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RJ Palmer

@rj-palmer.com

Hey new folks, here's a collection of top tier artists you can follow.

Concept Artists: go.bsky.app/TyNJQ99
Creature Designers: go.bsky.app/SBCxqoa
Pro Illustrators 1: go.bsky.app/79aS32C
Pro Illustrators 2: go.bsky.app/D3T5kF
Good Paleoartists: go.bsky.app/RYwJUEK

December 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM

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𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗦

@missfaves.bsky.social

malevola from dispatch in a suit

December 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM

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RJ Palmer

@rj-palmer.com

Sharing some of my thoughts from the other site but man I'm really pissed off about this shit.

December 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM

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RJ Palmer

@rj-palmer.com

The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.

This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.

Swen Vincke @LarAtLarian

Holy fuck guys we’re not "pushing hard" for or replacing concept artists with AI.

We have a team of 72 artists of which 23 are concept artists and we are hiring more. The art they create is original and I’m very proud of what they do.

I was asked explicitly about concept art and our use of Gen AI. I answered that we use it to explore things. I didn’t say we use it to develop concept art. The artists do that. And they are indeed world class artists.

We use AI tools to explore references, just like we use google and art books. At the very early ideation stages we use it as a rough outline for composition which we replace with original concept art. There is no comparison.

I talked about how we use ML here if you would like to know more:
https://gamespot.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-dev-embraces-machine-learning-for-tasks-that-nobody-wants-to-do/1100-6531123/

We've hired creatives for their talent, not for their ability to do what a machine suggests, but they can experiment with these tools to make their lives easier.

December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM

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lis

@simplytomh.bsky.social

the animators made an actors au so here’s them during a puppy interview #arcane

December 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM

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Greeniris_

@greeniris.bsky.social

So… my girlfriend is a Nine tails

#ViAhri #Vi #Ahri

Ahri curious on VI’s work ~

Art ref “Session: Vi”

Vi reading news besides Ahri in her Fox form ~

November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM

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Sam Woods

@samwoods.bsky.social

Here’s the reason I spoke to so many video game actors. I attended the launch of TIVA, an independently run audiobook series with all of your favourite voice actors, aiming to fight back against AI and corporations, featuring an all female/non-binary cast.

www.thegamer.com/tiva-intervi...

Mass Effect, Baldur's Gate, And Assassin's Creed Stars Unite For All-Female And Non-Binary Audiobook, And We Spoke To Them All

TIVA is a self-funded audiobook project featuring a wealth of talent, aiming to "stand against the exploitation of artists by corporations and AI."

www.thegamer.com

November 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM

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Marissa 🌙🌱

@marissasketch.bsky.social

A frog friend to confide in 🐸🧡 #hades2

Digital illustration of Frinos from the video game Hades 2. Frinos, a large squishy looking green frog with a white stomach, yellow eyes, and an orange mouth, is sitting on a mossy rock with similar rocks in the background and some grass in the foreground. He is surrounded by three small floating green shades who are all looking at him inquisitively. He looks very relaxed and content. The scene is framed by a oval shaped border decorated with silvery opalescent details including the 8 phases of the moon, a moon themed ornament inspired by the ones worn by Frinos and Melinoë, thin threads draped down the sides of the frame that end in little stars, and at the bottom a little heart and Melinoe's laurel wreath.

November 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM

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SPOOKY Mistress Usili (Sage) 🏳️‍⚧️

@usili.bsky.social

As a headsup for anyone on Vyvanse, you should go check your lot numbers.

www.health.com/adhd-medicat...

FDA Announces Nationwide Recall of ADHD Medication—Check Your Cabinets Now

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has recalled several lots lisdexamfetamine dimesylate capsules, a generic form of Vyvanse, after testing found they failed to dissolve properly.

www.health.com

November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM

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Chey 💀 Kingcholera🍉

@kingcholera.bsky.social

210✨F R E E ✨Werewolf references for anyone that needs them!🐺

🔗 attached below:

November 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM

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Q🐍

@killjo-q.bsky.social

Comms

October 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM

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neonsun

@neonsun.bsky.social

height difference yuri!!
#KPOPDEMONHUNTERS #Zoemira

June 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM

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Angle

@hellothisisangle.bsky.social

#bg3 Wyll

3 versions of Wyll Ravengard from BG3, one a child, one teenager, one adult

Wyll ravengard from bg3 with devil horns

October 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM

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Kate Draws 🌈✨️

@tacticiankate.bsky.social

HOWDY AND HELLO #PortfolioDay I'm Kate, a freelance character artist who loves drawing fantasy, women, and especially fantasy women!!!!
I'll be open for work at the start of November!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

A color illustration of a dragonkin/tiefling woman with deep blue skin, closed eyes, tall curved horns with a glowing crescent moon between them, and long wavy hair going from indigo at the top to pale gold at the ends. She is dressed in an indigo gown with lots of gold trim and accessories and sheer blue accent cloth. She is holding a large golden greatsword with blue roses and purple thorns around the guard. The background is an art nouveau-style circular graphic of gold celestial motifs on a black to maroon gradient.

A color illustration of a dragonkin/tiefling woman with teal skin, darker turquoise hair in a braid, closed eyes, and a long tail. She is dressed in layers of red, gold, green, and turquoise, and she is holding a wooden staff with a golden lantern hanging from the top. The background is an art nouveau-style panel of stylized grass, lotuses, and clouds on a sunset gradient.

A color illustration of a gorgon woman with light and darker green skin/scales, long dark green cobra hair separated by narrow horns, and a long tapered tail. She is dressed in a dark green bustier with gold trim and lots of accessories, and she is holding two crossed swords behind her head. The background is an art nouveau-style panel of thorns and ivy on a black to yellow gradient.

A color illustration of my changing moon Lunar oc, Emerald, from an exalted game. She is a middle-aged woman with fair skin, emerald-green eyes with striking red eyeshadow, and long iridescent black hair partly held up by a golden comb with the rest pulled over one shoulder. She is dressed in an elegant green gown with puffy sleeves and a boob window, lots of gold and green jewelry, and a translucent green and gold floaty scarf thingy. The background is a simple green gradient with a crescent moon behind her head.

October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM

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🌛Caio Santos Art🌜

@blacksalander.bsky.social

Selene

October 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM

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RaeRae

@thecosmicrae.bsky.social

“It’s okay, you can come out now!”

Little Blue wasn’t a fan of the thunderstorm that had passed hours ago, and couldn’t bring herself to leave her hollow of safety. Luckily her tiny friend came to find her 💙 #Caitvi

(Second panel inspired by Fox and the Hound!)

October 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM

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🌛Caio Santos Art🌜

@blacksalander.bsky.social

Melinoe

October 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM

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History of Hyrule, Zelda Archivist

@historyofhyrule.com

Here's the original line art for Katsuya Terada's #PrinceofPersia piece. I'm not sure its ever been scanned. This is from my copy of Rakuga King 寺田克也ラクガキング which I've been meaning to de-bind for better scans anyway. This is at 600dpi but I did it at 2400dpi & will upload it later
#Nintendo #Famicom