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TheSoberCrackhead

@thesobercrackhead.bsky.social
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He/Him/His | Nerdy artist and writer (ANTi-AI) | white dude… I’m so sorry

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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Genuinely, what were you all thinking?
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Gilamasan @gilamasan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The bill has been opened to feedback. Rather than dooming about the proposal, you can tell them exactly how you feel about the act here. ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... With how much of an uphill battle Chat Control is having, you should never assume it's worthless to fight these draconian bills.
ec.europa.eu
European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
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Tom Schalk - Voice Actor Guy @tomschalk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An important PSA🐟
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Boo Mario @tomatograndpa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No, I'm sorry but we are not doing this "widely agreed upon bad movies were actually good," discourse for 6 of the worst movies ever made by humans.
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Sixo | Transformers @sixotf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hasbro is making more of its people redundant Meanwhile, CEO Chris Cocks made circa $18.6 MILLION in total package last fiscal year This is disgraceful
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I doubt that the post that refers to fish as “a species with which I would entrust my entire life and personal safety” is serious
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’ll never look at him the way ever again, and I mean that in a good way. Thank you.
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spencerbrus.bsky.social @spencerbrus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Man, I can totally see why the new Godzilla movie is rated R.
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Literally the only thing I even remotely dislike about the game so far. Everything else about it looks great, so her design stands out like a sore thumb to me.
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Kaz Coyotl 𓃦 @mow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Thank you @uk-dawg.bsky.social for finding it!
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wasn’t Sonic Prime already exactly that?
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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
but let's be very clear-
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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
look, I'm going to play it, they have my money, I will ENJOY it, I will delight in many aspects of it. AND- *AND* it looks like a shrek themed infinity nikki DLC and I'm not even sure I mean that as a negative
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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
they're calling them the wettest hylians of all time
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Real
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Rayman @rayman.ubisoft.com · 01/09/2026
it's my birthday today 👉👈
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RIVET! 🔩 (viking arc) @rivetheretostayfr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It’s his birthday today, be nice to him
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El Taller de Pedro | Commissions Open | @eltallerdepedro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
'Til All Are One
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway. Because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.”
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Doctor Doom staring at a mural, with text that reads “Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart”
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It’s recently come out that he sadly passed away a two days ago
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Goat Simulator but worse
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Sixo | Transformers @sixotf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Let's be real here: "Be strong enough to be gentle" is an all-timer of a mantra that many more people should take heed of
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Sixo | Transformers @sixotf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I cannot look at any toy of Optimus Prime without hearing Peter Cullen's voice in my head Here's to him — what a legend he was. RIP
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Sixo | Transformers @sixotf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I'm deeply saddened to read of Peter Cullen passing Like many of my generation (& countless since), his Optimus Prime *was* my childhood, showcasing a warmth beyond just being a battle-hardened hero that meant everything to me Thank you for all you gave us, Peter RIP
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
That giant inflatable Rayman looks so much better than I thought it would, wow
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Also worth noting that director Destin Daniel Cretton and the crew looked at real comic covers and painting, and visited New York during pre-production to get inspiration for the film’s visual identity. You can see it in this mood board director of cinematography Brett Pawlak had up on his pinterest
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
No Gen-AI was used. A freelancer did a poor photoshop job and painted over it. Marvel’s head of visual development Ryan Meinerding specifically examines each and every piece to make sure no Gen-AI can slip through.
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
More screenshots for clarification:
A reddit user asked
“Isn't Photoshop Auto-fill Al feature? And what about this "stair" in the very same artwork? I find this extremely sloppy and surprised it even got approved.”

Another user replied
“Adobe Gen-Fill is ai, yes. Though maybe mildly more ethical in training. Throughout the movie advertising industry it’s pretty much allowed, Others are not.”

The publisher responded back with
“Content Aware Fill isn't Al in Photoshop. It doesn't train off external art to do its job. It's a tool that's been built in Photoshop for 16 years now, that samples all the similar pixels in an area to best guess full a space you select within the single art you're currently working on.
And sloppy is the nature of concept art. It's meant to be fast, and artists are meant to make dozens of iterations of a scene of character in a day. There isn't really any approval here, because other than these behind the scenes books, for years, these were never meant to be public facing art. This was internal, so that producers, directors, costume designers, set builders, and anyone else involved in making the movie could better visualize the story and space before it's goes from script to physical set. Take a look at the rest of this book, look in the background, you won't see anything crazy polished. The background of half the Spidey suit concept art is just stock photos. This is fast and quick, and just a snapshot of what they make. I believe there's just over 1000-1500 in this book, and I was provided about 3000+ images to possibly include. This is so quick, because it's not really meant to be "final" or "polished" in the way we think of other public facing art.”

