iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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🍊 STABLERCAKE 🍊 MFF @stablercake.bsky.social · 5h

He’s mad bc his feet are so small

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 4h

I found these French gift tags from the 1970s awhile ago. Got a frame and made some custom backing out of black cloth so I could display them. These are just four of a larger set. Aren't they beautiful?

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 21m

Banana from Path of Titans

colorful illustration of Eurhinosaurus, an ichtyosaur with a long upper jaw, colored yellow with brown spots like a ripe banana. it has large brown eyes and is smiling. the name "Banana" is written out in yellow and brown bubble letters.

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Qostine @qostine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Green!!!!! 🟢🟩💚🟩🟢💚

Chibi drawing of viscous deadlock cheering

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meyo 🌸 @meyoco.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

night and day 🌙☀️

Digital artwork of a cat with fur made of clouds and stars

Digital artwork of a white cat with fur made of clouds and a shining sun

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Crimson Sun @crimsonsun.bsky.social · 5h

The Warrior of Light for Triple Triad today #TriTri

Triple Triad card of Final Fantasy Warrior of Light

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Norin 🦈 🔜 Nycc 3679? @mahoukarp.com · 2h

giant pikachu 🐁⚡️ #art #pokemon

Illustration of a gigantic pikachu in the middle of a city

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Spicymochi @spicymochi.bsky.social · 6h

I had to give her a friend

Illustration of two very round bears covered in snow

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shan🎷🐛 @shanhoran.bsky.social · 14h

finally set up my spice village

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Gummy👒 @happyyu.bsky.social · 15h

✧˚ ༘ 🐰🍞🍅 ⋆｡˚

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✯ A Pained Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 11h

Some recent wip thumbs I still wanna do something with. Eventually. #art #wip #sketch

Two work in progress sketches. One of a being holding what looks to be an egg and the other is a skeletal being in armor with flowers growing out of it.

Work in progress image of a one winged, beaked knight stricken with arrows.

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Sam Antics @dsoart.com · 28/09/2026

Garffeld Pt 15

3 panel Garffeld comic: panels 1 and 2, Nergal is sitting next to Garffeld who thinks, "Nergal thinks himself a comely cat; a picture of vanity. I hate vanity."; panel 3, Nergal thinks, "Envy is no less a sin deserving of hate in the eyes of God."

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Please help if you can! Queen City Cat Lounge is an adoption center I visit frequently here in Vermont and their window was vandalized last night. Fortunately they had double glass for the cats' safety, but the broken outer window needs to be fixed ASAP. www.gofundme.com/f/repair-and...

Poster with a black and white screenshot of security footage showing a man peering into the front window of a cat adoption center. Text says "please help Queen City cat lounge recover. last night someone broke the window at Queen City cat lounge - an adoption center that has placed hundreds of cats in loving homes. the cats are all safe but the window needs to be replaced quickly!"

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Crumplings 🐌 @crumplings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

These cutie pies flew the nest last week (thank you so much to the person who ordered them!! 🥰). Took a quick pic before shipping them off! :)

Three small gremlin figures made from paper mache and painted with acrylic inks in speckled patterns. One is dressed in bright orange and green like a rowan tree, one is wearing a blue cloak adorned with stars, and one is purple and blue, sitting in a boat shaped like the moon. They were photographed on mulberry paper against a dark stone brick wall and fireplace in the background.

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daryl "crimetime after primetime" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

reddit comment:

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply:

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.

Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

GDT:

The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…

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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.

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reid ✨ @hollowcene.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

why would you ever be a loser who uses AI to make “””art””” when you could instead experience the pure unbridled joy of poorly photoshopping your friend’s cat on a skateboard

Photo of a long haired orange & white cat sprawled on the ground. Incoming text reads “Can someone who has more of a brain photoshop him doing a sick skateboarding thing.? Payment in kisses or baked goods”. Outgoing text reads “You know I’ve never been more excited to deliver on something in my LIFE”

Two photos of the cat on a skateboard railsliding (kind of)

One photo of the cat on a skateboard in the Venice Beach skatepark, two photos of the cat going up a half pipe

Photo of the cat in Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, photo of the cat on the moon

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Rosie🌷 @lozyrosie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

torchic and skitty ko-fi request!

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sleepynemo-draws.bsky.social @sleepynemo-draws.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is kind of stalled out around 27k after the intial support. If you haven’t seen before please consider boosting. Or it it’s been a while, reboosting.

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

more of this worm. he reminds me of a convenience store or gas station logo

three flat color drawings of a long bodied worm or snake like fantasy creature with six wings and a body that is striped with black on top, then blue, then red, and then yellow on the underside. it appears to be crying.

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 28/09/2026

kitchen duty

the monks havin a gab while leisurely preparing dinner

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Maggie Rudy @maggiemice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Here comes fall!

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Jake Lawrence @timecowboy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

some creatures you might find in the woods.

Two panels; top is of some glowing sprite type creatures huddled together in the grass and the second is a big black serpentine creature with blank yellow eyes moving slowly through the forest.

