“Art Of Avatar Fire and Ash” book signing - what a fun event! A huge thank you to the Avatar fans - some who travelled *very* far to attend - for making it out on a random Tuesday night to hear a bunch of art nerds talk. It was really cool getting to meet everyone, wish we had more time! #avatarsky

Did a little chat with team Avatar about the creature design process of "Avatar: Fire and Ash", in anticipation of the upcoming art book release! You can watch the entire conversation here: youtu.be/JRKi9mbBil8?... #avatarsky

"The Art of Avatar Fire and Ash" artbook comes out on July 21st in the US, and evidently is already available in the UK! #avatarsky

The Artbook Collector@theartbookguy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A spread of windray concepts from The Art of Avatar: Fire and Ash! Creature design is always a highlight of the Avatar movies, as seen here from artists @zacharyberger.bsky.social, Greg Tozer & Paul Tobin. The book is out now in the UK and July 21st in the US. Read my review below 👇

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 · 4mo 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...

“AI is less regulated than a sandwich shop” - MIT professor Want to help with that? There’s a bill in California that would require transparency in the AI datasets, but it needs your help to pass. Please add your name to the support petition here, it’ll take you 2 minutes: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/

There is a bill in California that would allow creators to look under the hood of AI training datasets to see if their work was being used, but it needs your support - please sign this petition, it’ll take you 2 minutes: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 (video credit hitrecordjoe on IG) 1/

The only way for this AI "competitor" to function is by taking a bunch of work off the internet without consent. A bill in California would force transparency in their dataset. Want to help it pass? Please sign this petition in support, it'll take you 2 minutes: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/

Potentially huge? Google held liable for AI hallucinations in a German court. I.e. if google AI tells you to glue rocks to your pizza, they are responsible. the-decoder.com/landmark-ger...

Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers

A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators ...

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Black Forest Labs (like Stability AI) likely took a bunch of work off the internet in order to train their AI. A bill in California would force transparency in their dataset. Want to help it pass? Please sign this petition in support, it'll take you 2 minutes: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/

Karla Ortiz 🔜 LBX@kortizart.bsky.social · 5mo ago

1/ This company’s models were trained on web scraped datasets (like LAION) and their founders are ex-Stability AI employees who engage in the same thieving practices that led artists like myself to sue Stability. GenAi companies NEED big names to sanitize their exploitation and crippling PR.

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 · 5mo 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

MUST READ! @amnesty.org shining a light on the abuses of AI data scraping. Think we should force the AI corps to be transparent about what they trained off? There's a bill in California that would do just that - please support it by adding your signature to this petition: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/

Dr Matt Mahmoudi@docmattmoudi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

So we’ve been cooking up some thoughts on Gen AI at @amnesty.org and I’m ecstatic to finally see it out in the world! Our 🗝️ conclusion: standalone gen AI systems, built on unlawful web scraping, constitute mass invasions of privacy by design & should be prohibited www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their AI training datasets - this bill would force them. If that sounds good, we REALLY NEED YOUR HELP! Please sign this petition in support of the bill, it'll take you 2 minutes: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/

Thank you @mexopolis.bsky.social for hearing your fans and your community!! ❤️‍🩹 If you'd like to take some action, a bill in Cali would force AI corps like Amazon to be transparent about what is in the training datasets, but it needs YOUR help! Please sign this petition: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/

"Faster, more efficient" = cutting artists and animators "3rd party video models w/ a proprietary model portfolio" = we won't tell you what data we trained off of (likely stolen) A bill in Cali would force AI transparency, but it needs YOUR help! Please sign this petition tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/

Animation Magazine@animag.bsky.social · 5mo 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.

CA’s transparency bill AB-412 (which forces GenAi companies to disclose if their datasets are using YOUR copyrighted works) is in a slow march to become a bill. Also due to massive tech opposition, they make us all work for it every step of the way. Don’t let em win, sign the petition below asap!👇

NAVA@navavoices.org · 5mo ago

Every single day without transparency, the value of copyright loses ground and the harms inflicted to creative industries grow. Please add your signature to this petition TODAY. actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...

The metaphors really keep piling up here. A university used AI to try to save some time automating a task that did not need to be automated, or to give the appearance that it was future-forward, and wound up leaving hundreds of students out of graduation.

Three Scary Rogue Agents in a Trenchcoat@alexhanna.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Sir, another graduation ceremony in which the students booed AI has dropped. "College graduates were pissed after their school used AI to announce graduates’ names and missed hundreds of names" (via @/FearedBuck on Twitter)

California-based artists and creatives, the California government is asking for public input on AI's impact on our work. Please fill out this survey, it'll just take a few minutes: join.engaged.ca.gov/en/projects/...

@andyparkart.bsky.social has been with the MCU since nearly the beginning, and has contributed countless iconic designs. He's also a super nice guy - any team would be extremely lucky to have him.

