Elf (s.Elfmade Cosplay)

@elfmade.bsky.social

They/he 🌈 Neurodivergent cosplayer, historical costumer, irl archaeologist based in Germany I love tea, cats, my partners, & fantasy RPGs 🌱 Faves: Tolkien, Witcher, Dragon Age #cosplay ~ #oc ~ #handsewing ~ #art ~ #ElfAtWork ~ #ElfWrites ~ #ElfLore

Started writing a late (when am I not late to anything) entry for DA Kissing Week: Camp And it kept going and going for 3 hours. Had to stop myself, I am still not done, and to my biggest surprise, it's turning out to be Dorian x Lavellan Am looking forward to finding out if or when they will kiss

This is a pretty good summary of why this stuff has zero appeal to anyone who actually enjoys making anything, and there will never be anything Ai companies can do about that. (Green absolutely torching his own credibility is just an astonishing unforced error. Write your own words!)

Mike Bithell@mikebithell.bsky.social · 11h ago

The specific focus in this video on the way these tools get under your skin and train you to depend on them is an aspect I personally find existentially terrifying. youtu.be/TtvICev9sBE?...

AI verifiers are no friends to writers. They were built from the same stolen work as every other generative AI model out there… and the damage to authors is REAL. A beefy 🧵👇

Just a reminder the sale ends on Saturday next week, right when we get the keys to the new flat! I'm currently working on my queue, but I always appreciate shares and any kind of support 💖

Nen || 🎭 TEAM TRAGEDY 🎭 ||@nenthepigeon.bsky.social · 3w ago

TL;DR landlord screw us over, we're moving out next month and cats need medical attention. -15% ON ALL COMMS ABOVE €10 I'm setting up month-long sale on my VGen to hopefully afford moving expenses on top of rent and vet bills before I'm able to find a part-time job to sustain myself. #VGenOpen

graphic with artist looking scared/miserable looking up and saying "oh great heavens, this is dire..." while payment notifications for vet bills, regular bills, moving out (again) expenses are displayed next to them
-15% on all commissions above 10EUR

below there are commission examples - portrait of an elf woman, meme redraw of one person sleeping and the other's smiling face is seen between their legs, a romance movie poster and a sketch of a smiling elf woman.
sketches, portraits, romance art, meme redraws and more!

i think, now, more than ever its really important to interact with people who like your art and vice versa, and cultivate more community and trust among artists and commissioners and followers in general. its not a perfect system by any means but i think building trust between everyone will help

Fuzzikayu@fuzzikayu.bsky.social · 14h ago

This is what people mean by AI is theft. Someone I know later found out an artist (16k followers) they got a commision from uses AI and now they don't have funds to commish me or another artist they like. Not only does the slop machine steal art, these scammers directly steal work from real artists

If you're part of the BioWare or Sims community and want to talk about how those studios' queer characters and themes have impacted you and your fears for those series moving forward after this sale, I'd love to chat with you for a Kotaku story. Can be reached here or email kshepard@kotaku.com

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 22h ago

Well, I guess Electronic Arts belongs to Saudi Arabia, private equity, and Jared Kushner now. https://kotaku.com/electronic-arts-officially-belongs-saudi-arabia-jared-kushner-now-2000721666