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Zuccnini @zuccnini.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Chillin on a leaf in the rain

Photograph of a tiny Goobi miniature sitting on a rain covered leaf in the rain

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Cen Galdre @cengaldre.com · 22/09/2026

Its that time of month! [Bank Calling About Mortgage Being Late] Had a nice break in July and August thanks to spouse getting paid for some larger gigs but now we are back at it again. I know its the /economy/ and not me but I still gotta make the effort. www.galdrecraft.com

Mini Altar Kit, Walnut with turned brass knob, maple bowl and black limba goblet

Black and White Ebony Tarot Deck Box. You can also use it for dice.

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spri 🌱 @semispri.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What do you mean it's September already? 💀The good news is that a new month means new stickers on the ko-fi club! I wanted this month to be EXTRA funky with bright, bold colors! We've got special postage stamp, a vinyl record guy, and a brain storm!! Tier Links + Info 🧵

Promotional graphic for Beandom Sticker club with a photo of a sticker in the shape of a postage stamp with a 5¢ indication in the corner and featuring an orange bean and citrus colored background with a warm cloud in a yellow sky behind a tangerine colored hill. Two other stickers are scattered on the page: a funky blue and magenta character with a head like a vinyl record growing a sprout and a storm cloud with soft rainbow colors scattered within and the indication of three little guys inside with 3 pairs of legs, eyes, and sprouts sticking up. An arm pokes out of each side of the cloud. The promo text reads: Beandom Sticker Club September '26! Bean sticker! Snail mail! Combo club stickers!

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Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · 05/05/2026

The Connoisseur. Gouache and watercolor on paper. Dreaming of autumn... Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/vmad...

Painting of a boar in a sweater with a mushroom basket, holding and smelling a mushroom.

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TAKAO★WATANABE🌿10/23-28Exhibition @watanabetakao.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fall is just around the corner. I wonder what kind of fun activities I’ll do when fall comes? #Illustration #CommentPls #RTpls

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Gee @ Working on comms @top-banana.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Colouring my Leaf Green "Travel Journal" Sketches! Journey Start -> Route 4 #geearttag #sketchbook #pokemon

Double page spread of a sketchbook, digitally coloured.
Sketch of Aloe, the Bulbasaur nuzzling up to the female trainer, Text reads Leaf green: Start!
To the right is a sketch of Choese, the Rattata and Biscuit the Pidgey.
Below is Crouton the Mankey, Jelly the Caterpie and Peanut the Pikachu.
Another ink sketch of a bulbasaur spread out and relaxing on the grass , behind is a pokemon centre surrounded by evergreen trees. Text reads: Pewter City.
The right page is the entrance to Mount Moon, the trainer and a bulbasaur standing at the entrance.
Caught a shiny Geodude: called paprika.
Route 4: Exit on Mount Moon, leading to Cerulean city. Trainer sitting on a grassy hill, eating, while her pokemon team of Ivysaur, Female Nidoran, Pikachu, Geodude, Pidgey and Butterfree, all relaxing. The city visible in the distance

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LIZ 🌟 LOCAL CLOWN @lizschmidt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🎃 HAPPY FALL EQUINOX 🍂 It’s finally that time of year, and Mothman is ready for all sorts of tricks & treats! A piece I did a few years back to celebrate the spooky season, still very happy with it! What are you most excited for this fall season 🍭 #mothman #cryptid #halloween #cute #illustration

Mothman sitting in a large Jack o lantern holding a balloon and lollipop surrounded by candy

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🌈miski🌦️ @miski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

resposting to summon rain i am so tired of 95 degrees and dry 🫠

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c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics @portaltohades.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hi guys, new qrp as the situation is changing & the last one had become outdated. Im gonna need..more surgery! & a LOT of tests. My biggest issue is covering transpo to doctor appts. Kofi is fine but so is throne gift cards, I even have an art book! ko-fi.com/portaltohades throne.com/portaltohades

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"i have created the machine that thinks." you fucked up a perfectly good graphics card is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety

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Holly @sparrowlucero.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Potion bottle familiars

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Matt Miller @mattmiller.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

a comic by Russ Heath, who drew the comic one of Lichtenstein’s most famous panels was based on

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uee @ueeyasu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

little marker commission for @sombraling.bsky.social ty again! #ueedraws

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Seattle Aquarium @seattleaquarium.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Big news! 📣 We're partnering on new research. The goal? Eventually bringing sea otters back to Oregon. 🦦 Learn more: bit.ly/4h6sTZj @orcoastaquarium.bsky.social @elakhaalliance.bsky.social @wildnetorg.bsky.social

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Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A very dear friend and antifascist comrade is facing serious charges resulting from defending migrants housed in hotels in Bristol from a far right march in 2025. He's a father, has £11k in legal fees up front, and may be facing prison time if he doesn't win. Please dobate below.

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Support a Bristol antifascist on trial

Support a Bristol antifascist facing charges for resisting far right attacks

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