My Top Posts In 2021

Made this as a birthday gift for my friend!

Quick doodle, going for super hero vibes.

Version 2 of my OC that I made as a 3d model for class. Still needs a lot of polishing, BUT LOOK! Its my girl!

More shots and sketches below cut.

I’ve realized that mobile Tumblr is stupid, and no one can find my commissions page. Here is my basic commission info, if you are interested find my full information here.

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. 

An original character of mine. She is a fairy with powers of fire/ice.

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My favorite color is purple. I like cheap milk chocolate, but prefer dark if its expensive chocolate. I am currently being murdered by finals.

So I got inspired by  @aufi-creative-mind‘s Kintsugi Fi and got the idea to draw what Fi might look like for Linked Universe, well I suppose it could just be for BOTW. I really had fun playing with the idea that she was shattered when the timeline split, and decided to keep a part of each of those appearances so that she could keep the ties to each of her boys. I also really love and got inspired by @nobodytheelf‘s long haired BOTW Fi.

what are you majoring in?

I am working on a bachelors in animation and game design. Its a computer science program that focuses on teaching students everything they need to essentially make indie games and build up a portfolio to get work after the program.

My program has branches for folks who want to get an animation job at like Disney, but I am focusing on making games. I enjoy animation but I dont want to do it for a career. I prefer 3d modeling and coding. I like rigging but I am absolutely awful at it!

Day 5!