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Josh Freeman
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Arts and Craftster, maker of sloth hats.
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Wouldn't that be a great christmas present?

#Linocut of an inspirational phrase I made for my sister's birthday. 8x10 Lama Li Lokta natural paper using Caligo Safewash Raw Umber ink. I did the sun arc cutting out linoleum but it looked a bit bare so added the sun rays by hand after some advice.
Linocut of an inspirational phrase. Text is dark brown reading, "Today could be The day." Underneath is a rising sun.
December 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Hey pals! I'm a cartoonist who loves movies. Please check out my work!
December 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Uh why not its basically Christmas!

Let's do an artshare here for artists with under 1k followers.

If youre an artist with 1k followers or less post some art below!

Look to the artist on your left, now look to the artist on your right. Wow. Three artists. Very cool 😎
Mickey Mouse crying and holding a gun in an industrial tunnel. He is saying the words "Art Share for artists with 1k followers or less. Please post." Off screen Goofy is saying "Gawrsh!"
December 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Tumblr user nocryptographer: I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation. A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written. AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence. Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same. There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that. I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it. If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene... then it's real.
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Generative AI is a poison that kills everything it touches all so people who are already rich get to be richer while you have to be poorer
thisweekinvideogames.com This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 7d
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.

Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.

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Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Artist! Quote with long hair art! 🕸️
A wood elf marching while playing bagpipes. They have voluminous red hair that flows past the right edge of the picture. They are wearing a spider web patterned long dark red cape
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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*builds a machine that just pushes weights up and down forever* Haha yes, bodybuilders will LOVE this
komaniecki.bsky.social Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 11d
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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OBVIOUSLY do not use AI, at all. AT ALL, for anything. I don’t wanna hear about the theoretical good version, it’s not what they’re pushing on us. The absolute worst people in the world have gone all in on this shit, and it needs to be starved out as much as possible. AI: not even once!
newrepublic.com The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16d
Sec. Hegseth rolled out the U.S. military’s new AI platform, GenAi.Mil, with a link to an empty website. trib.al/tbCJAkT

Predictably, the platform can’t actually be accessed from external networks, but the wonky rollout triggered eyerolls across the internet.
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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you will be visited by 3 spirits
The three spirits that visit scrooge
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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This is what makes it personal. It's not just my work that has been stolen, but that of all of my friends who do creative work. Every artist, writer, designer, musician has had their work stolen and their ability to work targeted in this way.

That's on TOP of the hundreds of other reasons.
djolder.bsky.social Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 18d
If some guy stole my shit and made millions off it while wiping out my job prospects, and you, as my friend, bought that guy's cheap mass market replica of my shit, you and i would for obvious reasons have a problem. It being a massive company, not a guy, actually makes it even more of a problem.
December 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Just finished my first #RedditGetsDrawn digital painting in like 6.5 months. This took about 6-7 hours in photoshop. And since I started yesterday the poster's reddit account has been banned for some reason. Ah well. They had been posting to the art subs for at least a month.

#art #portrait
digital painting of a blonde woman sitting on an ice cream cooler in a small shop. She is wearing a crop top and a big jacket and jeans
December 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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I got an etsy order last night for one of my plush zombie hearts but realized that I had had two listed in the shop but not ready to go. I got them made this morning but its been awhile since I've checked my stock. How do you keep track of your inventory? #etsy

Https://obeymybrain.etsy.com
Me holding two plush zombie hearts in my hand
December 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Just some new squidhats I've added to my etsy shop today. Lookin all dapper

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#handmade #squid #squidhat #christmas
Me wearing a yellow squidhat Me wearing a turquoise squidhat Me wearing a pink squidhat Me wearing a medium squidhat
December 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Slothie Chaplin

Last of the 4 aceo/artcard sketches I once made to send out with sloth hat orders from my etsy shop.

#aceo #artcard #sloth #charliechaplin
Slothie Chaplin. ACEO/artcard size ink sketch of Charlie Chaplin as a sloth
November 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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This is a RedditGetsDrawn digital painting I did back in 2019

#art #portrait #digitalpainting
Digital painting in monochrome of a man with a top knot
November 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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James Dean-Sloth

Artcard/aceo size ink sketch I originally sent out with a sloth hat order on my etsy. I only did 4 of these.

#aceo #artcard #sketch
James Dean-sloth aceo art card ink sketch
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Ernest Hemmingsloth.

ACEO size ink drawing. This was possibly going to be a freebee when someone ordered a sloth hat from my etsy. The first four were original sketches I was going to send out. I thought about doing prints going forward, but I ended up switching to free stickers.

#artcard #aceo
Ernest Hemmingsloth ink drawing
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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A while back, when I first started making sloth hats, I had the big idea of sending a free aceo sketch card along with the orders. I would take a famous photo and slothify it. I only did 4 before I thought better of the idea. Here's Albert Einsloth.

#aceo #artcard #einstein #sloth #sketch
Albert Einstein but he's a sloth
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Silly Kaniggits

ACEO sized watercolor painting of Arthur and Bedevere walking away from being mocked.

#aceo #art #watercolor #montypython

print on etsy
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ACEO size watercolor painting of a scene from monty python and the holy grail ACEO size watercolor painting of a scene from monty python and the holy grail
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Degobah System

R2 standing outside in the rain trying to look into one of the holes in Yoda's hut was so sad.

#aceo #art #watercolor #fanart #r2d2

print on etsy
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small aceo sized watercolor painting of r2 looking through a window into yoda's hut small aceo sized watercolor painting of r2 looking through a window into yoda's hut
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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He buggered off.

ACEO / art card size watercolor painting of the 3 headed knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

#aceo #montypython #watercolor #fanart

Print on etsy
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ACEO size watercolor painting of the three headed knight from monty python and the holy grail ACEO size watercolor painting of the three headed knight from monty python and the holy grail
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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We are the Knights who say Ni!

ACEO artcard sized watercolor painting of the Knights from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

#art #aceo #montypython #Holygrail #ni #watercolor #painting

print available on etsy
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small watercolor painting of the Knights who say Ni, from the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail small watercolor painting of the Knights who say Ni, from the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Plague Doctor in Pink

Just a chubby little guy thinking about the afterlife as he floats around with his tiny little wings helping the sick.

ACEO/art card size watercolor painting

#plaguedoctor #watercolor #painting #aceo

available as a print on my etsy
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small watercolor painting of a 17th century plague doctor with a pink background. He's just a chubby little guy thinking about the afterlife. small watercolor painting of a 17th century plague doctor with a pink background. He's just a chubby little guy thinking about the afterlife. Framed in a small pewter frame with leaves and vines surrounding him. small watercolor painting of a 17th century plague doctor with a pink background. He's just a chubby little guy thinking about the afterlife.
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Plague Doctor in Yellow

2001 plague era watercolor painting in art card size, 2.5x3.5 in.

#aceo #art #watercolor #plaguedoctor #painting

available as a print on my etsy
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tiny watercolor painting of a 17th century plague doctor with a yellow background tiny watercolor painting of a 17th century plague doctor with a yellow background tiny watercolor painting of a 17th century plague doctor with a yellow background framed in a pewter frame
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM