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alicia 🍳

@acorviart.bsky.social

please fill out if you're a working artist 🫡 (portfolio submission is to screen out non-professionals and they will send you the study survey after verification)

re: concerns about data collection, I know the researchers and have already participated in the survey myself, it's just for verification

Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 4d

My professional artists peers! We got a survey request!

Researchers at the University of Carnegie Mellon is doing a research to see how generative Al has (or has not) impacted your work and/or sentiments in the industry. Folks in creative fields only, please consider filling this out 👇

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cmu.ca1.qualtrics.com

December 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM

Kasper ⚡⚠️

@aurorapunk.bsky.social

New stickers I made from the art of my first set of enamel pins!! They have some pretty dope effects too, the pictures don't do them justice. ✨

They're on my shop!
www.etsy.com/shop/AuroraP...

I made this design to exhibit the contrast between day and night, light and dark, life and death, and the sun and moon.

This 2.5" iridescent sticker depicts a woman doused in the light of a sunset while the opposite side exposes her skull with moonlight. It's printed on an "oil slick" material, giving a soft color change quality in different light.

This 2.5" holographic sticker features two hands intertwined, one white and the other black, atop a backdrop of an eclipse and a symbol of a sun and a moon flanking either side. It's printed on a holographic material that has a crystal/stained glass pattern that shimmers beautifully in different light.

This 2.5" shiny sticker features the Grim Reaper, Death himself, backlit by the moon and surrounded by the parchment of a scroll as he holds his scythe. It's printed on a shiny silver material that gives it a sharp, foreboding contrast in some lighting situations.

December 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM

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Replica004 | Sara Zeno Camponeschi

@replica004.bsky.social

Art vs Artist 2025 💫

[ #ArtvsArtist ]

June 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM

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This Week in Videogames

@thisweekinvideogames.com

We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.

Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.

thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...

Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder

“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.

thisweekinvideogames.com

December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM

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Kevin Fagaragan

@kevinfagaragan.bsky.social

These are my favorite people to work with. Even stick figures help me understand what they're looking for in a piece.

Luis Illingworth @heyraguio.bsky.social · 4d

To all the designers/directors/commisioners sharing your early sketches to help communicate with artists: you guys fucking rule

December 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM

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tomattiea 🌱

@tomattiea.bsky.social

Reflecting back on the year be like

#art #cuteart #cat

Digital drawing of a white cat lying in a green field with trees in the background and purple/blue hues in the sky. The caption reads "this too shall pass but like what the fuck"

December 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM

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Replica004 | Sara Zeno Camponeschi

@replica004.bsky.social

🙏😭Dear friends, if you want to commission me a character from your published -or about to be published - book, I cannot consider that piece a "Personal" commission.

You are making a profit from that book, and social media posts ARE promotion. That's literally what the Commercial price is for.

December 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM

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.chantal//RYAN

@thoughtrise.bsky.social

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing

these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous

this is worth sharing and educating people about

screenshot of a post on facebook from Alex Lamoreaux, depicting two versions of the "same" photograph of a bobcat in front of a pine plantation, one labeled original game cam photo, one labeling AI processed

the markings have been altered on the AI photo, and the head changed and resized

text says:

Oh! A neat goose hybrid posted to ‘What’s this Bird?’ but when you zoom in on the photos the bill details have been too manipulated by AI photo editing to be accurately assessed for which species may be involved.
Scroll on… A cool-looking Red-tailed Hawk that someone is wondering which subspecies it might be - right up my alley! But when you zoom in on the photos literally every feather group has been so heavily manipulated and altered by AI editing that it’s impossible to determine subspecies because the photo is essentially fake now; just a mashup of whatever AI thinks parts of a Red-tail should look like.
Scroll on… WOW! That’s a remarkable trail cam photo of a Bobcat! It almost looks like a painting!… but the head looks oddly small…. hmmmm. After some prodding the original photo is produced and sure enough it had been so heavily altered by AI ‘post processing’ that the photo posted was essentially a digital mock-up with totally different proportions and fur markings. No longer the photo off the trail cam; it may as well have just been ‘created’ by AI from scratch.
This stuff is killing me. My days on social media are becoming very limited. We can’t even trust simple, everyday photos of animals to be real. The wildlife community needs to quit editing with AI, and we need to start calling out photographers that are using it. Our reality is being destroyed all around us.

