I guess it could be one of those cases, considering Oda's work is somewhat of an anarchic product, with a quite obvious progressive part. Even through lots of shortcomings and naivety (women representation, lgbtqia+ comunity an more) I feel like OP showcases a great and surprising heart!

I am no scholar and I am not familiar with that author's history, but I guess that some ties and industry acquaintances will be inevitable (Oda used to be an assistant for this author I read). I used to work in the movie industry and saw plenty of my "idols" falling from grace during these years.

In case you would like to try anyways, you are absolutely welcome! It's not a matter of quality or complexity, but the spirit of partecipation that counts! :'>

And no, I do not use AI in any of my work, nor its development phases!

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As Italy goes on strike, we all stand with Sumud, with humanity, against the g3nocide and corrupt politicians. Together we sail. I know for sure that some heroes definitely like One Piece.

If you want to join the flotilla as a collab, more details in the first comment.

+ I wish you all the luck on your life changes! I've been through a whole lot these past three years, and a lot more even before then. Had lots of joy from change, even with all the struggle. It's just the stillness of now that kind of discourages me...

It's honestly the least concerning thing. It gained psychological relevance due to the whole context and stuff happening around; I would have never been struck by such a predictable thing if I were not "debilitated" myself. Ultimately, it's inconsequential, but it saddened me. +

Trying my best, and for sure I will not gatekeep that kind of answer if I ever get it!
Trying not to think of stuff, or not to speak of stuff has been my top strategy for years, but the weight of it seemingly collapsed on itself, lately. So yeah I'm trying to put it out of the system as far as I can

resonating and expanding. They have been for years. Europe is a pantomime, again. US is clearly an immensely corrupt, violent and disfunctional system towards its people, but Europe is the very same, just less "explosive" end "blatant" I think.

It's true that horrible people all around US had an impact on the whole world, which is spinning into chaos and hate at a unprecedented pace. But I think it's not remotely a sole responsibility or effect of US. We had the very same seeds in Europe. Hate and violence and racism and bigotry are just -

Thank you Drak. I've been using art and pixel art specifically for more than ten years as a safe haven, but I've recently began struggling with it - probably because of external factors, of course. I am very hopeful about new generations, it's just the "now" aspect of my life that is dreary

- but I am also somehow resistant to the optimism and positive thinking. I just think my creative well is a bit dry so, again, huge changes needed. Both for myself and from the world around (which is not a responsibility or possibility of mine to change in a significant way)

Thank you Phil, it's true. The main issue there is that, either by consequence or just overall life happening, I am also extremely detached from my art and my projects. It feels pointless and I am drained. I have recently started teaching pixels at a comics school and it's full of hope and stuff, -

- getting out of touch with feelings, my own art (I am really stranded and the overall social collapse was not that easy on me as I thought) and people at this point. It has been far too much, far too long.

I just feel like I need to SEE some change around before I can breathe again

Yeah but it's been excessively tiring. Years of overworking, a career in movies thrown away - and rightfully so, my ethic standpoint is not sellable to corporations. My happiness facade has been crumbling for a while, now.
I do whatever I can for people and people do whatever they can, but I'm -

I am really sorry to hear that. Musicians suffer too much already.
I canceled my Sp. subscription months ago due to the boss being a weapon crazed genoc1d3 enforcer, AI and the terrible politics regarding wages and payments to musicians on platform, so I'm just buying directly whenever possible now

How are you doing, fellas? How does one stay sane, again? Do you know? Did you use to know? Let me hear because I am having a proper, full-fledged menty B this time of my life arund.

On a personal note, my patreon and itch assets have been leaked for months (ty whoever did that! That was REALLY encouraging to discover as a minimum wage guy, but I guess a lot of people think I am Mr. Pixel Disney or whatever). Itch is basically being destroyed by payments providers.

The entire system we operate in, mediatic, intellectual and capitalistic, is just reduced to a web of mass distraction operations that barely stands in order to narcotize us all while stripping us of basic decency of home, wage, relations and even the slightest joy of living.

Meanwhile, as inhumane violence is celebrated on the altar of whatever fresh mass psychosis is going on atm, workers and artists are being actively demonized and ostracized thanks to a cult of machines puking out fermented slop, big corp&force bootlickers and sycophant moneybros.

So, a recap, if anyone cares. The world is an unending nightmare, far beyond our worst predictions. Orwell was pretty much milder than whatever we've got going on: apartheid, crazed b1gots and f4sc1$ts going rampant. Ethnocrazed empires blowing up kids and buying politicians and media like candy.

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