Folks, please don’t tell artists they shouldn’t be making or selling their art right now. For many, it’s how they pay the bills. Art is vital during times like this. ALL ART. Whether it’s a protest sign or a book cover or just a beautiful drawing. It’s part of the heart of humanity.
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Screenshot of text I’ve written that reads: I really want to rant about the way the world is going and how the creative industries are being destroyed and how those two things are so closely tied together and I want to complain about how hard it is to just exist and create right now and how it feels like you always need to be 'on' and the pressure to always be making content and be visible that's pushed on us by this capitalist fast tech-driven world we're in right now and how it's stifling creativity in the worst way and how it feels like you need to choose between being visible and actually making good art and experimenting and being a human being but I am exhausted and all my energy has been drained
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
This is where I live. So proud of my community for speaking up and being loud. This is a good family who give free meals to the homeless, disabled and elderly
Okay revised the starter pack description to make it clearer.
If u r a designer or illustrator please boost this to help me find other hiring directors.
If u r an art, design, or creative director who hires designers and/or illustrators, raise your hand—I’ll add u.
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I think it’s important to underline here that doing this to the federal government is illegal and a breach of the constitutional order
Why hello there!
My name is Brett Affrunti, I’m a professional illustrator based in New Jersey, right outside Philadelphia.
Feel free to take a look at my work at www.brettaffrunti.com
