LukasVDM (COMMISSIONS CLOSED)

@dadfckr.bsky.social

He/Him 🏳️‍⚧️ // 28 // Artist // Merfolk enjoyer // Multishipper // Nsfw sometimes 🔞 NO AI. NO NFT. NO MINORS. NO TECHBROS

I haven't been active here in FOREVER because of reasons totally not to do with the UK government reducing my online experience to practically nothing. But i was looking at my old art, and missing hankcon so much that I think i might maybe try to get more active again, and who knows maybe some art

Because some people haven't heard it yet: PAYPAL IS NOT A BANK, DO NOT LEAVE MORE THAN A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS SITTING IN YOUR ACCOUNT AT ANY TIME. MOVE IT TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY. Paypal can and will close your account and steal all your money without warning. And have done MANY times.

AUTOMATON WEST@automatonwest.bsky.social · last yr.

Steam adult game programmer has account frozen by PayPal, £80,000 in earnings withheld automaton-media.com/en/news/stea...

Open my browser, it asks if i want to use AI to make a funny photo. I type in youtube and the AI answer tells me what youtube is. I scroll past it to click to link to youtube. The youtube homepage shows me videos of 'AI music'. I misclick and microsoft copilot AI opens in my toolbar im going insane

just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!

"Talent" isn't a thing, and the myth of it so damaging. Aptitude exists, but really it's INTEREST that matters. Are you interested in something enough to keep doing it over and over, so that you eventually get good at it? It's love that makes the repetition possible and (mostly) even enjoyable.

"X website is where the trustworthy artists are, you're at risk of being scammed elsewhere" is a not great mindset when the website in question locks out a huge number of artists with its unachievable-for-many verification requirements (Yes im hating on v/gen and the mindset around it)