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ladadoodles · 2 months

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I did a commission and briefly had two clown boys (Also tried out my light box for the first time)

Welcome to Clown Town 🤡

Getting back in the amigurumi game with my favorite clown boi Pietro.

#animal crossing new horizons #animal crossing #ACNH #amigurumi #crochet #finished work #Pietro

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ladadoodles · 2 months

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hey, everybody go into your blog settings right now, go to Visibility, and click prevent third party sharing. Do it for all your blogs.

The fact tumblr is partnering with AI companies fucking blows but at least (at the very fucking least!) we can opt out.

#PSA #tumblr bs #protect your art

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ladadoodles · 2 months

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Automattic will sign a contract with OpenAI for Midjourney to learn off of Tumblr and Wordpress

Hello! Automattic, Tumblr's parent company, will sign a contract with OpenAI and Midjourney so Midjourney can learn off of Tumblr's and WordPress' art and other user data. :) (The full text of this article is copy/pasted in the cut below). You can opt out! but I truly cannot imagine a more idiotic or out of touch decision on the part of Tumblr's CEO.

First thing's first: When/if this goes live, opt out of this immediately. Do this even if you're not an artist. The more people opt out, the less valuable this contract is to Midjourney. in an ideal world, literally all of the active users would opt out, but if we can even get to 50% that's pretty delicious.

Second: Contact Tumblr Support. It's vital that you do this politely. Tumblr staff is not responsible for this decision and the point of doing this is to show the userbase's unwillingness to be involved in this, not harangue Tumblr staff. (Seriously, stop haranguing Tumblr staff). Here's a script:

Hi, I'm writing in to express my disappointment in Automattic's pending contract with OpenAI to sell user data. Midjourney is already embroiled in copyright lawsuits, and it is not possible to train it without compromising copyright, including violating the IP of artists on this site. I strongly protest this contract and will opt out if it goes live. Depending on the privacy terms around what user data is sold to OpenAI and why, it is possible I will leave the platform entirely. Thank you for your time.

Third: Download Glaze and start poisoning them prompts, my friends

Fourth: Stare into the middle distance for a second with me because holy fucking shit? How stupid can one decision be?

Tumblr and Wordpress are preparing to sell user data to Midjourney and OpenAI, according to a source with internal knowledge about the deals and internal documentation referring to the deals.

The exact types of data from each platform going to each company are not spelled out in documentation we’ve reviewed, but internal communications reviewed by 404 Media make clear that deals between Automattic, the platforms’ parent company, and OpenAI and Midjourney are imminent.

The internal documentation details a messy and controversial process within Tumblr itself. One internal post made by Cyle Gage, a product manager at Tumblr, states that a query made to prepare data for OpenAI and Midjourney compiled a huge number of user posts that it wasn’t supposed to. It is not clear from Gage’s post whether this data has already been sent to OpenAI and Midjourney, or whether Gage was detailing a process for scrubbing the data before it was to be sent.

Gage wrote:

“the way the data was queried for the initial data dump to Midjourney/OpenAI means we compiled a list of all tumblr’s public post content between 2014 and 2023, but also unfortunately it included, and should not have included:

private posts on public blogs

posts on deleted or suspended blogs

unanswered asks (normally these are not public until they’re answered)

private answers (these only show up to the receiver and are not public)

posts that are marked ‘explicit’ / NSFW / ‘mature’ by our more modern standards (this may not be a big deal, I don’t know)

content from premium partner blogs (special brand blogs like Apple’s former music blog, for example, who spent money with us on an ad campaign) that may have creative that doesn’t belong to us, and we don’t have the rights to share with this-parties; this one is kinda unknown to me, what deals are in place historically and what they should prevent us from doing.”

Gage’s post makes clear that engineers are working on compiling a list of post IDs that should not have been included, and that password-protected posts, DMs, and media flagged as CSAM and other community guidelines violations were not included.