December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM

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Bruno Dias

@brunodias.bsky.social

If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.

December 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM

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Tami Wicinas

@tamiwicinas.bsky.social

The frogs will rise.

The frog has “resist” written in the patterns on its back.

December 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM

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Jaws🔞

@only-jaws.bsky.social

Enchanted
2023

Can we appreciate that one time I made a silly little comic about how Addy got her eyebrow scar? She was seduced by a siren and only saved by Edith in the nick of time. I wanna do more silly comics again <3

A comic panel showing a siren holding a knife over a swooning woman. She's surprised by a werewolf jumping here, yelling "Adelaide, NO!"

A comic panel where a woman sits dazed in the sand. In the background a werewolf throws the siren back into the sea

A comic panel where a werewolf is lifting a woman by the collar of her shirt, yelling at her. "Stop being such a useless lesbian!!!"

December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM

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Kasper ⚡⚠️

@aurorapunk.bsky.social

I am so, so excited to share these new keychains I just got in!

THEY'RE PHOTO FRAMES!! 🖼️✨ Slide in a wallet-sized photo of your favs, your pets, your friends, anything and carry them wherever you go!!!

PLUS they're on sale through Cyber Monday 👀

Get them here!
www.etsy.com/shop/AuroraP...

An acrylic keychain that doubles as a photo frame! This design features a broken demon horn and a cracked skull atop a star field overlaid with the prismatic colors of an aurora.

An acrylic keychain that doubles as a photo frame! This design features a window into a cottage framed with tree limbs, vines, bushes, and a variety of mushrooms.

An acrylic keychain that doubles as a photo frame! This design features four cute plushies wearing lolita style outfits, surrounded by bubbly clouds lovingly stitched to the background! In the corner sits katakana spelling out "kawaii", the Japanese word for "cute".

An acrylic keychain that doubles as a photo frame! This design features a library with dark wood shelves and a desk stacked with books, writing implements, and a hot beverage. Blue candlelight gives the scene a magical atmosphere.

November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM

Kasper ⚡⚠️

@aurorapunk.bsky.social

I did get these babies up. If you're a #Cyberpunk2077 fan, check out these keychains featuring various Vs in all three life paths!!

www.etsy.com/shop/AuroraP...

A photo of a double sided keychain featuring V from Cyberpunk 2077, a game where you can customize your own character. This one has a feminine and masculine version of V on either side inspired by the "Street Kid" life path you can choose at the beginning of the game. V is wearing a red and black digital visor, a yellow cyberpunk-style coat, and holding a pistol. The backdrop of the keychain is the silhouette of a city.

November 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM

Kasper ⚡⚠️

@aurorapunk.bsky.social

Jfc why did I think it was a good idea to release 17 products at once

My entire 4 day thanksgiving weekend has gone to shooting and editing photos rip

November 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM

Kasper ⚡⚠️

@aurorapunk.bsky.social

I am so, so excited to share these new keychains I just got in!

THEY'RE PHOTO FRAMES!! 🖼️✨ Slide in a wallet-sized photo of your favs, your pets, your friends, anything and carry them wherever you go!!!

PLUS they're on sale through Cyber Monday 👀

Get them here!
www.etsy.com/shop/AuroraP...

November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM

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Kim Hu

@kim-hu.com

💀⚔️💫

illustration of a catacomb saint standing on a pile of skulls
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#kimgakaku

November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM

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Steve Stark 🌕

@sstarkm.bsky.social

Hello! It's been a year and some change since I was laid-off from my previous job, and I'd love a new one.

My name is Steve and I have 7 years of experience in the animation industry as a background artist and illustrator. I've worked on shows like Castlevania, and card games like MtG!

November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM

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Mr. Joshua

@pantspants.bsky.social

November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM

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Amalas

@amalasrosa.bsky.social

Artist be like if I shift this line 0.05 cm to the left, increase overlay by 2%, and move this character’s head slightly by 3° will make a life changing difference that everyone notices

November 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM

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Farnaz Nadim

@farnaznadim.bsky.social

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

I‘m Farnaz, an Iranian illustrator based in California, looking forward to working with you! Please check out my portfolio at farnaznadim.com and reach out to lovely Christy Ewers at The CAT Agency if I’m a good fit for your project.

#illustration #kidlit