To which another user said
“Thank you for confirming! You and the rest of your team did such a great job with this book. I've had the best time reading through it today!”More from the publisher
“I worked on this book, and as far as I know, this isn't Al. Ryan Meinerding himself went over every page to check for Al, as he was very strict about it.
I'm not saying it isn't impossible that something slipped through, but this looks more like photo bashing and Photoshop Content Aware Fill tool. That wonky taxi is more likely than removing something between two taxis, and Adobe pulled in the closest pixels to fill it. Probably trying to remove a watermark, as a lot of freelancers will just take pic they see if the internet, stitch it together, and paint on top of it. Same thing with the fire escapes, that looks like a repeated copy paste that you're never meant to really even look that closely at.
This art is meant to be fast and messy, just to convey a scene. This piece gets looked at by the director and producers, and then it's taken to set decoration teams to build a city that communicates this vibe
Whatever the final result is here, it's ultimately on the artist, not Disney/Marvel. Disney/Marvel won't publish anything with Al because you don't legally own anything made with Al, and contracts stipulate it must be
"your wholly original work". So anyone taking shortcuts in their art, here or otherwise, is making that decision personally”More word from the publisher
“This isn't Al. This is intentionally not using existing signs that may be copyrighted, so it's blurred to be non-specific.
I did the book layout and design, and can attest there is no Al art in here. Just photobashed work, mixing found picture and textures to depict things in background that are no the focus of the scene, but still help to paint the whole picture. This is a long standing way to make concept art.”
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This headline is misleading by the way. No AI-Generated made it into the art book the article is talking about, nor did it even “inspire” the actual film’s visual style. A few freelance “artists” used Gen-AI for some background “art”, but they were ultimately rejected.
A Reddit user asked a publisher about a specific background piece, saying
“I really don’t want to be rude, but I gotta ask about this page.”

The publisher in question responded with
“Not rude at all.
As far as I know, this isn't AI. I work on the publishing side of things, Comics, and get the art assets from Studios.
These assets come from the full Visual Development team, wish is comprised of both staff and freelance artists. I was told that some of the freelancers had used Al in their work to populate backgrounds, and any art that was flashed for Al use was either not provided for me to layout in the book, or was removed. Ryan Meinerding himself
went over every page to check for Al, as he was very strict about it.
I'm not saying it isn't impossible that something slipped through, but this looks more like Photoshops auto-fill again. That wonky taxi is more likely than removing something between two taxis, and Adobe pulled in the closest pixels to fill it. Probably trying to remove a watermark, as a lot of freelancers will just take pic they see if the internet, stitch it together, and paint on top of it. Same thing with the fire escapes, that looks like a repeated copy paste that you're
never meant to really even look that closely at. Whatever the final result is here, it's ultimately on the artist, not Disney/Marvel. Disney/Marvel won't publish anything with Al because you don't legally own anything made with AI, and contracts stipulate it must be "your wholly original work". So anyone taking shortcuts in their art, here or otherwise, is making that decision personally. It isn't a mandate from the company.l
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Ian Fay @ianfay.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This shit is why you can't separate continuing to financially support the Harry Potter IP (whether by buying the games, merch, watching the new TV show when its out) from the consequences of what JK Rowling does with that money She's become so stiflingly powerful that even private docs arent safe
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This will be Zootopia 3
An article with a headline that reads “Photographer Shoots Epic Battle Between Fox And Eagle Over Rabbit, And It Gets More And More Epic With Each Photo”

Original Article published on May 24, 2018
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CLANK !!!1!1!! @bytesizedbot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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eSBe @sb2749.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This man may be the sickest super mario universe character and we'll never know.
in Super Mario Odyssey, Mario meets a New Donker at the start of an obstacle course sub-area in New Donk City. "This is where I do all my training," he says.
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Greenboy @greenboy149.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Spread the word!
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Kelseypaintz @kelseypaintz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There's 25 days left of #Frogust. Hope you're not tired of my shit yet. #frogust2026
A digital painting of Kermit the Frog as Crash Bandicoot running on an island
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Rayman @rayman.ubisoft.com · 28/07/2026
thinking about this today
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I have to get both of them now, because there’s no way in hell that I’m separating them
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serpy @dogmouthed.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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vladutl1999.bsky.social @vladutl1999.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Bring this EVERYWHERE. Like...we need this in all of the Europe too.
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Waggtoon (Commissions Open) @waggtoon.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Here we see a meme in it's natural habitat. Most creatures like this are only seen in captivity, where their appearance is drastically changed from what you see here. Sadly, free-range memes are becoming rarer by the day, as content farms continue to exploit these beautiful creatures.
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I actually don’t hate it, I thought it was pretty fun
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iWander🍍 @wander.glockenspiel.ink · 13/07/2026
I read somewhere (forgot already D:) that Jumba and Stitch actually have very similar faces and features but with different proportions, and that is just too cute to me… papa….
diagram of stitch and jumba's beautiful heads
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Wow, Secret Wars looks really odd, man
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Evil Con Fettie @spacebeer.net · 29/06/2026
good account
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Straight-up, I don’t even know WHY Sony would even bother with this decision anymore, now that everybody and their mother is pissed at them. This might be one of the lowest points in their history, considering they can barely even market a SPIDER-MAN movie right now. The rib is about to shatter.
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TheSoberCrackhead @thesobercrackhead.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This just in: Ken Penders pulls a jackass move. You didn’t expect this to happen whatsoever.
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RED Ratchet @redratchet.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This is where I really start to crash out 💔
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