So Netflix is releasing this animated movie but here’s the thing - all backgrounds are done in AI. No actual BG artists were hired or credited for this work.
And here’s the kicker - I gave them too much credit. I realized that not even the AI users are credited apparently. Check this out:
“+Human”. No names, no nothing.
I know it’s tempting, but please don’t hate-watch this thing. Numbers equal profit even if the people watching are just doing it to mock. Don’t give Netflix and other studios even more incentive to fire more animators and replace them with machines trained on their work and skill.
Hilarously, the excuse used is ‘there aren’t enough artists’. That’s not true - there are more than enough artists, but the real issue is that no one wants to pay a living wage. Here’s a short video about the reality of animation in Japan.
The biggest winners in this equation at the end of the day are the AI infrastructure owners - owners of Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, etc. Do not feed this machine, it creates more monopolization of entire industries, raises a powerful few and dehumanizes the rest.
No,smoking!
at least once a year i reminisce upon one of my very first anime boyfriends and i fall in love all over again. no ones doing it like you anymore shizuo
RISE
Another MGS monochrome, made a day after Venom Snake. I really have fun drawing in monochrome, it's relaxing and I don't have to worry about small details... well because it's mostly based on light and shadows lmao. It might be a little too dark lol.
bats make up 20% of all mammal species - here's 4 of them! 🦇
[northern ghost bat, spotted bat, philippine forest horseshoe bat, & bornean horseshoe bat]
Neko Deribarii! Which is basically translated to "Cat Delivery"
A song by Akatsuki Records doujin circle, performed by almighty ✨Stack✨ got inspired to make this because of it, banger, check it out.
I got crazy with colors here, i really like it tho
One of my arts that I really really like, there are some references in the cats in the background, also some in the box, the noodle maine coon is actually based on a friend's cat!
you know what, I’m not done posting about baby bats!!!
here is a fact for you: rescued baby bats are regularly given little blankets and swaddled up like itty bitty bat burritos! this is a whole Thing
Oh, and sometimes they get tiny pillows!
And they get fed out of teensy baby bottles!
They are even given mini bat pacifiers to nurse on 💕
in conclusion, here is a baby bat yawning:
Eerily beautiful modern nihonga paintings by Matsuura Shiori (she also does a lot of bijin-styled art, some hinting at wlw!). For her take on Japanese monsters, the pieces shown here are:
One of the most beautiful jorougumo depiction I’ve ever seen (the tangled butterflies in her spiderweb-hair <3)
A banquet going amok because of mischievious rokurokubi and nopperabou, and their tsukumogami (animated objects) suite
A falsely serene Otsuyu from the Peony lantern ghost story
Crokery tsukumogami and a very curious investigating cat
Make-up tsukumogami and sleeping white cat (maybe a bakeneko as hinted in the mirror)
Day 2 : Scurry. That time when Snake was passing through the blast furnace, and Otacon suggested he take the path over the lava by scaling the wall on a narrow ledge like the rats were doing.
Hello! I'm an artist that'll be posting here from time to time. I'm also currently struggling with starting out in game-making (small amount of free time and low confidence). Current fandoms: Touhou, Metal Gear, Castlevania, Ryu Ga Gotoku, Durarara.
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