The_Z

The_Z

@ninjamonkey.bsky.social

Comic artist/illustrator in KCMO area. 🧑‍🎨Commissions: inquire via DM 💵Support/Shop/Commish: https://ko-fi.com/TheDashZ , patreon.com/NinjaMonkey 🛒PoD Smerch: redbubble.com/people/NinjaMonkeyZ 🏠Home: www.ninja-monkey.com

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Simplified my commish sheet and got to do some guache of my OC Orange in the process. Win win. With monthly support, you can get free sketches or a commission discount. Links in profile. #artistsupport #artistforhire #NoAI #digitalart #analogart #characterportrait

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The God of Bad Art gets offerings from all over the world, but in Their temple, They sometimes appear. "Why bad art?" I ask. "It is brave", the God replies. "To try and fail?" "No," the God chuckles. "Any creative work is a defiance of entropy, of Death itself. If you create, you do not fail."

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Hey, guys, thanks to everyone for your interest! ❤️‍🔥 I really hope this will help build a great and supportive community of artists! 🔥🔥 There are still ✨70 spots available✨, so I’m looking forward to welcoming everyone - both new and old followers! Don’t hesitate to reach out and join! ✨

thornmace@thornmace.bsky.social

Here is ✨the 2nd pack of ✨💖wonderful supportive artists💖✨ - don’t forget to check them out please, they absolutely deserve it!! Also, there are still plenty of open spots in this pack, just waiting for some cuties to fill them! Love you guys, and wish you all the best! ❤️‍🔥

Corporations are the real welfare queens. They’ll sponge up your tax money and then blame it whatever scapegoat story the populace will swallow.

M Meerkat@kackbro.bsky.social

Elizabeth Warren Is On A Roll.......

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like for real just let your nuts hang boss. also dont be afraid to leave your works without that glossy silky smooth manufactured consistancy, you dont need to hide the nature of your medium and the evidence of your work.

Goopy 🌈Silly Artist🌈@goopydoopyart.bsky.social

Artists, the pressure to 'find your style' is a product derived from capitalism. As you continue to create, you will keep finding new things in your style. Your style will keep changing and evolving. It is not a finite finishing line. It is something that you are constantly always learning.

I finally started watching Smiling Friends (we gave up cable just before it premiered). I really vibed with Allan for some reason and my eldest drolled “great, now she’ll be pairing him with, like, Larry…” “I ACCEPT YOUR REQUEST!” I declared and he instantly regretted it. 😈 #smilingfriends #fanart

Larry from The Amazing World of Gumball seems like he is on that grindset; taking some really odd jobs… maybe answering questionable forum requests?

I think I’m heading toward a poison tooth scenario for the second time in my life. Yay. Woo. Stupid wisdom tooth is impacted and sideways. It erupted a few years ago, but now that part just chipped off and it’s been causing tenderness the past week. Ugh. Piece of shit meatsuit.

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I know that it just comes down to personal taste, but it still always bums me out to hear ppl won't give my comics a chance because they're not in colour 😔 Black and White comics are cool I promise

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Whenever I see other creatives (and also sometimes myself, let’s be real) wonder what it’s all for given the state of things, I feel this so much:

Reposting these because I stumbled across them in my sketchbook and they made me giggle. I hope they brighten your day, too. #wildlifeart #animalart #sketchbook #outofcontextquotes

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This is a good illustration of how so much of AI theft isn't indirect (ie, data sucked into a model to train the chatbot) - it's actually **direct** copying, but *enabled* by GenAI. Of course it is: chatbots absolutely suck at creating good, new stuff.

Old man has really been slowing down over the past couple years, so I’m not quite getting the exercise I need. I don’t want to just leave him behind! He’s been my walkin buddy for over a decade! So, I let him get his walk, then I put him in the wagon to tag along. #corgi #senior #kaiserthecorgi

Speaking of kind artists, I think about it often how creatives really stepped up to ease the woes of those people isolated during the pandemic and how little credit they got afterwards. What’s more, its such a kick in the nuts that immediately after, tech bros steal their shit to run their scambots.

The pandemic fucked up capitalists in some truly odd ways and I hope future generations take it as cautionary advice. Also, why did people snap back to celebrities and their drama so hard after we freed ourselves from that cycle for a bit. Is it really that cathartic to consume their drama?

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Hi, guys! 💖 I wanted to celebrate✨2k subs✨, so I put together my first pack! I’ve gathered the most talented and supportive artists! I love you all and thank you with all my heart! 🙏 Follow them, and if you’d like to be included in the 2nd pack, just let me know in the comms (rules are there too).

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Here is ✨the 2nd pack of ✨💖wonderful supportive artists💖✨ - don’t forget to check them out please, they absolutely deserve it!! Also, there are still plenty of open spots in this pack, just waiting for some cuties to fill them! Love you guys, and wish you all the best! ❤️‍🔥

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AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

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If you're using "A.i." for search, you're filling your brain with lies, propaganda, and bullshit. Use @duckduckgo.com or @kagi.com and turn the "A.i." features OFF.

Will Oremus@willoremus.com

Voters who Googled how to donate to Talarico got an AI answer that led them to give to a different senator. A network of fake news websites seeded messaging about state & local candidates that AI answers picked up on. My story on how the AI midterms are going: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

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Artists, show your range. I do a little bit of everything depending on the whims of my muse. I also sculpt and have more practical arts like cooking and baking. It’s time and energy I don’t have 😭 #figuredrawing #natureart #comicart #portrait #acrylicpainting #markerart #originalart #fanart #covid

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Microsoft literally told fragile white guys to use AI to compete with Black co-workers.

KetAnthropic JoshAI@ketanjoshi.co

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

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So we've got game companies that don't like making games, movie studios that don't like making movies, health care companies that despise health care, search engine companies that don't like search results... Running the country like a business seems to be working just as we should've expected.

Page 3 is up for the public! You can read ahead on the Patreon. Your support helps our household and really fuels my motivation. Thank you for long-time supporters on Patreon and Ko-Fi! #webcomic #journeytothewest

Ninja Monkey Comic (updates Wednesday)@ninjamonkeycomic.bsky.social

Prologue Ch.3, p.3 Things seem strange when you first set out from home. This is a patron-supported #comic. We could use more support! Pledges, tips, interaction all help. Thank you! Support: 🏠 www.ninja-monkey.com 👁️‍🗨️ ninjamonkey.webcomic.studio 💰 patreon.com/NinjaMonkey 🫰 ko-fi.com/TheDashZ 👍 🔁 💬