Lua Garo ~ 3D Artist
@somniacrawler.bsky.social
✧Senior 3D Character Artist @ Frontier
✧Freelance TTRPG Minis/Toys/Collectibles Sculptor
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🚫Absolutely No A*I/*No NFT🚫
✧UK Based✧Esp/Eng✧Queer✧They/She✧
✧My opinions are my own
✧Freelance TTRPG Minis/Toys/Collectibles Sculptor
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🚫Absolutely No A*I/*No NFT🚫
✧UK Based✧Esp/Eng✧Queer✧They/She✧
✧My opinions are my own
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Henlo! I'm Lua, a Senior 3D Character Artist working in videogames, and sometimes freelancing sculpting figures, merchandise and toys. 🙌You can find me, and my work to support me here:
linktr.ee/luagaro
I'll keep updating this link as I go.
linktr.ee/luagaro
I'll keep updating this link as I go.
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Hey, did you know you can watch John Kelly's *incredible*, Oscar qualifying animated short film 'Retirement Plan', right now!?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mqa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mqa...
The Dream of Finishing One’s To-Do List | “Retirement Plan” | The New Yorker
YouTube video by The New Yorker
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Hey, did you know you can watch John Kelly's *incredible*, Oscar qualifying animated short film 'Retirement Plan', right now!?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mqa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mqa...
Ok gamers we have internet at home again 🥹 The dark times are over 🙏
November 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Ok gamers we have internet at home again 🥹 The dark times are over 🙏
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sure sex is great but have you ever supported your artist friends during the holidays by buying their lovely work?
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
sure sex is great but have you ever supported your artist friends during the holidays by buying their lovely work?
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How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
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“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
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If I know anyone who's at DC I would v much like to draw something for this or a future aew comic 🙏🏻
AEW and @DCOfficial join forces for a groundbreaking comic book crossover that unites two powerhouse universes in a bold new storytelling experience, launching with a special preview edition available exclusively to fans at New York Comic Con.
For more information, visit: [1/2]
For more information, visit: [1/2]
October 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
If I know anyone who's at DC I would v much like to draw something for this or a future aew comic 🙏🏻
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A friend mentioned I should post my Venmo too in case that’s easier for folks. Any help is super appreciated 💙
venmo.com/u/BBoolean
venmo.com/u/BBoolean
September 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A friend mentioned I should post my Venmo too in case that’s easier for folks. Any help is super appreciated 💙
venmo.com/u/BBoolean
venmo.com/u/BBoolean
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‼️ NEW CHIPZEL MUSIC
it's my birthday!!! happy my birthday to everyone
& happy rapture to all who celebrate
can't wait to ascend with you all 🥰
🍻 buy me 1/8th of a pint
🎧LISTEN & 🛍 BUY:
chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com/track/shaman
it's my birthday!!! happy my birthday to everyone
& happy rapture to all who celebrate
can't wait to ascend with you all 🥰
🍻 buy me 1/8th of a pint
🎧LISTEN & 🛍 BUY:
chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com/track/shaman
Shaman, by Chipzel
track by Chipzel
chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
‼️ NEW CHIPZEL MUSIC
it's my birthday!!! happy my birthday to everyone
& happy rapture to all who celebrate
can't wait to ascend with you all 🥰
🍻 buy me 1/8th of a pint
🎧LISTEN & 🛍 BUY:
chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com/track/shaman
it's my birthday!!! happy my birthday to everyone
& happy rapture to all who celebrate
can't wait to ascend with you all 🥰
🍻 buy me 1/8th of a pint
🎧LISTEN & 🛍 BUY:
chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com/track/shaman
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Some of my favourites from the last year of these little studies
September 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Some of my favourites from the last year of these little studies
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And that's assuming that the technology can do the work of a junior at the quality of a junior.
If it can't, that only speeds up the destruction because now seniors have to babysit the sabotage machine, reducing the amount of senior-level work getting done.
Gen AI can't do junior work.
If it can't, that only speeds up the destruction because now seniors have to babysit the sabotage machine, reducing the amount of senior-level work getting done.
Gen AI can't do junior work.
September 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM
And that's assuming that the technology can do the work of a junior at the quality of a junior.
If it can't, that only speeds up the destruction because now seniors have to babysit the sabotage machine, reducing the amount of senior-level work getting done.
Gen AI can't do junior work.
If it can't, that only speeds up the destruction because now seniors have to babysit the sabotage machine, reducing the amount of senior-level work getting done.
Gen AI can't do junior work.
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I don't get how people don't realize that a technology that replaces junior and entry level positions in a field destroys that field.
There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.
There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.
