate outfit was supposed to be out last week. Now I don't know if it'll be out for Halloween 😭 I know it doesn't seem like it but the art block has been real. It's only recently started clearing up in the past week.

Most of my characters are strictly SFW and I'm fairly ace But y'know, sometimes I want to make a character to explore sexual themes anyway πŸ‘‰πŸ‘ˆ But like, in an intellectual way through text and art? My brain is wired differently πŸ˜…

If you think you've failed, then you've failed. You cannot think that you're failing or losing, or never going to make it. That seems terribly conceited but it's true. If you focus on the fact that you're failing, you'll turn towards failure and stop putting in the effort you need to succeed.

A GenAI slop farm has spun up on Jinxxy. I've only seen the one so far, but it's uploaded 75 'products' since September. Jinxxy enforces it's GenAI labeling, but these are entirely GenAI from model, to texture, to shader settings??? For comparison, I've released 52 products in almost 3 years.

'LLMs are the demon that cries out for its mother when you try to kill it, not because it has a mother but because it knows the type of thing that will get humans to treat it better' This is the best description I have heard of LLMs and people claiming they're 'alive' or 'do a human-like thing'.

... I have encountered an in-video ad in Youtube that I CANNOT SKIP. You know how youtubers do ad reads for sponsors that most of us just skip past? Now Youtube is making those separate videos in the middle of a video and you cannot skip it.

Okay this is very specific to furry and kinda silly, but fursuits Have you seen the level of detail in fursuits lately? And how crisp they are? Both the technology and the hobby in general has advanced SO MUCH Did you know that fursuit makers don't have to manually carve heads anymore???

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

Fursuit makers had to risk terrible carpal tunnel with every head they sculpted, with some makers sculpting 10-15 heads a year. Plus sculpting feet, tail, all in foam with scissors or a knife. NOPE, now they can 3d print it in durable tpu!

But also just look at fursuits. Digi has advanced SO far from the broken ankles of the late 2000's. Smooth digi legs, attached by zipper? Holy crap they look so good I can't wait to see what fursuit makers get up to next

Tonight on stream: Order 13! What's scarier than halloween? Working at a haunted Amazon warehouse... I'm sure it's fine, just so long as we keep the cat alive. Scream starts around 7pm eastern, see you there~

Sometimes you need a reminder of why you're doing what you're doing... I've been so wrapped up in just surviving that I forgot why I love creating 3D art and VR assets. Getting to help others be the creatures they've always wanted, that they see themselves as ...

There's a very special thing that VR artists get to share with fursuit makers, and that's getting to give people the ability to become who or what they see inside, to make that real. I've been struggling so long that I kinda forgot that. So I'm grateful for reminders to keep me grounded

I like VR. I like VRChat. I think it gets a lot of bad flack that it doesn't deserve, and a lot that it does. And it's one of the few places where people can step out of their own skin for a little while and be what they see in their minds eye. It's imagination given form, and it's awesome.

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This sleep issue is really slowing me down... Ugh. But! Next big retexture commission is almost done and I'm excited to show you it! I just should be much further with everything 😭

I go to sleep early, I wake up early. I take melatonin, it puts me to sleep but I still wake up early. Everything is FINE. No health issues, I'm getting magnesium and potassium, protein, etc I just ... Wake up two hours early and it's pissing me off. :(

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Hi everyone! Tech here! Giving you an update as we progress here. We've finished patching the core language at this point, and we are currently running through the site checking for any bugs or issues that the patch as caused, as we used this opportunity to bump major versions of PHP.

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Finished the hair last week! :) It's totally removable and comes off in two pieces so the owner can wear her with just the front hair or no hair at all. The front had two magnets and two snaps, while the back has eight snaps. It's split in the middle so you can still use the zipper. 🐾 #fursuit

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Hey fuzzies! Tech Here! Out of an abundance of caution related to the recent announcement of a 9.2 CVE vulnerability affecting PHP, we will be taking the site offline until we are patched, most likely for about 11 hours (Until 4pm Eastern) We'll be back! Thank you for your understanding

Tonight on stream: Spookality! It's time for VRChat's Spookality game jam! And this year promises to be crazy spooky, with the new campground hub world! Scream - I mean stream - starts around 7pm Eastern, see you then!

There's a blender addon for sale that says it will do exactly what I want when it comes to destroying things but it's all vibe coded. There's the ethical issues with this, but also how do I know it won't break between blender versions? Can the prompter even provide support? No, they can't.