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This is the official Bluesky account of the European Guild for AI Regulation.

Artists fighting for artists rights! ✊🏻🎨

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EGAIR - European Guild for AI Regulation @egair.eu Β· Dec 22
Hello Bluesky! We are EGAIR, an organisation fighting for artists' rights and sensible AI regulation in the EU, focused on consent.

We're artist-run and have been doing this work since 2022, speaking with lawmakers both in member states and on the EU level.

Let's keep at it in the new year! πŸŽ‰
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natedhernandez.bsky.social
Hi #PortfolioDay I'm Nate,
Digital Painter & illustrator

β˜† Bg Paint/Design, Vis-Dev + Key Artβ˜† Available in February β˜†

πŸ“§: [email protected]
🎨: ndhart.carrd.co
January 13, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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nozomimats.bsky.social
Hello #PortfolioDay !

I'm Nozomi, a freelance illustrator! I love working on anything fantasy themed.

πŸ“§[email protected]
✏️https://cara.app/nozomi
A man sits in his study, contemplating a dark, box shaped artifact, while a dark spirit looms behind him. This was a commission work done for JacenLandry Commission work done for YeetMaur A dark skinned man with dark brown hair and a beard framing his jaw, dressed in a white robe and dark brown pants crouches with one hand on the ground as he swings at demons with his katana. The enemy demons are dressed in red rusting armor that looks worn and damaged. The scene is set in a bamboo forest with a path cutting through it, red banners on either side of the road. It appears to be in the afternoon, with a rich orange glow streaming in between the bamboo. A woman with pale skin, white hair in two braids, and delicate gold tattoo on her face floats in the night sky with a full moon and starry sky behind her. She is wearing a thigh length purple dress with long sweeping sleeves. There are glowing blue lines etched on the fabric of the dress, and two ribbons of light with geometric patterns are trailing behind her. A ring of magic with glowing orbs is circling around her as she floats. Fanart of Avatar Kyoshi from Avatar: the Last Airbender A woman wearing green robes, white and red face paint, and a gold, fan-like headdress with tassels, lies down in shallow water with a tired look on her face. Surrounding her in the water are lilypads and a few boulders and rocks. Also floating near her are two golden folding fans.
January 13, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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tsurudraws.art
🎨Happy #PortfolioDay

🍊I'm tsu, a queer Chinese-American character designer!
πŸ‘€My comms are currently full, but if you'd like to work with me for future projects, please check out my Vgen or discord server to get notified!

🌿 vgen.co/tsurudraws
πŸ‘‹ discord.gg/tsunanigans
January 13, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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unravy.bsky.social
Hi #PortfolioDay! ✨🌿

I'm Miryea! A creature concept artist and illustrator who's very passionate about monsters and dragons.
I dream of having my beasts in games and movies one day!

[email protected]
Portfolio/Commissions/Contacts:
linktr.ee/Unravy
January 13, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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chlowski.bsky.social
Hey #PortfolioDay ! I'm ChloΓ©, concept artist at Ubisoft, but also comic artist (working with Oni Press, Lifeline Comics) & always looking for cover and/or comic gigs with publishers !
cover for the Adventure Time comic, "Bubbline College Special", published by Oni Press, showing Marceline and Bubblegum having a cute hangout at the college library, Marceline is floating holding a bag filled with books, Bubblegum next to her arm full of books one-page comic, black and white and grayscale panel 1 : close up of a woman's hand, wearing rings, on an old spellbook page panel 2 : same woman's hands conjuring some black fire panel 3 (big) : woman sitting on the floor where a pentagram is drawn, with skulls and candles, while a tiny demon with horns seems to jump out of the spellbook right on her legs, visibly very happy the woman's wearing converse-like shoes, jeans, a tope revealing her shoulders (and a big tatto on the left one), she has a choker necklace and hair loosely tied into a messy bun text : Look. There's never a perfect time to cast your first spell. Especially as a self-taught witch. Reckless ? Sure. But the truth is... I needed a friend." one-page comic, black and white and grayscale panel 1 : close up of a woman's hand, wearing rings, on an old spellbook page panel 2 : same woman's hands conjuring some black fire panel 3 (big) : woman sitting on the floor where a pentagram is drawn, with skulls and candles, while a tiny demon with horns seems to jump out of the spellbook right on her legs, visibly very happy the woman's wearing converse-like shoes, jeans, a tope revealing her shoulders (and a big tatto on the left one), she has a choker necklace and hair loosely tied into a messy bun text : Look. There's never a perfect time to cast your first spell. Especially as a self-taught witch. Reckless ? Sure. But the truth is... I needed a friend." comic page from High Strangeness #4, published by SpectreVision and OniPress, written by Cecil Castellucci & Daniel Noah, art by ChloΓ© Stawski (me), colors by Francesco Segala, lettering by Becca Carey we can see a young woman tossing a coin for heads or tails while standing on a bridge in Portland comic cover for the Book Four of the High Strangeness series by SpectreVision and OniPress, written by Cecil Castellucci & Daniel Noah, art by ChloΓ© Stawski (me), colors by Francesco Segala, lettering by Becca Carey a woman floating in space in front of a giant nebula with two blue glowing eyes
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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shade-of-stars.bsky.social
β€ͺHello #portfolioday !
I'm Shade, a freelance artist who loves fantasy and sci-fi. I do book covers, illustrations and character art.

