#why can't u be real

[baddingtonbitch]

the girls continue to crush it with these urls

#why can't u be real #undefeated accura is so good lol #p

[inkskinned]

the rise of AI art isn't surprising to us. for our entire lives, the attitude towards our skills has always been - that's not a real thing. it has been consistently, repeatedly devalued.

people treat art - all forms of it - as if it could exist by accident, by rote. they don't understand how much art is in the world. someone designed your home. someone designed the sign inside of your local grocery store. when you quote a character or line from something in media, that's a line a real person wrote.

"i could do that." sure, but you didn't. there's this joke where a plumber comes over to a house and twists a single knob. charges the guy 10k. the guy, furious, asks how the hell the bill is so high. the plumber says - "turning the knob was a dollar. the knowledge is the rest of the money."

the trouble is that nobody believes artists have knowledge. that we actively study. that we work hard, beyond doing our scales and occasionally writing a poem. the trouble is that unless you are already framed in a museum or have a book on a shelf or some kind of product, you aren't really an artist. hell, because of where i post my work, i'll never be considered a poet.

the thing that makes you an artist is choice. the thing that makes all art is choice. AI art is the fetid belief that art is instead an equation. that it must answer a specific question. Even with machine learning, AI cannot make a choice the way we can - because the choices we make have always been personal, complicated. our skills cannot be confined to "prompt and execution." what we are "solving" isn't just a system of numbers - it is how we process our entire existence. it isn't just "2 and 2 is 4", it's staring hard at the numbers and making the four into an alligator. it's rearranging the letters to say ow and it is the ugly drawing we make in the margin.

at some point, you will be able to write something by feeding my work into a machine. it will be perfectly legible and even might sound like me. but a machine doesn't understand why i do these things. it can be taught preferences, habits, statistical probability. it doesn't know why certain vowels sound good to me. it doesn't know the private rules i keep. it doesn't know how to keep evolving.

"but i want something to exist that doesn't exist yet." great. i'm glad you feel creative. go ahead and pay a fucking artist for it.

this is all saying something we all already knew. the sad fucking truth: we have to die to remind you. only when we're gone do we suddenly finally fucking mean something to you. artists are not replicable. we each genuinely have a skill, talent, and process that makes us unique. and there's actual quiet power in everything we do.

#also pay plumbers more. and electricians. and other devalued occupations #idk that this makes sense #but im like #people being so fucking pleased with themselves about the fact they can ''fake'' art #n im like #sure #but what if we stop making things for you huh #what if we stop giving u this stuff anymore #what happens to ur ai art? does it keep growing? does it keep making choices? #why do u need to see us as machines? #''i want X to exist but i don't have the skill to do it'' #okay spend literally years of your life studying #''i don't want to do that'' #okay pay someone who DID do that #''no i don't think it's a real skill'' #okay so. YOU can't do it. and a LOT of people can't do it. but you think WE should be able to? #FOR FREE? #either it has value or it dont baby make up ur OWN mind #btw studying here is not used academically. i think if ur like. constantly knitting. #thats studying #do u spend hours reading and find urself taking notes and learning about writing #ur studying #do you follow other artists and spend a lot of your time trying new things (even unsuccessfully) #that's also studying #etc #was weird to write this thing about choices and then be like. wait why DO i like that

[alevens]

Zoro does care about Luffy and his newly acquired form, but in the way he's been caring since his captain started with his gears. he cares because he has to know the side effects and how they affect Luffy. Luffy is a God, but that isn't news for Zoro, not when he's been holy from the very start. if Zoro fought for Luffy, if he left light kisses on his cheeks and hugged him as tightly as possible whenever they have to separate and will bite him and let him wear his shirts to sleep, and if he prays by helping him whenever he wants to do something stupid, and if he prays when he lets Luffy drag him everywhere like he's a ragdoll, and if he prays every single time he wakes up next to him. if Zoro believes so strongly in him, it's because he's holy in the way he's human, in the way he's strong all the while he is able to bleed, how he's able to laugh and cry, the way he gets angry on behalf of his friends when you hurt them, a man who frees and helps and yet hates when they call him a hero, he's reckless and makes mistakes, he's greedy and possessive, and he learns, he gets better, he's not the same person he was two years ago and he won't the same as he is now two years into the future. Luffy is a God, Zoro cares about this fact, in the way he's been caring for a long time now because it's not new for him, in the way he will care while he makes sure his captain can get what he wants

