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childe

tumblr is such an echo chamber i forgot about people like this

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every few months i remember how cool his design is

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i hate that every time i look for color studies and tips to improve my art and make it more dynamic and interesting all that comes up are rudimentary explanations of the color wheel that explain it to me like im in 1st grade and just now discovering my primary colors

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So a free tool called GLAZE has been developed that allows artists to cloak their artwork so it can't be mimicked by AI art tools.

AI art bros are big mad about it.

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a comic about different types of storytellers

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its official: tumblr is selling our data to Midjourney

we'd been hearing rumors about this for a bit but now its open and out there. some details from this article

it goes without saying, but if @staff goes through with this its going to be an utter shitshow and im all but certain the website will not survive it.

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Happy Year of the Dragon!

I love the idea of kintsugi so here's a porcelain dragon that highlights the broken seams with gold. Despite all the pains of hardships in life, we are beautiful.

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What is this about the tumblr staff wanting to sell art data to midjourney?

An ex-colleague of mine mentioned yesterday that there may be contacts between Automattic and midjourney in that direction, but nothing is public yet and I don't have any more info. They probably won't have anything specific to share either, since they left the company weeks ago too. That being said:

I have no reason to doubt my ex-coworker word, they are a trustworthy person.

Tumblr's CEO has been absurdly enthusiastic (comically, even) about AI, and is a big fan of LLMs and 'AI' companies.

A deal with midjourney could solve tumblr financial issues (not the same company, but openAi is paying up to 5 million/year to news companies to use their content as training data... tumblr generates several orders of magnitude more content than any newspaper or any media company and it only would need a 20 to 30 million per year deal to be profitable)

So I don't have any extra info yet, but I'm keeping my ears open.

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this is chiscara. to me

Yes, you're right, "I'd kill for you – please, ask me to kill for you" is a fun relationship dynamic, but where's the love for the classic attack-dog power dynamic reversal? I'd have thought Tumblr would be all over that one, too. The old "I'll kill for you – and kill, and kill, and kill, if needs be – but first you have to tell me exactly what it is you want. You are not permitted moral distance. Tell me what you need from me and admit your soft hands are just as bloody as mine. Say it. Say it."

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a couple snippets from a presentation i gave at school this past week on storyboarding!!

‼️DISCLAIMER: I am still a student and have only worked on student and indie projects! This is just stuff that I personally find helpful as an amateur, so feel free to take it with a grain of salt!

Happy boarding, friends! ✍️💕

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Pose to Pose and Straight Ahead explanation, along with combo. Material coming soon for my upcoming 2D animation tutorial package.

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❄️ winter wonderland ❄️

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Let's meet again (in the shadow of the Tree of Time)

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tartagalicious

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Keith might have been a god of war, but also of justice and protection, so he kept angering a lot of people and creatures alike, meddling into their plans anytime it was needed. One of those angered was Lotor, who, after getting banished out of the Sacred Gardens for his mischief, stole Lance’s arrow and cursed it, before piercing Keith with it, making him fall in love with his ally and rival both - no one else than Lance himself. Keith tried to break the curse, but he couldn’t take the arrow out - he only broke it, making a part of it get stuck under his ribs, sewed into his body. The curse made him feel better only in the other god’s presence, Lance’s company soothing his nerves. He also sometimes yearned strongly enough to keep feeling the arrow in his side as a sharp pain, edges digging deeper until the need was sated. He needed to get rid of the curse and so he started on to a journey, checking place after place - for gods, half-gods, witches and any other creature willing to take it out of him. Lance, a god of bonds and mischief, oceans and safe harbors, who knew how to take care of his own weapon and break the spell, started accompanying him on this quest, offering help, yet waiting for the other to truly ask for it and making fun of his prideful behavior in the meantime. Stubborn and not easily persuaded to change his mind, Keith kept refusing, even when it was harder and harder to resist Lance’s company and the need to look for comfort in him; even when Lance started worrying more, falling for him as well, the curse spreading on them both because of the prolonged contact.  They kept traveling - finding more trouble and adventure than solutions. Until finally, during a dangerous battle, Lance refused to sit still, and without being asked to do so, he took the curse out, so the god could fight with all his strength - but while he held the arrow in his hand, the magic dripping heavy but unattached to a soul - the love didn’t break.

HERE IS A PIECE I DID FOR MY ANCIENT AU!! Before it’s finished, you can read about it some more on my Patreon; I have also used a similiar idea for The Myths of Voltron Zine.

SHOP (where you can buy it as a charm) - PATREON - INSTAGRAM

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original character in chinese wuxia style of 旋风博文

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