βœ‰οΈ[email protected]
cara.app/shadeofstars
Digital artwork. It is a wedding scene, the bride and the groom are both dressed in white and gold, they are surrounded by knights in armor holding their swords above the couple to form an arch. There is a flower arch behind them and flower petals are flying in the air. Digital artwork, fanart of a game "The Talos Principle 2". A robot of red and white colors named Byron is suffering from some kind of malfunction while touching a computer panel. He is on his knees, not able to free his hand. In the distance another robot named 1K is rushing to help, but he is too late. They seem to be inside of a huge artificial structure, but the floor is filled with water, Byron and the computer panel are located on an island of rocks with some pine trees and plants. Digital illustration. It's autumn, the day is gray, the leaves on trees and on the ground are golden yellow. A young woman sits under the tree at the edge of a forest and casts a spell - glowing golden magic around her, it's an illusion of a lot of things and characters, she seems to tell a story. Near her is a black horse that looks at the magic in awe. A cat sneaks behind the tree and looks at them too. Far in the background is a small town with colorful houses and some colorful fields near it, some light shines through clouds and lightens the town. Digital artwork, fanart of the game "Baldur's Gate 3". Illustration of two mind flayers walking and holding tentacles instead of holding hands. The mood is calm and romantic.
January 13, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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madeleinefjall.bsky.social
Hey #PortfolioDay!

I'm Madeleine, an illustrator from Sweden, and I love to paint anything historical and fantasy, sometimes with folklore elements. I also write books!

Would love to make more book covers! ✨

🌐 madeleinefjall.com
βœ‰οΈ [email protected]
La belle dame sans merci by Frank Bernard Dicksee version of Hans and Henry from Kingdom Come Deliverance image of Lucia with candles in her hair, holding another candle between her hands. Her eyes are glowing. She's wearing a lucia gown inspired by photos from late 1800s Fanart of Alistair Theirin from the Dragon Age games, wearing grey warden armour, standing in front of a mural with a crown over his head. A pale changeling sitting in water in the deep dark green forest
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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arthur.baron-clement.com
Hi #PortfolioDay!
I'm a french illustrator specializing in landscapes and sceneries.
I'm available for freelance work.
βœ‰οΈ [email protected]
πŸ”— arthur.baron-clement.com/en/
Composite of nine digital scenery paintings: 1. Rough landscape digital painting of an old castle overrun by nature. In the foreground a couple of children are holding bouquets. 2. Rough landscape digital painting of a field covered in snow. A golden yellow tiny person is leading their horse through it. 3. Rough landscape digital painting of a couple of houses surrounded by trees and lost in the mountains. 4. Landscape and cityscape digital painting inspired by Bar-le-Duc, France. 5. Rough digital painting of an orange cat taking a nap in an old oak tree. 6. Landscape digital painting of an old train station surrounded by nature. An old rusty railway leads there from the foreground. 7. Rough digital painting of a girl up a hill, standing next to a human-built old source. A green valley extends up the horizon while clouds and a bird fly by. 8. Rough digital painting of a girl jumping from rock to rock across a river. In the background a forest is slowly changing to its autumn colors. 9. Rough landscape digital painting of a little house in a valley lost in the mountains.
January 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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faungrove.bsky.social
hello #PortfolioDay
im an illustrator based in the uk. i love to draw things inspired by fantasy themes, fairy tales and ornamental design.
please take a look 🌿

βœ‰οΈ: [email protected]
🌲 : linktr.ee/faungrove
January 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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echerryart.bsky.social
#portfolioday
January 13, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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tujiux.bsky.social
Hi #PortfolioDay !
I’m Ida, a queer Malaysian-Chinese artist that loves drawing fantasy art! πŸ’–πŸŽ¨

