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I spoke to a dozen professional concept artists working in games about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs easier, even if it's just used in "very early ideation stages."
Zero said "yes." Most said it made their job harder.
I learnt a lot about concept artists. You should too!
Zero said "yes." Most said it made their job harder.
I learnt a lot about concept artists. You should too!
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...
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 9:07 PM
I spoke to a dozen professional concept artists working in games about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs easier, even if it's just used in "very early ideation stages."
Zero said "yes." Most said it made their job harder.
I learnt a lot about concept artists. You should too!
Zero said "yes." Most said it made their job harder.
I learnt a lot about concept artists. You should too!
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I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
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Over a third of the old internet no longer exists, 87% of all video games before 2009 are lost media, 40% of the Million Dollar Homepage was dead links as of 2019, etc.
*And* this media void is being filled with mindboggling quantities of ai slop.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mil...
*And* this media void is being filled with mindboggling quantities of ai slop.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mil...
October 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Over a third of the old internet no longer exists, 87% of all video games before 2009 are lost media, 40% of the Million Dollar Homepage was dead links as of 2019, etc.
*And* this media void is being filled with mindboggling quantities of ai slop.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mil...
*And* this media void is being filled with mindboggling quantities of ai slop.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mil...
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It’s funny how black people are expected to reach across the aisle to voters like these, while no one ever expects them to reach across the aisle to black people. Amazing who gets to be human, and who doesn’t.
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It’s funny how black people are expected to reach across the aisle to voters like these, while no one ever expects them to reach across the aisle to black people. Amazing who gets to be human, and who doesn’t.
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This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
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So far there have been zero trans women reported as having visited epsteins pedo island. But lots of people who want you to think trans women are threats to children seemed to have gone there at some point.
Curious...
Curious...
September 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
So far there have been zero trans women reported as having visited epsteins pedo island. But lots of people who want you to think trans women are threats to children seemed to have gone there at some point.
Curious...
Curious...
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September 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
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It's because to liberals, liberal democracies, and liberal corporate news media, fascism is acceptable, and Communism is not. And that's simply because fascism doesn't pose a threat to capital. Liberals and rightwing types wanna keep exploiting the working class. That's all it's about.
they ask politicians like Mamdani if they are communists but they never ask anyone if they are a fascist and that's all you really need to know
June 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
It's because to liberals, liberal democracies, and liberal corporate news media, fascism is acceptable, and Communism is not. And that's simply because fascism doesn't pose a threat to capital. Liberals and rightwing types wanna keep exploiting the working class. That's all it's about.
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happy birthday to the horniest gif known to man
a close up of a person 's arm with sharp claws and feathers
ALT: a close up of a person 's arm with sharp claws and feathers
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June 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
happy birthday to the horniest gif known to man
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Mechanical Violator Hakaider (1995)
November 8, 2023 at 3:13 AM
Mechanical Violator Hakaider (1995)
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Hang on......... Are you telling me the reason why games aren't releasing as people expected isn't THE WOKE.... but actually corporate mismanagement????? 😱😱😱😱
Report: Veilguard's late pivot from live service spelled doom for Dragon Age sequel sales
Report: Veilguard's late pivot from live service spelled doom for Dragon Age sequel sales
Pivoting a single-player game to live-service multiplayer and back again led to 9 years of development on Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
www.gamedeveloper.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Hang on......... Are you telling me the reason why games aren't releasing as people expected isn't THE WOKE.... but actually corporate mismanagement????? 😱😱😱😱
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her time has come once more
June 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
her time has come once more
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You genuinely could not write a better metaphor for colonialism in microcosm
Puerto Ricans denounce that American tourists are trying to ‘silence’ the song of the coquí, the island’s endemic and endangered frog
A social media post about a “spray” to quiet the little frog unleashes a wave of indignation on the island
english.elpais.com/climate/2025...
A social media post about a “spray” to quiet the little frog unleashes a wave of indignation on the island
english.elpais.com/climate/2025...
Puerto Ricans denounce that American tourists are trying to ‘silence’ the song of the coquí, the island’s endemic and endangered frog
A social media post about a “spray” to quiet the little frog unleashes a wave of indignation on the island, which is already going through a crisis of excess tourism and forced displacement of its res...
english.elpais.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
You genuinely could not write a better metaphor for colonialism in microcosm
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I feel like most of my followers know this but because I see a lot of cis folks who have a specific blind spot for it:
This includes the theme park. I don't care if you want Butterbeer or want to get a wand or are already there so why not just walk in. It's all Her. Everything with the name is Her.
This includes the theme park. I don't care if you want Butterbeer or want to get a wand or are already there so why not just walk in. It's all Her. Everything with the name is Her.
J.K. Rowling is using her wealth attained from the "Harry Potter" series to create an organization dedicated to removing transgender people's rights "in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.”
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May 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I feel like most of my followers know this but because I see a lot of cis folks who have a specific blind spot for it:
This includes the theme park. I don't care if you want Butterbeer or want to get a wand or are already there so why not just walk in. It's all Her. Everything with the name is Her.
This includes the theme park. I don't care if you want Butterbeer or want to get a wand or are already there so why not just walk in. It's all Her. Everything with the name is Her.
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Anyway, when people talk about health insurance companies committing murder but in an socially-acceptable fashion, this is what they mean
May 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Anyway, when people talk about health insurance companies committing murder but in an socially-acceptable fashion, this is what they mean