Quick PSA. Looking at you, local orgs and small businesses.

CALL FOR ARTISTS I’m curating a new zine. Theme is Virtual Horror. If you love creepypasta, nosleep, glitchinthematrix, or frequently refer to “I have no mouth and I must scream” in an unsettlingly casual way please reach out. Join me in manifesting the eerie strangeness of the internet.

Google is auto-opting us into letting them not only save, but train AI on *any media* uploaded during *any* search interaction, including regular Search, Maps, Lens, Translate, Shopping, Flights, etc. Turn off "Search Services History", and delete *all your past data* (reason in thread below).

“There are a number of anti-AI tools, AI protection, and data poisoning projects that I’ve just kind of… hoarded links for. There’s so much! The importance is to highlight that there’s constructive work being done to push back against abuse of tech.”

Nathalie Lawhead@alienmelon.bsky.social · 2w ago

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Seeing every small business, be it a local restaurant, a moving company, whatever, all having AI logos and AI ads, really puts into perspective just how many artists are out of jobs now. All those little sustaining jobs where someone just needed a quick thing for $50 to $200 are just gone.

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Something I was working on to close of a workshop project. #gamedev

The Luddites' actual argument was that automated looms meant expensive, skilled workers were being replaced with literal children, who were then getting maimed and killed, and maybe this is bad.

SlacktivistFred@slacktivistfred.bsky.social · last mo.

The Luddites were “clinging to horses and carts” because it was the early 19th century and cars hadn’t been invented yet.

This is going to be the account of a project I'm working on with wonderful artists called Possum Mama! We'll share updates, artwork, comics, fundraisers & hopefully a short in the future. Please follow & share your support for indie animation. I hope you love her as much as I do ❤️

Possum Mama@possummama.bsky.social · last mo.

Felt cute, might delete later 🥰🫰

Storyboard artists, often closest and most integral to realizing a director's vision, are a relatively cheap part of the process. Often their role is disparaged, or not even understood. And yet one of the main goals of AI in film production seems to be to replicate what they do.

Mathew Buck@filmbrainbmb.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A24 announces that they want to put storyboard artists out of work. That's what the headline should be written as. Becuase we should be honest about what these AI "tools" are trying to do, and who it is trying to circumvent. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

So tired of this shit. Literally any concept artist can doodle up a better solution in minutes. And you know it’s original and not just plucked from some other IP. And they can iterate on it in realtime, allowing the whole team to be in on the process. We had this process for fucking decades.

Game Informer@gameinformer.com · 2mo ago

We asked the Crystal Dynamics team about its use of generative AI in developing Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis. Here’s what Jeff Adams, experience director on the game, had to say.

"director as visionary" is a bloated concept how much of a visionary are you with a cadre of visual development artists, lighting techs, second and third units, director of photography (they shorten that to DP a lot dont they), sound mixers, colorists and editors, etc., etc., etc.

Martin Scorsese is advising an AI company that wants to replace human storyboarding. Which is an interesting choice because if he did literally nothing for the rest of his life I’d still consider him an all-time great filmmaker, but now I also think he’s a traitor to his industry

If you are aware of AI use on an animated production at a signatory studio please e-mail ai@tag839.org

jess m. 🌤️@jametc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"whatever, everyone already uses it anyway so it's fine" is just not really the message a sorry person promotes. I'm frustrated by how everyone just gave him the benefit of the doubt. I'm not feeling very forgiving when this is the messaging. I don't think I'm being unreasonable either

we really need to standardize crediting artists. especially in an era where so much ai slop is being put out there if your promo art isn't ai? prove it. give the damn artist some credit. easy fix it even saves the company some small amount of face if it's the artist who used ai. everyone benefits.

The team aspect of animation is by far my favorite part. Sitting in a pitch room w/ the whole crew cracking up during a pitch is so fun & special. Helping out on record days w/ the recording crew & voice actors. Seeing ideas you pitched to the showrunners make it to final. Why forsake that?

What it really is, what the core of it is-is this There are lots of creatives out there who dont care about their team. They care about the end result. They actively resent and disrespect the work they are presented and wish they could have always done it on their own if *ONLY THEY HAD THE TIME*

This really is it, this is the part that keeps me raging against the machine. Every day of my career I’m shoulder to shoulder with incredible people, pouring their skill & point of view into the work they do, making choices that amaze and delight me. Frame by frame, drawing by drawing…that’s THE job

Ju Li Khaw@juleshortstuff.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Any time a creative turns to this tech, they are saying "I do not respect the people who do this thing. I do not value their creative contribution to my vision. I think they are so worthless, they can be replaced by the machine that ate their work." It's not surprising this is seen as hostile.

Any time a creative turns to this tech, they are saying "I do not respect the people who do this thing. I do not value their creative contribution to my vision. I think they are so worthless, they can be replaced by the machine that ate their work." It's not surprising this is seen as hostile.

Cartoon Brew@cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1/3 - Gutierrez got back to us to explain more clearly his involvement with the project, and how he plans to use the tech: "It’s a big experiment for me, and I will be as cautious as possible with AI. Artists driving tech, and not the other way around, is my goal..."

Don’t let the fear of being bad at something keep you from getting good at it. Don’t use AI. It’s not a tool. It’s a creativity killer.

“Creative breakthroughs happen when visionary storytellers are given access to transformative tools”-- Actually, creative breakthroughs happen when people don't have to drink brown water from data center waste. This is not cool or accessible, this is disingenuous & disappointing.

Animation Magazine@animag.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Three AI animated series are heading to Prime Video streaming via Amazon MGM/AWS-backed GenAI Creators' Fund: 'Cupcake & Friends;' 'Love, Diana Music Hunters;' and 'Punky Duck' from Jorge Gutierrez.

The one-two punch of “I chose to morph my art into this to be more marketable” with referring to all of their work as “content” is the saddest thing I’ve ever heard in my life

Having AI do your brainstorming sounds awful. It's the funnest, easiest part! You just sit there, thinking of fun things, and hang out with friends while they think of fun things! It's literally just thinking of fun things without having to implement any of it! Why would you outsource that part??

Something I wish I could scream from the rooftops to make sure everyone could hear at least once: y'all need to be looking for and talking to folks on the Production side of animation more because HOLY SHIT, most of your favorite cartoons just WOULD NOT EXIST without their expertise and work.

Meg Syv@megsyv.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Production folks are literally so powerful and awesome and work so hard to make sure all I have to think about is drawing all the little guys, I just want to know what they need to make their lives easier. I get questions about that side of the process all the time, too! But I'm not qualified!

This hits harder in a post AI world.

new procreate brushes! been working on these holographic/tinsel effects for a while and i’m super proud of them!! (links below🫡) reposts appreciated, thank you for your support!! 🫶🫶🫶

Flyinggg Felt like randomly doodling these 2 Tomas would terrified of flying like this #santiagooftheseas