look at this!
medieval / renaissance beekeepers, horrifyingly cute
depictions are often from ~15th cent.

This total lack of self awareness is only possible when you don't see the 'other side' as human.

If memory serves me correctly the old Webtoon Originals contract used to be a glorified first look deal (could well be wrong there) - this latest is a grotesque. No comic creator should sign to this.

Hey if you have a tumblr just sitting around you should go on desktop, go to your blog settings and hit this fun guy (you have to do it for every single sideblog individually btw):

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MILLIONS. PLURAL. MILLIONS HAVE NO HOMES

Last month I've had the pleasure to illustrate the french cover for Jordan Lees ' 'The Whisperwicks'. It will be available on April 5th 2024.

idk but when execs constantly gaslight creatives by shifting what they're looking for every time you ask, and cancel shows, and fire entire crews, and chase unrealistic / unsourceable metrics, and only want established IP's, but also want 'new', but also 'old', but also-

As an often hired gun (positive) of penguin random house I have to say I'm pretty upset about these rumors.

This is step one to legal departments deciding they'll turn a blind eye towards GenAI in favor of short term profit and it's going to bite everyone in the ass

The LA Times is now firing journalists that signed the “protect journalists” letter protect-journalists.com

I seriously don’t normally do this. But I need to warn people about Croquis Cafe (an art resource platform).🧵

I recently bought a one year subscription to their Artist tier for access to their nude reference photos. I was sent this email by one of their co-founders soon after:

Here's what I don't understand about MG being ghosted right now: This is where readers are made. This is the magical age where kids inhale books like air. It all starts here, and if we stop caring about making readers young, eventually no-one will be left to read YA or adult.

When MSNBC is airing this you know Israel has lost the propaganda war.

🔥The Copyright Office's public window for commentary on copyright & AI will close tmrw night! 🔥 If you haven't submitted commentary, please do so now (regulations.gov/commenton/COLC…). You can reference what I said or use it verbatim — part of my commentary:

From Ben Zhao's Glaze at UChicago at UChicagoCS, Nightshade is a new tool that artists that will be able to use that poisons the datasets and models of genAI that scrapes work without consent.

You wanted to know how we fight back? This is how.

technologyreview.com/2023/10/23/108…

If you do not have these specific symptoms, you likely do NOT have carpal tunnel syndrome. In gaming, we see tendonitis WAY more than we see carpal tunnel syndrome. And if we do see numbness and tingling in the hand it's usually due to inflammation of the tendons not the ligament

Are you ready for it??? FINALLY HEARD drops in Feb! 🔥📱📚

When ten-year-old Lina Gao sees her mom’s video on social media take off, she’s captivated by the potential to be seen and heard! Maybe online she can finally find the confidence she craves. Whereas in real life she’s…

Streaming services are raising prices right now *hoping* you'll switch to the ad-supported tier. This lets them collect ad revenue like traditional TV without having to pay residuals to writers and actors like traditional TV.