iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ander C. Lark @itsjustander.bsky.social · 10h

Dog: Human sibling, please save me from the terror of the void that has declared himself your master. Me: The kitten is just playing with his fish toy. Dog: HE WILL DEVOUR US ALL. The dog is every large breed to ever exist. The kitten is a tenth of her size.

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Ephi @eeephi.bsky.social · 14h

Frogtober #13: Artist ✨Make Art, not AI✨ #ephinktober2026 #frogtober2026

A colorful sketch of an enthusiastic artist frog with his doodly work of art, surrounded by watercolors and art supplies.

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Amélie @melliemillie.bsky.social · 17h

Getting reassured after learning your old clan might not be the norm after all. Read my webcomic, a 18+ forbidden romance between a man and a satyr set in medieval times. 🌳 behindthetrees.thecomicseries.com #behindthetrees #webcomic

Maël and Giroflée are sitting on a blanket on the forest ground. Maël takes Giroflée’s hand to reassure him. They sit in silence, looking at each other.

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Kate Halena @katehalena.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Keep writing. You didn’t create all these fictional people and ruin their lives just to abandon them halfway through.

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Ander C. Lark @itsjustander.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I sit down, the kitten climbs up and falls asleep on my chest, and suddenly I find myself waking up two hours later. Kittens are dangerous. 🤣

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Shyriath @shyriath.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

"I'm tired, boss. (...) Mostly, I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world every day."

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drachenmagier @drachenmagier.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I see a lot of posts saying that you need to be creative, you need to draw, defy the odds, yaddayadda. Hey. It's ok to be tired. It's ok to not be able to do much. It's ok to just sit on the couch and stare at the wall. Please drink some water. Take a shower if you can. It's ok.

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nonps @nonps.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I wish all artists that were tricked into purity culture a very liberating return to their problematic roots

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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.

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Cinder (it/its) @dollcinder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I don’t want everything tailored to my interests I want stuff made by perverts and sickos that makes me think about stuff differently

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Anyone want to join my book dictatorship? It's very gay. #erliart

Four panel comic in black and grey. First panel: two white women, both with long dark hair. First woman has her hair open and is smiling. Second woman one has her hair up, she has glasses and is looking at a book, concerned. Woman with glasses: "I would like to be in a book club or something. I would love to talk more about books...". Other woman: "You should!"
Second panel: Woman with her hair open now looks more serious and looks at the woman with glasses, who is looking frustrated. Woman with glasses: "The problem is that I am super picky and only read things I want to read. And some people have bad opinions!"
Third panel: The woman with her hair open laughs while the woman with glasses looks curious about the reaction. Woman with the hair open: "So you want a book dictatorship!".
Fourth panel: Now the woman with her hair open looks surprised and the woman with glasses looks curious and excited. Woman with glasses: "Can I do that? How do I do that? Do you have tips?".

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S.S. Julian @octopolis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Happy #WorldOctopusDay! A year ago today I started my Octopolis Tarot deck. Here are some of the pieces that I've drawn since that I'm most proud of.

Strength by SS Julian, Digital Art. An octopus forces open the jaws of a moray eels as the two crash through a coral reef. A frightened frogfish flees in fear in the foreground.

The Lovers by SS Julian, Digital Art. Two octopuses fall into each others arms in the bright light of a new day and a new world. As they draw near one another, their skin colors and patterns interweave with one another. The sun watches over their union in a coral bed filled with the crackle and burst of spawning polyps. Staved into the sandy bed are two shell-tipped spears. A woven net lies strewn about, one hooked end of which is held in the arm of the female octopus.

The Hermit by SS Julian Digital art. An octopus sits ensconced in a dark blue cave, curled up against the surfaces and walls. She cradles a clutch of golden eggs, and blows air through them with her funnel. She holds a branch of bioluminescent coral in one arm, while her other arms commune with themselves, each other, or her eggs.

The Empress by SS Julian Digital art. An orange octopus, reclines within her throne of fan coral and a corallimorph cushion. To one side she grasps a staghorn coral staff, and on the other a sad dollar shield. Within her web rest many developing eggs. Around her is wrapped a domesticated moray eel. All along her mantle crawl commensal crustaceans and molluscs. Her pattern is complex and enigmatic, evoking radial hydrozoans or flowers.

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Ander C. Lark @itsjustander.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"If you didn't stay up so late reading you wouldn't be so tired all the time." I don't stay up late reading. I stay up late having panic attacks and read to distract myself until it passes and I can sleep. There's a big difference. (Yes I have meds but I feel like shit the next day if I take them.)

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 07/10/2026

The grammatical 'colon' and the anatomical 'colon' are not etymologically related. The anatomical 'colon' comes from the Greek ‘kolon’ which means “large intestine.” The grammatical 'colon' comes from the Greek ‘kōlon’ which means “limb.” Both are a means to an end.

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Ander C. Lark @itsjustander.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Stop attacking my head!" Ah, the joys of owning a kitten. (That's only partially a complaint. I will miss these days when he's full-grown and I know it.)

