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David Wilson

@downpourdw.bsky.social

Making stuff like comics, films, design, illustration, art and... stuff. // SOULMATES YA graphic novel out 08.04 PLAY LIKE A GIRL MG graphic novel out now. www.workdavidwork.com IG @ downpourdw Newsletter: www.pencilbooth.com/archive/downpourdw

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derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · last wk.

I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.

David Wilson@downpourdw.bsky.social · last mo.

Pub day for my debut author/illustrator graphic novel Soulmates! It's a spooky romance out with Macmillan and it's a chunk! 320 fully colored pages of cornfields, high school problems, romance, and death!

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Juzabel@juzabel.bsky.social · last mo.

"People are giving up on being human...The filters that hide faces are made from scars. That’s the meat of AI technology: scraped flesh from fellow humans, molded until it’s unrecognizable, slick like plastic skin. No record of pain means no accountability. No ownership of words means no proof."

Sarah Kendzior@sarahkendzior.bsky.social · last mo.

"Israel, Iran, Russia, Ukraine, the US and more are merging into a mega-war run by robots. They used to call these World Wars. They used to call people on the phone. The most common call I get today is from someone named 'Scam Likely.'" sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/quicksand

David Wilson@downpourdw.bsky.social · last mo.

I watched AVATAR AANG with the fam, and no one sees my posts, BUT I just want to say congrats and thank you to the people who made that film. It is one of the most gorgeous pieces of work I have ever seen. Truly an "every frame a painting" film. I can't stop thinking about the craft and execution.

Chris Schweizer@schweizercomics.bsky.social · last mo.

Show guests want to be comfortable and conversational with readers, watchers, fans - it's a treat for both parties! But the dynamic is different when a camera is rolling, it requires that the interaction be wholly professionally-minded and on the record. Goodbye, genuine moments!

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last mo.

“The vast majority of the talent and agents at our events felt that these were a violation of their privacy and were damaging and spoiling the interactions at the tables. Several expressed concerns that they might not continue to attend in-person events if they were being recorded in secret.”

Karla Ortiz@kortizart.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things. Here’s a blurb on what I mean:

Some thoughts: When using GenAi as a mood board you don't get sources. This means you deprive yourself from knowledge. You generated a location? You deprived yourself of knowing more about the interesting parts of the world and why things came to be. Generate an armor or costume? You deprived yourself on real world techniques, function, form and history. You generated art inspirations? You deprive yourself of learning about artists from history or lock out living ones from potentially being hired. Ethical issues of using GenAi models aside, one ends up making visuals mood boards devoid of reality and history. With it one deprives themselves from learning about our world and who is living in it, inadvertently making your work weaker, because of how detached it is from our shared human reality and history.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years ... we see the wealthiest country -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans"

Anne Trubek@atrubek.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Maybe you don’t care about Lake Erie or Ohio, fine, I get it, but @beltpublishing.bsky.social did publish a book that goes deep on the science of algae just a few months ago and WHAT OTHER PUBLISHER worked on an algae cover, I ask you!

The Great Black Swamp: Toxic Algae, Toxic Relationships, and the Most Interesting Place in America That Nobody's Ever Heard of

Toxic Algae, Toxic Relationships, and the Most Interesting Place in America That Nobody's Ever Heard of

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David Wilson@downpourdw.bsky.social · 3mo ago

COVER REVEAL for Misty and my next middle grade graphic novel Penny Out Of Place -- a fictionalized version of Misty's real life story when she found out the secret thag her dad wasn't her real dad and she had another family states away.

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Karla Ortiz@kortizart.bsky.social · 3mo ago

3/ So shame on Mr. Scorsese and any big name creative, who uses their name and power to throw every single one of their creative peers under the bus, to sanitize the most outrageous and egregious acts that these companies have and continue to engage in. You sully your legacy and your reputation.

Karla Ortiz@kortizart.bsky.social · 3mo ago

2/ To make matters worse, Scorsese throws every single storyboard artist he’s ever worked with under the bus, as he talks about demolishing their livelihoods with models that are likely trained on those story board artist’s same works. To use his legacy and power for this is just so gross.

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 3mo ago

Martin Scorsese is now a partner & advisor for a generative AI startup He says he's using AI during preproduction to storyboard projects “I’m interested in the intersection of technology and storytelling ... cinema is a young medium ... we have to be open to how it can evolve" (via NY Times)

Jake Steinberg@jakesteinberg.com · 3mo ago

I'm thrilled to announce that I will soon be an author! My book, The Twin Cities in 50 Maps, is a cartographic portrait of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The book includes 50 painstakingly designed maps and deeply researched essays that trace the Cities' urbanity, history, ecology, and culture.

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