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Megan Lloyd (she/her) @thirdchildart.bsky.social · May 23

Be back in like, August.

a woman holding an umbrella in a garden with the words i 'm off below her

ALT: a woman holding an umbrella in a garden with the words i 'm off below her

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Megan Lloyd (she/her) @thirdchildart.bsky.social · May 22

Been using the @trueref.bsky.social to do one hour's worth of one minute poses to start my day! Did with friends over discord this morning and had a lot of fun!

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Lucy🇩🇴 🔜 Kodansha House @opallines.bsky.social · May 22

Still ironing out the details and the promo but yes— my manga Heroes Circle will be coming to Kickstarter in July ✨

5 chapters + bonus content + fun merch (I really wanna do those bonus posters you’d find in the appendix of a shojo magazine)

Please be on the look out for me 🙏🏼🩷

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Spencer Wan @spencerwan.bsky.social · May 22

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Megan Lloyd (she/her) @thirdchildart.bsky.social · Dec 10

"So you gonna kill me or what?"

Moment from my FAVORITE episode of @malevolent.bsky.social !!!

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Kat Tsai @chuwenjie.bsky.social · May 22

the you that remains

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Megan Lloyd (she/her) @thirdchildart.bsky.social · May 22

Set your own timer, pose parameters and other choices with the gesture gallery! trueref.art/trueref-gesture-tool/

TrueRef Gesture Tool

Visit the post for more.

trueref.art

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Megan Lloyd (she/her) @thirdchildart.bsky.social · May 22

The first day I tried this was nothing but panic 😂 but it's gotten easier, and it's been fun to see and feel my progress!

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Megan Lloyd (she/her) @thirdchildart.bsky.social · May 22

Been using the @trueref.bsky.social to do one hour's worth of one minute poses to start my day! Did with friends over discord this morning and had a lot of fun!

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DAVID HOWARD 𝕃𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 4 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕜! @davidhfilms.bsky.social · May 22

Great screen event for Common Side Effects

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Megan Lloyd (she/her) @thirdchildart.bsky.social · May 22

I typed in the /ban command, then pasted in the id number in the original post. I tried slicing the last few numbers off to check it wouldn't automatically ban any random string of numbers--it would only accept the full ID. So the bot was definitely a "member" of my servers.

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Megan Lloyd (she/her) @thirdchildart.bsky.social · May 22

I'll check in a couple days. Literally just tried. Booooooooo

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Megan Lloyd (she/her) @thirdchildart.bsky.social · May 22

Tried banning this from my discord servers, and god damn it showed up in every single one.

Allie @rally.luckyraven.cc · May 22

I've banned this thing from half a dozen servers so far and the ID parses as DomoAI#7882. It's real and its in your discords too.

Twiggies @twiggies-draws.bsky.social · May 21

More on this btw. Potential way to kick it from your servers.

The ID is
1153984868804468756

Remember, never believe an AI bot's claims that they won't train your stuff without permission. They will.

#Discord

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · May 22

Visual development art by Paul Felix for Lilo & Stitch (2002), dir. Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois

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Megan Lloyd (she/her) @thirdchildart.bsky.social · May 10

Loved it!!! Sweet story, great characters, and awesome art! Since I was a "wolf girl" in my childhood, it was fun learning more about horses!!! @nilahmagruder.com and @calistabrill.bsky.social created a wonderful book!

Photograph of graphic novel Creaky Acres by Calista Brill and Nilah Magruder. The cover art is of main character Nora, a happy Black girl in her competition-ready dark jacket and riding helmet sitting on her beloved horse Hay Fever.

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Megan Lloyd (she/her) @thirdchildart.bsky.social · May 22

Considering most of them are horse lovers, this is a GUARANTEE!

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Megan Lloyd (she/her) @thirdchildart.bsky.social · May 22

It's so sweet, I sent copies to my siblings and their kids!

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · May 21

Ahhhhh

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Deana Igelsrud @digelsrud.bsky.social · May 21

Huge shoutout to the bi-partisan group of 35 State Legislators here in CA who signed on to a letter to Congress in OPPOSITION to the 10 Year State AI Regulations Ban. Hopefully other states are doing something similar. #NoStateAIRegulationsBan

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · May 20

Update: While the 10yr ban on State Ai regulations progresses through the House, 140 organizations join the call to reject this proposal!

Add your voice to these organizations today by calling your representatives and tell them to reject this proposal!

thehill.com/policy/techn...

A coalition of more than 140 organizations urged House leaders to reject a proposal in the House's tax and spending bill that would block states from regulating artificial intelligence (Al) models for the next 10 years.
In a letter sent Monday to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and congressional members, the organizations said the 10-year moratorium on state Al regulation would remove accountability for developing technology.

"This moratorium would mean that even if a company deliberately designs an algorithm that causes foreseeable harm - regardless of how intentional or egregious the misconduct or how devastating the consequences - the company making that bad tech would be unaccountable to lawmakers and the public," the letter stated.
Signers of the letter included tech workers, civil society groups, academic institutions, and artists.
Among those are Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, progressive consumer rights watchdog nonprofit Public Citizen and Alphabet Workers Union, the labor representatives for workers at Google's parent company.
The provision, included in President Trump's "one, big beautiful" bill, would bar states from enforcing laws or regulations governing Al models, systems or automated decision systems.

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TrueRef by Abbey Esparza @trueref.bsky.social · May 20

TrueRef: Real references for real artists. 🖤⚔

Pose references of a man holding a sword.

Pose references of a man holding a sword on his back while facing away from the camera.

Pose references of a man sitting while making magical gestures with his hands.

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animatedjen @animatedjen.bsky.social · May 20

Thinking about Tanalorr 💫 #StarWarsJediSurvivor

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Myra! @myrdrottningen.bsky.social · May 17

As some might know, I was in Charleroi (Belgium) 2023-2024, and finally I can show off what I was doing there! I was working on The Polar Bear Prince!

I actually got the chance to animate an entire song for the main character, so that's what I'm posting first! It's a real earworm!

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Megan Lloyd (she/her) @thirdchildart.bsky.social · May 20

It's still up on twit/Tumblr/insta, just the youtube version is cursed 😅

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Megan Lloyd (she/her) @thirdchildart.bsky.social · Aug 3

Rough vs final

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