Reposted by AnimaspectJamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 28/07/2025"Personality, knowledge, and emotion are the three things that need to exist [in art] — and I'm sorry, they don't come from a fucking app." Del Toro sums it up 🫡 833331216
Reposted by AnimaspectJoe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 03/01/2025here's my blog post about how people who use generative ai are deeply estranged from themselves and reality itself, their souls drifting rudderless in open water, asphyxiating www.joewintergreen.com/i-think-the-... 461976617
Reposted by AnimaspectDavis Bickford @davis.social · 30/10/2024“The value of art is not how much it costs and how little effort it requires. It’s how much would you risk to be in its presence.” - @realgdt.bsky.social, regarding AI 2242391671
Reposted by AnimaspectIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 03/10/2024I think I finally figured out what I hate so much about calling all creative work "content" - it's that it reduces everything to real estate for advertising 38801161
Animaspect @animaspect.bsky.social · 20/09/2024Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #329,233! 020
Reposted by AnimaspectAle @alepresser.com · 11/09/2024It's CLIP STUDIO PAINT DISCOUNT SEASON, FOLKS!!! 60% OFF OF THE BEST SOFTWARE FOR ARTISTS IN THE MARKET!! www.clipstudio.net/en/purchase/ I cannot recommend it enough. I have been using CSP for a couple of years now and I LOVE it.clipstudio.netPricing & Plans - Clip Studio PaintPurchase Clip Studio Paint, graphics software and app for illustration, comics, manga, and animation. The single-payment version for Windows and macOS can be purchased online. 4383330
Reposted by Animaspectbeleghir @beleghir.bsky.social · 26/08/2024On genAI and art: "A machine can ostensibly produce the same results as a basketball player, throw a ball in the hoop and score points against other machines. But [...p]eople don't watch sports for the concept of throwing balls in hoops, people watch sports for human spectacle and physical ability." 7417143
Reposted by AnimaspectMatt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 25/06/2024Okay, so I'm going to post a thread now about using Clip Studio Paint, about color settings, ICC color profiles, outputting to CMYK, getting 100% K in your blacks, etc. Technical shit. If you're struggling with this, read the thread. I'll reply to myself here, and it'll take a little time... 1/many 561455559
Reposted by AnimaspectDebbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 16/06/2024To those curious about custom feeds on Bluesky: I encourage you to sign up for a free @blueskyfeedcreator.com acct, try setting up your own feed. You can play around & experiment BEFORE making it public. Great way to learn! The developer also has excellent user documentation: blueskyfeedcreator.com 44110
Reposted by AnimaspectAnn Leckie @annleckie.com · 14/06/2024I think, if you never sat down to learn the skills of a particular art, that art seems mysterious to you and it's easier to think that someone with those skills must just have "talent" cause you can't imagine yourself being able to do those things. Like, a long time ago on an online writing workshop 1834655
Reposted by AnimaspectDebbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 03/06/2024UPDATED: My Bluesky Starter Thread For Illustrators. Pls see my MAIN BLUESKY STARTER THREAD for Bluesky basics, resources, & more #BlueSkyTips. Also: Index Of Custom Feeds & LISTS: KidLit/YA Graphic Novel Community, Colorists & Flatters, KidLit Art Directors/Designers, KidLit/YA Illustrators. 🧵👇🏼 16210101
Reposted by AnimaspectKim Hu @kim-hu.com · 20/04/2024Folks did you know you can subscribe to the AI Imagery Labeler, and it will filter out AI image content from you feeds? Works very well, is totally free and makes your life so much better. 🧡bsky.app 361155772
Reposted by AnimaspectThe Ken In Yellow @kenlowery.bsky.social · 26/09/2023Why should I care enough to read or behold something no one cared enough to actually make? 181414524
Reposted by Animaspectdrewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 11/09/2023companies programmed us to refer to art, music, video, and writing as "content" to make it seem like it comes from the website and not from a person who had to think of it and make it 7148691579
