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I draw things from dnd mostly || he/they || EN 日本語 OK

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Tiffany Baxter @tiffbaxter.bsky.social · 3d ago

Another work in progress for upcoming cons, a guide to medieval headwear with my cat. It will be a risograph, though I’m unsure what colours yet.

A rough layout for a poster with my cat Pixie wearing various medieval women’s headwear.

as Avridan @as-avridan.bsky.social · 4d ago

The party hated her because she lit their monster corpse on fire and tried to kill their magic items dealer. Now they love her because she demanded their guide marry her and insulted their hostage negotiation skills. #ocsky #dndart

A woman in a brown leathers and a woollen cloak sits on a snow bank in front of her bow. She appears to be middle aged, with black tattoos covering her nose and cheeks, and her hair tied in a tight bun.

✨ bep ✨@little-lion-man.bsky.social · 4d ago

saw someone post their d&dsona the other day and thought it was such a fun idea! this is thistle the halfing bardtificer. they're a little prickly at first, but give them something interesting to take apart and they'll warm right up to you #d&d #oc #ocsky #d&dsona

a halfing with long red messy hair, long ears, glasses and a long swishy tail. they have big round glasses, goggles on the top of their head, and baggy green shorts over a tight black vest.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · last wk.

Hand-painted shot from "Jaadugar" Ending. x.com/sciencesaru/...

@pmamtraveller.bsky.social · last wk.

"I Remember You" created by American artist Sara Swink

Celine @celineloup.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm Celine Loup, I'm a cartoonist and illustrator living in Baltimore. Editors and agents are welcome to email me at loup.celine@gmail.com for my full portfolio! See replies for more. #portfolioday patreon.com/celineloup www.celineloup.com/s/shop celineloup.itch.io

Portfolio cover image; a digital painting of a woman half in shadow, a narrow shaft of light hitting the left side of her face. "CELINE LOUP" is in the top right corner in hand drawn letters; "ILLUSTRATION PORTFOLIO" and "celineloup.com" and "loup.celine@gmail.com" are in helvetica font in the lower right.

A double page spread of hand painted illustrations. To the left is a watercolor painting of drag artist Pearl featuring her Hello Kitty Extravaganza look. To the right are various ancient greek and etruscan artefacts from the Walters Art Museum.

A gouache painting of two long haired men donning a black jacket against a red background.

A double page spread of sketch book drawings; on the left are various fashion illustrations in marker; on the top right is a spread of orchid drawings, on the lower right are digital paintings of amber objects.

Jim Zub @jimzub.com · 2w ago

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period. The only AI I 'use' is shit foisted on me - summaries and slop vomited on my screen as part of internet browsing or injected into programs I work with until I turn those settings off or rip those parts out by the roots.

Kurt Busiek@kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 2w ago

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

George Outhwaite @georgeouthwaite.bsky.social · 2w ago

I don't know if this painting is good enough for detail shots I just did it to familiarise myself with the medium, but here are some anyway

daryl "die little, die big" b 🏳️‍⚧️@hypercubexl.bsky.social · 2w ago

GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

reddit comment:

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply:

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.

Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

GDT:

The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…

Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 2w ago

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.

Ben McEntee @benmce.bsky.social · 2w ago

Mage

Illustration of a sci-fi wizard wearing blue armor and colorful robes.

as Avridan @as-avridan.bsky.social · 3w ago

Did some digital painting over pencil, I'm mixed on the result and I continue to not know how to render. [ #dndart #ocsky ]

A drawing of two women in green tunics looking over a cord.

moon ‼️@fruitgravy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

tell me you love me! 🗡️🌹 #originalcharacters

as Avridan @as-avridan.bsky.social · 3w ago

Initially believed killed in the mysterious Nematskyi massacre, the party has (50 sessions later) learned that Kiwa, Shaman of Maltugasz is in fact alive, kept prisoner by the cunning Vasel Tsarkha! Not super happy with how this portrait turned out, but this was take two already so #ocsky #dndart

Portrait of a woman in read ceremonial robes standing in front of tall grass and a blue sky. She holds a drum and mallet in her hands. She has a heavy black tattoo of a bird in flight on her nose and across her cheeks. Text above reads ‘Kiwa (she/her) Shaman of Maltugasz.

Turtle-Brownie 💧🎭Team Tragedy🎭💧@turtlebrownie.bsky.social · 3w ago

no idea wtf i'm cooking here but that's okay bc it's not the first time

Politico @politico.com · 3w ago

NYC school system to ban AI for elementary, middle school students

The Department of Education is unveiling new guidelines following backlash.

dlvr.it

尾崎智美 @ozakitomomi.bsky.social · 3w ago

１１月１５日産業貿易センター台東館で開催されますレオパフェス、ポスターイラスト描かせていただきました！色々なトカゲモドキに会いに来てください〜🦎

Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 2y ago

One of the greatest line reads of all time. Tim Curry for Command And Conquer, clearly it was a one and done and he could barely stop laughing at the ridiculousness of the line. Perfection

Eren Angiolini @erenangiolini.com · 3w ago

Did someone order a problematic witch?👀✨ Had lots of fun experimenting with a looser painting style and lots of texture on this one 🤩

Fanart portrait illustration of Qifrey, from Witch Hat Atelier. Painted with a touch of impressionism, lots of texture and a teal&gold colour palette, with a pearlescent vibe to it.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 6mo ago

From the trailer for "Tower Dungeon" Volume 6 (Tsutomu Nihei's manga). 2D animation : Studio Keel >> natalie.mu/comic/news/6...

ida ✸ blueguy brainrot 💎✸@tujiux.bsky.social · 3w ago

GIRL DINNER (AWESOME)

George Outhwaite @georgeouthwaite.bsky.social · 3w ago

Superbloom Digital painting

of California poppies growing by an old disused factory of some sort

George Outhwaite @georgeouthwaite.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Midday paintings Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter

George Outhwaite@georgeouthwaite.bsky.social · 3mo ago

You aren’t allowed to complain that anything set in England is too dark or too grey

Ben McEntee @benmce.bsky.social · 4w ago

Vagabond’s Serpent

Illustration of a character wearing a green and white dress. A large fantastical snake emerges from a basket on her waist

pat | COMMISSIONS OPEN @patsux.bsky.social · last yr.

Tiffany Baxter @tiffbaxter.bsky.social · 4w ago

Wanted to see what 18th century saddles were like for a job & came across this equestrian print featuring a very Long and somewhat Upsetting looking horse named Lamprie. So now you all have to see it too.

A print from the 18th century of a horse and rider (who I think may be a jockey judging by the clothing). The horse is exceptionally large with a long slender neck and very tall legs. It has big eyes with a somewhat distressed expression.

✨ bep ✨@little-lion-man.bsky.social · last mo.

half-listening to wife explain cql to her friend and I tuned back into "and then Hat Twink plays a special evil song that makes Mustache Man explode"

Bird @birdmanbirdplan.bsky.social · last mo.

'Good Work Today' #wha #witchhatatelier

A monochrome, waist high rough sketch of Olruggio, Hiehart, and Jujy eating witch hat pastries together after work

Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · last mo.

Concept art by Carter Goodrich for Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003), dir. Tim Johnson and Patrick Gilmore, DreamWorks Animation