#one piece #zolu #if Zoro isn't madly in love with his captain then why is he always looking at him like he can't quite believe he's real #Zoro's famous “that's *my* captain. the future pirate king” stare #the way he looks at him so fondly and that smile small of his #u know which one i'm talking about #anyway #zolu and religion #bc what am i #if not a simple human being #monkey d. luffy #roronoa zoro

[robotpussy]

I've said this before but it's extremely interesting that as soon as somebody says a humanoid/nonhuman character is a race that isn't white all of a sudden we're "applying race to a character that doesn't have or need one" but when you lot are interpreting the characters as white nobody says anything 😭 stop believing white is the default and shut the fuck up

#i wasnt going to say this in that ask because i didn't want anon to say im bring rude to them but this shit is so annoying #i knew somebody would say some bullshit like that under the post because for some reason black ppl are not allowed to have run #*fun with the things we like. why can't i talk about how i think a anthropomorphic animal would be black if they were human! #? why is it 'um ur weird for saying this why r u making everything about race?' like are being for fucking real?

[barghest-land]

welcome to my brain, that's what's in it this month

#barghestland #it's chaotic there #but good kinda #can't believe my brain isn't THAT dramatic and depressed this winter i wonder what happened #lucas do u wanna pay the rent there or something #anyway #enjoy the silly things #i still can't forget a player calling me a pretty mr. swordfish in path of titans #i wish i was a pretty mr. swordfish in real life #please can it be real. please #art #artists on tumblr #if u wonder why fish drawing is there #i don't know. don't ask

[dawnssummers]

— i never liked that ending either. more love streaming out the wrong way, and i don't want to be the kind that says the wrong way.

buffy the vampire slayer, 5.07 fool for love + 5.18 intervention + 5.22 the gift / richard siken, litany in which certain things are crossed out

#litany again. GUYS WHO WOULD LOVE LITANY IN WHICH CERTAIN THINGS ARE CROSSED OUT!!! #btvs #spike #btvsedit #no but litany is so. it's about being stuck in this narrative of doom/tragedy whilst trying to shape it from within but u Can't. you're you #it's about regret (especially that but i should've known) its about forgiving yrself (dear forgiveness quit milling about and come inside) #most of all it's about being the dragon and wanting to be the princess or the hero but you're not #and that's why you want a better story. WHO WOULDN'T? sure i sink the boat of love but that comes LATER #idk man what if u fell in love with ur destruction ie that which killed you the first time #what if you continued to life what if you were a vampire and there was a hero. what if u fell in love with ur destruction again #what if you were a fool for love even as you revelled in causing pain and causing destruction of your own #what IF you were trying to heal your lover but then the slayer was there. what if your lover pushed you away bc she knew your destiny #what if love for you was like a religion all along... litany makes me crazy wazy #^all why the expression RIGHT after 'til the end of the world' is in here i did oscillate on including it bc it Looks innocuous #so much converges there.. it's a grand statement And it's real And it's a (promise of) love through/bc of/despite the world ending

[theloveinc]

Shinsou "I dont know why she's into me either" Hitoshi

ALWAYS on his "am shy and humble or actually just cocky" shit because sometimes this means he's holding your palms in his hands and getting all watery-eyed because he thinks you're WAY too good for him ... and other times it means cheers-ing someone when they get snotty about how you're out of his league.

They're trying to piss him off, meanwhile he's just raising his glass an tipping a shot back, kinda smirking, all: "cheers, I'll drink to that!" (then going home to make sure you aren't about to leave him--as if he doesn't have ROCK HARD ABS he wants you grinding against every night. why would you ever give that up????? adjflakdhj)

Not to mention all the times Denki asks him how he managed to score you and Shinso genuinely goes blank and has to take 20 minutes to ponder it too:

#shinso #staring out the window dead*ss only to come back like... idk man. #no im just kidding bc this is so real #same as always almost but he's so awed that he has you that he can't let anything disturb that peace #it's funny bc dudes are like 'ummmmmmm shinso is so mean and offputting..' and ur like 'THAT CUDDLE BUG? NO HE'S NOT????' #tbh everyone is confused lmao until they see him with u and u seem him with them #like u knew he was antisocial but u just forgot he was like. actually deadpan ignoring people he's not close with #but then he's kissing the back of your hand and your cheeks when it's just you too and no one's looking #like sir??? huh???? #plus he's hot as all f*ck so whys he ..kinda... begging you not to leave him???? sir. be for real. #BUT THATS ANOTHER THING HE LOVES. U 24/7 but when ur possessive or out on a date he's so MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE #before getting all flustered at himself #lmaoooo dflajklehfjalksdjfoija .dfjhakljsdhfkjadfklsja #hdsjkf i want him #hope this was okay! #caitie things #gen #anon

[itsthislake]

"Yo! You got us an umbrella? You're the best!"

Yet another 5-years-later undertale redraw, this time Frisk and Monster Kid (ft Chara).

The Original (for a given value of "original" anyways, it's more like a very vague inspiration but eh)

Close-ups under the cut.

#undertale #undertale fanart #frisk undertale #monster kid #chara undertale #chara dreemurr #redraw #lake's art #digital art #the nostalgia is real #it's got me drawing like crazy #neither past me nor present me know why the rain can touch ghost chara but I think it's fun in a silly way #also was ghost chara even canon? i can't remember #can u tell i ran out of steam on the flowers lol #backgrounds are such a pain

[totally-razzical]

basically 90% of my experience when replaying tt a normal amount

#tangle tower #detective grimoire #fitz fellow #tangle tower fanart #he makes me so violent I would kill a bitch for him #i feel so bad I can't tell him HONEY I KNOW STUFF BETWEEN THE TWO OF U ALREADY AINT LOOKING GREAT BUT JTS ABOUT TO GET *REAL BAD* #something tells me he had an inclining something was wrong already and he's just been denying to for ages #like the flower. he is just trying to keep some semblance of whatever they are. or were alive. FUCK #why why do you do it Hun #crazed ramble over I'm done #tangle tower spoilers #Sorta idk. #myart #razzart

[the-kr8tor]

Hobies favourite place to kiss is your forehead but what is your favourite place to kiss Hobie? (Me personally? I will pepper that man with kisses all over his face)

Oh man me personally his jaw 🥴 probably bc it's the only place i can kiss while on my tippy toes (I'm 5'3 😭😭) also imagine pecking the most defined jaw 🫣 if you're not careful you'll cut yourself (so worth it tho)

But in general, his cheeks 🥰🥰 because it's sooo kissable and smoochable ❤️❤️❤️ u just wanna (⁠ʃ⁠ƪ⁠＾⁠3⁠＾⁠）

#ask answered #you're right abt pepering his face with kisses definitely the best one #bc u don't leave one space unkissed 🥰🥰 #thank you anon muah 😘 #WHY CAN'T HE BE REAL #hobie thoughts

[answermywearyquery]

eoin flirting with paddy, again

#sas rogue heroes #sas: rogue heroes #eoin mcgonigal #paddy mayne #paddy x eoin #paddon #loan thoughts #blood tw #so it turns out that i might have like... for reals depression #and im feeling incredibly low for ✨reason✨ #(im gonna fuck up my uni career in 12 hours. not because i want to but because i can't seem to make myself do real shit. #u know... how a perfectly non-mentally ill person would for weeks on end now) #and so when i saw this post on my dash (because why wouldn't i be wasting time on tumblr) i was like... might as well cheer myself up with #good old fashioned eoin-posting #could a depressed person make this? kind of content #please enjoy

[bleeding-hart]

some sketches

based on @theicarusconstellation's writing

I keep thinking of details I left out and stuff I need to fix but if I let myself do that I'm going to go insane so we're leaving it at this

Also some Sirius because they're a fucking king and we love them (I very strongly hc them as genderqueer and using any pronouns, but specifically he/they/she/it)

The dress was a bit of a failure but hey it looks like fabric at least I think maybe