Karla Ortiz 🔜 LBX@kortizart.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Another artist Marvel let go today was Visual Development Director @andyparkart.bsky.social ! Which is wild as Andy is a staple! Andy was responsible for the visual direction of the Guardian of the Galaxy movies, the designs of Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, Shang-Chi, latest Thor, and so much more!

A legendary talent.

Karla Ortiz 🔜 LBX@kortizart.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Here’s just ONE of the artists Marvel Studios let go today: Wesley Burt, a brilliant veteran, one of the best in the industry. He made the viral Fantastic Four Valentine’s day card! He was also pivotal for the look of many films and shows like for example Loki, Black Panther, Avengers and so on!

One of the best art teams in the world were all laid off yesterday. If you're hiring concept artists, you have your pick of *literally* some of the best artists currently working, who haven't been available in a decade+. I know some of them personally, and would eagerly recommend all of them.

Karla Ortiz 🔜 LBX@kortizart.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Devastated to hear the entire Marvel Studios’s Visual Development team has been let go. This was my old home but more importantly, the home of so many incredible artists and peers. Absolutely heartbreaking 😔 Sending all my impacted peers my love and support. Please reach out if you need anything!

“And the end of Sora does not mean there is no demand for AI video generators, but it does mean that the overwhelming use case for AI video generators continues to be what it has always been: people making porn, nonconsensual sexual imagery, disinformation, and low-effort slop at scale.”

404 Media@404media.co · 7mo ago

OpenAI news: 1. Sora is dead. May the memory of its four-month existence as a copyright infringement machine be a blessing. 2. Disney is pulling out of its billion-dollar investment in OpenAI entirely. Turns out when you try to serve AI slop on a product people pay for, no one wants it.

Maybe Open AI decided there was more money to be made in military contracts than trying to make Marvel movies?

Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora

The studio giant will no longer move forward with its OpenAI investment, as the AI company exits the video generation business.

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Had a wonderful time chatting with Aaron Dhanda over on the Learn Squared podcast! We talked creatures, James Cameron, anxiety, and imposter syndrome, among many things! This is probably the most candid and real I’ve ever gotten on a podcast, so please take a listen when you have a chance! 1/2

JoGoLev explains the importance of AI transparency and the California AB-412 bill. If you want to help support transparency in AI datasets, sign this petition - it'll take 1 minute! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963

The hearing on AI dataset transparency on 12/8 was a resounding success! Artists, animators, voice actors, actors, writers, musicians, and other creatives showed up en masse in solidarity with one another and to support more transparency in the AI datasets! There was standing room only! 1/2

Everyone who wants sensible regulation regarding AI training on copyrighted works: we're asking you to actually show up IN PERSON to support CA bill AB412 on: Monday Dec 8 @ 10am Stanford University - Paul Brest Hall 555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA 94305 if you can. RSVP here: bit.ly/44lRMsX

Protect Digital Identity@protectdid.bsky.social · 11mo ago

SHOW UP TO TESTIFY MONDAY! (12/08/2025) Stanford Paul Brest Hall - 10am Join us here: March2Testify.org #CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists #AB412 #March2Testify #CAAB412

Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word! RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇

Karla Ortiz 🔜 LBX@kortizart.bsky.social · 11mo ago

1/3 Massive efforts are being done to ensure states do not regulate GenAI. Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech! On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill. We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives! Rsvp link in thread!

Like some kind of zombie cockroach, THE BAN ON STATE AI REGULATIONS IS BACK FROM THE DEAD!! 🪦 Please call your senators and rep NOW and tell them no state AI regulation ban!! A cheat sheet of who to call, scripts of what to say here: tinyurl.com/msa69nkv

Karla Ortiz 🔜 LBX@kortizart.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🚨 Yet again Ted Cruz and Steve Scalise are trying to sneak in a moratorium on state GenAi legislation. If passed states can no longer enact laws for transparency, child safety, privacy, environmental protection etc. We got 3 days to stop this. Call now! www.senate.gov/senators/sen...

Rest in peace Drew Struzan, a true icon www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Drew Struzan, Iconic Movie Poster Artist and Favorite of Spielberg and Lucas, Dies at 78

He created some of the most memorable movie posters of all-time in his own signature style as Steven Spielberg and Guillermo del Toro pay tribute.

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Reminder: they're STILL taking all of our work + we STILL need (especially Cali) signatures on the petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act. TLDR= this'll require transparency about what's in AI datasets! Signing takes 1 min. Once done, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963

Karla Ortiz 🔜 LBX@kortizart.bsky.social · last yr.

Friends, we got a call to action 👇 We have the right to know when and how our creative works are used, especially when it comes to GenAi! This is why we need regulation like California’s Ai Copyright Transparency Act #AB-412 ! If you agree, especially if in CA, please sign & share this petition!