[ #Dnd #art #ocsky #oc ]
Prim lays on a bed languidly with a cigarette. She is in a sheer nightgown and her hands are covered in blood. She has a dagger on the bed also bloodstained. The text reads: Ladykiller. A bust of Astra, who bears a unicorn horn is sitting with her hand on her chin. an illustration and composition of wisps, and wheat over a body of water. my dnd couple, leora and absi posed to dance against a decorative border of roses blooming in different stages and a motif of wave an illustration of a grey woman holding up a sword and a gown. there is an image of a cathedral and another of her holding a vigil's candle
January 13, 2026 at 6:07 AM
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michaelkatchan.bsky.social
g'day #portfolioday

I'm Michael - an illustrator in the TTRPG / TCG space
currently open for more work
portfolio: www.artstation.com/michaelkatchan
email: [email protected]
January 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
egair.eu
This one goes out to all the slop resistors out there.
merriam-webster.com Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com Β· Dec 15
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen β€˜slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
egair.eu
If you want some good news moving into the holidays, Ed has you covered.

Do you remember the UK consultation from Dec 2024- Feb 2025?

It took then almost a year to read through the 11 500(!) respondents.

95%(!!!) Of respondents rejected the government's proposal of an unworkable "opt-out" scheme.
ednewtonrex.bsky.social Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social Β· Dec 16
Brutal (but fair) Guardian headline today

Only 3% of respondents to the UK government’s consultation on AI & copyright supported their unfair plan to hand AI companies people’s work for free.

95% said AI companies should license training data.

🧡 1/2
December 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
egair.eu
OpenAI, one of the most prominent AI companies in the world, just released a model trained BLATANTLY on stolen IP.

It's obvious that rights are being violated, and it's also obvious that existing enforcement is not preventing these violations: they press onward.

The EU must enforce its rules
October 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
egair.eu
Thank you Brian for getting these testimonies and first-hand accounts.

Harrowing reading on how AI impacts artists.
bcmerchant.bsky.social Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social Β· Sep 17
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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bcmerchant.bsky.social
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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navavoices.org
β€œThe tech companies say their training data is their trade secret. But my voice is not their trade secret”. This line stated by NAVA President Tim Friedlander while testifying for AB 412 perfectly encapsulates our stance. Our biometric data, our copywritten materials, and our voices belong to us.
July 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
egair.eu
Our friends over at NAVA Voices just testified in front of their state assembly in California, emphasising that AI affects the livelyhoods of creatives across ALL disciplines.

Solidarity ✊🏻
navavoices.org NAVA @navavoices.org Β· Jul 23
β€œThe tech companies say their training data is their trade secret. But my voice is not their trade secret”. This line stated by NAVA President Tim Friedlander while testifying for AB 412 perfectly encapsulates our stance. Our biometric data, our copywritten materials, and our voices belong to us.
July 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
egair.eu
Great news from the Glaze and Nightshade team.
theglazeproject.bsky.social Glaze and Nightshade @theglazeproject.bsky.social Β· Jul 12
Update thread #2. Hemlock
One thing we worked on is a different tool to complement Nightshade. We discovered a new attack on diffusion models that is more generalizable than Nightshade. It targets an entirely different part of AI training pipeline, basically making AI models poison themselves.
July 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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theglazeproject.bsky.social
Update thread #2. Hemlock
One thing we worked on is a different tool to complement Nightshade. We discovered a new attack on diffusion models that is more generalizable than Nightshade. It targets an entirely different part of AI training pipeline, basically making AI models poison themselves.
July 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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abeba.bsky.social
despite popular beliefs, incorporating "AI" in workflows does NOT reduce time.

"when developers use AI tools, they take 19% longer than withoutβ€”AI makes them slower"

metr.org/blog/2025-07...

the stark difference between forecasts and actual results in the plot is damming
July 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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zaebucca.itch.io
Thank you so much, it warms the heart!
It's quite easy to feel alone and confused these times, but there are so many bright sparks of change around... Art is a joy, a necessity and a journey and it ultimately befalls on us all to nurture others' bravery and prevent its ultimate commodification. :)
July 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
egair.eu
Seems John Tuckner (one of the original reporters) actually managed to make a list of KNOWN users of the library.
Here:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Extensions using Mellowtel
docs.google.com
July 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
egair.eu
The wonderful people at DAIR are hosting their next podcast livestream in about 2 hours.

Mystery AI hype Theatre 3000 is always insightful, entertaining, and cathartic.

They also tend to liberally read and engage with chat.
timnitgebru.bsky.social Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social Β· Jul 14
Join us at twitch.tv/dair_institute in less than 2.5 hours πŸ‘‡πŸΌ
emilymbender.bsky.social Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Β· Jul 10
The AI hype in education has become an overwhelming din. On the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 livestream, @charleswlogan.bsky.social will join me and @alexhanna.bsky.social to cut through the noise.

Monday, July 14, noon Pacific
twitch.tv/dair_institute
July 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM