Sickly Boy Child
@elliottdraws.bsky.social
32 they/he/she. Artist, graphic designer, ttrpg player. I play Cherish on the Material Components @matcomrpg.bsky.social podcast!
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here’s my proper intro post: I’m Elliott! A goofy little illustrator, graphic designer, and actor. Horror, fantasy, sci fi, and TTRPGs are my bag baby (I also like wrestling)
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“Audiobooks don’t count as reading” yes they do but also the most boring hot take like are we really going to do this for the millionth time? I’m so BORED
December 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
“Audiobooks don’t count as reading” yes they do but also the most boring hot take like are we really going to do this for the millionth time? I’m so BORED
you know that thing where you say you like something as a kid and your family assumes that’s your entire personality? I have the opposite problem with the Swan Princess (1994) I am 32 and my family still cannot get me to shut up about it
December 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
you know that thing where you say you like something as a kid and your family assumes that’s your entire personality? I have the opposite problem with the Swan Princess (1994) I am 32 and my family still cannot get me to shut up about it
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In the past week, I've seen stories of AI:
- being used by middle schoolers to make porn of other students
- calling innocent people sex offenders
- shutting down highways with busted-ass self-driving cars
- emitting more CO2 than New York City
What the fuck are we even doing?
- being used by middle schoolers to make porn of other students
- calling innocent people sex offenders
- shutting down highways with busted-ass self-driving cars
- emitting more CO2 than New York City
What the fuck are we even doing?
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In the past week, I've seen stories of AI:
- being used by middle schoolers to make porn of other students
- calling innocent people sex offenders
- shutting down highways with busted-ass self-driving cars
- emitting more CO2 than New York City
What the fuck are we even doing?
- being used by middle schoolers to make porn of other students
- calling innocent people sex offenders
- shutting down highways with busted-ass self-driving cars
- emitting more CO2 than New York City
What the fuck are we even doing?
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you know what, I get to have another one as a treat because I also made things and worked on projects that weren’t drawings too
#artvsartist2025
#artvsartist2025
December 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
you know what, I get to have another one as a treat because I also made things and worked on projects that weren’t drawings too
#artvsartist2025
#artvsartist2025
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I’ve spent this year either being burnt out or recovering from burn out, but I’m happy with the pieces I did make ❤️
#artvsartist #artvsartist2025
#artvsartist #artvsartist2025
December 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I’ve spent this year either being burnt out or recovering from burn out, but I’m happy with the pieces I did make ❤️
#artvsartist #artvsartist2025
#artvsartist #artvsartist2025
I fucking thought that grinch storyboard said “SIMP” instead of “SNAP”
December 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I fucking thought that grinch storyboard said “SIMP” instead of “SNAP”
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Storyboard art for How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966), dir. Chuck Jones and Ben Washam, MGM Animation/Visual Arts
December 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Storyboard art for How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966), dir. Chuck Jones and Ben Washam, MGM Animation/Visual Arts
[fiddler on the roof voice] if I were a cis man-
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
[fiddler on the roof voice] if I were a cis man-
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I've been working on some acrylic clip designs that I'll hopefully get made next year. Which set do you like the best? 👀✨️
December 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I've been working on some acrylic clip designs that I'll hopefully get made next year. Which set do you like the best? 👀✨️
I’ve spent this year either being burnt out or recovering from burn out, but I’m happy with the pieces I did make ❤️
#artvsartist #artvsartist2025
#artvsartist #artvsartist2025
December 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I’ve spent this year either being burnt out or recovering from burn out, but I’m happy with the pieces I did make ❤️
#artvsartist #artvsartist2025
#artvsartist #artvsartist2025
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6 days till Christmas! "Lady Snowflake", watercolor & ink.
Snowflakes float gently downwards on the winds of a winter night. Silence creeps within us, a quiet made gray & peaceful by blankets of white. A world sleeps in frozen beauty all its own.
Behold Winter and find solace in her pale dreaming.
Snowflakes float gently downwards on the winds of a winter night. Silence creeps within us, a quiet made gray & peaceful by blankets of white. A world sleeps in frozen beauty all its own.
Behold Winter and find solace in her pale dreaming.
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
6 days till Christmas! "Lady Snowflake", watercolor & ink.
Snowflakes float gently downwards on the winds of a winter night. Silence creeps within us, a quiet made gray & peaceful by blankets of white. A world sleeps in frozen beauty all its own.
