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KTCalamity

@ktcalamity.bsky.social

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🍁aro/ace Canadian artist [any pronouns] | no AI🍁 Digital and Traditional artist, outdoor/nature enthusiast and thus hobby photographer. Reptile parent and guardian <3

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KTCalamity @ktcalamity.bsky.social · Nov 2

other socials you can find me or contact me!
ktcalamity.tumblr.com
cara.app/ktcalamity
www.deviantart.com/ktcalamity

And sometimes I stream over on picarto!
picarto.tv/KTCalamity/p...

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ElectroCeratops @ehrenenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Saw something that @realgdt.bsky.social said the other day, and remembered I had something I started a while ago that I should finish up.

I'm so tired of all this.

An illustration of a smilodon skull over a green background, pink text reading "I'd rather die than use Ai"

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 4d

"Fantasia 2000" (1999) : "The Firebird Suite" Effect Pencil Tests.
Animation by Ted Kierscey & John Pomeroy.
Still mesmerizing.
vimeo.com/22856764

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Grimmla @grimmla.bsky.social · 5d

will also have an adopt up soonish
but I might be a little absent these next couple of days

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Palaeo @palaeosinensis.com · 6d

Unfortunately this one can't be made into prints for blatant violence (my work usually skirts it; not today), but I can likely get them made elsewhere if there's demand.

Did you know lionesses will sometimes take out their males when the pride is under intense pressure? That's pretty cool. #art

Digital artwork with a square aspect ratio. It features six highly stylized lionesses in a pride circling a slain male lion. The male is shown from top-down view while the females are shown from a side view. The lionesses have mandala patterns in their fur. The dead male lion appears skinny and old. The style is similar to a vintage print on textured paper. The color themes are gold and red. The bottom right contains the artist's signature and the the word "yong-gi" which is a Korean word for courage.

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KTCalamity @ktcalamity.bsky.social · 21d

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Happy Halluino! 🎃 @aluino.blacksky.app · Sep 26

Added alt text with full quote.

“When I see that, I worry that they might face serious trouble down the line if they don't take it more seriously.”

Hirohiko Araki addresses Al art in his latest book:
"Recently, I came across a drawing that perfectly mimicked my art style. I thought 'I don't remember drawing this' only to find out it was Al, I was shocked, this is truly evil and a tool for scammers"

In this post there is a photo of Hirohiko Araki, creator of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure next to Giorno from the series.

By Hirohiko Araki. It’s titled “Today’s World of Con Artists” and it reads: Speaking about 'societal evils, I think that as Al continues to spread throughout society, we're going to see an increasingly shady world filled with scammers exploiting it. Recently, I came across a drawing and thought, "This is something I drew, right?" I was shocked to find out it was actually created by Al. When I draw manga, I add subtle, personal elements that make the work uniquely mine. But this Al-generated piece even mimicked details like the way I draw eyelashes, so precisely that it was almost impossible to tell it apart from my work. If it were based on recent drawings, I'd know right away, "No, I didn't draw this." On the other hand, I honestly wouldn't be able to tell the difference if it were done with my art from about ten years ago, when my memory of it would be a little hazy. The more Al advances, the more this kind of thing will happen.
Art reflects the times, and manga is one example of that. Seeing this world of con artists appear in manga could very well mean that we're headed for a future world dominated by fraudsters. This type of 'evil' in today's age will undoubtedly end up impacting manga down the line.
Copyright infringement by Al is also a 'villain' that we manga artists must face. The extreme scenario is that Al-generated fakes might start being accepted as the "real thing," and even if we try to protect our work, these counterfeits are becoming so accurate and sophisticated that it's no longer a fight an individual can win. Having some kind of laws would probably be the only way to regulate this. However, because we're dealing with a world of con artists, there's also a very real possibility that laws favoring them will appear before we know it. Personally, I entrust my copyright management to Shueisha, but some manga artists are lax in managing their copyrights, leading to others using their artwork without permission or even leaking original drawings.

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롸구나 @garbagepaper.bsky.social · Aug 9

ff1~6

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secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com · 28d

Now that summer stuff is done, all the pins have been added to our store!

fairyloguepress.com/collections/...

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Dana Terrace @danaterrace.bsky.social · Sep 19

Knights of Guinevere PILOT

youtu.be/MCAdbUaMlAE

KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT

YouTube video by GLITCH

youtu.be

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Sep 12

#SaveSpeech

Canadians! Remember, the C-2 bill is still a threat! Its yet another govt surveillance bill!

This petition's signatures have stalled, please sign it and share it around!

ThirtyHelens🔞 @thirtyhelens.bsky.social · Sep 7

Hey Canadians, I know we've been sharing that financial censorship petition on the commons website but this one is important too.

It's about C2, that dogshit surveillance and immigration bill

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Petition e-6627 - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · Sep 18

I agree! This #BoycottDisneyABC effort led by organizers has real potential. Join us. bit.ly/boycottdisne...

