It’s striking how almost everybody who actually makes a living as an influencer now seems to be completely miserable + on the point of total breakdown from having to churn out content essentially every waking hour (as that’s what the algo requires).
Living like that is inhuman.
the older I get the more I deeply understand and envy Bill Watterson and his total disgust with pretty much everything in our culture.
I can only imagine how he’s feeling right now.
I replaced my 11 year-old Cintiq this week and it was surprisingly emotional. I spent a lot of hours promising to finish my children's book on this thing.
If you're not familiar with the original... The dumpster episode of The Chris Gethard Show from 2016 w/ Paul Scheer and Jason Mantzoukas is one of the greatest 40-some minutes of television. If you haven't seen it, don't Google it, go in blind. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwi_...
Know it’s very unoriginal to say or do but I’ve been looking at Bill Watterson’s original art and the linework is pretty damn tasty. There is both a precision and unprecious way the strokes are done.
‘The Good Advice Cupcake’ creator Loryn Brantz says she is “horrified and disgusted” after BuzzFeed allegedly gave her character to an AI platform without her involvement.
She also called for a boycott of BuzzFeed and AI-produced animation.
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"I’m sorry, Naume. Patrick paid me to draw a caricature of you two but I took up too much room drawing the elephant in your picture so you can’t really see you two. That’s my bad. Please forgive me. No refunds."
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"I’m sorry, Armand. Patrick paid me to draw a caricature of you for your birthday but I’m just awful at caricatures so this turned out really crappy so now your birthday is ruined and it’s all my fault. No refunds."
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"I’m sorry, Ari and Joe. Derek paid me to draw a caricature of you and your dogs for your wedding, but I’m not good at either people or animals so this drawing is a mess. I hope I didn’t ruin your wedding. No refunds."
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