Juliana Salcedo
@jusabar.bsky.social
Children's book illustrator based in Madrid. Repped by Susan Hawk Portfolio: https://www.jusabar.net Substack: https://jusabar.substack.com/
Setting your freelance rates shouldn't feel like throwing darts at a moving target 👀 Creatives on how to price with confidence – and never do it "for exposure": www.creativeboom.com/tips/how-to-...
The web that brought clients to your door is being dismantled, and AI is pulling the last nail 👀 How to become a name people ask for, not a result they scroll past: www.creativeboom.com/tips/the-web...
Great piece from @hetanshah.bsky.social in @financialtimes.com on the future of the Humanities. Hope the new Cabinet will read this! giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
We need humanities more than ever in the age of AI
Subjects like literature, languages and history are vital to a thoughtful and prosperous society
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Named after their black-and-white cat, Orca is a little animation studio having a whale of a time 👀 Founders Nelly Michenaud and Ed Bulmer swapped London for Nantes – and they're glowing with it. www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Page of sketches by Signe Torp, winner, from 400 entries, of the Shirley Hughes Sketchbook Award announced today, Shirley’s 99th birthday. Torp was runner-up last year. Contest run by Orange Beak Studio & Shirley’s family. @shirleyhughes.bsky.social @orangebeak.bsky.social.
Why is GenAi so inefficient? Alex Reisner explains it in this article. Worth reading: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Generative AI Is an Engineering Disaster
A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project
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A few hundred Prince William County neighbors spent years fighting the largest data center ever proposed—23 million square feet next to the Manassas battlefield. This week the last developer standing gave up. Big Tech had billions; the neighbors won anyway. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-does...
Another great newsletter from Graham Lovelace on Ai, the initiatives of resistance, and how legislation is catching up: open.substack.com/pub/grahamlo...
Database of defiance launches to tackle the myth of 'AI inevitability'
#112 | PLUS: BBC 'hits wrong note on AI in music' | Code calls for AI fairness | Pubcaster pilots AI news |✨AND: The tell that AI was tagged in
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The future is here, and it’s not like in The Jetsons…
"We realized people were getting out of their cars, yelling and screaming at these Waymos because there were no drivers."
RTVE ha licitado la contratación del servicio de acceso y consumo a la API de OpenAI por un importe de 54.000 euros ⚠️ Según la documentación técnica, RTVE ya trabaja con IA en diversas áreas como el tratamiento de información audiovisual (IA generativa) A que esto no salió en su especial sobre IA 🤨
Hi, I'm still interested in creating a database of stores around the world where artists can sell their zines/prints/merch… Do you know of any in your city? Add them! ✨ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Zine and print store database
✸ ✦ ✶ ◖ ✸ ✦ ✶ ◖ ✸ ✦ ✶ ◖ ✸ ✦ ✶ ◖ ✸ ✦ ✶ ◖ ✸ ✦ ✶ ◖ ✸ ✦ ✶ ◖ ✸ ✦ ✶ ◖ ✸ Hello, I'm VIU an illustrator and I also love art! I'd like to make a collaborative list of stores where artists can browse throug...
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«Las habilidades de los artistas y diseñadores... aportan el máximo valor a cualquier producción de cine o tv. Pensar que sus contribuciones profesionales pueden ser imitadas o eclipsadas por IA generativa, que se basa en obras robadas... es una TRAICIÓN a la naturaleza colaborativa del cine» 🎯🚬
Statement from The Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800 on Martin Scorsese’s recent promotion of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) The Art Directors Guild represents storyboard and concept artists in live-action film, series, and commercials
Sigh… people doing this is probably why Pinterest thinks *my* art is AI generated. It doubly hurts artists coz then people think ‘ew, you use AI’ or ‘ew, your work looks like AI’ and don’t wanna hire us 🙄
AUTHORS! Do not, without the explicit permission of an illustrator, upload the art from your book into any AI system to create content like trailers for your book. I cannot believe this needs to be said AND HERE WE ARE.
Día 15/30 haciendo ilustraciones tradicionales.
Acabo de firmar esta petición para que la UE no ceda sus bases de datos policiales a Estados Unidos a cambio de mantener la exención de los visados. Si el acuerdo prospera, el capo estadounidense tendrá acceso a datos biométricos de todos los ciudadanos europeos. action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-06...
Can we really still say this technology “is the future “? For whom? Why have we bought their PR?
This actual step towards apocalyptic water wars is happening because tech bros religiously believe in a post-human fantasy world where they merge with machines to become immortal and the government is helping them becuse they can finally achieve mass surveillance. www.barchart.com/story/news/2...
"There is currently a strong commercial incentive on the part of the technology industry to overstate the capabilities of their products."
Over 150 Mathematicians Warn Governments Not to "Believe the Hype" About AI
A declaration signed by over 150 mathematics experts from around the world warns governments not to "believe the hype" when it comes to AI.
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Happy 5th anniversary #kidlitartpostcard day! Portfolio: farnaznadim.com Rep'd by: Christy Ewers at: the CAT agency thecatagency.bsky.social
Happy #KidLitArtPoscard Day! And thanks to @ginaperry.bsky.social for the theme “you as a kid” This is me at scout summer camps; I always lost my boots in the grass, every day a treasure hunt. #kidillustration
Greetings from Phoebe, the kidlit illustrator from Australia. Happy June and hope this cat brings you a blessful summer! I'm reped by @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social and you can check out my full portfolio on phoebecreates.com.au
It’s #kidlitpostcardday Wouldn’t you know it! For books and publishing I am represented by @ksonnack.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #illustration #kidlitart