iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It’s a line from the movie Office Space

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

No way, why should I change? He’s the one who sucks

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

And the anatomy on that woman is dreadful - her neck and arms are too short. Hopper would never

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Yeah, these “infographics” are garbage. The more I look at them the stupider I feel

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Gen AI is a backwards-facing technology. It can only mimic what’s already been created, and it spits out an average of its stolen dataset, so you’re gonna get boring generic slop like this instead of something designed with intent

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Vision Zero Columbus @visionzerocbus.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The city's longest protected bike lane is now complete!🚲 Sturdy bollards and parking separate cyclists from vehicle traffic along N. 4th Street from Warren Street to Hudson Street. Through the @columbusdps.bsky.social Bike Plus plan and Vision Zero, we are building a safer, more connected Columbus.

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Debjit Dutta @debjitduttaart.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Happy portfolio Day everyone #portfolioday

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Hi, I'm Brian, and here's my digital portfolio for #portfolioday, which comprises mostly of my webcomic "Orick & Argyle," about a Sasquatch and an extraterrestrial who team up to commit acts of civil disobedience in defense of nature. orickandargyle.com www.patreon.com/greygraphite

A digital drawing of comic book characters Orick, a Sasquatch; Leona, a mountain lion; and Argyle, an extraterrestrial, rowing across a pond at dusk toward an island with an old church on it.

A black and white digital drawing of comic characters Ursula, a human person; Orick, a Sasquatch; Argyle, an extraterrestrial; and Leona, a mountain lion, walking down a set of underground stairs in a cave-like environment. Ursula leads the group with a flashlight.

A digital painting of Orick, a Sasquatch wearing an orange scarf and carrying a hot drink of some kind, walking between some trees and saying "boo" to classic movie monsters Nosferatu, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and a werewolf, who cower in fear and run away.

A digital illustration showing a Sasquatch reading a book in his cave with his friends, a mountain lion asleep next to the fireplace, and an extraterrestrial laying on a rug watching The X-Files on an iPad. The cave is illuminated by the fire in the fireplace, candles, lamps and glowing crystals. Above the fireplace is a framed portrait of a Sasquatch ancestor. In the background is a bookshelf and a staircase.

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Chris Lewis Lee - available for work @chrislewislee.com · 14/07/2026

Happy #portfolioday everyone. I’m Chris, an illustrator and game artist looking for more board game, TCG and video game work for the last quarter of this year.

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

lindsey graham got the same thing anyone who wants to be spoken of well in death gets: a lifetime. what he did with it is entirely on him.

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Stella Bialek @stellabialek.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

“…. oh. it’s been two hours.” (theme ‘sit’)

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 03/06/2026

Y'all. Please remember the artists that drew these things when sending around memes. I feel for these artists who NEVER get credited for these (and some, nowadays, are even being accused of being AI!) Here's a few common ones I see (feel free to add others, I want this to be a living thread): 🧵

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Ryan Hill @ryanhillart.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Plein air oil painting of Zuckerberg's megayacht in flames on Lake Union in Seattle. 9"×12" oil on panel

9"×12" plein air oil painting of Mark Zuckerberg's megayacht "Launchpad" in flames on Lake Union in Seattle

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Ryan Hill @ryanhillart.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Painting Zucks megayacht on Lake Union last night 🔥

Me standing at my easel in front of Mark Zuckerberg's megayacht Launchpad docked on Lake Union in Seattle

Close up of the easel showing the painting of yacht in flames

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Why is that relevant to the original post?

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

You’re reinforcing a conservative definition of masculinity by accusing conservatives of being secretly gay. “You’re not real men either because a bunch of you are on Grindr.”

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

liberals saying "oh yeah? well you're gay," to conservatives is still homophobia

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 18/05/2026

what is that thing | patreon.com/lubchansky

PANEL 1: MATTIE is talking to a MAN IN A SUIT. Behind them is a huge grey cube. Both are yelling the whole time.
MATTIE: HEY, WHAT'S THAT?!
SUIT: OH, THE ECONOMY CUBE?! IT DOESN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING! BUT WE NEED THEM. EVERYWHERE! OR ELSE!

PANEL 2: A cleaner shot of the cube, heat haze emanating off of it. Many more dot the horizon behind it. MATTIE and the SUIT frame the panel.
MATTIE: THEY'RE QUITE LOUD! AND HOT!
SUIT: OH, VERY. MANY BIRDS WILL DIE!

PANEL 3: MATTIE, looking at the SUIT.
SUIT: WITHOUT THEM, THE WORLD ECONOMY COLLAPSES! DON'T YOU WANT TO BUY STUFF.
MATTIE: I WAS BUYING STUFF LAST YEAR NO PROBLEM WITHOUT THOSE THINGS. WHAT HAPPENED?

PANEL 4: The SUIT points at MATTIE. Two other PEOPLE IN SUITS creep in, brandishing weapons.
SUIT: WELL I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING…
SUIT: SHE HATES THE CUBE, GUYS!
SUIT 2: UHHHHH DON'T YOU LIKE SHOPPING?
SUIT 3: PUT HER IN A CUBE!

