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The Neighborhood Watch

Episode 2

“And Then We Fall.” Part 2

Pages 200-209

*Author's NOTE: FINALLY! After a long long LONG time the next part is finally done. There is a whole story behind why this took so long that I can't discuss just yet as it will interfere with legal matters. However, I can say it has definitely been a journey. I am definitely working on coming back. As you can tell the very last panel looks very different from the rest and this is because the panel was literally done at the time of posting and I have obtained a new style which you will see in the next. I hope those who are still here in this wonderful world that is Fallout enjoy this chapter and I can't wait to get the next started and posted. Catch you next time my dudes.*

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The Neighborhood Watch

Episode 2

“And Then We Fall.” Part 2

Pages 200-209

*Author's NOTE: FINALLY! After a long long LONG time the next part is finally done. There is a whole story behind why this took so long that I can't discuss just yet as it will interfere with legal matters. However, I can say it has definitely been a journey. I am definitely working on coming back. As you can tell the very last panel looks very different from the rest and this is because the panel was literally done at the time of posting and I have obtained a new style which you will see in the next. I hope those who are still here in this wonderful world that is Fallout enjoy this chapter and I can't wait to get the next started and posted. Catch you next time my dudes.*

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Just experimenting with different brushes and Feelin Good by Michael Bublé came on. Still love this Bogart Synth after all these years.

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Did some Helluva Boss Fanart and wanted to finish my OC concept.

PROFILE

Name: Ophelia

Age: 26

Occupation: Personal Assistant/Bodyguard to Prince Stolas.

Abilities: Skilled in Hand to hand Combat, artillery, and melee weapons such as swords and knives. Organization skills such as alphabetizing, scheduling. Knows several languages. Catering, presentation, cleaning, in other words to sum it up, she is simply one Helluva Bodyguard.

Likes: Organization

Dislikes: Anything Harmful to Prince Stolas or Princess Octavia, Blitz, Striker.

Little is known about Ophelia except that Her Occupation seems to be her soul purpose.

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"Gossip"

Neighborhood Watch Shorts 1

The detective and his secretary.

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Was just doing some drawing to music doodles and I actually liked this one. What do you suppose is going through his mind?

Song: Bloodstained Heart (Guess it's a give away lol)

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"The Dead Never Stay Buried"

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The Neighborhood Watch

Episode 2

“And Then We Fall.” Part 2

Pages 190-199

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The Neighborhood Watch

Episode 2

“And Then We Fall.” Part 2

Pages 170-179

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I'm thinking about moving...

I've had this thought for a while now. I mean let's face it. Tumblr is kind of dead. With the owners of the site stupid rules on censorship yet the porn bots are still here. Literally every day I log on I see like 24 notifications. Only to realize they are all bots. So my time on here is simply log on, report and block. I'm done then.

I still work on my art and my comic but I am debating whether or not to post on here. Is anyone even there to view them. I honestly don't think so. I don't even see many of my friends or the people I follow even on here anymore.

I honestly think this is coming to an end.

At least for tumblr.

I have been exploring around and found another site called Pillowfort that looks promising.

The decision hasn't been made yet.

And if anyone is reading this, any advice?

I should have a decision by Sunday Feb 19 2023

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There’s a protest going on against AI art over on artstation, so I feel like now is the time for me to make a statement on this issue! 

I wholeheartedly support the ongoing protest against AI art. Why? Because my artwork is included in the datasets used to train these image generators without my consent. I get zero compensation for the use of my art, even though these image generators cost money to use, and are a commercial product. 

Musicians are not being treated the same way. Stability has a music generator that only uses royalty free music in their dataset. Their words: “Because diffusion models are prone to memorization and overfitting, releasing a model trained on copyrighted data could potentially result in legal issues.” Why is the work of visual artists being treated differently?

Many have compared image generators to human artists seeking out inspiration. Those two are not the same. My art is literally being fed into these generators through the datasets, and spat back out of a program that has no inherent sense of what is respectful to artists. As long as my art is literally integrated into the system used to create the images, it is commercial use of my art without my consent.

Until there is an ethically sourced database that compensates artists for the use of their images, I am against AI art. I also think platforms should do everything they can to prevent scraping of their content for these databases. 

Artists, speak out against this predatory practice! Our art should not be exploited without our consent, and we deserve to be compensated when our art is exploited for commercial use. 

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The Neighborhood Watch

Episode 2

“And Then We Fall.” Part 2

Pages 160-169

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The Neighborhood Watch

Episode 2

“And Then We Fall.” Part 2

Pages 150-159

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The Neighborhood Watch

Episode 2

“And Then We Fall.” Part 2

Pages 130-139

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The Neighborhood Watch

Episode 2

“And Then We Fall.” Part 2

Pages 130-139

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The Neighborhood Watch

Episode 2

“And Then We Fall.” Part 2

Pages 120-129

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The Neighborhood Watch

Episode 1 (End)

“And Then We Fall.” Part 1

Pages 115-119