Tahitian dance animation by Mathilde Vachet. www.instagram.com/mathilde.vac...
HadleyRO
@hidfrey.bsky.social
Making things makes me happy Comic Artist + Indie Game Dev
Here’s the part we all want to know which is behind the paywall. You’re welcome.
“As part of this update, public Instagram profiles are now automatically opted into being fodder for generative AI remixes. All someone has to do is tag your account’s profile in a prompt—if it’s public—and they can use Meta AI to generate an image using your likeness.”
Animations for "Re: Serial Experiments" (an upcoming Lain fan game) studioqs45.com/lain/
English-subbed trailer for "Cherry and Virgin" indie feature film by Masanao Kawajiri. A nervous romance between Ami (an illustrator; in color) & Ryo (a mangaka; in b&w). World premiere next week at Fantasia Festival (Montreal).
Lynda Barry did not squeeze your heart and simultaneously explain the point of all art with the barest of line drawings so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."
Sam Raimi didn't strap a Super 8 camera to a 2x4 so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."
Wacom doing planned obsolescence with a "Thank you for your support" on their staggeringly overpriced products wasn't on my bingo card but I am UNSURPRISED. If you too are in this position, allow me to draw your attention to what's probably your best solution: opentabletdriver.net
So Wacom finally decided to pull the plug on my Cintiq 13HD. Kind of a barbaric move but I am wondering if anyone knows of a way to ensure continued support, either through a plugin or something of a similar vein. Any input would be appreciated.
Character design work by Satoko Morikawa for Princess Arete (2001), dir. Sunao Katabuchi, Studio 4°C
Concept art by Yoshiyuki Momose for Only Yesterday (1991), dir. Isao Takahata, Studio Ghibli
I have a huge backlog of games to get through spanning ten years and more , I have no problem not buying games from studios doing this and watching them rethink when their profits drop.
A pencil test by Kristof Serrand for The Prince of Egypt (1998), dir. Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner and Simon Wells, DreamWorks Animation
I think we’re long past the “ai bad because of stealing” argument and fully in the “ai is also actively and tangibly destroying our planet why are you even trying to use it as an art tool at this point” stage
McDonald's Japan started running a new ad where they recreate "I can't defeat Airman" to advertise iced coffee, but the video is region locked on twitter so fuck em here's the video with English subtitles.
This is the first year we had some white-throated sparrows visit us : ) Also had a lot of white crowned sparrows come by but that's a group of bird sketches for another day 😌
in case it's useful to anyone else, i've tossed the spreadsheet template i've been using to track my graphic novel progress in my ko-fi shop! keeps track of deadlines, pages started/finished, & how many pages you should do each day to stay on track. PWYW! ko-fi.com/s/bfcb2f39ff