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Hoo boy, this picture sent a shiver up my spine. But I have to commend you and the snake for collaborating on such a beautifully composed photo. From over here, though

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I took photos of the equestrian sculptures too, because I couldn't stop looking at them, and I knew I would want to look at them some more after I left

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I just use the basic 4000 model cutter. I duct-tape my t-square to my drawing desk to use as a guide and go to town

Snapshot of the Logan model 4000 bevel mat cutter

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Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Goblinette throwback 🐸

Green swamp goblin lady character, digital art

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

It’s like when a toddler keeps bringing you a bunch of random toys

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

"x is here to stay" has become so pervasive among the grifter class that I can't read past the phrase due to the fact that my eyes are rolling so hard

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Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

"Measles is here to stay." "Digital dementia in children is here to stay." "Pulling extra hard on hangnails is here to stay." "Here to stay" has been 💩fucking cringe💩 (for a while now!) and everyone needs to stop saying it unless it's about a dog. That is all.

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Copyright law recognizes fair use, and education is fair use. A student can use someone else's intellectual property for educational purposes. But a student can't copy someone else's art, sign their own name on it, sell it or lead others to believe it's their original work. That's still plagiarism.

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

No human who is feeding other people's work into an image generator is learning to make anything.

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

High quality plagiarism is still plagiarism. If you're prompting AI to spit out slop and it happens to end up looking really good, that means your AI used a whole bunch of art created by a whole bunch of really good human artists.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 10/04/2026

Human beings aren't eggs and societies aren't omelets. You don't get to make other people acceptable losses in your society building. That's not how it works.

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Love this collection of little weirdos!

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Patric Bates @patricbates.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

some little watercolors that I made #art #watercolor #painting

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I'm so excited about this project! "Will-o'-the-Wisp" is a graphic novel I'm writing and drawing. You can read the first half here: brianrwilliams.com/will-o-the-w... Consider joining my Patreon to support the project and get access to new chapters as I finish them! www.patreon.com/c/greygraphite

Title page for my graphic-novel-in-progress. The title text, "Will-o'-the-Wisp," glows green above the illustration. Leona (the mountain lion), Argyle (the extraterrestrial), Orick (the Sasquatch) and Ursula (the human person) leading the group with a flashlight, walk down a set of stairs in a cave lit by purple light.

"Will-o'-the-Wisp" is about a spooky light Ursula sees in the woods outside her trailer one night. She and Orick, Argyle, and Leona set out to discover the truth about the ghost light. But they're not alone; malevolent Sasquatches called wood devils are also hunting the Will-o'-the-Wisp. Ursula and her friends must catch up to the light before the wood devils do.

The first half of the novel is free to read here: https://brianrwilliams.com/will-o-the-wisp.html

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 31/03/2026

The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Survived my first comics expo. S.P.A.C.E. was fun, but I'm still tired today!

A snapshot of me sitting behind my table at the Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo just after setting up early Saturday morning, before the doors opened.

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Day 2 of S.P.A.C.E.! www.backporchcomics.com/space #comics #comicart #digitalart

A snapshot of my table set-up at the Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo.

A close-up of my table, showing the Orick & Argyle sign and an excerpt of my Patreon comic lying open on the table.

A photo of a stack of my Orick & Argyle books on my table.

A photo of my Orick & Argyle prints & zines on my table.

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Oh wow, you have incredible artistic range!

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Who are the artists for these?

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Making prints for SPACE*! *Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo, March 28-29, Hilliard, OH www.backporchcomics.com/space #digitalart #comics

Poster titled, "Creature From Somewhere in the Midwest," a spoof on movie posters for Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Under the poster title text, a green, friendly-looking creature with gills, a pink snout, two arms, and six human feet is smiling and saying, Midwesternly, "Ope! Lemme just scootch past yah." He is holding a red plastic party cup and is wearing a yellow novelty t-shirt that reads, "It's Wine O'Clock."

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The OP is misrepresenting this video -- it appears to be a residential high-rise in Bahrain that was struck by an Iranian drone 2 weeks ago: bsky.app/profile/chri...

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Hooray for achieving life goals — that’s super exciting! Congrats!

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Funny you mention that -- there's literally no receipt. Congress didn't ratify Ohio's constitution in 1803. It was an oversight, but it means that Ohio was technically still a territory up until 1953, when legislation was passed that retroactively granted Ohio statehood in 1803.

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Rob Husberg @artofrob.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

“3 AM” Available as a giclée art print in my Etsy shop! You can find it here: theartofrobhusberg.etsy.com/listing/7703...

“3 AM”
giclée art print

It’s 3 AM in suburbia and someone is still awake. A silhouetted cat sits on a windowsill behind open blinds peering out at a mysterious nighttime world. This is her favourite post in the house. From here she can look out over the expansive lawn and clipped hedges. Her humans have long since gone to bed. There is streetlight shinning on the house, hedges and lawn. She’s hoping to see something - anything - move about in the shadows. She listens intently for any rustle in the leaves, snap of a twig, or scampering over the grass. For now, all is silent except for the faint rush of a passing car. The night belongs to her.

I've drawn this in ballpoint pen in a very fine, wispy cross-hatching style trying to achieve that vague, mysterious tonality seen at that hour. I take a lot of walks late at night, and this is a home l've passed several times, complete with the lit window. I always imagine a cat sitting there, and the beauty is that I can make it so.

This is a companion piece of sorts with “The Yearning for Adventure”, also available in my Etsy shop.

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Brian @greygraphite.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I get so irritated when I see big accounts on here sharing someone else’s work without giving them credit

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