Aleksander Szczepaniak
@alszworks.bsky.social
Digital artist and illustrator based in Warsaw, Poland.
https://alszworks.art/
Prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/alszworks/
🚫AI
https://alszworks.art/
Prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/alszworks/
🚫AI
Reposted by Aleksander Szczepaniak
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Wrote about the radical act of returning to one's body in a digital age designed to detach us from them.
Wrote about the radical act of returning to one's body in a digital age designed to detach us from them.
You Don't Need to Log off, You Need to Become Sensual
The digital world the wealthy are creating is designed to detach us from our bodies
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September 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Wrote about the radical act of returning to one's body in a digital age designed to detach us from them.
Wrote about the radical act of returning to one's body in a digital age designed to detach us from them.
Reposted by Aleksander Szczepaniak
While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI:
At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
August 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI:
At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
Reposted by Aleksander Szczepaniak
when the AI bubble finally collapses and everyone who spent a year smugly hyping it suddenly has to come crawling back with their tail between their legs, i just want to say i am not going to be the bigger person about it. i am going to be meaner than you can even believe
August 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
when the AI bubble finally collapses and everyone who spent a year smugly hyping it suddenly has to come crawling back with their tail between their legs, i just want to say i am not going to be the bigger person about it. i am going to be meaner than you can even believe
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Wrote about AI, and the way we talk about it all having the quality of a ghost story.
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The Spectral Evidence for AI
AI is bad enough on its own without giving it god-like powers
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August 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Wrote about AI, and the way we talk about it all having the quality of a ghost story.
open.substack.com/pub/houseofm...
open.substack.com/pub/houseofm...
Reposted by Aleksander Szczepaniak
Many of us use this regularly, but for those who don't know about it, this tool is super handy for creating rough lighting references for faces in whatever angle you need: www.artstation.com/artwork/GX3Ax1
There's a female read version too: www.artstation.com/artwork/6a0Par
#FundamentalsFriday
There's a female read version too: www.artstation.com/artwork/6a0Par
#FundamentalsFriday
MALE HEAD, LIGHT REFERENCE TOOL, William Nguyen
NOTE : " Hi Thanks for the support on this project ! There is an issue on Artstation with all marmoset viewer. I can recommand the wayback machine as a temporary fix ! "
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August 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Many of us use this regularly, but for those who don't know about it, this tool is super handy for creating rough lighting references for faces in whatever angle you need: www.artstation.com/artwork/GX3Ax1
There's a female read version too: www.artstation.com/artwork/6a0Par
#FundamentalsFriday
There's a female read version too: www.artstation.com/artwork/6a0Par
#FundamentalsFriday
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I have renamed my AI blocklist to something more honest. At this point anyone that whines about "luddites" or talks about how useful AI is gets on the list. If you're subscribed to it you might want to consider if you still want to!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
August 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I have renamed my AI blocklist to something more honest. At this point anyone that whines about "luddites" or talks about how useful AI is gets on the list. If you're subscribed to it you might want to consider if you still want to!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
July 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
July 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The perfect double bill. Digital collage posters from 2019.
July 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The perfect double bill. Digital collage posters from 2019.
Traditional sketches #art #movieposter
June 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Traditional sketches #art #movieposter
First steps in Rebelle, learning new software. Painted a few months ago.
June 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
First steps in Rebelle, learning new software. Painted a few months ago.
Demons and monsters
June 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Demons and monsters
Mountains of Madness
Loosely inspired by Lovecraft. Painted in Rebelle 7.
Loosely inspired by Lovecraft. Painted in Rebelle 7.
June 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Mountains of Madness
Loosely inspired by Lovecraft. Painted in Rebelle 7.
Loosely inspired by Lovecraft. Painted in Rebelle 7.
Some of my movie art from recent years.
Painted in Photoshop.
Painted in Photoshop.
June 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Some of my movie art from recent years.
Painted in Photoshop.
Painted in Photoshop.