BelmontWaltz
@belmontwaltz.bsky.social
33, He/Him
I play games, draw things, and write stuff
I play games, draw things, and write stuff
2025 was a bad year in countless ways. Tonight is 100% a good riddance party. Despite it all, I still wanna look back on the few good times I had. I still wanna look forward to the future with hope in my heart.
December 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
2025 was a bad year in countless ways. Tonight is 100% a good riddance party. Despite it all, I still wanna look back on the few good times I had. I still wanna look forward to the future with hope in my heart.
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Larian embracing AI for concept art sucks. CA is the bedrock, the foundation for art in games. It is the promise of what can be with your game. Before any art assets are made, before there is a game to play; Concept art is there to inspire and excite the team. To destroy that w/ AI slow is criminal
December 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Larian embracing AI for concept art sucks. CA is the bedrock, the foundation for art in games. It is the promise of what can be with your game. Before any art assets are made, before there is a game to play; Concept art is there to inspire and excite the team. To destroy that w/ AI slow is criminal
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Edna Mode from The Incredibles exists as she is because director Brad Bird recorded some scratch dialogue and everyone said, "Yeah just keep doing that."
So besides people missing out on finding jobs from scratch work, you might miss out on something amazing by removing people from the process.
So besides people missing out on finding jobs from scratch work, you might miss out on something amazing by removing people from the process.
Similar to how voice AI use has been suggested; for 'scratch'
or reference.
I know many actors, myself among them, who got jobs from the scratch work.
Every example of AI being used I've seen is cutting away a job that someone coming up would take or get on their journey.
Maybe that's the point.
or reference.
I know many actors, myself among them, who got jobs from the scratch work.
Every example of AI being used I've seen is cutting away a job that someone coming up would take or get on their journey.
Maybe that's the point.
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.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
December 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Edna Mode from The Incredibles exists as she is because director Brad Bird recorded some scratch dialogue and everyone said, "Yeah just keep doing that."
So besides people missing out on finding jobs from scratch work, you might miss out on something amazing by removing people from the process.
So besides people missing out on finding jobs from scratch work, you might miss out on something amazing by removing people from the process.
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Let me give a personal example. I had an idea for what I thought would work for the cover of Navigating with You, but I am a terrible artist.
So I picked up a pencil and a notebook and sketched my idea out instead of pull the slot machine handle on the plagiarism machine.
It turned out amazing.
So I picked up a pencil and a notebook and sketched my idea out instead of pull the slot machine handle on the plagiarism machine.
It turned out amazing.
December 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Let me give a personal example. I had an idea for what I thought would work for the cover of Navigating with You, but I am a terrible artist.
So I picked up a pencil and a notebook and sketched my idea out instead of pull the slot machine handle on the plagiarism machine.
It turned out amazing.
So I picked up a pencil and a notebook and sketched my idea out instead of pull the slot machine handle on the plagiarism machine.
It turned out amazing.
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Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
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im trying to understand the psychology of execs announcing their AI usage in games. its like they’re trying to pull this “well everybody is doing it so it’s fine” schtick but i’m content just not buying games at all for a few years until they turn the fuckin thing off
December 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
im trying to understand the psychology of execs announcing their AI usage in games. its like they’re trying to pull this “well everybody is doing it so it’s fine” schtick but i’m content just not buying games at all for a few years until they turn the fuckin thing off
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A smol review of No, I'm Not a Human
YouTube video by Wambu
youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Here's some unsolicited art advice:
Work your sketch. Throw stuff around, resize things, be messy.
You're just roughing in the whole vibe, you can make it look nice later.
I think people get too caught up trying to put out final lines first rattle out of the gate.
Work your sketch. Throw stuff around, resize things, be messy.
You're just roughing in the whole vibe, you can make it look nice later.
I think people get too caught up trying to put out final lines first rattle out of the gate.
December 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Here's some unsolicited art advice:
Work your sketch. Throw stuff around, resize things, be messy.
You're just roughing in the whole vibe, you can make it look nice later.
I think people get too caught up trying to put out final lines first rattle out of the gate.
Work your sketch. Throw stuff around, resize things, be messy.
You're just roughing in the whole vibe, you can make it look nice later.
I think people get too caught up trying to put out final lines first rattle out of the gate.
I've been on here *how long* and haven't posted anything yet? I am a professional lurker, I swear
December 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I've been on here *how long* and haven't posted anything yet? I am a professional lurker, I swear