So yeah, about all those NDAs that kept animation artists from using their OWN work for their portfolios… 🫠

ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · yesterday

⚠️ A massive leak containing model sheets, puppet rigs, storyboards, and other materials from Cartoon Network shows have been spread on the internet. Fans are speculating that the Skydance merger (as Paramount’s content is very notorious of getting leaked) was the cause.

As Gen Xer, my artistic influences and references are already from another era, but I know Gen Zers today are either into anime or The Loud House. So I thought "what if my OCs were in TLH?" and... well, here you go. Now I'm liking these versions more than my own, lol.

Just in case someone's wondering: I barely felt anything and nothing broke or fell over. Some peers say they felt like they were on a swaying boat. 😳⛴️

Here's an excerpt from "Kid Beowulf Odyssey" in which Beowulf and Hama arrive in the land of the Lotus Eaters. Read the rest on my patreon, kidbeowulf.com, or webtoon!

Satoshi Hashimoto

I just love looking at Ed Benedict's early designs for Hanna-Barbera characters. He embraced the UPA style and understood how to make these designs work within limited animation. He was one of the artists who gave the studio its identity in the early years.

I usually design my business cards to be conversation-starters. But at after too many endless awkward discussions at recent events, I realized I needed a new type of card. The conversation-ender.

Today in “fck Adobe” (and any other greedmaxxing software maker). I can see this well replacing most of the tools we use on a regular basis, not tomorrow but... in a bunch of years, eventually? 🤔

James O'Malley@jamesomalley.co.uk · 5d ago

Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/apps

I am building a website for my Coativille (Villa Pizote) comic series and realized I needed an expanded version of the comic's cover for a responsive background. Of course I can never settle for simple 🥲 so it has expanded into an A3-sized spread that can double as guard pages. Now on to coloring...

Next we know they may be evicted, if they have not been already. 😑

Matias ⭐ LBX Table 529@matiashannecke.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Animaniacs are rolling in their grave

Page 9 of my kid's book. The one where they play soccer... Finished! --- En Proceso: La página 9 de mi libro de cuentos. Es en la que juegan fútbol... Terminado! === #kidlit #childrensbooks #illustration #humanartist

hey #coloring folks of bluesky! I've got a new #coloringbook out. It is 100% Human Made, #noai ever ever ever (I LOVE DRAWING why would I want a bot to do it for me??) and #witchy as heck. Medium detail so crayons and big markers will be fun. Get it direct from me! www.etsy.com/listing/4580...

I understand the impetus to have Ai do your work for you but I don't understand the impetus to have Ai do your pleasure for you

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Dan Mora Holiday variant for Superman #45

Ask me again why I'm not currently thinking on GN stories beyond 100-150 pages at this point 🥹

✨ Star @ LBX ✨@thestarfishface.bsky.social · last wk.

Working on updating my webcomics powerpoint for Lightbox and adding in some jumpscares

Crowdfunding a la Kickstarter et al sadly isn't a thing in my country yet so financing creative projects is extremely hard as is unless you get lucky to win a state grant or pony up the moolah yourself. Therefore Matt's "experiment" is of special interest to me and I'm glad he's succeeding at it.

Matthew Dow Smith@matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · last wk.

A really lovely little writeup on @smashpages.bsky.social about THE AFTER SCHOOL VILLAIN SOCIETY and the help that made it happen --

Dang yall, thanks so much for the support 😭 Usually I ignore the random AI accusations but I wanted to take the chance to talk about how important it is to do your research in times like these. Didn't expect to get soooo many kind comments though! We gotta stick together, my beloved art community ♥️

Kasey Gifford@kaseygifford.bsky.social · last wk.

Wow. LOISH got accused of using Ai to make her art. I started following her on early deviantart. I remember first seeing her paintings in college. This is ridiculous, no one is safe. Artists Ive followed for actual decades are getting harassed because their work has been stolen and regurgitated.

#kidlitartpostcard day! I am Dolo Okecki, an 🇦🇷 artist who has mainly illustrated middle-grade books, textbooks and comics/GN. And love picture books with animals. Repped by Astound in the US., UK and most regions, contact details and samples at www.dolokecki.com Available in 2027 but times flies.

When some comics became intangible online, paper became *visible* to artists again, leading to beautiful new paper comics. Now, when some "art" becomes inhuman, *we* become visible to ourselves again. What beautiful new *human* art might be the result?

Have been thinking about this (it was bound to happen sometime anyway) but what I think it will happen is younger artists having harder than ever to prove their work isn't deceitful slop. At least I still have some old, horrible amateurish sketchbooks from the 90s to provide as evidence. :P

Kasey Gifford@kaseygifford.bsky.social · last wk.

Wow. LOISH got accused of using Ai to make her art. I started following her on early deviantart. I remember first seeing her paintings in college. This is ridiculous, no one is safe. Artists Ive followed for actual decades are getting harassed because their work has been stolen and regurgitated.

Gotta love White Sox Pope being based AF in regards to AI only for someone to follow up with “what about the Minions” 🍌

the babahuck@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · last wk.

You can read the first four chapters right here! For FREE! Free is good, right? Everybody likes free.

Matthew Dow Smith@matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · last mo.

THE AFTER SCHOOL VILLAIN SOCIETY A serialized kids comic Story and art by Matthew Dow Smith NEW CHAPTER EVERY FRIDAY!

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¡Viva las bibliotecas! ¡Viva los libros! ¡Viva al Cultura, las historias y las personas! Os dejo, en petit comité, una propuesta ilustrada que no salió adelante para un proyecto de @squidandpig.bsky.social. Nunca lo habíamos publicado ni compartido. Ositos lectores que se parten de risa ;) #art

El Barroquista@elbarroquista.bsky.social · 2w ago

De hecho, creo que no somos conscientes de que las bibliotecas públicas llevan años padeciendo una presión tremenda, por diferentes motivos, y que no es tan raro que veamos (no demasiado lejos sen el futuro) su progresiva desaparición.

The same could be said from picture books, GNs and the like. Even if AI´s sources were finally ethically correct and all that to produce them, they would still suck in the sense that creative art and writing are intimate exchanges between *human* minds and worlds, not fabricated hallucinations. 📚

Jeff VanderMeer@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 2w ago

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Remember, fellow artists: it’s okay for your sketchbooks to be messy. That’s kind of the point. It doesn’t have to be fancy like those sketchbook tours on Instagram. Funny thing is I gotta remind myself that sometimes too. lol

Team Cascão desde o berço ✊

Turma da Mônica Out of Context@monicaooc.bsky.social · last mo.

Choose your fighter

So I'm here trying to finish a piece for tomorrow but... let's just say everything's incredibly hard when you feel like rowing through molasses all the time. 😪

Another concept piece as I try to figure out how to improve my backgrounds