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Brian M
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Artist / Graphic Designer/ Nerd. I draw things sometimes.
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K. Rool
King K. Rool, from his DK64 boss fight
February 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults. Hey folks – I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news. I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults. And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.) Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence. Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details. And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!
February 10, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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Made a Sloppy Joe Cornbread Bake for da big game
February 8, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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Thinking about Um Jammer Lammy
Lammy and Rammy from Um Jammer Lammy
February 8, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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Midna (and Midna)
Doodle of Midna (in her true form) and Midna (in her cursed form, covered in shadow) from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
February 6, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Pragmata demo was pretty good
February 6, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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Midna's helmet isn't all that bad when you don't draw 90% of it
February 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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People will say Link, Yoshi, or even Gex, but we all know the real answer:
February 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Windows updated and I heard some people had issues with Clip Studio Paint so I doodled Midna to check it out (everything seems good) #WIP
February 4, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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The soul still burns
Ivy and Taki square off on the SoulCalibur II versus screen. Bandai Namco were really on to something, they should make more of these games.
February 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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A little more done
February 1, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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SOULCALIBUR... 2 #WIP
January 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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My Mega Man boss design didn't make the cut, so I'm posting it here. Meet Whirlwind Woman!
Whirlwind Woman, my entry for the Mega Man Boss Design competition
January 30, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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Frankie doodle
Frankie Foster from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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Frankie #WIP
January 28, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Lana's mother
Lana's mother, who has never been given an official name, and was only in the Pokemon anime for like 3 minutes
January 27, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Lana's still-yet-to-be-named mother #WIP
January 26, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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Rouge ✨
Rouge the Bat, top 5 most famous bat in media, in her classic Sonic Adventure 2 outfit
January 25, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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Mario Wonder Rosalina
Princess Rosalina and Luma exiting a pipe, based on the brand new Super Mario Bros. Wonder footage shown
January 24, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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They really do hand out shiny Pokemon like candy in this game
January 24, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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Rosalina time #WIP
January 23, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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Nico Robin
Nico Robin and her cool cowboy hat
January 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Manmade horror beyond my understanding
I spent 9,999 coins on this Porygon and it doesn't even charge my phone
January 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Caught this little shiny dude while in the middle of another CJ Stroud interception
January 18, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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G'Morning Tawna ☕
Tawna Bandicoot, wearing pajamas and holding a cup of coffee, has just woken up and is asking the viewer if they have any Pop Tarts
January 18, 2026 at 4:34 PM