#fanart #marauders era #fanart of fanfiction #Sirius #A form of jegulus #Not sure if reg being an animagus is widely accepted Canon but I fucking accept it it's mine now and i will die on this hill #I DO however know that Sirius is generally accepted to have tattoos but unfortunately I'm shit at coming up with tat designs #I don't think there's a generally accepted list of what tattoos they have but if there is I would love to hear it #If not ig I'll just make something up #She probably has like. At least one wolf and dog one somewhere #Then definitely canis major #Idk how sappy they are but I want them to be one of those people who gets their friend group to draw hearts or stars and gets those tattooe #Also skeleton designs v much. I want them to have a cat skeleton on their hip in that curling position #Like the floaty cat #Maybe with a moon or star in the center #No real reason I just think he'd look fuckin awesome with it #He also probably has a really cool stylized semicolon on his wrist #I can't give him a koi/sun one cause that's mine and it doesn't fit then anyways #But definitely the top piece is the full moon symbolizing Remus #The bottom idk about but like maybe a squished up dog? Not like disproportionate I'm sure I could figure something out #Honestly they probably also have tats for each of their friends #I'm thinking a stylized deer under a full moon with the rat on it's head #or just prongs and moony w/ little bro between them #Brainstorming idk #If u read all that congrats I don't know why or what you got from it #Welcome to the live stream of my consciousness (you're missing not strong enough fucking BLARING in the background of all my thoughts)

[chemicalarospec]

it makes me sad how many aspec posts (and videos and other individual-generated content) are just being upset about this depiction or that one. we NEED more (semi-mainstream) aspec rep so bad, so that nobody has to feel hurt when 1 kind of aspec that they are not is represented and the only 1 they see :(

#wait have u guys ever seen 'the dangers of a single story' TED talk bc that's what happening to aspecs rn #except many of us also idnetify with the 'single story' so we get hurt when ppl criticize it as bad rep and unrealistic #we NEED to eliminate the single story to stop the aspec negativity chamber. except as individuals we really... can't. #that's another sad part: we can write our own indie stories but it won't really help the root problem bc it won't be popular #enough for a majority of aspecs to see. there will still only be a handful of portrayls most aspecs won't relate to and thus not like #aroace #aro #ace #apl #aspec #aromantic #asexual #aplatonic #arospec #i mean i'll be real we could do a communial magazine but proper publishedor smth but the problem is when it's all centered around 1 identit #having a story frequently becomes incidental... at least that's why i think that sort of thing doesn't really appeal to me in general #i said this #or maybe it's just me thinking of Common Bonds being uninteresting to me #maybe bc i really am apl-spec deep down despite having a very alloplt/plt-normative mindset still

[camellcat]

clara oswin oswald I love u I love u foreva !!!!

#my first attempts at clara!!!! #I'm making one of my photography class projects about her and I'm having so much fun #it's gotten me so inspired to draw her ahh!!!! #clara oswin oswald I love u I love u foreva #that's an actual tag I use with absolutely no consistency lol #honestly I'm surprised how much I've fallen in love with clara #like the longer I interact with stuff about clara the more and more I like her #I thought I was a rose tyler girlie 4 life and I still am but oh. oh. why can't I add clara onto that huh #also I still fully believe they'd be best friends who occasionally make out but I also think they'd clash so fucking hard at the same time #I won't elaborate here but I also drew rose (don't like it not showing it) so now I can't get them together out of my head #the brainrot is so real..... #clara oswald #doctor who #doctor who fanart #my art: oil paint pawsteps 🐾

[sugarkillsall]

AI art can "improve" all it wants but it will forever be bland, there will never not be a point in time where it won't be bland and it will not stand any test of time beyond being a small footnote in the entirety of art history

#I really shouldn't get into this topic but it drives me up the fucking wall sometimes #It's valid to be concerned but I can't stand ppl posting how much “better” it's getting when it's still so souless #Ppl trying out here saying the mistakes are things humans do and it's like IT'S NOT THE SAME BUT ALSO YEAH BC IT'S STEALING FROM PEOPLE AAA #I will never be convinced it's terrible and I know it in my bones it will always be terrible and people WILL SEE THAT #Just u wait if they try to utilize chatgpt for the writers strike right now everyone is going to find out real quick how bad it is #Why would I look/read/listen to anything someone didn't bother to make themselves #ANYWAY I just needed to vent I need to express something other than the shit I see :')

[betagrove]

People on like smash or pass polls who comment on every other one 'pass bc i am not sexually attracted to this gender' get over it !! What do you even mean

#are u so beholden to fake made up words that you can't imagine loving a beautiful woman? get real. #in general everybody is annoying on polls bc why do you feel the need to vote in things that don't concern you... no more show results