🎃 Melissa Escobar 🎃

🎃 Melissa Escobar 🎃

@melissaescobarart.com

Illustrator & author. Creator of all things cute, whimsical and magical. Horse girl! Rep: @joycesweeney.bsky.social of The Seymour Agency. Portfolio: www.melissaescobarart.com/ Links: https://linktr.ee/melissaescobarart

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🎃 Melissa Escobar 🎃
@melissaescobarart.com

Stupid tech bros. I hope the AI just collapses onto itself. These books will be so completely awful.

Marco Rinaldi@marcorinaldi.bsky.social

Why? Who is this meant to be good for? Nobody wants your shit AI books, never mind 8,000 in a year. Just a terrible idea and a horrible road the publishing industry is heading down.

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Jenny Mattern
@jengelmattern.bsky.social
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@aoc.bsky.social

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism. We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

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Stephanie Ruble
@stephanieruble.bsky.social

Today is a good day for self care if you need it, like this cat, hiding behind flowers & biding her time. Hope this brings some joy if you need a pick-me-up. I do. 3" x 3" acrylic & Posca painting on stretched canvas. #selfcare #cats #blackcat #flowers #painting #acrylic #posca #stretchedcanvas

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Brian Kirby
@boringstorybook.com

The reactions & questions my 2 sons had after waking up to the news this morning reinforced my strong belief that children are incredibly sophisticated in their thinking, and only lacking in answers that experience will give them. Never talk down to a child. Always help them reach the best answer. ❤️

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Dow Phumiruk
@dowphumiruk.bsky.social

You are not alone, by far. 💙“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear.” - Toni Morrison. #kidlit #illustration #art #artist #artists #fight #lgbtqrights #womensrights #kindness #tolerance #freedom

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Lackadaisy Tracy
@lackadaisy.bsky.social

Keep making art. Keep writing your stories. Even if they must exist in secret for a time, they are important - each of them a little act of rebellion. Most of all, keep on living. If you can muster no other motivation on some days, then do it out of righteous spite for those who want you gone.

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Lvadams/Nimure
@lvadams.bsky.social

I find myself clinging to stories I love this morning, and messages of hope. I am scared, more scared than I’ve been in a long time, but trying to convince myself we will get through this, and make it out the other side.

🎃 Melissa Escobar 🎃
@melissaescobarart.com

Yes Procreate!!! I'm so glad to see this!

TechCrunch@techcrunch.com

Procreate takes a stand against generative AI, vows to never incorporate the tech into its products

tcrn.chProcreate takes a stand against generative AI, vows to never incorporate the tech into its productsPopular iPad design app Procreate is coming out against generative AI, and has vowed never to introduce generative AI features into its products. The company said on its website that although machine learning is a “compelling technology with a lot of…

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Richard Kadrey
@richardkadrey.bsky.social

For anyone who uses Photoshop or other Adobe products, here's some fun news about the TOS update. "Adobe Photoshop's New Terms of Service Demands the Right to Access Your Work" lifehacker.com/tech/photosh...

lifehacker.comAdobe Photoshop's New Terms of Service Demands the Right to Access Your WorkCreators are outraged this week, as Adobe changed the Photoshop terms of service to demand the right to access any work produced from the app.
🎃 Melissa Escobar 🎃
@melissaescobarart.com

Yes, this! It's so important!

Debbie Ridpath Ohi@debbieohi.com

Gentle reminder to authors & publishers of illustrated books launching this week: Remember to credit/tag the ILLUSTRATOR, esp if you're using their art in promotional materials. See www.picturesmeanbusiness.com Illus: @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social #PicturesMeanBusiness #KidLit