#sayeth the wuff

[guildwuff2]

sorry it's late but i'm a night owl and i'm still thinkin' about the screenshots people have posted, like

...the fact that these people were wanting to use large language models to write their RP posts, or generate rps in general. it's genuinely kinda heartbreaking to think about, rp is a collaborative effort with multiple people to make really fun and personal stories in settings you enjoy with characters you relate to, or just a concept you want to explore. i've met so many amazing people that i talk to every day through rp, i've had friends i met through rp or rp platforms online that i've gone on to meet in person, multiple times in some cases.

what do you gain from rping with an LLM? all it's doing is predictive text. i want to connect with people, through characters connecting or characters in conflict, and grow as a creative! and, hell, grow as a person. the trajectories i've written characters in have gone in ways i've not expected before and it becomes an opportunity for introspection, and there's absolutely no way i'd ever get that from having a machine write the post for me.

writing is hard! art is hard! it takes years of practice, trial and error, mistakes, and taking inspiration from the media you love. the only answer is to connect with those artists and authors, connect with people in the same boat as you and want to improve as creators. using LLMs just takes the humanity out of the whole process.

#sayeth the wuff #ok stepping off my soapbox #the rping with llms thing was stewing #i can only speak for US culture but the degree of isolating individualism on display genuinely depresses me #community is SO important! we are social creatures! #ok i gotta go to bed good night

[wilderwuff-art]

tres horny boys

(workin on their designs??? i need a simpler style wtf)

#sayeth the wuff #look at this picture #the adventure zone #taz #taako taaco #merle highchurch #magnus burnsides #ive been on a huge taz kick and i recently caught up with the whole shebang #ive got me some Feelings #and these boys are responsible

[guildwuff2]

welp! i guess this is your explicit reminder that i have not and never will consent to my work being fed to AI datasets, no if ands or buts

like. okay. if you're reading this and you use AI for character references, i will literally teach you to draw. i have taught plenty of people, both children and adults, how to draw. seriously, dm me, i'm always happy to do redlines for people and give people every resource i have to begin.

if you don't have the time or energy for that you can commission artists. if you can't commission artists, base gw2 is a free fucking game and you can visit the aesthetician in any major city and preview as many character concepts as you want. if you can't even do that look at picrew, there's a bajillion character creators with lots of cool options.

AI in its current popular use in image generation only hurts artists, and if you give two shits about art or the artists who make it, you'd stop using it!

#sayeth the wuff #absolutely not kidding about the offer #anyways: sorry the news was actually kind of upsetting to me #this is about gw2 warp #if you're not caught up look at the last couple reblogs on my blog #guess i gotta nightshade my work from now on! #warp drama

[guildwuff2]

considering a tengu........................

#sayeth the wuff #unfortunately the tengu lore is so lacking 😔

[guildwuff2]

h. have i. have i reached 5 reblogs.

#sayeth the wuff

[guildwuff2]

Hey, I'm open for a few commissions!

https://wilderwuff-art.weebly.com/prices-and-examples.html <this is my website. please check the ToS too for details on things like turnaround, expectations and the like.

also, though my ToS says i use Stripe, i'll be using paypal for this volley, just because i'm still figuring out Stripe and it's quirks and i'll be using a bit of both while i adjust. that should have no effect on the commission price.

please contact me via Discord if interested! my username there is wilderwuff. thanks and have a good day 💜

#sayeth the wuff #commissions

[guildwuff2]

reminder that i keep a ref blog, @ref-wuff , where i put all sorts of refs and tutorials but also art refs i find handy! if u like those things check it out 👀

#sayeth the wuff

[guildwuff2]

driving over a bridge or perhaps an overpass on my commute to work

muttering "thank you lesbians" to nobody in particular

#sayeth the wuff

[guildwuff2]

:3c

#sayeth the wuff #this looks fun #i seen these on twitter and then ratasum posted one so now i gotta

[guildwuff2]

gonna go through and reblog some stuff from last year that i liked, i'm still recovering from the holidays so i apologize for not posting fresh art in a while 😔

#sayeth the wuff

[guildwuff2]

every day i am thinking about ocs 😔😔😔

#sayeth the wuff #rotating them in my head at half power for 6 minutes so they are evenly cooked

[guildwuff2]

right, i'm tagging the stuff going on as "warp drama" in case anyone needs to blacklist it, i've not gotten any requests to do so yet but i figure it's the courteous thing to do since this is just my feed now, sorry (i've got comms to finish and post i swear)

#sayeth the wuff #warp drama

[guildwuff2]

i'm still not over how the guy who's been training that charr art ai used the term FUD in one of the screenshots. if you're using a term that's used most commonly in crypto/nft/memestock circles that tells me everything i need to know about a person

#sayeth the wuff #ok im done now #i've just been Thinking about it like. god. #warp drama

[guildwuff2]

i love the universal response in talking to friends about a commander AU for any given character is "ok but how poorly do they/their partner handle The Departing tho"

#sayeth the wuff #a friend's commander AND an AU commander of mine now #listen The Departing is good angst fodder

[guildwuff2]

i don't think i've seen anyone point it out yet on tumblr and a guildie of mine pointed it out shortly after the chapter release but:

according to the chapter log, What Lies Beneath starts in 1335, last year, and it seems in terms of timeline ("i haven't heard from marjory in weeks") it's been at least a few weeks between the episode and the end of EoD... so it looks like whatever they're planning, there's a lot of credence to the "the commander snaps and takes a break" theories floating around

#sayeth the wuff #eod spoilers #what lies beneath

[guildwuff2]

AH I FORGOT THE LINK, anyway here i'm on bluesky now

#sayeth the wuff #bluesky