Stephanie Smith
@biffybeans.bsky.social
Writer / Visual Artist. Solo board / historical game enthusiast & designer - 2024 Zenobia Award semifinalist. TEDx Speaker. Amateur genealogist. Late dx Autistic/AuDHD
You don’t have a LinkedIn profile?
January 29, 2026 at 1:57 AM
You don’t have a LinkedIn profile?
I wonder if that could work via Zoom? Or via a search angel?
January 28, 2026 at 12:47 AM
I wonder if that could work via Zoom? Or via a search angel?
I’m researching mid 19th century Eastern European ancestors and I feel this.
January 26, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I’m researching mid 19th century Eastern European ancestors and I feel this.
I have had similar design ideas to this. But more like a box of things for people to use their imagination to play with.
January 25, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I have had similar design ideas to this. But more like a box of things for people to use their imagination to play with.
I straightened all the copies on the shelf for you at my local Target last night.
January 25, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I straightened all the copies on the shelf for you at my local Target last night.
I gotcha. I forgot that you have to pay for submissions.
January 24, 2026 at 11:16 AM
I gotcha. I forgot that you have to pay for submissions.
I had no idea you were doing a feature length video when I said that you should do a full length documentary! I’m watching now! It’s wonderful! Will you enter it into any film festivals?
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 AM
I had no idea you were doing a feature length video when I said that you should do a full length documentary! I’m watching now! It’s wonderful! Will you enter it into any film festivals?
I definitely remember the Uncle Floyd Show.
January 23, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I definitely remember the Uncle Floyd Show.
Freeing up space for something new. I’m sure this wasn’t easy. Wishing you great new things to come.
January 16, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Freeing up space for something new. I’m sure this wasn’t easy. Wishing you great new things to come.
I think you might mean the great wealth transfer to privatized elder care corporations.
January 16, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I think you might mean the great wealth transfer to privatized elder care corporations.
Thank you for reminding me about why I dumped Adobe b/c every time I go to try and edit something in Lightroom, I think about signing back up for their service.
January 16, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Thank you for reminding me about why I dumped Adobe b/c every time I go to try and edit something in Lightroom, I think about signing back up for their service.
At this point, I’m not even really sure what is considered ethical use of AI for generative purposes.
January 16, 2026 at 12:14 AM
At this point, I’m not even really sure what is considered ethical use of AI for generative purposes.
Yes. Because AI generated art is created on the backs of people who didn’t opt in to a system that is now using their work to generate new work for other people who may potentially be profiting off of it.
January 16, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Yes. Because AI generated art is created on the backs of people who didn’t opt in to a system that is now using their work to generate new work for other people who may potentially be profiting off of it.
I don’t think people think enough about what it takes for an artist to develop strong hand-drawn “lines” in art enough when discussing generative AI art
January 16, 2026 at 12:07 AM
I don’t think people think enough about what it takes for an artist to develop strong hand-drawn “lines” in art enough when discussing generative AI art
That’s glorious!
January 15, 2026 at 10:52 PM
That’s glorious!
Yes! Thank you!
January 15, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Yes! Thank you!
We are not going to see eye to eye on this.
January 15, 2026 at 10:49 PM
We are not going to see eye to eye on this.
I know lots of published designers who’ve used placeholder art pulled from whatever sources for internal use but that still seems so different than AI generated placeholder art. To me, AI art completely skips over a big part of the creative process.
January 15, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I know lots of published designers who’ve used placeholder art pulled from whatever sources for internal use but that still seems so different than AI generated placeholder art. To me, AI art completely skips over a big part of the creative process.
Say you do it this way and then hire an artist after having generated AI placeholder art. What is the artist expected to work from when conceptualizing your art? B/C the AI art based off of the prompts you gave it is surely to subtly or overtly influence how the artist will be directed.
January 15, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Say you do it this way and then hire an artist after having generated AI placeholder art. What is the artist expected to work from when conceptualizing your art? B/C the AI art based off of the prompts you gave it is surely to subtly or overtly influence how the artist will be directed.