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Alex Amsel

@adotcorbin.bsky.social
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Alex Amsel @adotcorbin.bsky.social · 1h
i miss my f/os :(
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Alex Amsel @adotcorbin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
i need to be more annoying about my f/os on here, or make an alt i fan be annoying about them on…
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Petite Echorizon🌻 @petiteechorizon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#octillerink2026 Day 06 - Alto Mare #pokemon #fanart🎐
Illustration depicting the Pokémon Latias and Latios flying over a canal in the city of Alto Mare, the setting of the fifth Pokémon movie. They’re flying so fast that the wind blew away Ash’s iconic cap, as he was walking on the side of the canal alongside his trusted Pikachu and Totodile, making him turn around towards the two legendary Pokémon.
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Advos @advosart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Time for school
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Kasey Snow @kaseysnow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
US residents! Today is the LAST DAY you can help save the Roadless Rule by making a public comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS... This rule has always been popular amongst the public. No reason to take it away. Here's a video with more info: youtu.be/swlPatJw8m8?... #conservation
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Bianca @jellyfishflan.com · 01/10/2026
Dandelion, gift commission from @shyyote.bsky.social to @bumblebeanbean.bsky.social #ffxiv
Chibi style drawing of a Lalafell with sylph wings holding a yellow-petaled dandelion flower.
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Alex Amsel @adotcorbin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Welcome to my #adcbeastober thread! This is a thread of me poorly photoshopping this sun beast created by Kasumi Oomine (on insta) into various situations. I do not own the beast nor its design, I just love it and want to put it in fun situations. It should go without saying, but NO AI IS USED.
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here is my personal/official prompt list for Drawtober. Everyone is welcome to use it however they like!
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yom→kuri🔥cms @chaolizi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...
reddit comment: 

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply: 

