House Full of Up (Merlin Roche)
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Updates Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays!
I'm gonna upload all the comics so far, and then keep updating Bluesky alongside the other sites. Please give my comic a read!
Updates Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays!
I'm gonna upload all the comics so far, and then keep updating Bluesky alongside the other sites. Please give my comic a read!
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I've seen multiple talented artists this week who have almost no followers. So this is me once again tapping the sign, if you see art you like, check out their page, if you like the rest of what you see, hit that follow button.
Your timeline will be better, they'll be happier, everyone wins
Your timeline will be better, they'll be happier, everyone wins
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I've seen multiple talented artists this week who have almost no followers. So this is me once again tapping the sign, if you see art you like, check out their page, if you like the rest of what you see, hit that follow button.
Your timeline will be better, they'll be happier, everyone wins
Your timeline will be better, they'll be happier, everyone wins
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We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
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"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades
October 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades
More of these two. (Including a halloween profile pic)
October 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
More of these two. (Including a halloween profile pic)
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Forced myself to draw something last weekend. 👀
Another color study, trying to work in limited palettes.
Another color study, trying to work in limited palettes.
May 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Forced myself to draw something last weekend. 👀
Another color study, trying to work in limited palettes.
Another color study, trying to work in limited palettes.
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Hitting the #MTGartmarket auction block:
Mutable Explorer by @waynereynoldsart.bsky.social
Auction info:
mtgart.auction/mutable
Mutable Explorer by @waynereynoldsart.bsky.social
Auction info:
mtgart.auction/mutable
September 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Hitting the #MTGartmarket auction block:
Mutable Explorer by @waynereynoldsart.bsky.social
Auction info:
mtgart.auction/mutable
Mutable Explorer by @waynereynoldsart.bsky.social
Auction info:
mtgart.auction/mutable
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Working on a new cover painting for a science fiction novel and playing with the themes of geometric abstraction which helped build this piece for an anthology, Down These Dark Spaceways.
Psychohistorical Crisis II
30" x 18" Oil on Panel 2005
collection of Edie Stern and Joe Siclari
Psychohistorical Crisis II
30" x 18" Oil on Panel 2005
collection of Edie Stern and Joe Siclari
September 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Working on a new cover painting for a science fiction novel and playing with the themes of geometric abstraction which helped build this piece for an anthology, Down These Dark Spaceways.
Psychohistorical Crisis II
30" x 18" Oil on Panel 2005
collection of Edie Stern and Joe Siclari
Psychohistorical Crisis II
30" x 18" Oil on Panel 2005
collection of Edie Stern and Joe Siclari
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Kenny Who?
Writers John Wagner & Alan Grant and artist Cam Kennedy saw the potential dangers of AI art back in the mid-80s. Dredd stories were always prescient but this one hits hard today. See also America.
2000AD PROG 477. Published 5th July, 1986.
Writers John Wagner & Alan Grant and artist Cam Kennedy saw the potential dangers of AI art back in the mid-80s. Dredd stories were always prescient but this one hits hard today. See also America.
2000AD PROG 477. Published 5th July, 1986.
September 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Kenny Who?
Writers John Wagner & Alan Grant and artist Cam Kennedy saw the potential dangers of AI art back in the mid-80s. Dredd stories were always prescient but this one hits hard today. See also America.
2000AD PROG 477. Published 5th July, 1986.
Writers John Wagner & Alan Grant and artist Cam Kennedy saw the potential dangers of AI art back in the mid-80s. Dredd stories were always prescient but this one hits hard today. See also America.
2000AD PROG 477. Published 5th July, 1986.
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Whenever sites come up with new rules like this I thing about how if you were a creator who was making something every bit on the level with a hugely popular and acclaimed series, would you be allowed to share it? Like, if you were sitting on the next Game of Thrones, you couldn’t share that here.
September 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Whenever sites come up with new rules like this I thing about how if you were a creator who was making something every bit on the level with a hugely popular and acclaimed series, would you be allowed to share it? Like, if you were sitting on the next Game of Thrones, you couldn’t share that here.
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Out TODAY! For less than a pack of Magic cards, and available digitally!
If you want Magic media outside of web fiction, this is your chance to show them.
If you're a lore fan: buy it, don't just read a summary from someone who did.
If you want Magic media outside of web fiction, this is your chance to show them.