Automattic plans to launch a new setting on Wednesday that will allow users to opt-out of data sharing with third parties, including AI companies, according to the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, and internal documents. A new FAQ section we reviewed is titled “What happens when you opt out?” states that “If you opt out from the start, we will block crawlers from accessing your content by adding your site on a disallowed list. If you change your mind later, we also plan to update any partners about people who newly opt-out and ask that their content be removed from past sources and future training.”

404 Media has asked Automattic how it accidentally compiled data that it shouldn’t share, and whether any of that content was shared with OpenAI, but did not immediately hear back from the company. 404 Media asked Automattic about an imminent deal with Midjourney last week but did not hear back then, either.

Another internal document shows that, on February 23, an employee asked in a staff-only thread, “Do we have assurances that if a user opts out of their data being shared with third parties that our existing data partners will be notified of such a change and remove their data?”

Andrew Spittle, Automattic’s head of AI replied: “We will notify existing partners on a regular basis about anyone who's opted out since the last time we provided a list. I want this to be an ongoing process where we regularly advocate for past content to be excluded based on current preferences. We will ask that content be deleted and removed from any future training runs. I believe partners will honor this based on our conversations with them to this point. I don't think they gain much overall by retaining it.” Automattic did not respond to a question from 404 Media about whether it could guarantee that people who opt out will have their data deleted retroactively.

News about a deal between Tumblr and Midjourney has been rumored and speculated about on Tumblr for the last week. Someone claiming to be a former Tumblr employee announced in a Tumblr blog post that the platform was working on a deal with Midjourney, and the rumor made it onto Blind, an app for verified employees of companies to anonymously discuss their jobs. 404 Media has seen the Blind posts, in which what seems like an Automattic employee says, “I'm not sure why some of you are getting worked up or worried about this. It's totally legal, and sharing it publicly is perfectly fine since it's right there in the terms & conditions. So, go ahead and spread the word as much as you can with your friends and tech journalists, it's totally fine.”

Separately, 404 Media viewed a public, now-deleted post by Gage, the product manager, where he said that he was deleting all of his images off of Tumblr, and would be putting them on his personal website. A still-live post says, “i've deleted my photography from tumblr and will be moving it slowly but surely over to cylegage.com, which i'm building into a photography portfolio that i can control end-to-end.” At one point last week, his personal website had a specific note stating that he did not consent to AI scraping of his images. Gage’s original post has been deleted, and his website is now a blank page that just reads “Cyle.” Gage did not respond to a request for comment from 404 Media.

Several online platforms have made similar deals with AI companies recently, including Reddit, which entered into an AI content licensing deal with Google and said in its SEC filing last week that it’s “in the early stages of monetizing [its] user base” by training AI on users’ posts. Last year, Shutterstock signed a six year deal with OpenAI to provide training data.

OpenAI and Midjourney did not respond to requests for comment.

#reblogging this for your info #and to remind myself i really need to start using Glaze #i signed up for cara.app which looks like a super promising platform and also offers glaze right in the site #this user is anti-AI #text post #tumblr

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ladadoodles · 3 months

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Valentines with Leslie Knope’s terms of endearment for Ann Perkins

#happy Galentines day!#parks and rec #valentines #valentine’s day #Galentines day #self reblog

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ladadoodles · 3 months

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Somehow never posted this over here. Jim & Pam: The Clip vs My Drawings 💗

#the office #pam beesly #jim halpert #Jim x Pam #jenna fischer #john krasinski #colored pencil #fanart #the office fanart #illustration #video #tiktok

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ladadoodles · 5 months

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The podcast episode is finally out today so here are pics from the best day ever. This summer I was invited along with a small group of fellow superflans to a special live recording of Office Ladies. It was a mailbag episode where the ladies opened various gifts and products they have received and read some fan questions (including a Star Wars related question from yours truly). Afterwards there was a reception with small plates and Scotch & Splenda (actually delicious!) and the ladies visited with everyone. I got to show them my drawings in person which was truly a dream come true. A magical day all around, my heart is still soaring with the eagle’s nest.

