Fin 🦊🌻 Otakon E209 🔜
@croutean.bsky.social
comic artist + artist alley dweller, 30, elf enjoyer extraordinaire ﴾ commonly used tags! ﴿ #finocs #finart #darkgrowsthesun #curseofstrahd #ffxiv #merch ﴾ my shop! ﴿ https://croutean.etsy.com/
Persona 2 Innocent Sin pixel animation : Shiraishi Ramen "You asked for it Eikichi, now eat your banana ramen!!!"
As part of the fight against the national book bans, we've made candidate scorecards for the original sponsors of HR 7661. If any of these Representatives are running in a race in your district/state, you can use these cards to help inform your community. This is gonna be a big old thread...
And for the really bad news? They've put a target on VPNs. Sites are required to identify (and age-verify) any US citizen, regardless of whether they're using a VPN. In fact, the default is to get the ID and biometrics of EVERYONE unless you can somehow prove their not a US citizen.
Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d ago"VPNs are a privacy and security tool used by millions of internet users every day, and their use should not be treated as suspect. It is particularly galling that the SCREEN Act forces users who intentionally take steps to protect their privacy to identify themselves."
when people ask if i do comms outside of cons i feel so bad
another at con comm done!! ive got a few more to finish and ship out, we were super busy. { #commissions #finart }
otakon was EXHAUSTINGGGGGG keep us artists in your thoughts we got fucking rained on
Last day to comment on this and make your voice heard, please defend Chaco canyon which is sacred to Pueblo, Navajo, and Hopi peoples and stands at risk of over 300,000 acres losing protections so it can be pillaged for gas and oil.
Stigmata 🤟🐰@jonathanvair.bsky.social · 2w agoBLM is revoking protections on Chaco Canyon. If you don't like national parks giving sacred lands to oil+gas companies, you have until July 29th to submit public comments. act.foodandwaterwatch.org/page/96315/a...
i cant lie guys the 9pm closing time for artist alley is brutal how am i supposed to enjoy yummy DC food and tourist traps if im still closing up shop at 9pm… reaches sadly
gradually getting closer to the obelisk (ominously)
con crunching as an artist is so much worse somehow GAHAHAHAHSHBFBDJCD
kind of a half-baked thought here but it's a shame criticism as a paid professional discipline has been sidelined by social media because it could point the way forward out of the internet madness-induced problem of writing that's crouched in what the author anticipates a comments section will say
librarians would save the world if only we supported them
TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 2w agoAt libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
im thumbnailing a rly sexy 11x17 print idea of finn + dragon bones just trust me guys
What if I told you that all of the Publishing Agreements I have reviewed in the last 6 months (several dozen) included a no gen AI provision, wherein the use of gen AI in development is a material breach, but companies like Epic and EA are still trying to convince us the industry is cool with it
Austin Wood@woodwould.bsky.social · 2w agoHe's only gone and written 2,500 more words about how game devs feel about generative AI. Latest piece quotes around two dozen different people with an indie background. When asked how they feel about gen AI, not one, but two devs responded, "Fuck that shit." www.gamesradar.com/games/it-cre...
FFXIV will be heading to @otakon.bsky.social following Fan Festival 2026 in Berlin! 🤩 sqex.to/X47fA Localization Director Michael-christopher Koji Fox and Global Community Producer Toshio "Foxclon" Murochi will be there participating in two panels, plus attendees can score an Evercold lanyard!
Canadian arts and culture folks: the federal government has launched a (methodologically flawed) survey on "the Cultural Sector's readiness for Artificial Intelligence". If you're ready to resist or refuse genAI, here's your chance to let them know. pch.research-recherche.ca/f/s.aspx?lan...
National Survey on the Cultural Sector’s Readiness for Artificial Intelligence
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