If you're a lore fan: buy it, don't just read a summary from someone who did.
We have 1 new comic beginning this week with issue #1, Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories--Elspeth: bit.ly/44SBOb4
Pick up the issue #1 this Wednesday at your local comic book shop.
By @danpgwatters.bsky.social, Owen Gieni, Hilary Jenkins, @claytoncowles.bsky.social. With @magic.wizards.com
Pick up the issue #1 this Wednesday at your local comic book shop.
By @danpgwatters.bsky.social, Owen Gieni, Hilary Jenkins, @claytoncowles.bsky.social. With @magic.wizards.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Out TODAY! For less than a pack of Magic cards, and available digitally!
If you want Magic media outside of web fiction, this is your chance to show them.
If you're a lore fan: buy it, don't just read a summary from someone who did.
If you want Magic media outside of web fiction, this is your chance to show them.
If you're a lore fan: buy it, don't just read a summary from someone who did.
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"When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers. We stuff the pockets of oligarchs with even more money. We hand over our autonomy, at the very moment of emerging American fascism."
“An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the artificial intelligence industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny.” Out from behind the paywall: the Editors on the literature of AI resignation.
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
www.nplusonemag.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"When we use generative AI, we consent to the appropriation of our intellectual property by data scrapers. We stuff the pockets of oligarchs with even more money. We hand over our autonomy, at the very moment of emerging American fascism."
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My newest AP painting :)
September 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
My newest AP painting :)
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King of the Coldblood Curse
MTG: Through the Omenpaths
AD: Emily Mazza
Since people have been asking which planes these are on, this dude is on Eldraine :)
MTG: Through the Omenpaths
AD: Emily Mazza
Since people have been asking which planes these are on, this dude is on Eldraine :)
September 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
King of the Coldblood Curse
MTG: Through the Omenpaths
AD: Emily Mazza
Since people have been asking which planes these are on, this dude is on Eldraine :)
MTG: Through the Omenpaths
AD: Emily Mazza
Since people have been asking which planes these are on, this dude is on Eldraine :)
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Found some more screenshots from my old #indiegame prototype 🔧
Would love to make a Dark Fantasy game some day 🤓
Would love to make a Dark Fantasy game some day 🤓
September 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Found some more screenshots from my old #indiegame prototype 🔧
Would love to make a Dark Fantasy game some day 🤓
Would love to make a Dark Fantasy game some day 🤓
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Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio had a budget of $35 million and every single character was moved one frame at a time by a human being. What the fuck are we even doing!!!!!!!
OpenAI confirms they're helping make an AI-generated movie called 'Critterz'
• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models
(via WSJ)
• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models
(via WSJ)
September 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio had a budget of $35 million and every single character was moved one frame at a time by a human being. What the fuck are we even doing!!!!!!!
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Tragic Trajectory. Digital painting. I laid this out with a symmetrical composition that has an alignment going through the eye, and hid a little moon and sun in the astronaut’s suit for no reason at all.AD: Taylor Ingvarsson. #space #blackhole #magicthegathering #wotcstaff #stars #edgeofeternities
July 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Tragic Trajectory. Digital painting. I laid this out with a symmetrical composition that has an alignment going through the eye, and hid a little moon and sun in the astronaut’s suit for no reason at all.AD: Taylor Ingvarsson. #space #blackhole #magicthegathering #wotcstaff #stars #edgeofeternities
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A bunch of nasty foes you might encounter along your way :
August 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A bunch of nasty foes you might encounter along your way :
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There was a time when there was a “ruins boom” in Japan. Bookstores were filled with related photo collections, and I remember buying some myself. Ruins somehow evoke scenes from the past, and I find their decaying appearance appealing.
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
August 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
There was a time when there was a “ruins boom” in Japan. Bookstores were filled with related photo collections, and I remember buying some myself. Ruins somehow evoke scenes from the past, and I find their decaying appearance appealing.
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
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Had a lot of fun this year! I tried my best to do a sort of different style with each attack. #sharemyattack2025
August 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Had a lot of fun this year! I tried my best to do a sort of different style with each attack. #sharemyattack2025
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Sometimes a mandragora root just has bad vibes. New public post up on Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/mandra...
August 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sometimes a mandragora root just has bad vibes. New public post up on Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/mandra...
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The views on the Ring of Kerry are always magical 😁
August 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The views on the Ring of Kerry are always magical 😁