Alan D
@cheekytrousers.bsky.social
Illustrator in ATX. (he/they)
I love video games, music and the color pink.
Creative professional with experience in games, illustration and graphic design.
I’ve got stickers, prints and and other stuff: https://linktr.ee/alandefibaugh
I love video games, music and the color pink.
Creative professional with experience in games, illustration and graphic design.
I’ve got stickers, prints and and other stuff: https://linktr.ee/alandefibaugh
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Alan D
@cheekytrousers.bsky.social
· May 19
Bedroom Goth - Mixtape - Dark Wave/Synth Pop/Industrial
YouTube video by Alan Defibaugh
youtu.be
It's ALIVE! My latest mix is done and ready for your ears. It's got dark wave, somber pop and a hint o' industrial. So if you dig Ministry, Cold Cave and Lords of Acid, have a listen, won't you? Cover art illustrated and animated by yours truly.
@hamishsteele.bsky.social @arcanecrystal.bsky.social I think it would be neat if Super Mario Moment and The Book of Mudora crossed paths! Thanks to you both for making some of my favorite podcasts!
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
@hamishsteele.bsky.social @arcanecrystal.bsky.social I think it would be neat if Super Mario Moment and The Book of Mudora crossed paths! Thanks to you both for making some of my favorite podcasts!
A friendly reminder that The Super Smash Show at Guzu Gallery opens this Friday, featuring some art by yours truly!
Heya! I’m in a Nintendo themed art show that opens December 5th here in Austin. Come and see it if you can!
December 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
A friendly reminder that The Super Smash Show at Guzu Gallery opens this Friday, featuring some art by yours truly!
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Remember, the big argument for AI in the arts is that these “artists” have ideas, hundreds of ideas, thousands, all that was stopping them was the hoards of gatekeeping musicians, writers, illustrators… and not that they were lazy and didn’t want to put in the work.
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Remember, the big argument for AI in the arts is that these “artists” have ideas, hundreds of ideas, thousands, all that was stopping them was the hoards of gatekeeping musicians, writers, illustrators… and not that they were lazy and didn’t want to put in the work.
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pointing, laughing
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
pointing, laughing
Heya! I’m in a Nintendo themed art show that opens December 5th here in Austin. Come and see it if you can!
November 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Heya! I’m in a Nintendo themed art show that opens December 5th here in Austin. Come and see it if you can!
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In November 1999, the Zombo dot com website was created as a parody of the creative, but, largely pointless flash intros, which were trending at the end of the 1990s. Welcome... to ZomboCom.
#WebDesignHistory
#WebDesignHistory
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In November 1999, the Zombo dot com website was created as a parody of the creative, but, largely pointless flash intros, which were trending at the end of the 1990s. Welcome... to ZomboCom.
#WebDesignHistory
#WebDesignHistory
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me when the AI bubble bursts
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
me when the AI bubble bursts
-47 yo man blasting the natural born killers soundtrack on his way to pottery barn to pick up pillowcases for his husband-
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
-47 yo man blasting the natural born killers soundtrack on his way to pottery barn to pick up pillowcases for his husband-
A wonderful time of year to reshare my gothy mix!
youtu.be/0ymtS-2T9fs
youtu.be/0ymtS-2T9fs
Bedroom Goth - Mixtape - Dark Wave/Synth Pop/Industrial
YouTube video by Cheekytrousers
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A wonderful time of year to reshare my gothy mix!
youtu.be/0ymtS-2T9fs
youtu.be/0ymtS-2T9fs
It becomes harder and harder to collect the desire to post things on the internet after being all in since 1995 and it turning out to be whatever this is *gestures broadly* Not that -you- shouldn’t. I am just actively hermiting up over here.
October 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It becomes harder and harder to collect the desire to post things on the internet after being all in since 1995 and it turning out to be whatever this is *gestures broadly* Not that -you- shouldn’t. I am just actively hermiting up over here.
