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Melanee W.

@raynesgem.bsky.social

Digital & Traditional artist | Also enjoys creating sculptures and writing | Opinions are my own | She/her | Check out for other links & commission info: raynesartgems.carrd.co

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Melanee W.@raynesgem.bsky.social · 5h ago

Extremely burned out today. I’ll take it as a sign that I need a break after working for many months with little breaks. It’s greatly affecting my mental health.

Melanee W.@raynesgem.bsky.social · 2d ago

Lamenting the fact I bought a sketchbook for the purpose of a themed sketch project, only for it to be a little too big. I’ll still work with it, but now I’m debating on finding something smaller for the purpose of carrying it with me to places.

Liam Triforce@liamtriforce.bsky.social · last wk.

Since it's been a couple of days, I just wanted to say that I handled the Avatar situation in probably the worst way imaginable, and I apologize. It doesn't matter what my intentions were; I should have just kept my mouth shut until we had all the facts. Below you can read my further thoughts.

As most of you know by now, at San Diego Comic Con, the Avatar panel had a slide that cited ChatGPT for cultural research regarding Tagah’s design. At first, it became clear to me that the crew was vehemently against AI, and I wanted to clear things up for people, but instead - I just made things so much worse. First of all: When I said the “misinformation” was disheartening, I was referring specifically to the narrative that people had run with on social media that the entire film was poisoned by its use. At the time, things were still unclear. I just used the crew’s stance against AI, and their testimony regarding the film’s production and the slide at SDCC, as proof that the film was not touched by AI. I claimed it was “some jackass” without truly knowing who was responsible. I handled this in the worst way imaginable, and instead - I just looked like I was claiming “misinformation” to defend something and downplay what we knew at the time, which ultimately made me look like a jackass politician when the truth became clear. Despite the crew being vehemently against AI (and I fully believe that), it was soon revealed that an artist did use ChatGPT early on in the film’s development, but that their true feelings toward the technology quickly became clear as time went on, and that the film was still entirely crafted by humans. I personally still believe that, but I also understand the fierce apprehension to that now that we know the truth, and people should be free to draw their own conclusions. No one wants to give an inch when it comes to generative AI, because companies will take a mile. Ultimately, I just wanted to take accountability for my actions, and my own, wholly ironic spreading of misinformation. I am deeply sorry. I promise you: No one has been as hard on me as myself these past couple of days, and I’m writing this in an effort to hold myself accountable. I thought I had learned that lesson, but if I’ve repeated the same mistake - I clearly haven’t.
Melanee W.@raynesgem.bsky.social · last wk.

After this weekend, I’m ready to somewhat move on from the Avatar Aang Movie discourse. I understand the controversy and why it’s important to find the truth, but ultimately, unless more concrete evidence surfaces, we shouldn’t jump to conclusions so quickly or fret the unknowns.

Scott "KaiserNeko" Frerichs@kaiserneko.bsky.social · last wk.

I hate A.I. far more than the average person, but I expected from the beginning that whoever put this together was *not* representative of the creative team behind the movie. Some of us have *got* to stop rushing to judgment. It's not fair to the artists doing their best.

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Melanee W.@raynesgem.bsky.social · last wk.

I for one am glad that there’s FINALLY some clarification into what’s going on. As it turns out, there was someone who did use it, but very briefly before dumping it. I know it was a frustrating situation, especially for the talented artists who worked on the film…

Kat Tsai@chuwenjie.bsky.social · last wk.

Update on this situation from our incredible PD Jake who is more qualified to speak on this than I. This is the last time I will be posting about this- thanks everyone for supporting our artists.

Melanee W.@raynesgem.bsky.social · last wk.

Got back from seeing the Odyssey (2026), and in all, it is a very solid film! I throughly enjoyed it! If there’s some criticism (from me) it’s I wish the fantastical elements could have been pushed further. But as it stands, it’s still a very good movie in my opinion.

Melanee W.@raynesgem.bsky.social · 2w ago

Not going to announce this until I’m absolutely ready, but I am considering opening commissions back up in the very near future. My main plan is to do so hopefully before the end of the year. It depends on my schedule, but now is a good time to do so.

Melanee W.@raynesgem.bsky.social · 2w ago

I’m thinking of mostly just buying all the singles I need for my Attack of the Vine set, starting with the epics because I doubt I’ll be finding any product available anywhere. Thanks, scalpers and investor bros. 🙄