Behold Winter and find solace in her pale dreaming.
Snowflakes float gently downwards on the winds of a winter night. Silence creeps within us, a quiet made gray & peaceful by blankets of white. A world sleeps in frozen beauty all its own.
Behold Winter and find solace in her pale dreaming.
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The Heavenly Messenger, aka last year's birthday gift for myself. 🌌
December 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Heavenly Messenger, aka last year's birthday gift for myself. 🌌
WE’RE SO FUCKING BACK 🤡🙃
December 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
WE’RE SO FUCKING BACK 🤡🙃
is it too much to ask for the power to go out at work?
December 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
is it too much to ask for the power to go out at work?
me: im so tired of being “fine” and putting everyone else’s emotional wellbeing before mine
also me: i have to hold it together, my family has enough going on with my cousin in rehab and he needs more help than i do
also me: i have to hold it together, my family has enough going on with my cousin in rehab and he needs more help than i do
December 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
me: im so tired of being “fine” and putting everyone else’s emotional wellbeing before mine
also me: i have to hold it together, my family has enough going on with my cousin in rehab and he needs more help than i do
also me: i have to hold it together, my family has enough going on with my cousin in rehab and he needs more help than i do
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Some selfies from last week that made me feel good. Trying to get back to having a personal style and putting together outfits and finally ordered some new glasses
December 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Some selfies from last week that made me feel good. Trying to get back to having a personal style and putting together outfits and finally ordered some new glasses
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this is a good battle to pick. the CEO mentioned using "AI" and got so much shit for it immediately that he's rattled and backpedaling. easy win there
this shit, despite its faults, is not going anywhere and people are going to have to pick their battles
Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI' - IGN
This morning, the news broke that Larian Studios, developer of Baldur's Gate 3 and the upcoming, just-announced Divinity, is apparently using generative AI behind the scenes. The backlash has been swi...
www.ign.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
this is a good battle to pick. the CEO mentioned using "AI" and got so much shit for it immediately that he's rattled and backpedaling. easy win there
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If you need really high quality reference material of clothing from any historical era and you want to make sure the data is captured by human people who want to use it ethically, @render-ready.com is literally right here
This is a bad excuse for lazy craftsmanship
This is a bad excuse for lazy craftsmanship
Cmon man maybe you should double check your posts before towing the company line.
December 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If you need really high quality reference material of clothing from any historical era and you want to make sure the data is captured by human people who want to use it ethically, @render-ready.com is literally right here
This is a bad excuse for lazy craftsmanship
This is a bad excuse for lazy craftsmanship
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If your concept artists feel they have to use AI 'for exploration' its likely that your demands for the quantity/quality of the work vs time are too high?
Like..thats what sketching is for.
But some clients will not look at sketches, it always has to look like "concept art" [ polished paintings ]
Like..thats what sketching is for.
But some clients will not look at sketches, it always has to look like "concept art" [ polished paintings ]
If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
December 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
If your concept artists feel they have to use AI 'for exploration' its likely that your demands for the quantity/quality of the work vs time are too high?
Like..thats what sketching is for.
But some clients will not look at sketches, it always has to look like "concept art" [ polished paintings ]
Like..thats what sketching is for.
But some clients will not look at sketches, it always has to look like "concept art" [ polished paintings ]
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You could replicate the cover art for an immensely popular book series with your smartphone and the filters built into its image editor.
You could commission cover art that's exactly what you want for an extremely reasonable price and create a working relationship with another artist.
You could commission cover art that's exactly what you want for an extremely reasonable price and create a working relationship with another artist.
December 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
You could replicate the cover art for an immensely popular book series with your smartphone and the filters built into its image editor.
You could commission cover art that's exactly what you want for an extremely reasonable price and create a working relationship with another artist.
You could commission cover art that's exactly what you want for an extremely reasonable price and create a working relationship with another artist.
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Btw, did you know the internet is full of very good research tools?
For example, here's a really good online museum collection to use as reference:
For example, here's a really good online museum collection to use as reference:
December 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Btw, did you know the internet is full of very good research tools?
For example, here's a really good online museum collection to use as reference:
For example, here's a really good online museum collection to use as reference:
Some selfies from last week that made me feel good. Trying to get back to having a personal style and putting together outfits and finally ordered some new glasses
December 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Some selfies from last week that made me feel good. Trying to get back to having a personal style and putting together outfits and finally ordered some new glasses