Zachary Berger
@zacharyberger.bsky.social
Lead Creature Designer - Avatar The Way Of Water, Avatar Fire and Ash
Past: Disney, Marvel, Netflix, Fox, Universal, WB, Legendary, Sony Santa Monica, etc.
https://linktr.ee/artofzachary
Past: Disney, Marvel, Netflix, Fox, Universal, WB, Legendary, Sony Santa Monica, etc.
https://linktr.ee/artofzachary
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Zachary Berger
@zacharyberger.bsky.social
· Nov 12
For those interested, here is the higher res version of the Avatar: Fire and Ash creature image of mine that was shared elsewhere.
I have so many fun stories about the design of this creature that I can't wait to share! I think she's going to be a fan favorite! 💙
I have so many fun stories about the design of this creature that I can't wait to share! I think she's going to be a fan favorite! 💙
JoGoLev explains the importance of AI transparency and the California AB-412 bill. If you want to help support transparency in AI datasets, sign this petition - it'll take 1 minute! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
December 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
JoGoLev explains the importance of AI transparency and the California AB-412 bill. If you want to help support transparency in AI datasets, sign this petition - it'll take 1 minute! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
During public comments, there was a line out the door that they had to eventually cut off - 95% of the comments in support of transparency! We really made an impression on the lawmakers. If you couldn't make it but still want to help, sign this petition, it'll take 1 minute! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 2/2
Let’s Be Clear: Artists & Creators Must Have Transparency NOW!
Every single day we don’t have transparency, the value of copyright loses ground and the harms inflicted to creative industries grow.
California has always been on the forefront of policies that can ...
tinyurl.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
During public comments, there was a line out the door that they had to eventually cut off - 95% of the comments in support of transparency! We really made an impression on the lawmakers. If you couldn't make it but still want to help, sign this petition, it'll take 1 minute! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 2/2
The hearing on AI dataset transparency on 12/8 was a resounding success! Artists, animators, voice actors, actors, writers, musicians, and other creatives showed up en masse in solidarity with one another and to support more transparency in the AI datasets! There was standing room only! 1/2
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The hearing on AI dataset transparency on 12/8 was a resounding success! Artists, animators, voice actors, actors, writers, musicians, and other creatives showed up en masse in solidarity with one another and to support more transparency in the AI datasets! There was standing room only! 1/2
During public comments, there was a line out the door that they had to eventually cut off - 95% of the comments in support of transparency! We really made an impression on the lawmakers. If you couldn't make it but still want to help, sign this petition, it'll take 1 minute! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 2/2
Let’s Be Clear: Artists & Creators Must Have Transparency NOW!
Every single day we don’t have transparency, the value of copyright loses ground and the harms inflicted to creative industries grow.
California has always been on the forefront of policies that can ...
tinyurl.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
During public comments, there was a line out the door that they had to eventually cut off - 95% of the comments in support of transparency! We really made an impression on the lawmakers. If you couldn't make it but still want to help, sign this petition, it'll take 1 minute! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 2/2
The hearing on AI dataset transparency on 12/8 was a resounding success! Artists, animators, voice actors, actors, writers, musicians, and other creatives showed up en masse in solidarity with one another and to support more transparency in the AI datasets! There was standing room only! 1/2
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The hearing on AI dataset transparency on 12/8 was a resounding success! Artists, animators, voice actors, actors, writers, musicians, and other creatives showed up en masse in solidarity with one another and to support more transparency in the AI datasets! There was standing room only! 1/2
Totally respect your opinion! The bill in discussion: AB-412, makes no claim in either direction r/e the fair use discussion, i.e. whether or not it should be legal to train on copyrighted works. It simply asks the datasets be more transparent about IF and WHAT copyrighted works were trained on!
December 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Totally respect your opinion! The bill in discussion: AB-412, makes no claim in either direction r/e the fair use discussion, i.e. whether or not it should be legal to train on copyrighted works. It simply asks the datasets be more transparent about IF and WHAT copyrighted works were trained on!
Shared! I'll be there!
December 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Shared! I'll be there!
Everyone who wants sensible regulation regarding AI training on copyrighted works: we're asking you to actually show up IN PERSON to support CA bill AB412 on:
Monday Dec 8 @ 10am
Stanford University - Paul Brest Hall
555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA 94305
if you can. RSVP here: bit.ly/44lRMsX
Monday Dec 8 @ 10am
Stanford University - Paul Brest Hall
555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA 94305
if you can. RSVP here: bit.ly/44lRMsX
December 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Everyone who wants sensible regulation regarding AI training on copyrighted works: we're asking you to actually show up IN PERSON to support CA bill AB412 on:
Monday Dec 8 @ 10am
Stanford University - Paul Brest Hall
555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA 94305
if you can. RSVP here: bit.ly/44lRMsX
Monday Dec 8 @ 10am
Stanford University - Paul Brest Hall
555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA 94305
if you can. RSVP here: bit.ly/44lRMsX
To everyone reacting to this post: we're asking you to actually show up IN PERSON to support sensible AI regulation like bill AB412 on:
Monday Dec 8 @ 10:00am
Stanford University - Paul Brest Hall
555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA 94305
if you can. RSVP here: bit.ly/44lRMsX
Monday Dec 8 @ 10:00am
Stanford University - Paul Brest Hall
555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA 94305
if you can. RSVP here: bit.ly/44lRMsX
Creators across every discipline are organizing the first mass public testimony for AI protection legislation in American history. Monday, Dec 8, writers, artists, musicians, photographers, and coders will testify at Stanford in support of #CAAB412
www.einpresswire.com/article/8722...
#March2Testify
www.einpresswire.com/article/8722...
#March2Testify
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
To everyone reacting to this post: we're asking you to actually show up IN PERSON to support sensible AI regulation like bill AB412 on:
Monday Dec 8 @ 10:00am
Stanford University - Paul Brest Hall
555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA 94305
if you can. RSVP here: bit.ly/44lRMsX
Monday Dec 8 @ 10:00am
Stanford University - Paul Brest Hall
555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA 94305
if you can. RSVP here: bit.ly/44lRMsX
I think most are now aware of this, but it’s very difficult to prove with any specificity unless the ai companies are forced by regulation / law to disclose what’s exactly in their datasets - something this bill hopes to achieve.
December 4, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I think most are now aware of this, but it’s very difficult to prove with any specificity unless the ai companies are forced by regulation / law to disclose what’s exactly in their datasets - something this bill hopes to achieve.
If this bill passes, we’ll be able to tell exactly IF and WHAT copyrighted material this being used. So please come to the hearing and show support for the bill!
RSVP / info - bit.ly/44lRMsX
RSVP / info - bit.ly/44lRMsX
December 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
If this bill passes, we’ll be able to tell exactly IF and WHAT copyrighted material this being used. So please come to the hearing and show support for the bill!
RSVP / info - bit.ly/44lRMsX
RSVP / info - bit.ly/44lRMsX
@digelsrud.bsky.social can you field?
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
@digelsrud.bsky.social can you field?
@emilymbender.bsky.social are you aware of this hearing on a California AI transparency bill? We would love to have you there in person, if at all possible (or at the very least helping spread the word).
December 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
@emilymbender.bsky.social are you aware of this hearing on a California AI transparency bill? We would love to have you there in person, if at all possible (or at the very least helping spread the word).
@kortizart.bsky.social @bcmerchant.bsky.social @rahll.bsky.social @stung.art @alexhanna.bsky.social @alexries.com @jonlamart.bsky.social mind sharing?
December 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
Like some kind of zombie cockroach, THE BAN ON STATE AI REGULATIONS IS BACK FROM THE DEAD!! 🪦
Please call your senators and rep NOW and tell them no state AI regulation ban!! A cheat sheet of who to call, scripts of what to say here: tinyurl.com/msa69nkv
Please call your senators and rep NOW and tell them no state AI regulation ban!! A cheat sheet of who to call, scripts of what to say here: tinyurl.com/msa69nkv
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Like some kind of zombie cockroach, THE BAN ON STATE AI REGULATIONS IS BACK FROM THE DEAD!! 🪦
Please call your senators and rep NOW and tell them no state AI regulation ban!! A cheat sheet of who to call, scripts of what to say here: tinyurl.com/msa69nkv
Please call your senators and rep NOW and tell them no state AI regulation ban!! A cheat sheet of who to call, scripts of what to say here: tinyurl.com/msa69nkv
A true icon. What a loss.
