Kevin Wilson
@curiouslykevin.bsky.social
Designer and artist. Currently tech/design at @hiveworks.bsky.social. Co-writer of Candlelight, a tech and art newsletter. ( https://links.blackcandle.art/ )
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A freelance artist career is really just 2-4 short-term gigs in a trenchcoat
Remember: Comic creators make far less than you think. Generally page rates haven't gone up in about 40 years, and in some cases have literally gone DOWN. Plus way more comic creators have day jobs (hi)/family support/etc than you think. Nothing wrong with that! But no one is doing this to get rich.
December 1, 2025 at 6:20 AM
A freelance artist career is really just 2-4 short-term gigs in a trenchcoat
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I will die before I let these avaricious fuckers deskill me for profit.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I will die before I let these avaricious fuckers deskill me for profit.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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As artists it can feel like there's a pressure to make art faster, more generic, and marketable for a wide audience. Generating art is that idea to an extreme. I think we need to embrace niche art that has thought and care put into it. Not just for clients, but making something only for yourself.
November 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
As artists it can feel like there's a pressure to make art faster, more generic, and marketable for a wide audience. Generating art is that idea to an extreme. I think we need to embrace niche art that has thought and care put into it. Not just for clients, but making something only for yourself.
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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I know several of my friends and colleagues use Scrivener for their writing projects so heads up! 👇🏾
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I know several of my friends and colleagues use Scrivener for their writing projects so heads up! 👇🏾
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"Babel is the best metaphor I have found for what happened to the US in the 2010s and for the fractured country we now inhabit.Something suddenly went terribly wrong.We are disoriented, unable to speak the same language or recognize the same truth. We are cut off from one another and from the past."
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
"Babel is the best metaphor I have found for what happened to the US in the 2010s and for the fractured country we now inhabit.Something suddenly went terribly wrong.We are disoriented, unable to speak the same language or recognize the same truth. We are cut off from one another and from the past."
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If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
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I’ve been hired as an editor for a 24 page comic book project.
I’m looking to hire an artist and a colorist for the production team. Must have professional experience working for bigger comic publishers, as we’re looking for names to draw in a crowd.
If interested lmk below.
Full page rate.
I’m looking to hire an artist and a colorist for the production team. Must have professional experience working for bigger comic publishers, as we’re looking for names to draw in a crowd.
If interested lmk below.
Full page rate.
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I’ve been hired as an editor for a 24 page comic book project.
I’m looking to hire an artist and a colorist for the production team. Must have professional experience working for bigger comic publishers, as we’re looking for names to draw in a crowd.
If interested lmk below.
Full page rate.
I’m looking to hire an artist and a colorist for the production team. Must have professional experience working for bigger comic publishers, as we’re looking for names to draw in a crowd.
If interested lmk below.
Full page rate.
I was able to still do this as of today. Whew! If you forgot, now's a good time to log into your LinkedIn and turn this setting off, if you haven't yet.
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I was able to still do this as of today. Whew! If you forgot, now's a good time to log into your LinkedIn and turn this setting off, if you haven't yet.
An amazing thread of advice for artists. Giving me a lot to chew on.
I was talking to a younger local artist who's having trouble figuring out specifically what he wants to do, and you know, it got me thinking about what a dadgummed boon it is to have a very specific lane down which you intend to travel. 1/
November 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
An amazing thread of advice for artists. Giving me a lot to chew on.
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
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this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
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Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.
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please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you
October 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you
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@kickstarter.com is such a cool business as it helps creators fulfill their dreams. I can't imagine the TTRPG scene without them
Like every business, its success is built on the backs of its workforce - @kickstarterunited.org. These people keep the company running, and they need our support.
Like every business, its success is built on the backs of its workforce - @kickstarterunited.org. These people keep the company running, and they need our support.
October 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
@kickstarter.com is such a cool business as it helps creators fulfill their dreams. I can't imagine the TTRPG scene without them
Like every business, its success is built on the backs of its workforce - @kickstarterunited.org. These people keep the company running, and they need our support.
Like every business, its success is built on the backs of its workforce - @kickstarterunited.org. These people keep the company running, and they need our support.
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Tired of seeing AI on pinterest?
1) Go to your profile
2) click on "Edit Profile" to get to your settings
3) go to "Refine your recommendations"
4) go to "Gen AI interests"
5) turn everything off
ENJOY A CLEAN PINTEREST!
Spread the word among your friends to save them from generative AI pollution!
1) Go to your profile
2) click on "Edit Profile" to get to your settings
3) go to "Refine your recommendations"
4) go to "Gen AI interests"
5) turn everything off
ENJOY A CLEAN PINTEREST!
Spread the word among your friends to save them from generative AI pollution!
October 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Tired of seeing AI on pinterest?
1) Go to your profile
2) click on "Edit Profile" to get to your settings
3) go to "Refine your recommendations"
4) go to "Gen AI interests"
5) turn everything off
ENJOY A CLEAN PINTEREST!
Spread the word among your friends to save them from generative AI pollution!
1) Go to your profile
2) click on "Edit Profile" to get to your settings
3) go to "Refine your recommendations"
4) go to "Gen AI interests"
5) turn everything off
ENJOY A CLEAN PINTEREST!
Spread the word among your friends to save them from generative AI pollution!
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wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
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Support the artists you like now because tomorrow you might not be able to find them.
September 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Support the artists you like now because tomorrow you might not be able to find them.
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Silent Hill F has me drawing for fun
October 16, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Silent Hill F has me drawing for fun
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Today I received two pieces of mail from folks who appreciate my artwork and it is like I’m riding high on a kite. Sometimes all I need is a little bit of validation to keep the darkness at bay.
Thank you everyone who helps boost and support me and my artworks. 🌱
Thank you everyone who helps boost and support me and my artworks. 🌱
October 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today I received two pieces of mail from folks who appreciate my artwork and it is like I’m riding high on a kite. Sometimes all I need is a little bit of validation to keep the darkness at bay.
Thank you everyone who helps boost and support me and my artworks. 🌱
Thank you everyone who helps boost and support me and my artworks. 🌱
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halloween party (2020)
October 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
halloween party (2020)