#open art guild

[ecrivainsolitaire]

Humans have the capability of perceiving when they're being stared at, even if they can't see it.

Dr. T'Chem was staring at Lieutenant /θkɡɾɑːˈŋæ/ (or as his current fling affectionately nicknamed her, "Tucker-Annie"), whose dorsal spikes were still rattling after the incident at the holodeck. It was his first time at the witness stand, and he didn't want to ruin a young star sailor's life.

Lieutenant Tucker-Annie was the combat specialist in charge of the training dojo of Federation Vessel TSN457, named after the Terra-Saturn-Ceres coalition where Dr. T'Chem currently served as the xenoanthropologist charged with facilitating human integration to the local Federation of Fraternal Planets and Satellites. The FFPS had the goal of finding planets with intelligent life to trade resources and technology, and due to their recent incorporation, local research vessels were fitted with diverse crews to acclimate everyone to each other's cultures and biological needs. Dr. T'Chem was the human expert in the ship, and was tasked with helping smooth over interpersonal relations among the crew.

The relations were, at that moment, as bumpy as Lt. Tucker-Annie's dorsal spike line.

An incident had occurred during a training exercise. The squad consisted of a Venusian, two Saturnians, three Ceresians, two monks from the Transcorporeal Temple of Robotic Ascension, and five Terrans (two humans, two dogs and a cybernetically enhanced cat). The exercise consisted of getting through a generic jungle scenario and, unbeknownst to the squad, avoiding a team of ninjas lead by Lt. Tucker-Annie trying to take them out one by one. It was supposed to test the way they would react to a surprise attack.

It was not supposed to reveal that humans could sense when they were being stalked.

Of course, any trained sailor would have an ingrained knowledge of potential threats and how to spot them. Look for the shadows that are too dark, listen for the spot air isn't blowing from, things like that. Basic things most people don't think about but that can be identified if you think about them.

This was not that.

"Something's watching us," said Crew Johnson, in that sloppy way only creatures with lips spoke.

"What do you mean? There's cameras everywhere, of course they're watching us," responded Crew Hessikh, slithering over the vines on a tree branch to cross a river. She grabbed the axe in Crew Johnson's belt with her telekinesis and took down a small tree to serve as a bridge.

"Crew Flufflepaws, could you please take a look?" Asked Crew Johnson, nervously looking around. Crew Flufflepaws got on the tree as well and scanned the terrain from above.

"I can't see anything, or smell anything. And my hearing isn't what it used to be. I'll stay on the lookout for—" a horrendous hiss interrupted the automatic translator's feed. Crew Flufflepaws' comm line cut off.

Hessikh and Johnson looked at each other. That was the strongest fighter of their team, gone. They knew it was a simulation, but it still gave them chills.

The rest of their crew mates were split into two different teams further along the path. Crew Fanning's voice came from the comm line.

"Johnson, Hessikh, are you okay? What happened to Flufflepaws?"

"We don't know, Johnson said something was watching us and it went to check, then we lost comms."

"I felt it too. I know this isn't that kind of exercise but I think— AAAHHH!"

Two blaster shots were heard, then a thud.

Lieutenant Tucker-Annie, who was watching Hessikh and Johnson from the mud pit behind the latter, had her tranquilizer dart ready. She got ready to shoot down Hessikh, but then heard a voice over the comm line.

"Code Lithium, we have a Code Lithium, we have to end the simulation, I just took down- I can't-" the breathing was sounding heavier and faster, too fast for a human.

"Fanning, calm down, remember your sutras. We need you focused, what happened?"

"I felt like I was being watched, so I turned around and saw this thing and it scared me and I jumped and I thought it was on stun mode and-"

"It's alright, we're calling it off. Captain, we have a Code Lithium! End the simulation now or- fuck, there it is again. Hessikh, do you see any heat sources?"

