"If I was to use ChatGPT for my designs rather than our designer Sean, that's taking money out of the local area into the hands of a multibillionaire ... removing value from the local community and local artists [and] into the hands of some of the richest people in the world."
#AIslop #refuseresist
I am right there with you brother
I don’t think they’re irrational— they feel like an accurate diagnosis of what’s happening
After two decades, Samurai Champloo's soundtrack is still iconic. Its influence is everywhere.
Shinichiro Watanabe loved underground hip hop -- and he hired artists like Nujabes to create music that doesn't just fall into the background. We explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-music-...
This has definitely been on my mind a lot lately… Feels like most of the big ticket jobs are shorter in duration, go to an increasingly smaller pool of individuals, and less stuff is just being made overall, which feels like it’s just putting the entire industry on a crash-course
Dirt LA (yes that’s their name lol), Proud of You, and Puppy Studio are all really great ones to check out!
Spring 🌸
#Procreate
Every time I go on LinkedIn it's just announcements from the industry's biggest power players looking for work 💀
Beach time! 🏄♂️🌊💕
Gouache.
Beach time! 🏄♂️🌊💕
And after all that, the Pitt/Cruise AI fight scene appears to have been just digital BG and face replacement on multi-angle green screen reference videos of two real live human stuntees fighting.
In other words, like most AI hype — it was a con. www.shokunin.studio/blog/2026/2/...
excellent take fully agree
some flowers using Heavypaint 💐
A digital illustration of a man in traditional korean wear holding a glowing pegasus. A ring of fire surrounds the two of them
Year of the Fire Horse
The kids actually made animals that don't exist. The AI just put a bunch of stuff that already exists together into a polished slop blender. You can't get a better illustration of why AI can't create anything new while human creativity is bottomless.
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missing the sun. Ipanema sketch, last fall
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Black and white illustration- a woman with bird feet and wings sprouting from her back and head. She is kneeling on a bit of rock in the middle of the water with a couple scrubby little trees for company.
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A view from a cave opening of a tree stump and some abstract foliage in front of a waterfall
The Cave
I had the opportunity to storyboard the intro for Fionna and Cake season 2 and this was the animatic I put together for it!
Shout out to @smallbu.bsky.social for going so hard animating the final version. And to composer Amanda Jones for the heart pumping score!
I am soooo in love with the opening for this season, it goes SO HARD haha. Amazing work!!!
Hi! #portfolioday
I’m an illustrator & concept artist based in Japan, open for new opportunities✨
Hi! I'm Will. I'm a visual development artist for animation. :] #PortfolioDay
Thank you!! right back at you— your work is beautiful! 😊
#portfolioday I'm Austen, I do visdev/bg design+paint for animation ✨
Here's the #portfolioday post. Probably most recognized for my nostalgia fueled marker work but i'm also a character designer with years of industry and freelance experience as well. I'm available to work!
Portolio: theartofnuridurr.com
Contact: nuridurr.works@gmail.com
Concept art by Mark Whiting for The Iron Giant (1999), dir. Brad Bird, Warner Bros. Feature Animation