October 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
A true icon. What a loss.
Rest in peace Drew Struzan, a true icon www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Drew Struzan, Iconic Movie Poster Artist and Favorite of Spielberg and Lucas, Dies at 78
He created some of the most memorable movie posters of all-time in his own signature style as Steven Spielberg and Guillermo del Toro pay tribute.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Rest in peace Drew Struzan, a true icon www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Very strange - you're the only one that has said as much in response to this post. Try a different browser? @digelsrud.bsky.social have any insight to offer?
October 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Very strange - you're the only one that has said as much in response to this post. Try a different browser? @digelsrud.bsky.social have any insight to offer?
You can sign - California signatures are the most important, but all signatures are helpful.
It would also be really helpful for you to share, especially if you have friends/followers in California.
It would also be really helpful for you to share, especially if you have friends/followers in California.
October 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
You can sign - California signatures are the most important, but all signatures are helpful.
It would also be really helpful for you to share, especially if you have friends/followers in California.
It would also be really helpful for you to share, especially if you have friends/followers in California.
When you use the URL? Try this one actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...
Let’s Be Clear: Artists & Creators Must Have Transparency NOW!
Every single day we don’t have transparency, the value of copyright loses ground and the harms inflicted to creative industries grow.
California has always been on the forefront of policies that can ...
actionnetwork.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
When you use the URL? Try this one actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...
To answer some questions I got last time I shared this:
- Yes you can sign if you don't live in Cali, but Cali signatures are most important!
- Sharing really helps even if you don't live in Cali. Get your Cali family/friends to sign!
- Action Network is trusted, reputable, won't share your data.
- Yes you can sign if you don't live in Cali, but Cali signatures are most important!
- Sharing really helps even if you don't live in Cali. Get your Cali family/friends to sign!
- Action Network is trusted, reputable, won't share your data.
October 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
To answer some questions I got last time I shared this:
- Yes you can sign if you don't live in Cali, but Cali signatures are most important!
- Sharing really helps even if you don't live in Cali. Get your Cali family/friends to sign!
- Action Network is trusted, reputable, won't share your data.
- Yes you can sign if you don't live in Cali, but Cali signatures are most important!
- Sharing really helps even if you don't live in Cali. Get your Cali family/friends to sign!
- Action Network is trusted, reputable, won't share your data.
Reminder: they're STILL taking all of our work + we STILL need (especially Cali) signatures on the petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act.
TLDR= this'll require transparency about what's in AI datasets!
Signing takes 1 min. Once done, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
TLDR= this'll require transparency about what's in AI datasets!
Signing takes 1 min. Once done, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
October 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Reminder: they're STILL taking all of our work + we STILL need (especially Cali) signatures on the petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act.
TLDR= this'll require transparency about what's in AI datasets!
Signing takes 1 min. Once done, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
TLDR= this'll require transparency about what's in AI datasets!
Signing takes 1 min. Once done, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
Thanks for the shoutout, and glad you enjoyed the book!
In addition to the names you mentioned, the cover of the book and at least one of the images you showed are by co-production designer Dylan Cole (Ben Procter being the other PD).
In addition to the names you mentioned, the cover of the book and at least one of the images you showed are by co-production designer Dylan Cole (Ben Procter being the other PD).
September 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Thanks for the shoutout, and glad you enjoyed the book!
In addition to the names you mentioned, the cover of the book and at least one of the images you showed are by co-production designer Dylan Cole (Ben Procter being the other PD).
In addition to the names you mentioned, the cover of the book and at least one of the images you showed are by co-production designer Dylan Cole (Ben Procter being the other PD).