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

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The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…
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laney @saltmalk.in · 26/01/2026
flight
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🌱Maxi @thetictactician.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
October commissions now open! 💗 🎨Watercolour pages: 3 slots 🎨Standard/ style: 2 slots (shared) 🎨Simple: 2 slots 🎃Halloween themed requests will get 10% off!👻❤️ Request forms, prices and info all found here! 🔗 linktr.ee/thetictactic... ℹ️ tictaccoms.carrd.co#styles
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Advos @advosart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Squishy
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Monofranko │ VGEN COMMS OPEN @monofrank.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
take your heart ˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗ (here's something a bit unexpected from me) #persona #persona5 #joker #persona5fanart
A drawing of Joker from Persona 5. He is drawn in side profile, he has his mask on and his coat. Behind him in the distance is the skyline of Tokyo, the sky is red and there is a crescent moon hanging above the city.
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Alex Amsel @adotcorbin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@aiphelix.bsky.social you have singlehandedly made me lowkey insane over edward elric again. i ADORE your art of him and how you draw him, and i love all the various ship art you make!! (i also really love your oc art, even if i don’t know their lore) once your comms are open its so over (for me)
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ghostsjogging @ghostsjogging.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#fireemblem3houses #dimitri #fe3h #ghostart that man
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jade✨ @say0ranarts.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
sora & riku👑💜 #KingdomHearts
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 17/09/2026
[guy]: Why is being alive so expensive?
[guy]: I'm not even having a good time
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 18/09/2026
A painting of a bird beside the text "I can smell your bullshit from here"
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swagvoid🌱 @swagvoid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
new cat dropped!!
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💫Nova🐾 🔜 It’s Spoopy Time 👻🎃🐈‍⬛ @nebulousneko.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just a few days left on this poll for which new game I’ll be starting next! ☄️ Please feel free to cast your vote or even make some new suggestions on the post below! 🪐 Thank you for your interest and support as always! 🐾 www.tumblr.com/nebulousneko...
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💬 0  🔁 1  ❤️ 0 · 🔮 Next Main Game On Stream! 🔮 Starting the last week of September or whenever I finish the Genshin 7.1 Main Quest! I wanted to give a little more context for each of these game…
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Sae @crownedsaeraphim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Akaiye - OC
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Cloudy🐈 @hellocloudy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
black cat collection 🌻🐈‍⬛🍂🐈‍⬛🎃🐈‍⬛💖🐈‍⬛
a painting of a black cat standing on a fence overgrown with vines, with a sunflower field behind itDrawing of a black cat strolling through a colorful early autumn landscapea painting of a black cat with big round eyes sitting in a pumpkin patch. in the background we can see a countryside landscape with fields and a small cottage. there are chickens in the grass nearby and a wheelbarrow filled with pumpkins with a black cat sleeping on them. there's also a black cat in front of the house door in the distance. the color palette is warm oranges, pinks, yellows and muted greens.
a small black cat sitting in a leafless tree back lit by the sunset
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 16/09/2026
Happy Baby Safety Month.
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765 Nanami @765nanami.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hi everyone! I worked on the art for the up coming steam game called Evomon! A pet raising pixel game where you capture and raise monsters of all different kinds of species! Do check it out!🙏 store.steampowered.com/app/3824140/... Thank you @wulfstudio.bsky.social for this opportunity!🥹
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olyester 🌼 @cco00oo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Summer's End
A digital painting of Buizel. A Buizel inside a glass of lemonade.
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average Sakamoto enjoyer🐉🍙 @monkhazard.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The tags on this Tumblr post really sum up how I feel as a writer about the current state of fandom, and my increasing lack of motivation to write & share fics
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Cloudy🐈 @hellocloudy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Sunflowers 🌻🌻🌻
a painting of a black cat standing on a fence overgrown with vines, with a sunflower field behind it
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🐟🐟🐟 @ aniyeg / october 10th @miyaulait.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
handsome black cats
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arnaerr 🦭⭑。 @arnaerr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Please share your feedback on how genAI destroys the livelihoods of artists on the official EU website. You can do so even if you're not an EU citizen. We have to be loud so the change will come, and practice shoes that voicing hatred towards genAI works ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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hypogryffin @hypogryffin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
microbangs haru 🤤🤤 #Persona5 #P5 #Persona
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 07/09/2026
hello my baby hello my honey hello darkness my old friend
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bemmpo @bemmpo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
animal crossing sticker dioramas 🍑🍊🍎🍒
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🔥Nepook🔥 NYC TATTOO GUEST SPOT @nepook.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Hope @bladesandstars.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Someone posted the dimidue hopes supports which I had not seen and all I could think was this
Screenshot of an old tumblr post edited to say: finding out Dimitri was 23 years old when he became king was so crazy to me. he should've been at the farm
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Luci 🍎🌱 Chibi Comms @cinappses.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
[ 🍨 oc | #ocsky ] nia - old stray, apprehensively allowed inside
A digital drawing page of Nia, a shapeshifting creature who hops back and forth between animal and human form. His animal form has the long rounded ears of a rabbit, but the equally long and equally round tail of a cat. He has dark eyes, white fur with pink and brown spots, and a pink scarf. He is themed around neapolitan ice cream.
Nia's human form is a pale older gentleman who has vitiligo where the spots on his animal form's face would be. His greying brown hair, pulled back into a long ponytail by a ribbon reminiscent of his scarf, twists into soft serve-like drills.A sketchbook page of Nia's creature form, featuring a few drawings from 2019 pasted in.
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Cat wearing a tie saying "don't get me started" in front of the Getting Me Started factory.
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Image of Sundar Pichai and the Gmail logo
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🍊 tsu @tsurudraws.art · 01/09/2026
🍊lil refresher post! 🌱if you're new to streaming and want an affordable Vtuber model option, here's all of my PNGTUBER+ resources! 📚tutorials parts 1 and 2 for my DIYers ✨a customizable pre-rigged template with 9000+ assets that you can preview BEFORE you buy! 🔃reposts greatly appreciated!
thumbnail image for tsurudraw's PNGtuber+ tutorial that goes over beginner tips and setupthumbnail image for part 2 of tsurudraw's PNGtuber+ tutorial that covers animated spritesthumbnail for tsurudraw's video on their tsucrew project, a customizable pngtuber+ model that also features a picrew to preview options!thumbnail for tsurudraw's tutorial on setting up their customizable tsucrew model
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ADHD Memes @adhdforreal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Jessica Elena @byjessicaelena.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Patchwork vibes!!! #art #illustration
A digital drawing with a painted paper collage effect, depicting a kind of patchwork pattern with smaller boxes in warm tones and green on top of which are different cute little objects. Flowers, a snail, a mushroom, a house, a gourd, an apple and so on.
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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Millions of Americans may not receive their mail ballots in time, or at all, because of a secretive, court-defying system being rushed into place by the Trump administration. Two months before the midterms. This isn't by chance. It's a blatant attempt to steal an election. Share this everywhere.
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USPS rush to implement Trump order could cause ‘catastrophic failure’ of mail voting, whistleblower claims
A whistleblower claims in a new report that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has embarked on a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement President Donald Trump’s mail voting order ahead of the midterms,…
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 01/09/2026
September is Baby Safety Month. Don't you dare put that baby in pelican mouth.
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🏳️‍⚧️ UNBAN LINK @biancamack.co · 30/08/2026
Love a direct, to the point queen. Say it plainly and leave no space for bad-faith bullshit.
Asked why the WNBA continues to experience these heightened distractions, Cloud said, "Men."
"The men now that are like 'Oh, we need to protect the WNBA,’ y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't be paid," Cloud continued. "Y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't have been invested in, saying we're a joke, the same ones that don't respect Black women. So, if you're going to protect women, that means all women. That includes Black women, trans women and the list goes on."
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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"The Lovers" is now online on Youtube. An indie/crowdfunded Filipino short film by students brand-new to the animation industry. Directed by Alice Mao & Sophia Paez (Studio Heartbreak). >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUa2...
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DocHackenBOOOOOsh @dochackenbush.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Every day, my dude. Every single day. #art #cats #screaming
Doodle of a ginger cat with its mouth open really wide as if to bellow something. Caption reads “have you considered screaming about it?”
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract.
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🍓jam🫐 @marukeki.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Give me one good movie kiss and I'll be alright #akeshu #明主
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LordIchamo • dragon enthusiast @lordichamo.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
#twst #twistedwonderland WRONG WAY, MY SCARAB!
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gatorstooth 🐊 @gatorstooth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
banana pokemon! 🍌 toyhou.se/41145070.ban...
three pokemon that are banana themed! a bayleef with a yellow banana body and a peeled neck, with a white inner banana style head and a big banana leaf. wooper is all yellow with banana peel "gills". ivysaur is all yellow with a peeled banana on its back instead of a flower and leaves
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