This#FanArtFriday features the very talented artist @artoonooref.bsky.social who has a variety of really great #SWATKats works on display 💯 Make sure to follow, like, and even commission at ▶️ https://hipolink.net/artoonooref
AI inevitably leads to enshitification because to be worth it, it can't just be a *step* in the process, it needs to be *the process*.
This is what I try to explain to people about AI: companies won't use it to "brainstorm", because that's just buying one more pricy tool on top of all the others. What they want is for an exec to say "diving suit" and have AI churn out some crap which they will push out the door right away.
Looool
You've heard of over-engineered, now get ready for over-designed 😂
WHY DO THEY ALL HAVE THE WIERD GOLD TRIM?? WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!?
(in the middle of typing this i realised it might be related to the outfit level, but c'mon there are more creative ways to incorporate this...) #TombRaider
It's kind of giving "Flash Gordon" 😁
Watching someone rip though the sMaLLTaLk iS dUmB crowd is the good news I needed this morning ☕
Ugh, I feel you. So many accounts here post but when you leave a comment - nothing. Not even a like. I do have a fan group here who I enjoy discussing with (which I can't do on Xitter AT ALL since it's full of grifters monetizing fan rage), but overall ppl really see this place as a bulletin board 😛
...The biggest problem of LoLC is that it just feels tired, like something we need to get over with before the franchise gets a soft reboot. Even without the review bombing this show didn't seem to generate much enthusiasm, so will not be surprised if it gets swept under the carpet...
Anyway, LoLC is not the worst thing out there, but it does feel like everybody kind of gave up midway through and just decided to work on whatever they personally found interesting (which mostly seems to be Yoruba mythology, cyberpunk designs, and tragically bad haircuts)...
Penelope Stone from Legend of Lara Croft
Fig from Legend of Lara Croft
I think there is nothing that exemplified the lack of direction this show suffers from than these two ladies who look like they just fell out of Cyberpunk 2077. How do these designs mash AT ALL with anything Tomb Raider related?? What are we even doing!? 😩
Orisha Masks from Legend of Lara Croft.
I loved the whole story about the Orisha Masks! Sadly there wasn't much narrative reason for Lara to be in it. The way they touched on slavery was well done at first, but then Sam gets mad at a website (?) calling enslaved people "immigrants" so idk maybe she needs to stop talking to Grok.
Decided to give LoLC s2 a chance and the story kicks off with Lara questioning whether she should return the artifacts her dad found and I'm like ok, that's new to the franchise let's see how they explore it and then... nothing. It's resolved in the first episode and never mentioned again 😐
Beatin’ heart.
#DantexLady #DMC #DevilMayCry #NetflixDMC
If it was 2008 YouTube, she probably wouldn't even need to make it 🤪
Remastered graphics really saved the Cairo section for me. The old textures were too low res to really convey what they were going for and combined with the lack of details I really used to feel like I was navigating a warehouse park 😝
Ngl I found the several types of amo thing kind of annoying? Still can't say I really noticed a difference between wide-shot and regular shotgun amo 🤷♀️ Maybe if they reduced the number of weapons, switching amo wouldn't feel like a waste of time...
Before taking her on as a protegee he makes Lara wear a dirndl and do the slap dance 😂
Bonus points if you know the meme hehe
Warner Von Croy plays the trumpet in traditional Austrian dress while Lara bows her head in defeat
Apparently Von Croy has a PhD in musicology and I insist his thesis was about Austrian folk music #laracroft #TombRaider
Laura Cruz, the OG diva
😂😂😂
I got her last week (so last week of February). I'm in the EU so don't know if that makes a difference, I got her from a local toy retailer rather than Youtooz shop directly. I also ordered long ago, August 2025 😝
But I hope she arrives to you soon! The delivery date was pushed back constantly...
Yeah I'm not sure what the idea with the eyes was, they really don't work AND Youtooz also makes dolls with normal eyes?? So it's not like the ^^ eyes are their trademark or something...
Youtooz Lara Croft figure
Youtooz Lara Croft figure with custom eyes
Forgot to post about her: #LaraCroft from Youtooz! Cuter than a funko, though colours are kind of desaturated. Supposed to be TR4 but closer to TR2-3 look. I don't like the stylised eyes but I always intended to modify them so all good 👍 Price range is appropriate for once 😝
Hahahaha love it!
Anyway, the way things currently stand my day job in IT is far more fulfilling than having an art career would be. This won't be true for everybody, but it is it true for *you*, then it's ok to scale down the art efforts, and put your energy into something that fills your cup better 🚰
Maybe it seems like I've gone on a tangent, but I've had SO MANY people wonder why I would do something else instead of Art™, and I cheerish my followers but the effort/payoff ratio of art for me is pretty low in every aspect except "want to draw blorbos", which is not high in the Hierarchy of Needs
ExTeRnAl VaLiDaTiOn = bAd
The internet glorifies this idea of an independent man-island who survives purely of their own vibes, and then wonders why being cronically online makes them miserable 🙄 Most people are not built to function completely isolated.
