On a road trip recently, I visited a little gift shop that claimed to be an 'artisan collective' showcasing handcrafted products from local artists. Totally dismayed to find that the shop was stocked with tons of AI-generated slop in amongst actual artists' products. (cont'd)

Bears (2021)

This is fucking terrifying

Aurelien Mondon@aurelmondon.com · 2w ago

"Cognitive surrender" is a fascinating concept to think about the impact of AI as it exists under reactionary tech Preventing people from thinking for themselves and imagining different worlds is a godsend for authoritarians thenextweb.com/news/wharton...

I recently found these strange flowers while walking in the woods. I learned they're known as ghost pipes and they are a parasitic, non-photosynthesizing plant that feeds off fungi. They're so cool!!

the two outfits for men

Hey y'all, I am looking for a witchy and/or dark academia themed non-AI colouring book. Does anyone know of any? 🙏

At an antique store today I found some uranium glass! Always wanted to have my own, so I bought it! I actually don't know a whole lot about it, I just think it's neat (I got it for display only hehe) 👽

Twisting and Bitturning ✎: brush pen and colored pencil

I was at a garden center a few weeks ago and randomly saw this huge dragonfly sitting on a lupine flower! Felt like good luck.

Painting I've been procrastinating for awhile haha I am super proud of it though! #art | #owl | #bskyart | #space

Your birthday month, your silly seal!

The Wild Mother is finished :D

Western Bluebird - Female 💙 #art #birds #sciart

Tfw I made it thru the work week but now I have to make it thru the weekend-with-plans-in-it. 🫠 Challenge level: impossible. I physically need a recovery period after a weekend with plans... which is why I hate making weekend plans, but I need to at least occasionally see family and friends...

"Dreams of Sunbeams" (Bronze-Winged Pionus) 18”x18” oil on stretched canvas I will miss you, always A memorial painting of my girl, four years in the making.

My tribute to the sea wolf🦀

Stylized symmetry portrait commissions are open! Any species (except humans). 80$ - no decorations 120$ - with decorations Comment here or DM me to claim!

raven

The puzzling state of having a robust immune system as well as a chronic illness... rarely sick, but always ill. 🤔 (Doctors hate this one weird trick!)

#Artshare Show me your brand new artworks! Wanna check them all! 🌿Repost for visibility 🌿Post your art 🌿Introduce yourself 🌿Support others ❌No N/F/T, No genA/I, keep it SFW. #artshare #art #artistsupport #selfpromo

o traveler, are you haunted by lost time? the road still awaits, and your heart still beats. tarry no longer.

"You're Offloading Creativity To An Algorithm" - Stardew Valley Creator Stands Firm Against AI.

"You're Offloading Creativity To An Algorithm" - Stardew Valley Creator Stands Firm Against AI

"My goal is to express myself in a creative way."

nintendolife.com

I love this.

don’t

Idk man I feel like even if AI scraped from 100% ethical sources, had zero impact on the environment, and produced gorgeous work, I’d still think you were a bitch for using it

Pretty little flowers in the woods! Not sure what kind they are but there were loads of them.

What if the curse was to be human? 🥀✨🐾

This is what going on the internet used to feel like

Have you ever had a moment where you're like... "Ohh, so I *can't* trust this person after all." And you just mentally file that away and put up an invisible barrier between yourself and said person? I can be a bit too trusting sometimes, so I take these moments as a warning. :/