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Ander C. Lark @itsjustander.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I bought a cover I came across the other day because it's gorgeous and perfect for the story I'm working on and I would have regretted not buying it. But now I have to actually write the book. Dammit.

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Ander C. Lark @itsjustander.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I was talked into trying this when it came out. To this day I can only describe the flavor as "sweet". That was all I could taste. There was no apple or caramel, just "sweet". I STILL make a face every time I'm reminded this existed.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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hazel 🩵 @raspberryhazel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

our last comic page is (checks notes) still banned on webtoon! so what a perfect time to share this comic we made earlier this year about online censorship (webcomic edition). xtramagazine.com/culture/onli...

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Discontinued FoOoOods! 👻🎃 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

The reality is that studios can spend the next 10 years throwing hundreds of millions of dollars into AI-produced, algorithm-driven "content" and yet they'll never produce a work even a fraction as emotionally evocative as a 90 second Volkswagen ad from 1999 youtu.be/_-kqUkZnDcM?...

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Volkswagen "Pink Moon"

YouTube video by Alan Pafenbach

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Another element of 1990s nostalgia that often gets ignored is how the USA was gaga for Celtic and New Age music. Remember those CD kiosks in the big box stores?

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart

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Amélie @melliemillie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Maël and the loves of his life 🩷💜💙

Illustration of Isabella, Maël and Giroflée in a medieval mille fleurs tapestry style. They are sitting on the ground, surrounded by flowers. Isabella is Maël’s late wife and Giroflée is his satyr new lover.

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 03/10/2026

I know most of you guys don't go on the other app but the pope posted an anti AI/ pro artists statement yesterday, and the ensuing cope and memes is really funny

Pope Leo XIV
@Pontifex

In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.

2016: I will never fight a holy war

2019: Pope Leo I am ready launch me towards the nearest data center

some AI guy saying he makes christian children's books with AI asking the pope if that is ok then and someone posting a meme react with the pope holding a baseball bat saying 'did I stutter'

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A dream I had. #erliart

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Ander C. Lark @itsjustander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Me: Kitten, I have had an incredibly shitty day at work. Kitten: [uses his entire tiny kitten body to rub against the side of my head] Me: My day has just improved exponentially. Kittens are magic.

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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🩸 morteraphan 🗝️ @morteraphan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I feel you, brave little plant [oc] 🪴

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Ander C. Lark @itsjustander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Me: I'm feeling a little out of sorts, I'd better go to bed. My brain: You know what this would be a great time for? Me: Please don't. My brain: A panic attack! Me: [sighs] Guess I'll go take my meds, THEN go to bed.

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Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The film is written, directed, and co-stars Hitoshi Ozawa, a legendary Yakuza actor who is a villain in Yakuza 0, who got his fellow legends involved. This was his passion project inspired by one of his best friends, a trans woman, and he worked with the community for representative casting.

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☢️ GODZILLA’S WIFE ☢️ @gojiraspouse.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Artists are allowed to make fucked up upsetting art. You are allowed to block them if it bothers or triggers you. You are not allowed to demand that transgressive art never exist. Especially when the artists are marginalized or queer and already have society trying to erase them.

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Ellipsus @ellipsus.com · 28/09/2026

Ellipsus stands against the normalization of generative AI in creative spaces. We are building our tool for the millions of you who share this belief. Real art is always and forever human.

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 24/09/2026

in the age of AI, making art is a radical act

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

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Ander C. Lark @itsjustander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I was wondering where my daily reminder that I'm old was.

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Ander C. Lark @itsjustander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This kitten, I swear to god... His meows sound just like Koi's, he scolds me exactly the same way she used to, he has the same habit of being very careful his claws don't touch me as he attacks things near me... He is not Koi -- Koi was her own special existence that can't be duplicated. But wow.

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Ander C. Lark @itsjustander.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I would be thrilled if my head would quit hurting.

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Ander C. Lark @itsjustander.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So this happened over the weekend... He has already claimed me as his person, and he doesn't trust the enormous dog that REALLY wants to play with him. They're getting there. I suspect they'll be buddies soon.

A tiny black kitten, passed out on a human's shoulder (mine) with what looks like a smile on his face. (No AI involved, he was just apparently very happy to be sleeping there.)

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Ander C. Lark @itsjustander.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm seeing a lot of "here are setups for webcomic sites" but I would dearly love a setup for fiction that doesn't involve WordPress.

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George @hannahtempler.com · 22/09/2026

luckily!!! in 2026 there are a lot of independent Webcomic templates that are more affordable and accessible than ever (thank you to the heroes building these!) this is one that I know of, but please reply if you have others: rarebit.neocities.org

rarebit.neocities.org

Rarebit | HTML Webcomic Template

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🪱𝔼𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕙🪱 @oddoblivion.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

You won’t DIE if you draw a little wonky. One of the most successful games of all time has THIS going on.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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