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Izzy Hand's for trans rights 🙏

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Hey, y'all! I made these today! I release them into the world to support the cause! They're sized for 8.5x11 printer paper. Take 'em. Print 'em. Post 'em EVERYWHERE.

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Be gay, trans and alive

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Wow. The patience, kindness and calm communication skills. Outstanding.

From raindovemodel

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Artists! I found a new outfit for our Oc's~

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FINISHED

TRIGUN X DANDADAN INTRO

thanks for keeping up with the updates and not giving up on me honestly love yall for that anyways happy new years!!

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Goodnight.

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Been slowly working on some art cards of the WH gang. I will post them one by one. I have 3 complete so far.

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heck it, let's put all the pages in full res here, I worked hard on them!!

READ ALL OF FELT WORLD HERE ON TAPAS

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Hey Helluva Fans!! I have made a community for both sides of our fandom. So far it's just me and one other. But I would love to see more join!!

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this is your periodic reminder that for all the artifacts and errors and "tells" one could possibly list, the only reliable way to actually determine if an image is ai generated is to investigate the source. it is becoming increasingly common for "fake classical paintings" to circulate around curative aesthetic blogs, and everyone should be using this as an opportunity to not only exercise their investigative skills but also appreciate art more in general. you're all checking out the artists you reblog, right? 🫣

so what are some signs to look for? let's use this very good example.

what a lovely late-impressionist piece blended with evocative leyendecker-esque themes! why haven't you ever heard of this artist before? surely tumblr would be all over an artist like this. who is justin brown?

your two options from here are to do a search for the name, or a reverse image search. i prefer reverse image searching, particularly when it comes to a common name like "justin brown". so what does that net?

Immediately, without looking at any text, something is wrong: it barely exists. an actual historical piece would turn up numerous results from websites individually discussing the piece, but no such discussions are taking place. Looking at the text, though, does show the source-- and at least in this case, the creator was honest about their medium.

But let's also look at the "exact matches", in case a source doesn't make itself apparent in the initial sidebar results like this.

This section will often tell you post dates of images, and here it can be seen that the very first iteration of the image was posted 15 days ago. It did not exist online prior to that.

Seeing how long an unsourced image has been floating around is a skill applicable to more than just generative images! See a cool image of an artifact or other intriguing item with a vivid caption? Reverse search it! If all the results are paired with that caption and only go back a few months, you might just have viral facebook spam.

Sometimes generative creators are dishonest about their medium and do not tag it like in the example, so that's when establishing "jpeg provenance" becomes important. While it can be a little trickier to determine if someone is using generative images and not admitting to it if they aren't trying to pass it off as a classic, something to consider is the age of their account and the frequency with which they post. Here are some account red flags:

-Did they only start posting art after 2022, or if they did before, did their style/skill level WILDLY change? Not gradual improvement-- I'm talking amateur graphite portraits straight into complex digital renders. Everyone starts somewhere, newness is not a red flag alone; it's newness combined with existing in a vacuum away from any community.

-Do they post fully-finished paintings several times a week? -Do many of these paintings seem iterative of a similar theme or subject matter ("three well-dressed young men face each other under shade and dappled sunlight")?

-Does their style change in inconsistent ways? An artist that can swap between painting like Drew Struzan and Hokusai should be pretty well known, right? Why is no one hyping this guy?!

-Do they have social media besides the source instagram? If so, what are they posting about? Are there any WIPs? Doodles? Interactions with other artists? Gallery dates? 3am self-doubt posts? Or is it all self-promo? Crypto? Seemingly nothing art-related at all for someone pushing out 3 weekly paintings?

Basically, if it's important to you to omit this stuff when you curate, please don't just smash reblog if the source doesn't seem to be the OP themselves. Seeking out sources was important even before this became an issue, now it is more than ever.

peace n love

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whats this?? Queen Bee Fan Art??

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WHo will join him for a drink??

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urgent update: Hurricane Milton

Hello again, I am making this on behalf of Tobi again, beloved and brave friend, pet owner, welcome home team member, and puppet maker who needs your help to get out of Florida. He is in the path of the incoming hurricane and trying to get out and find a new place to stay ASAP

Tobi is currently at 62% of his goal, please help him and his pet bird out because he’s an amazing friend that I don’t want to see in danger. As such I will not be posting art or anything else until Tobi reaches his goal and will be reblogging this daily.

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Working on some fun Fae doodles. I've been reading a lot of Emily Wilde and watching tooooo much Ancient Magus Bride.

Pweez enjoy as I rot.

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Have some of those good ol Overlord Husker Vibes