Reposted by Melody FosterEl / Bee @elsbee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026peachtober day 14: crayon #peachtober #peachtober26 16410
Reposted by Melody FosterLaurenWalshArt @laurenwalshart.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Use reference. I’m serious. I get it that somehow you or someone convinced you that using reference is “cheating.” It’s not. You are just hindering yourself. 196109993112
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Yes. This has always been a problem, ai just makes it a bigger problem. Back in the early 2000s I remember an artist having their whole portfolio lifted. Several artists had their work copied by Target. Proving its your own work has always been necessary. 030
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I was dying my hair in my 20s for fun, stopped in my 30s bc my friends were going gray and I was like, oh lets see the OG color before I *have* to dye it. Now, sometimes if I want to touch things up I dye it at home, but the gray is not particularly noticable even 10 yrs in, so mostly, nothing. 030
Reposted by Melody FosterJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I genuinely mean this. I cannot imagine a more bleak dystopian notion than the idea of all art being turned into slop designed to coddle my exact perceived intentions. The point of literature, film, music, and art is to be exposed to the interior lives of others. Who are these people. 8746141091
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Yeah, it's a challenge. I want to support writers & I believe they deserve to be paid for their work. But it used to be easy to buy a single newsstand copy of a magazine & read the article I wanted & now I have to pick which substack I think I'll enjoy consistently. 020
Reposted by Melody FosterDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026you don’t hold "AI" accountable; you hold AI developers, vendors, and corporations that profit off it accountable holding "AI accountable" is like holding a toaster accountable. it's an inanimate object. it doesn't have wishes, feelings, or desires 341749539
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Honestly, they're not bad. But the deep fried oreo flavor are the best. All the decadent flavor of a deep fried oreo, but with a much lower rise in blood pressure. Have not had a chance to try the Bannana Pudding flavor. 020
Reposted by Melody FosterJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This 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 10895192985
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It's October 3rd. My neighbors are setting off fireworks to celebrate... upsetting everyone's dog? 000
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'm so glad you got a settlement! Sorry the family stuff is weird 021
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Pope Leo is making a big swing to scoop up all the artists 😂 020
Reposted by Melody FosterChristine Almeda ✏️ @eychristine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Happy October #kidlitartpostcard 🍂 My name is Christine, a Filipino-American illustrator! I’m available for picture book and chapter book projects, I’d love to hear from you! 🍂 www.christinealmeda.com 🍂 Represented by Full Circle Literary 35512
Reposted by Melody FosterTatjana Mai-Wyss @tatjanamaiwyss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hello October, it's #kidlitartpostcard day - again! (can you believe it?) 19316
Reposted by Melody FosterKarla Adams @karlaadamsillu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026⋆⊱༻ Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! (and #peachtober) ༺⊰⋆ I'm Karla, a mexican illustrator looking for kidlit opportunities :•) 💻 More of my work at: karlaadamsillu.com 📖 Rep by @soyadriana.bsky.social Happy october! 👩🎨🐿️ #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebookart #kidlitillustration 29918
Reposted by Melody FosterJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 119116092882
Reposted by Melody FosterAbeeha Tariq @abeehatariqart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026something a bit more different from me but I got a lot to say and I’m not comfortable in front of a camera so… keep AI out of schools!! 5451253
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My brother did something similar with his girls this year. I loved this idea because as a perpetually late Aunt, it gave me time to sneak my gift in at the last minute. Assuming of course that I ever bought it and was not just going to end up giving 2 gifts at Christmas like my own aunt did. 020
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You're very cute! Also, probably your phone camera is artificially increasing the contrast bc there are layers and layers of autocorrecting filters in our phones that cannot be entirely gotten rid of. 010
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I also remember watching Twister as a kid and my friends all being very invested in the cow making it out alive. 000
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Lol I don't know, I refused to watch Marley & Me bc it was obvs from the trailer that this was a sort of modernized "Where the Red Fern Grows" But I did occompany my friends to see "Bridge to Terebitha" w/out warning them that it was sad. Even though I'd say both books were equally traumatic 100
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Watching Toy Story 5. The best part so far is the Bambi call back, the music really sold it 😄 010
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 24/09/2026He needed his zip code to pump gas? Of all the made up things. 110
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Haha ok, I'm not missing out then. I approve of this use of video, if it must exist 😂 110
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I am both curious to look up this video and also do not want to add to your conflicted feelings about video, because the push for everything to be video is from the devil 😂 120
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Every once in a while, the movie really is better. I haven't read Yesteryear, but I'm still hoping for an enjoyable movie. 110
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Yes and even if you have *some* ancestors going back the founding - it's incredibly unlikely that they all do. One branch of my family is Swedish until 1905. The others go back to the Revolution, but even *within* those branches there are lots of more recent immigrants marrying in. 020
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I hate for summer to end, but I'm somewhat consoled by apple season coming immediately after. 010
Reposted by Melody FosterDiane Langberg, PhD @dianelangberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Abuse silences victims and renders them powerless. Listening makes room for their voice and honors their dignity. As a church leader, never forget that they have honored you by coming to you. You have been seen as safe—be safe. 0136
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 13/09/2026In my case I didn't announce it, but there was a *situation* that did result in my mom telling a relative he needed to never contact several of us again, we would reach out if we wanted to. And since this person wanted to placate my mom, they complied. 020
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Not in a skynet/ultron sort of way - and I certainly don't think we're on the *cusp* of it wiping us out, there's time to change direction - but using up all our farmland and water to make political memes doesn't feel promising. 020
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New Art is up on my ko-fi ko-fi.com/melodyfoster...ko-fi.comBuy Melody Foster a CoffeeBecome a supporter of Melody Foster today! 020
Reposted by Melody FosterJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026“Why the weird vibe about data centers?” Because the companies. DO NOT. Play by the Rules. Visibly. Repeatedly. Pathologically. We are under no obligations to be marks. 242231788
Reposted by Melody FosterJessica Elena @byjessicaelena.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Patchwork vibes!!! #art #illustration 3970230
Reposted by Melody FosterTuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026If 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: 1511468910146
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It's traditionally published, but I assume he had connections and a heck of an editor. It's perfectly readable, but you can *feel* the editing, if you know what I mean. 010
Melody Foster @melodyfoster.bsky.social · 27/08/2026He wasn't a good writer, but it's always interesting to see a place you know well through someone else's eyes. 110
