#finally content literally asked for

[keferon]

..so. I guess I can do these in 3D now haha

[electric-plants]

kaveh: you can’t make cyno do everything for you alhaitham

alhaitham: i don’t

kaveh: he’s literally carrying you right now

alhaitham: okay fine. cyno, put me down then

cyno: do i have to??🥺

[spearxwind]

Since you're on the topic I have genuine question about AI art designs from a non-artist.

In your opinion would using an AI tool to generate a reference for a commission (whether it be for character design or pose) be an appropriate use of said tools?

I thought about this as well and I gotta say, personally I don't think so.

Barring for the purpose of this ask the whole "AI art is stolen art" thing (which I stand by fiercely), AI generated images are really janky, especially reference sheets. There are details everywhere that make no fucking sense, anatomy is deformed, they have a lot of nonsensical parts to them so its just one big jumble of nothing.

And, it's pulling from designs created by existing artists and warping them to fit your prompt. It's work that another artist already made, used by an AI that's trained on a specific dataset. It also pulls from popular things that people enjoy: tried and true color combos, the most popular shapes that big artists use, theres a LOT of waifus, and a lot of the art genuinely comes in the same painterly style that's really hard to color pick from. some even come with color swatches that don't match the colors on the reference

In short, it's just a machine generating something that looks neat at first glance, and then is actual hot garbage when you just... look at it closely. Not to mention that an AI prompt can be iterated, and the AI pulls from everything it has, for every prompt, so what you end up getting is completely samey designs with small changes. Good for concept art assistance, but not if you want to create a Legit Character. The AI will give you something that it has already spit out a thousand times over and then some, with no regards to composition, design technique, color theory, because all it knows is what it has been fed and what the artists its ripping off of know (meaning if they have mistakes, the AI will as well. But in a far less human way)

Meanwhile, when you commission someone you are likely to go for someone whos art style will actually fit what you want to get, or someone whos art style you enjoy. Usually these artists will be people you've followed for a while and you at least know them enough to know what they can do. And they are also reactive, you can tell them to actually change and tweak details of what they're making for you. And not taking into account the bad actors out there (as there are always bad actors in every discipline) you will have something that has been made specifically FOR you, not just what a machine thinks you would perceive as eye candy.

As for poses... just draw it badly in ms paint. The AI will not give you the pose you want for the aforementioned reason: broken anatomy (and also because it will pull from its dataset of poses it can warp features onto. It's a lot more limited than you think.) If you want a pose prompt for a commission just draw it really badly in ms paint or on a napkin and write annotations for the artist (arm goes here, this guy is grabbing this thing, etc etc) Most of us if not all of us will GLADLY interpret your pose for you and draw whatever you want us to.

And like. Literally if you're going to get commissions anyway, why not commission a design first thing of all?? Or buy an adoptable from people who already make them by hand? It will genuinely be so much better than just hoping a machine does all the work for you. Please support artists

[kindahoping4forever]

my ultimate wish for this next era is they finally let Ryan go like they did Andy. I'm so sick of not getting the content we deserve. All the gatekeeping of tour diaries and now the crumbs of concert footage in that "documentary" yesterday. he was working for months on that? that's why we didn't get tour diaries? all that footage just goes in his vault now? Please.

Hello! I'm sorry to hear you felt disappointed by yesterday's special. However, I feel compelled to comment on a few objective points in your ask.

- "Live & Backstage in Amsterdam" was directed by James Tonkin, the same director (and production team, Hangman) they worked with on "The Feeling of Falling Upwards" (and the unreleased "Live in Brixton" special). Ryan was credited as director of the documentary footage and as a contributing editor (1 of 3) but the live footage and overall final program was not his work.

- Regardless of the particular creatives involved here (or in any given project for that matter), the fact remains that any directors, producers, photographers, etc are all hired hands operating with full input and specific direction from the band. The band chose to make this a hybrid concert film/documentary. The band chose to condense the setlist the way they did. The band chose this format over the traditional tour diaries. What happens to the unused footage will be determined by the band. Ryan is a friend but he is first and foremost an employee and the band owns that footage. (Likewise, the MYT diaries are not sitting on Andy Deluca's hard drive because he's "gatekeeping" or too lazy to edit it. If the band wanted them released, they'd be released.) All this to say, of course you don't have to agree with the decisions but it's important to clarify who your complaint is with.

- This concept of the band or their collaborators "gatekeeping" and fans not getting what we "deserve" is, to be blunt, entitled and immature. Being a fan does not make an artist indebted to you. They make music, if you feel so inclined, you listen. That's it. That's the extent of the contract. Anything beyond that is optional for both parties. Any content an artist chooses to release is not out of obligation or generosity, it's part business strategy, part artistic vision. Artists do not owe you anything. This band does not owe you anything.

[luck-of-the-drawings]

when i was in highschool one o my biggest coping mechanisms was drawing all the kids i hated getting killed and eaten and killed. and well. time is a slowly ascending spiral. you will find patterns.(i work as a blackjack dealer. gamblers are FASCINATING

[cashmoneychiyo]

I liked Nozaki-san, was this the last chapter? But I admit I didn't understand Mayu's reaction on the last page, what pissed him off? What did Mayu mean and want to show Mikoshiba?

