Just a periodic reminder that it's a good idea to bookmark your favorite artists' sites, sign up for their newsletters, and follow them everywhere you can. (My links are in my profile & pinned post!). Because of the current climate of censorship you never know where we'll get kicked off of next.
Visa is easy but you have to trick the phone tree with Mastercard
1. select option that you have a card
2. select option to for account info
3. press a few random buttons when asked to give ur card, wait until it transfers you to an agent
4. Request to file a complaint abt discriminatory practices
CLARIFICATION :
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
Hello! I am a public librarian. PLEASE do this. Library administrative offices are the exact damn same as any other corporate office: they live and die by written customer feedback. Tell them with your words that Pride matters to you. Please. *Please.*
reminder, bsky has a clever way to display pronouns that's built in!
but you only see them if you yourself opt in, so please feel free to here by subscribing and then choosing which applies!!
@pronouns.diy
Digital illustration of studio Ghibli Kodama spirits holding a flag: “If you claim to love Studio Ghibli but use the ChatGPT Ghibli image generator, then no. You don’t love Studio Ghibli. Even further, you fundamentally do not understand or respect Miyazaki and his art.”
It really is that simple❤️
#studioghibli #ghibli #hayaomiyazaki
Okay folks. I made a ko-fi for my girl's dental surgery. Long story short, I left my dream job in my career field last June due to physical abuse. I've had a full time job ever since then and I am safe but it doesn't pay well.
ko-fi.com/monsterlice/...
Even if you're not an NSFW artist, a porn ban affects you
If you've ever drawn a boob or a butt or a dong or looked at them online, just because the human body is the human body, a porn ban affects you
If you draw creatures, if you draw horror themes, if you draw dark art or robots or furries or
People are always askin what they can do so here we go
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Today and in the coming days, remember
screenshot of Google admin console Gemini settings
For anyone who uses Google Suite/Gmail and wants to turn off their fuckin annoying Gemini AI program that harvests your data and reads your emails ("to better assist you!") just go into your admin console and switch it off.
Mel Medarda
The Met costume collection and the V&A are my go-to sources for historical costume research on my projects, and the Edo kimono collection helped me so much while working on Blue Eye Samurai. Having access to museum archives online is an invaluable resource for artists
Something to keep in mind for 2025
Written by James Miller of A Small Fiction
Art of a moose skull with antlers, with plant buds sprouting off the ends of the antlers, and the text "may your new year be fertilised by the bones of those who would wish you harm". The artists mark/signature is in the bottom left corner.
This seems appropriate here.
Because these damn tins contain anything but cookies
Large brown spotted tabby lying face down on a cushioned red and purple comforter, in the corner of a bed, surrounded by bookshelves
Ok, folks. Buckle up, because I'm about to give you a very long thread of guidance about internet privacy and safety in an evolving landscape.
I am a security architect with more than twenty years of experience in this maelstrom, so hold on tight. 🧵
Odin is as tired as we are.
illustration of a baby Yule Goat jumping in the snow with a berry garland
Happy Yule ✨
Hello everyone~!
I have a new riso print in my shop! It's a beautiful 2 colored limited run, signed and editioned. I'm also selling the leftovers of the print Worship!
Perfect for those just trying to get through this holiday season.
Check out my shop here:
www.rowanmaccoll.com/shop/long-ni...
A shirtless man pleads on the floor of a Christmas display for mercy. He cries out "PLEASE, ITS CHRISTMAS" a woman noble in her rage raises a huge candy cane over her head as a cudgel. "It's December 10th" she retorts without pity.
Hey it's December 10th
Panel 1 Ghost walking away suspiciously, Price: "wot do you have." Panel 2 Ghost slowly turning around: ...a smoothie Panel 3 a small cat pops out of Ghost's vest so Ghost cursed softly "shit" Price, sarcastically: ...a smoothie huh? Panel 4 A few more "smoothies" (aka cats) popped out, Ghost: "yeah― a few smoothies..." Price, surprised: "HOW―"
Guess how many "smoothies" Ghost have hehe
#PriceGhostWeek
In case any of my fellow creatives also needed this reminder:
Black and white value oil painting on canvas painting of a still life. A rock on the left, a cone of yarn in the front and a block of styrofoam behind the yarn.
Old oil painting still life from when I first started painting. #art #traditionalart #oilpainting #stillife
Master study of hands and cloth drapery. Central figure draped in cloth surrounded by 3 hands drawn close up.
More old art from school. #art #traditionalart #masterstudy
Assuming all fanfiction is written poorly really just shows you've never been caught in the chokehold of a 150k slowburn that changed the course of your life at 2:40am written by someone whose username has 4 Zs in it and they only wrote one fic and then vanished like an ethereal legend.
Same here with my life drawing and master studies I’ve posted 😔
Color pastel drawing of a woman lying on the ground with her feet up on two pedestals with a white cloth draped over them. Drawn on brown parchment paper.
More of less stuff from a life drawing class working in color pastels. #art #traditionalart
The Heaviness of Words Unspoken.
On top there is a close up of Jean's pale eyes, piercing through you. Below is Jean with The Pale, shown as smoke, emanating from his eyes. The text on the picture reads: When you look at him, it's like the pale stares back.
Fragmented memories reflect back at you, and you can't tell if they are his, or yours. | #DiscoElysium #JeanVicquemare