TAKE ACTION AGAINST DISNEY-ABC STOP BENDING TO THE ADMIN

DISNEY-ABC STOP BENDING TO AUTHORITARIAN PRESSURE. ACTION RESOURCE LIST WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE On September 17th, Disney-ABC yanked Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air—just hours after the FCC Chair Bre...

bit.ly

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Paintera Studio @painterastudio.bsky.social · Feb 13

Finished! Animal skull oil painting on Arches Oil Paper 🖤

#traditionalartist #traditionalart #oilpaint #oilpainting

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KTCalamity @ktcalamity.bsky.social · Sep 19

ohhh that glow. that colour. i love it

KTCalamity @ktcalamity.bsky.social · Sep 19

yeah....
<sighs> yeah

Green Mile Im Tired Boss GIF

ALT: Green Mile Im Tired Boss GIF

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Kousen @kousenzephyr.bsky.social · Sep 10

Oh, hey.

Visa and Mastercard now say you can't pay for WoW. Magic the Gathering. FFXIV. DnD. Lord of the Rings. Because they're all "adult" content against their ToS just for being "fantasy".

Let that sink in.

Spread this like wildfire and have people in those circles call them. No quarter.

DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · Sep 9

Woke up to quite the update on this. I had been in contact with Payment Cloud about getting their service and they waited until now to hit me with the image below. Again, stringing me along instead of being upfront. They had seen my website multiple times before this.

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𝕃𝕦𝕔𝕒𝕧𝕚 𓅰 🐱 @lucavi.bsky.social · Sep 5

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ruskilla @ruskillas.bsky.social · Sep 4

BSKY YA ME DEJA PUBLICAR OTRA VEZ!!!

pues subo esto aqui tambien uwu 💜💜💜

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · Sep 2

Pointy Owl

A Great horned owl perched on a branch in an angular geometric style with a circle in the background

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Max Yeager 🔜 Lighbox Expo 528 @jaegerpilotmax.bsky.social · Aug 26

Draw this in your style! Really been loving this new design and, to celebrate hitting 4K here, I thought it’d be fun to open her up for a DTIYS! Excited to see some cool harpies! (Still working on a name for her)

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Loish @loish.bsky.social · Aug 26

I’m lowkey obsessed with blurry, soft edges lately. The smudge tool has a chokehold on me.

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arielle! 🔜 PAXU 4211! @arielleishere.bsky.social · Aug 25

hey!! guess what!!!!!!

i have a VERY SMALL NUMBER of distinguished extinction and dice flowers hoodies left over from my @printinkling.bsky.social collab!!!!

these are CUSTOM SCREEN PRINTED BY HAND and super limited!!

snag one at ariellemilstein.com/featured !!!

me posing outside in the sun, wearing a super bright royal purple hoodie with my distinguished extinction illustration on it in a gorgeous double rainbow gradient

me again, now in a pastel blue/purple/pink tie dye hoodie with the hood up, and the design on it is my dice flowers. i’m posing with my arms out to the sun

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Malachite Tigerbunny @malachitetiger.bsky.social · Aug 12

Stripe crossed a line now.

Call up whatever local LGBT organizations exist in your area, gay activist groups, gay bars, pride organizing committees, folks who schedule drag shows, queer church groups, everyone.

Also libraries and bookstores.

Show up in person to talk to any business using Stripe.

Mostlycogent @mostlycogent.bsky.social · Aug 12

Same during my call- the wording I used was “non-explicit, legal, non-adult LGBT content”, and I got back the response that “yes, stripe is blocking this. We’re a private company, we make our own rules about it.” Was hung up on when I asked why.

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Jajna @jajna.bsky.social · Aug 11

Faera and Nikolai are being romantic~<3
ALL THE ROSES!!!!

Nikolai belongs to @evedraconis.bsky.social
Faera belongs to @followmetoyourdoom.bsky.social

#art #artfight #ocs

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · May 15

From "Jiang Ziya" movie intro (2020, China).
Main artists: Li Wei, Cheng Teng & Pei Fei (dealing with 600-layer PSD files).
Full video (4K) + credits (at last) + behind the scenes :
www.catsuka.com/news/2025-05...

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · Jul 31

My wife is in Vogue shitting on your AI-generated "art" 💜 www.vogue.com/article/matt...

Well, everything. The death of art. [Laughs.] A thing that I’ve been struck by in the last year of tech development around art is that what makes us human is making art, even if you’re not a professional artist. This is kind of corny, but I think about cavemen, right? One of the first things we ever did as a species was put our handprints on a wall, and it’s just this drive that has always been there. It’ll always be there. And I think it’s preposterous that these people are suggesting that they develop this technology, and the first thing they want to eliminate is art, so you have more time to…what, email? I don’t know what they think I’m going to do with my fucking day. Most of the population is not artists, but a lot of the population has artistic hobbies, and if you replace that with a computer doing it for you or whatever, it’s just pointless. I think there’s a death drive in these people, almost, and an actual hatred of artists; they are jealous of people with imagination because they don’t have one, and they almost consciously want to eliminate it.

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