Mayu's used to being babied as the kouhai in the Nozaki gang --> Mikoshiba found it funny when he saw Mayu act like a senpai to Miyoshi --> Mayu felt that his kouhai position was threatened --> Mayu tried to switch roles with Miyoshi (treating him as the senpai and making himself look unreliable) in order to get back that kouhai position.

His jealousy was evident earlier in the chapter too.

[mayonaisalspray]

really dig the way you tag your pokemon irl posts with the arc name before the arc's content has been revealed... like "hmmm spiritomb... writing this down" its very fun

LOL glad it’s adding some suspense :]

[especdreamy]

Dear mutuals and followers keep me in ur thoughts tomorrow morning cuz i'll be having my (possibly) last exam of this semester and my ass COULD NOT focus in studying SHIT until about three hours ago (it is almost 2am right now) and if I fail I will 100% have to repeat the class. Next year 😭

[astrxealis]

fun story i got the dlc of 'a date with death' at school LMFAO ..... i have cash but not gcash (it's a filipino thing) so i was talking w my friend in class who also played the game (and she calls me a nerd /pos a lot lol) and i was like i want the dlc but i have no gcash... and she was like ok i'll give you gcash..... enabler ....... but also she wants me to tell her abt it so. ^_^ ecks dee

[bluehairperson]

don't you just love joining a fandom too late :').

Yeah :')

Sometimes I get kinda sad thinking about all the inside jokes, fanarts and fandom excitement I must have missed by arriving late.

I remember discovering the game like... almost ten years ago, I think? But my phone was too old to run the app and it kept crashing every couple of dialogues, so I had to disinstall it while all my friends were playing through it just fine. I was only able to get into it a couple of years ago when I managed to buy a more recent device, but by that time all my friends had already moved on and were no longer much interested in it. 😭

It sucks, but this can't stop me or you to enjoy all the content that's already here and to create something new by our own! I get that once a series stops being updated (or not if we consider the Dorian situation) the fan excitement kinda dies, but personally my hype has always been more dependant from fans' creations rather than canon material.

Since I've started posting, all my friends who were into the game years ago decided to re download the app just because of how annoying enthusiastic I am about it. I also convinced at least a couple of people who had never heard of it before!

Moral of the story is: as long as someone is willing to be annoying about a series you can keep the fandom alive and drag other people into it.

[stormyoceans]

not only we are going to have new jimmysea series WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PUENTALAY BACK. BEST DAY OF MY LIFE

WE'VE JUST BEEN WINNING TO HIGH HEAVENS AND BACK TODAY AND IT FEELS SO SURREAL BECAUSE I'VE LITERALLY NEVER WON SO MUCH IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. I'VE BEEN WALKING AROUND MY APARTMENT IN COMPLETE STUPOR SINCE I GOT HOME FROM WORK IDK HOW IT FEELS LIKE TO BE FED SO WELL YOU'RE NOT STARVING FOR CONTENT THIS IS THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA THE GODS SMILED UPON US WE'RE ON THE WINNING TEAM THIS IS OUR TIME

[trainingdummyrabbit]

not to be predictable but ☕️ eppythet erased?

EPPYTHET MY BELOVED....

honestly an underrated gem of a show. its just such a genuinely lovely, feel-good sillyshow. the way its written is sharp and constantly keeps your attention, which is Hard As Hell to do as well as it does. its such a fascinating show to really Look At from a show perspective, especially with all the production stories and such. its visuals are unique and, despite a lot of folks' first views on it, genuinely such a perfect and fun way to encapsulate exactly what the show Is and what it Stands For. so much love is poured into it and it Really Really Shows.

might be my Early-Fandom-Liker bias showing, but it also was such a lovely community to be in during and just After it finished airing-- i dont think ill ever experience such a delightful group like that with anything else again. with it being such a small show (and the creator being so In The Community, being so... Just-Some-Guy,) it also means a small fandom, but it just... sticks together like a flock of penguins. it genuinely felt like hanging out in a room with a bunch of friends, and ill never forget it.

excellent characters, excellent writing, delightful ost, fascinating worldbuilding... i will literally never stop shilling it every moment i can. its just such a comfort show-- its writing is always solidly in the lighthearted-fun category, silly in its nature, but it cares so so much. its such a difficult genre of show to really Explain, but its what kicked my appreciation of overarching Themes and Moods of stories+shows into overdrive. its really fascinating.

anyway mera and indus are the Only characters ever. thats all <3

[tskumoyuuma]

I ended up having a very good Christmas eve n Christmas day :'))

[magentagalaxies]

❤️❤️❤️

[capricores]

HIIIII guys!!! i hope you've all been doing well!!!

[94erz]

we made it sab 😭😭🫂🫂😭🫂😭🫂😭😭🫂 we're getting jin back!!!!

I CANNOT BELIEVE WE MADE IT!!! WE DID IT!!! 1/7 DOWN IT'S REALLLLLL!!! Jin is FINALLY coming home we never have to do this again omg 😭😭😭 he gets to do whatever he wants as the only member back for the next 126 days and then we'll get 2seok shenanigans and I absolutely can't wait for that!

IT'S FINALLY JIN'S ERA LET'S FREAKIN' GOOOOOOOO