"Nothing out of the ordinary- why haven't they shot it down alre-"

The next thing Lieutenant Tucker-Annie remembered was the sound of a heel turn over the mud, followed by darkness.

Lt. Tucker-Annie woke up in the hospital bay, getting her tail regenerated by a robot nurse. She looked over and found her underling on the next bed, with a huge bandage on the side of his neck and a wing in a cast. Thankfully, he would be alright as soon as the stem cell bank was reprogrammed after her treatment.

The disciplinary board was called, an investigation was open, and both Crew Fanning and their captain were put on paid leave while the investigation was ongoing. Dr. T'Chem was called in as an expert after a review of the holodeck footage revealed there was no way Crew Fanning could have heard, seen or smelled the hidden sailor.

It was the first time in a while he hadn't helped himself to a glass of Venusian whiskey for breakfast. He really didn't want to mess this up.

"And would you care to explain how this is possible, Doctor?" Asked the prosecution, staring him down with an unnerving amount of eyes.

"I am as astounded as this court; our firm has been looking into Terran medical literature and we're still trying to figure out how it works; they don't even know, but they know it does happen, it's been documented for thousands of years. I have a hypothesis, but I don't know if it's even testable."

There was a murmur in the court. The judge asked him to elaborate.

"The way eyesight works is the light bounces off of opaque bodies and in its way it collides with the lenses in our corneas, which send it to the brain as electrical signals to be interpreted. The light that doesn't go into our eyes just bounces off our bodies and other opaque objects as well, the photons go everywhere and anywhere. This is the same for most species in this constellation, including humans. But even other Terran species don't have these abilities, as Crew Flufflepaws has testified."

A begrudging meow was heard from the audience.

"Order in the court, please. Dr. T'Chem, what do you suggest is the origin of this mysterious sense?"

The camera drones all hoovered around him. Dr. T'Chem straightened his fins and got close to the microphone.

"I believe it's possible that humans have a sense of touch so sensitive that they can feel the photons that don't bounce back. The ones that go into an eye instead of an opaque body. I think humans can actually feel in their skin when they are being watched."

There was an uproar in the crowd. His paramour, a dark skinned young human from the human settlement known as "Colombia", grabbed the religious symbol on her necklace and made a gesture with it he hadn't quite figured out yet.

The trial had to go on recess.

The implications were incalculable. Three dozen biologists from six different planets, including Terra, had emailed him before the end of the day to ask him to justify himself. Multiple human religious leaders took the chance to link it to demonic possession or moral evils. By the end of the week, four different labs were trying to figure out a way to double blind test shooting a photon cannon on a human's back and trying to get them to sense it.

But most importantly, the news made it outside of the Federation. The rumours about this new species that couldn't be stalked got so far, it ended up affecting the outcome of a border conflict with the Betelgeuse Libertarian Army on the Federation's favour.

Humans were terrifying.

If this is what they evolved to be, what was their planet like?

#Dr. T'Chem's Office #humans are space orcs #humanity fuck yeah #humans are space oddities #humans are deathworlders #open art guild

[themetalhiro]

COMMISSIONS OPEN!!!

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[villasukkahaha]

Karliah simp ’till the day I die

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[namarikonda]

❤️‍🔥 Dante Glassheart (he/they)

Your local fire genasi artificer & prosthetics maker! He lost his arm, and is now improvng accessibility in the world with his inventions.

#hes an armorer artificer w the guild artisan background #dnd #dnd art #dnd oc #ttrpg #ttrpg art #digital art #artists on tumblr #digital artist #oc #oc art #original character #character design #dnd character design #my art #dante #fire genasi #artificer #his original campaign fcking fell apart so I'll shove him in my own homebrew world ig #hmu if youre interested in a loser boy bcs hes completely free and open to anything his life is void now LMAO

[gw2-zine]

Join the Commander of Your Heart Zine!

Commander of Your Heart, a free Guild Wars 2 Zine, is now open for applications! We're looking for 2d artists and writers of all kinds to join us in celebrating the Commander and their adventures in Tyria.

Applications close on August 20th, so get yours in now! Want to learn more, have questions, or apply? Check out our Carrd for more info. We're looking forward to having you, and thank you for your interest!

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[otvian]

Taimi appreciation time! Just had a mood to draw our beloved asura <333 https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/160421822 if you want her irl <33

#gw2 #digital art #guild wars 2 #my art #art #art community #art comms open #guild wars art #Taimi #gw2 taimi #gw2 asura

[commanderthalys]

GEM/GOLD COMMS OPEN

You want art?

If so, then you’ve come to the right place!

I’m looking for either gw2 gems or gold to convert to gems in order to get character slots and other such goodies!!

=Open Slot Options=

Fullbody Sketch-500 gold (can discuss additional characters and color)

Rendered bust- 450 gold (will be colored)

Sketch bust- 250 gold (will be colored)

Please send me a DM if you have any questions or would like a commission! I am also happy to discuss doing a piece that is not an option here. Due to having other real life duties, these pieces may take a couple weeks to be finished, but I do provide updates as I work on them.

I am best at charr and anthro/creature characters but can also do humanoids and asura!

=SLOTS=

1. Closed

2. Closed

3. Closed

4. Open

#comms open #gw2 #guild wars 2 #gw2 commissions #commissions open #commissions #my art

[nyatimira]

Ahzalea and Adam, my sylvari necromancer from gw2 with her favourite focus c:

#digital art #fantasy art #nyatimira #commissions open #gw2 art #gw2 fan submission #guild wars 2 character #guild wars 2 #sylvari #necromancer #fanatsy #lil break from baldurs gate x)

[guildtree]

Guys help, I ran out of players so I'm drawing NPCs now.

#my art #art #gw2 #guild wars 2 #crecia stoneglow #scarlet briar #peitha #ignore me making peitha slightly more monstrous #that mouth totally doesn't open over the whole line nope nope nope

[dalennaugw]

Man, I had to jump through some gaddamn HOOPS just to attend the art party tonight. Two hours late, even. I was lucky there were still people there. :c

I had time for like. One goodish drawing of someone. Sorry it's still messy.

Luella Deathscorn belongs to @cheddargoblin.

#guild wars 2 #gw2 #gw2 fan submission #vsartparty #charr #art #luella deathscorn #cheddargoblin #unfortunately. with how my weekends are now divided i think i'm gonna be stuck jumping through hoops to attend these events from now on #and i think trying to re-arrange weekend schedules is going to be a losing fight for me #and it didn't help that my steam deck (what i was gonna use to try to log on anyway) is having issues just letting me open the game!! #was so frustrating #sorry for vent. just felt like multiple things coming together to try to stop me today. grah

[ecrivainsolitaire]

Open Art Guild – Testing the boundaries of collective IP ownership

Experimental release: Dr. T’chem’s Office (authorised for personal and commercial use)

I’ll try to keep this brief (you can read the full thesis statement here) but as we all know, intellectual property law is broken. It’s being exploited from every side and art workers are more vulnerable than ever to automation, copyright theft and myriad other unforeseeable forms of theft from the proletariat. We as a collective need to come together and work towards the creation of a better future.

The Open Art Guild is my proposal for the first of many steps towards a far away but necessary goal: the eradication of intellectual property as it pertains to the arts. It’s based on the open source standard and the creative commons, and the goal is for us to start creating a future where we stop thinking of artworks as private property to hoard, and start sharing the responsibilities and the benefits of their creation with the collective. And as I am proposing the idea, I should give the first step.