#the office #office ladies #angela kinsey #jenna fischer #angela martin #pam beesly #office ladies podcast #Ladamania #best day ever

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ladadoodles · 8 months

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My boy is back tonight ❤️

Anakin Skywalker - A Jedi’s Return

#it will probably end in tears #yet I’ll eat up every crumb #anakin skywalker #hayden christensen #reblog

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ladadoodles · 10 months

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Next in my office art revisit is the other great office romance, Dwight and Angela. I was asked to create this piece for Jenna and Angela’s book Office BFFs. In the book, Angela Kinsey recalls having to sing in the Benihana Christmas episode and how nervous she was but Rainn Wilson kneeled down in front of her to keep time and be her support. Knowing that story makes the moment and the drawing of it all the more special.

For those interested in materials, this drawing was made using my current go-to pencils: Caran D’Ache Luminance and Derwent Lightfast (and a few Derwent Drawings since I have yet to find a pencil I like more for hair).

Dwangela

(Featured in The Office BFFs | prints and more)

#reblog #dwight x angela #summer 23 revisit #office ladies

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ladadoodles · 10 months

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Next up on my Office drawing revisit is this moment from the episode where Jim has a house party and he and Pam share this little moment in his room, or his ‘home office’ as Pam puts it. This was a pretty ambitious one with quite a bit of background drawing for me (I simplified the clutter on Jim’s desk and decided to not mess with the cork board on the wall). But what really makes this drawing special is it got me a shoutout on Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey’s Office Ladies podcast, as well as an Instagram regram from Jenna. After that I somehow stayed on their radar because a year and a half later I was asked to illustrate a couple pieces for their book Office BFFs. Because of all that this one really hold a special place.

Jim and Pam - Home Office

“Oh, yearbook!” ”Yeah, you don’t have to… Alright, yes, that’s not gonna be awkward at all.” “Ooooohhh no!” ”Oh yeah.” “You were so dorky!” ”Thank you.” - ep 209 “E-Mail Surveillance”

#reblog #jim x pam #summer 23 revisit #office ladies

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ladadoodles · 10 months

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Next favorite Office piece is definitely one of my most popular. I love this scene where Jim and Pam share earbuds and sway to music from his iPad (RIP). For this one I drew the figures on one paper and the background on another and the result came out very nicely. Still mostly Derwent Drawing but at this point I started incorporating some Faber-Castell Polychromos.

Jim and Pam - Swaying (isn’t Dancing)

For the love you bring won’t mean a thing Unless you sing, sing, sing, sing - “Sing” by Travis

[without background]

#jim x pam #summer 23 revisit #reblog

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ladadoodles · 10 months

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My next fave office piece is the only one I’ve done of Michael Scott. S2’s Halloween episode is one of my faves and Michael/Steve Carell is so funny in it. I remember when drawing this that I thought the paper mache head would be easy compared to drawing Michael himself but I was very wrong about that 😅 still this was a fun one

Michael Scott - Halloween

Derwent drawing pencils on Strathmore tan toned paper

#reblog #summer 23 revisit #michael scott #halloween #the office

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ladadoodles · 10 months

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My next fave office piece is this moment from the 2nd episode of Season 2. I had the idea early on to mimic the focus shift from Pam and her mom to Jim pretending he didn’t hear Pam’s mom just ask about him (but the smile coming out anyway). I drew one piece then used Photoshop (which I’m kind of an expert at) to get the out-of-focus look. The effect came out nicely, and I also still love the hair and the jellybean container.

“So Which One is Jim?” - cinematic version (standard version here)

#reblog #jim x pam #summer 23 revisit

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ladadoodles · 10 months

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In honor of an exciting thing I have coming up this month, I’m gonna reblog some of my favorite Office pieces over the next couple weeks. This was the 2nd office piece I did and still am pretty happy with it. At this time I was almost exclusively using Derwent Drawing pencils, hence why the red straws and green coasters aren’t very brightly colored (they are great for hair and fur and are still what I mostly use when coloring hair).