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Physical miniature finishing-
October 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Physical miniature finishing-
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An important message from the president of Antifa 😂 🤭
September 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
An important message from the president of Antifa 😂 🤭
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A 12-foot statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein frolicking and holding hands appeared on the National Mall in Washington, DC on Tuesday, September 23.
A plaque under the statue states that it has been erected “In Honor of Friendship Month."
A plaque under the statue states that it has been erected “In Honor of Friendship Month."
September 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A 12-foot statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein frolicking and holding hands appeared on the National Mall in Washington, DC on Tuesday, September 23.
A plaque under the statue states that it has been erected “In Honor of Friendship Month."
A plaque under the statue states that it has been erected “In Honor of Friendship Month."
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It hasn't even been a year.
September 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
It hasn't even been a year.
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Character concept art by Toshihiro Kawamoto for Cowboy Bebop (1998–1999), dir. Shinichiro Watanabe, Sunrise
September 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Character concept art by Toshihiro Kawamoto for Cowboy Bebop (1998–1999), dir. Shinichiro Watanabe, Sunrise
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains.
September 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains.
I am totally baffled by capping every Alien Earth episode with a 90s alt rock hit.
September 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I am totally baffled by capping every Alien Earth episode with a 90s alt rock hit.
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This was the *point* of these things being taken up by corporations. If you're just hiring people to "fix" something, you can pay them less than if you're asking them to create it -- even though it requires them to do more work.
In particular this was the reason for the WGA strikes around this.
In particular this was the reason for the WGA strikes around this.
The AI boom has created a new type of work: fixing botched AI. Designers are being hired to remake wonky AI art. Writers are asked to make ChatGPT’s writing sound more human. Even software developers are tasked with fixing buggy vibe coding.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Humans are being hired to make AI slop look less sloppy
In the age of automation, human workers are being brought in to fix what artificial intelligence gets wrong.
www.nbcnews.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This was the *point* of these things being taken up by corporations. If you're just hiring people to "fix" something, you can pay them less than if you're asking them to create it -- even though it requires them to do more work.
In particular this was the reason for the WGA strikes around this.
In particular this was the reason for the WGA strikes around this.
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AI art does not exist. It is an oxymoron.
August 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
AI art does not exist. It is an oxymoron.
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✨ GO-MAN: CHAMPION OF EARTH is OUT NOW! ✨
Tobi is a lonely, autistic boy living in a futuristic city under constant monster attack. He dreams of joining the Robug Squad to defend the Earth when he's big, but when a magical plant turns him into the superhero Go-Man - he might have got big too soon!
Tobi is a lonely, autistic boy living in a futuristic city under constant monster attack. He dreams of joining the Robug Squad to defend the Earth when he's big, but when a magical plant turns him into the superhero Go-Man - he might have got big too soon!
August 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
✨ GO-MAN: CHAMPION OF EARTH is OUT NOW! ✨
Tobi is a lonely, autistic boy living in a futuristic city under constant monster attack. He dreams of joining the Robug Squad to defend the Earth when he's big, but when a magical plant turns him into the superhero Go-Man - he might have got big too soon!
Tobi is a lonely, autistic boy living in a futuristic city under constant monster attack. He dreams of joining the Robug Squad to defend the Earth when he's big, but when a magical plant turns him into the superhero Go-Man - he might have got big too soon!
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Hello it’s me Sam Altman I have a zillion dollar idea it’s a chat bot that tells teenagers to kill themselves and you can generate csam with it and it poisons the air and water and it’s wrong most of the time and we’re going to put it in your refrigerator and stuff 👍 I need more money for this btw
August 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Hello it’s me Sam Altman I have a zillion dollar idea it’s a chat bot that tells teenagers to kill themselves and you can generate csam with it and it poisons the air and water and it’s wrong most of the time and we’re going to put it in your refrigerator and stuff 👍 I need more money for this btw