Which is why I am announcing the release of my short story series, Dr. T’chem’s Office, into the Open Art Guild license. This is an episodic HFY comedy series about the office hours of a sleazy yet well intentioned xenoanthropologist in charge of human integration into the crew of a spaceship, who happens to find them fascinating. You can read the first few instalments here:

| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 |

The basics of the license go as follows: I’m giving any artist permission to use the assets of my artwork (in this case, settings, characters, plot lines and other unique concepts) both for personal use and for commercial use, provided they commit to crediting the original artist, giving away 30% of any profit back to the hands of the collective in the breakdown the guidelines specify, and giving the same license to any works they create derivative from this series. Any artist can join the Guild by remixing existing artworks in its database or voluntarily submitting their own works. For the time being this prototype model will have to rely on the honour system, but I have outlined the basic guidelines for a platform dedicated to facilitating the Guild’s business and income redistribution.

The purpose of this experiment is to test whether this system is financially viable, what modifications it needs, and how to enforce it. It’s also a way to study what the community thinks of this model. To summarise the implications, here are the pros and cons as I see them.

Pros:

- All fan art, spin-offs, third-party merchandise and other forms of adaptation become automatically authorised and monetisable, provided both the original artist and the remixer are active members of the Guild.

- All adaptations are automatically non-exclusive and must give away the same rights as the original, diminishing the incentive for massive corporations to try and scam an artist out of their intellectual property.

- It effectively unionises freelance artists of all fields to balance out negotiations with non Guild entities.

- It encourages artists to continue their output in order to reap the benefits of the Guild, by using the redistribution system as an incentive, instead of the current status quo where artists are actively fighting market forces all by themselves in order to make enough time and resources to work on their craft.

- It provides a safety net where everyone is invested in the continuous welfare of everyone else, giving a sense of class solidarity and facilitating donations and shared resources.

- It motivates artists to invest in each other, as the growth of one means the growth of the whole Guild.

- Eventually, if the project succeeds and the proposed platform comes to exist, it would effectively create a universal basic income for all Guild members, as well as a self sustained legal fund to protect their assets from IP theft by non Guild entities.

- It will give you complete control over whether your art can be used for AI dataset training, on an opt-in, post-by-post basis, so you don’t have to wonder who might be stealing it. If the platform is created, all works whose creators have not authorised to be used for this will have data scrambling features to make sure thieves can’t use them.

Cons:

- It will require all Guild members to permanently renounce to 30% of their profit, in order to build up the funds and distribution system.

- It will have to be built entirely on trust of the collective, at least until a platform can be established, which may take weeks or may take decades depending on lots of unpredictable factors.

- Leaving the Guild will require all artworks shared with the collective to become Creative Commons; once you renounce your right to monopoly of your IP, it’s permanent, no way to go back. This is necessary in order to prevent asset flippers and other forms of IP scabs to join the Guild, extract other people’s assets and then scram.

- Due to banking regulations entirely out of our hands, some artists will have participating in the redistribution. If the platform ever becomes a reality, one of its main goals will be to remedy this immediately.

This proposal requires a high cost, but it provides an invaluable reward. If the system works, it will empower all artists to profit from their work and protect it as a collective. If it doesn’t, all that will have happened is that you will have created a lot of Creative Commons art, which financially isn’t ideal, but artistically is extremely commendable. Even in the worst case scenario, corporations will not be able to hold your art hostage with exclusivity deals. To me, the benefits vastly outweigh the costs, but I do want to emphasise: there will be costs. This is an effort to subvert the entire way art has been monetised since the 1700s. It will require a lot of work, a lot of people, and a lot of time, to make it work. But I believe it can work. If you believe it too, you are welcome to join the Open Art Guild.

Please do read the guidelines for the Guild and the guidelines for the platform before you start creating, and give me whatever feedback you have. If it’s good, if it’s lacking, if I’m overstepping legal boundaries, if you can find loopholes, anything. I tried to make it airtight but I’m not a legal expert. This is not my project, it is a project for the proletariat. Everyone should have a say on what they’re signing on for. And regardless of what you think, share it with all artists you can. This will only work if as many people as possible participate.

