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Kokari and Ume

I never get tired of replaying Okami and I love to play the fishing mini game with these two <3

#happy anniversary Okami <3 #self reblog #okami #okamiden

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btw! I was made aware that many people don't know that we're boycotting Eurovision this year, so.

we are boycotting Eurovision, as per BDS guidelines.

don't watch the stream, don't engage with the videos, don't post it about it on social media using hashtags that are going to trend.

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It's National Unicorn Day, the perfect time to draw one of these guys! 🦄

#self reblog icymi <3 #unicorn #fantasy art #fantasy illustration #equine art #horse art #animal art #original art #digital art #digital artist

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It's National Unicorn Day, the perfect time to draw one of these guys! 🦄

#served as practise for my semirealistic style #getting more comfortable with the new watercolor brushes #unicorn #fantasy art #fantasy illustration #equine art #horse art #animal art #original art #digital art #digital artist #artists on tumblr

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#art struggles

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Digital watercolor test feat. Bizzkit the Fizzgig. He likes to steal biscuits but he was kind enough to share one with you 🍪

#self reblog icymi <3 #the dark crystal #the dark crystal age of resistance #fizzgig #dark crystal oc #fantasy art #animal art #digital art

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Digital watercolor test feat. Bizzkit the Fizzgig. He likes to steal biscuits but he was kind enough to share one with you 🍪

#the dark crystal #the dark crystal age of resistance #fizzgig #dark crystal oc #fantasy art #animal art #digital art #artists on tumblr

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#save me name generators #art advice

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The Boy and his Unicorn

Some new OCs I've been thinking about lately. Designs and names aren't set in stone yet.

#self reblog icymi <3 #original character art #original character #original art #fantasy art #unicorn #elf #elf oc

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The Boy and his Unicorn

Some new OCs I've been thinking about lately. Designs and names aren't set in stone yet.

#not entirely satisfied with this work but it'll do for now #tho it was fun to come up with my own weird design for the unicorn :) #original character art #original character #original art #fantasy art #unicorn #elf #elf oc #artists on tumblr

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make bad art or you will always feel bad about your art. Make bad art until you find joy in the crooked lines and the off colours. Make bad art because art is about expression and artwork is never ugly because it was made by someone who has lived a life no one else will ever live. Make bad art and find love through ugly. Make bad art so you make art at all. Make bad art.

#art advice

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Words cannot describe how foundational and impactful Akira Toriyama's art was for the little me and many, many others. Dragon Ball gave me the spark to become an artist and keep practising to become an even better one. There's so many fond memories I actually cried while drawing this.

Thank you Toriyama, for everything!

#icymi #dragon ball #dragon ball z #dbz #dbz vegeta #vegeta

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Words cannot describe how foundational and impactful Akira Toriyama's art was for the little me and many, many others. Dragon Ball gave me the spark to become an artist and keep practising to become an even better one. There's so many fond memories I actually cried while drawing this.

Thank you Toriyama, for everything!

#i still have many Vegeta drawings from my teenage years #my obsession with this angry onion head is responsible for most of my art skills lol #thank you toriyama #dragon ball #dragon ball z #dbz #dbz vegeta #vegeta

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Nealia happily prancing and playing her lyre after gathering just a few pretty rocks along the way 🎵

I updated her design a bit. The lyre was especially in need of a makeover. Now it resembles the Spriton clan symbol more! 🌱

#icymi <3 #the dark crystal #the dark crystal age of resistance #dark crystal #age of resistance #gelfling #gelfling oc #fantasy art #fantasy illustration #character art #character illustration

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Nealia happily prancing and playing her lyre after gathering just a few pretty rocks along the way 🎵

I updated her design a bit. The lyre was especially in need of a makeover. Now it resembles the Spriton clan symbol more! 🌱

#the dark crystal #the dark crystal age of resistance #dark crystal #age of resistance #gelfling #gelfling oc #fantasy art #fantasy illustration #character art #character illustration

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Some positivity in these turbulent AI times

*This does not minimize the crisis at hand, but is aimed at easing any anxieties.

With every social media selling our data to AI companies now, there is very little way to avoid being scraped. The sad thing is many of us still NEED social media to advertise ourselves and get seen by clients. I can't help but feeling that we as artists are not at risk of losing our livelihoods, here is why:

Just because your data is available does not mean that AI companies will/want to use it. Your work may never end up being scraped at all.

The possibility of someone who uses AI art prompts can replace you (if your work is scraped) is very unlikely. Art Directors and clients HAVE to work with people, the person using AI art cannot back up what a machine made. Their final product for a client will never be substantial since AI prompts cannot be consistent with use and edits requested will be impossible.

AI creators will NEVER be able to make a move unless us artists make a move first. They will always be behind in the industry.

AI creators lack the fundamental skills of art and therefore cannot detect when something looks off in a composition. Many professional artists like me get hired repeatedly for a reason! WE as artists know what we're doing.

The art community is close-knit and can fund itself. Look at furry commissions, Patreon, art conventions, Hollywood. Real art will always be able to make money and find an audience because it's how we communicate as a species.

AI creators lack the passion and ambition to make a career out of AI prompts. Not that they couldn't start drawing at any time, but these tend to be the people who don't enjoy creating art to begin with.

There is no story or personal experience that can be shared about AI prompts so paying customers will lose interest quickly.

Art is needed to help advance society along, history says so. To do that, companies will need to hire artists (music, architecture, photography, design, etc). The best way for us artists to keep fighting for our voice to be heard right now is staying visible. Do not hide or give in! That is what they want. Continue posting online and/or in person and sharing your art with the world. It takes a community and we need you!

#thank you op

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They are already selling data to midjourney, and it's very likely your work is already being used to train their models because you have to OPT OUT of this, not opt in. Very scummy of them to roll this out unannounced.

#protect your data guys #read the comments for more detailed instructions