Remember, kids: A real big goal of "AI" is to entirely sever capital from labor, and no, there will be no universal basic income, you can all just starve and die, thanks
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
AI is already taking jobs away from entry-level workers
Software and customer service are most at risk right now and could be the canary in the coal mine.
www.axios.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I don't get how people don't realize that a technology that replaces junior and entry level positions in a field destroys that field.
There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.
There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.
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Hey folks, I have a freelance gig right now; but I’m looking worriedly at my monthly bills. I plan to start a ko-fi to support my art and I’ll start selling prints of existing work. But in the meantime, would folks be interested in commissions in either of these rendering styles?
August 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hey folks, I have a freelance gig right now; but I’m looking worriedly at my monthly bills. I plan to start a ko-fi to support my art and I’ll start selling prints of existing work. But in the meantime, would folks be interested in commissions in either of these rendering styles?
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I don't have the proper words to say more than this now but
I was just laid off. My role at Giant Squid is being eliminated.
If your studio is looking for an environment artist, please let me know ASAP. I have 5+ years of experience.
thank you
I was just laid off. My role at Giant Squid is being eliminated.
If your studio is looking for an environment artist, please let me know ASAP. I have 5+ years of experience.
thank you
August 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I don't have the proper words to say more than this now but
I was just laid off. My role at Giant Squid is being eliminated.
If your studio is looking for an environment artist, please let me know ASAP. I have 5+ years of experience.
thank you
I was just laid off. My role at Giant Squid is being eliminated.
If your studio is looking for an environment artist, please let me know ASAP. I have 5+ years of experience.
thank you
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Well this is it. I was let go from Crystal Dynamics as Perfect Dark was cancelled. I am now out of a job. I genuinely dont know what to do at this moment but to frantically apply for as many jobs that are applicable. If anyone needs a Senior Environment Artist of 10+ years, please let me know.
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Well this is it. I was let go from Crystal Dynamics as Perfect Dark was cancelled. I am now out of a job. I genuinely dont know what to do at this moment but to frantically apply for as many jobs that are applicable. If anyone needs a Senior Environment Artist of 10+ years, please let me know.
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I’m preparing this 1/10 scale bust for production and will make it available in the next couple of months!
I’m very excited to step into the miniature making world more seriously 🥰
I’m very excited to step into the miniature making world more seriously 🥰
August 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’m preparing this 1/10 scale bust for production and will make it available in the next couple of months!
I’m very excited to step into the miniature making world more seriously 🥰
I’m very excited to step into the miniature making world more seriously 🥰
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August 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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The UK speedran straight from porn to educational material in the regulation-to-censorship pipeline. We were warning people of this kind of thing but it happened faster than I expected.
Wikipedia's operator has lost a legal challenge to British legislation which it says will drastically reduce the number of users who can access the site.
Wikipedia could reduce UK users as it loses legal challenge against safety bill
Wikipedia's operator has lost a legal challenge to British legislation which it says will drastically reduce the number of users who can access the site.
www.abc.net.au
August 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The UK speedran straight from porn to educational material in the regulation-to-censorship pipeline. We were warning people of this kind of thing but it happened faster than I expected.
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Irish artists/ supporters of the arts, please check out and fill in this short survey. The Gript/ far right dudes are already sharing it on X and I'd be worried it'll get brigaded.
If we want it to be retained and expanded we gotta drown them out.
If we want it to be retained and expanded we gotta drown them out.
Would you like to contribute to the public consultation about the Basic Income for the Arts? 💡
Fill out this survey from Minister O’Donovan at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Fill out this survey from Minister O’Donovan at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Basic Income for the Arts public consultation
ec.europa.eu
August 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Irish artists/ supporters of the arts, please check out and fill in this short survey. The Gript/ far right dudes are already sharing it on X and I'd be worried it'll get brigaded.
If we want it to be retained and expanded we gotta drown them out.
If we want it to be retained and expanded we gotta drown them out.
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Look out for stormy weather ⚡
August 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Look out for stormy weather ⚡
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I need a bit of money because commissions have been really slow this month, so I've decided to start putting some of my own designs up for sale on vgen 🫣
#adoptables #vgen
#adoptables #vgen
July 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I need a bit of money because commissions have been really slow this month, so I've decided to start putting some of my own designs up for sale on vgen 🫣
#adoptables #vgen
#adoptables #vgen
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Designing and modelling a whole bunch of 3d animal characters right now, which got me thinking back to these characters and scenes I designed/modelled/rendered for StoryBots Answer Time. This was such a fun project!
#art #storybots #characterdesign
#art #storybots #characterdesign
August 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Designing and modelling a whole bunch of 3d animal characters right now, which got me thinking back to these characters and scenes I designed/modelled/rendered for StoryBots Answer Time. This was such a fun project!
#art #storybots #characterdesign
#art #storybots #characterdesign
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July 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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