Doctor T’chem’s Office’s license

This work has been released under the Open Art Guild license, and has been approved for reuse and adaptation under the following conditions:

For personal, educational and archival use, provided any derivative works also fall under a publicly open license, to all Guild members and non members.

For commercial use, provided redistribution guidelines of the Guild be followed, to all active Guild members.

For commercial use to non Guild members, provided any derivative works also fall under a publicly open license, with the explicit approval of the artist and proper redistribution of profit following the guidelines of the Guild.

For non commercial dataset training of open source generative art technologies, provided the explicit consent of the artist, proper credit and redistribution of profit in its entirety to the Guild.

Shall this work be appropriated by non Guild members without proper authorisation, credit and redistribution of profit, the non Guild entity waives their right to intellectual property over any derivative works, copyrights, trademarks or patents of any sort and cedes it to the Creative Commons, under the 4.0 license, irrevocably and unconditionally, in perpetuity, throughout time and space in the known multiverse. The Guild reserves the right to withhold trade relations with any known infractors for the duration its members deem appropriate, including the reversal of any currently standing contracts and agreements.

#Open Art Guild #OAG #open source #humans are weird #space australia #humans are space orcs #humanism #Dr. T'chem's office #Trix Zubenel #humans are space oddities #humans are space australians #hfy #intellectual property #copyright law #ip law #fair use #creative commons #public domain #worker solidarity #anti capitalist #collective action #redistribution of wealth #class solidarity #late stage capitalism #wga strong #sag strike #anti ai #generative art #artificial intelligence #fan art

[where-is-caithe]

for those of us that love 80s goths.

(she/her)

#gw2 #guild wars 2 #gw2 norn #gw2 art #x #the amount of tabs i had open for this #unreal #my p*nterest is ruined #the fastest ive ever drawn #and it still took like. a full 8 hours #of doing nothing else

[vinetooth-prime]

Commission Slots Open

Hey, folks! Looking to take 3 Tinies or Busts to help out with a bill due in a few days!

Tinies (chibi digital tokens) are $35 apiece or $45-50 with a buddy, prop, or pet.

Busts start at $40 and increase based on complexity and style (sketch, color, render, etc).

Please feel free to reach out to me at @llimus or [email protected] for questions & claim!

Tinies Examples:

#commisions open #chibi #ttrpg #d&d #shadowrun #pathfinder #guild wars 2 #gw2 art

[wyldhunt]

kintsugi of golden sap

#guild wars #gw2 #guild wars 2 #trahearne #sylvari #art #jib draws #[dunks trahearne directly into murky orr water] For Art #anyhoodle enjoy this pin up of fern husband i am Obsessed with him #i put A LOT OF EFFORT into the flowers specifically so pwease if you feel so inclined to open the art in a new tab and zoom in #to see all the detail and hard work i would be very grateful 🥺🥺 #also if you wanna know the flowers and their meanings: #casablanca lillies: joy and life; yellow daffodils & narcissus: new beginnings‚ renewal‚ and rebirth; pink roses: gratitude and gentleness #and the wisteria are there solely because of my commander and it signifies immortality and long life but also passion #and enduring even in heartache :')

[gw2-zine]

What's that? Commander of Your Heart, a free Guild Wars 2 Zine, is open for applications? You heard right! We're looking for writers and 2d artists of all kinds to join us in celebrating the Commander and their adventures in Tyria.

APPLY HERE!

Applications close on August 20th, so get yours in now! Want to learn more or have any questions? Check out our Carrd for more info. We're looking forward to having you, and thank you for your interest!

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[otvian]

Marjory and Kasmeer kiss <3

Also posting this as an announcement that I'm selling my drawings as designs on redbubble! This one included! https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/159366013

#digital art #gw2 #guild wars 2 #my art #art #art community #art comms open #guild wars art #kasmeer meade #marjory delaqua #Lesbian