Zakuga Art
@zakugamignon.bsky.social
Founder of #SupportHumanArtists | No gAI | Senior Art advisor @ Artistree | Amazon & USA Today bestsellers cover illustrator & concept artist #SupportTraffickingVictims #SupportAbusedChildren
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Another one—this time it’s the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology and it’s been there since September. This runs deep…
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Another one—this time it’s the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology and it’s been there since September. This runs deep…
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#AB412 received overwhelming support. Because countless orgs & individuals spoke up, we secured a special legislative hearing to keep moving the ball forward for this bill.
Hearing is being held in the heart of Silicon Valley, SHOW UP! We need EVERYONE there #CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
Hearing is being held in the heart of Silicon Valley, SHOW UP! We need EVERYONE there #CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
#AB412 received overwhelming support. Because countless orgs & individuals spoke up, we secured a special legislative hearing to keep moving the ball forward for this bill.
Hearing is being held in the heart of Silicon Valley, SHOW UP! We need EVERYONE there #CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
Hearing is being held in the heart of Silicon Valley, SHOW UP! We need EVERYONE there #CreateDontScrape #SupportHumanArtists
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This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
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The Flayed Man’s Tale~ another concept design for @realgdt.bsky.social incredible FRANKENSTEIN! Always a wonderful collaboration with Guillermo and the amazing Mike Hill, working over in-progress body sculpt pics & trying different head/ jaw designs (originally a screaming skull in early concept)!
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The Flayed Man’s Tale~ another concept design for @realgdt.bsky.social incredible FRANKENSTEIN! Always a wonderful collaboration with Guillermo and the amazing Mike Hill, working over in-progress body sculpt pics & trying different head/ jaw designs (originally a screaming skull in early concept)!
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
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‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
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Not trying to widen the political divide but I just think it would be good to have a president who isnt a pedophile
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Not trying to widen the political divide but I just think it would be good to have a president who isnt a pedophile
Guys Coke ad said they drew the images on a locked background layer 🤣 I’m dying here. You couldn’t make yourself more of a joke than this
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Guys Coke ad said they drew the images on a locked background layer 🤣 I’m dying here. You couldn’t make yourself more of a joke than this
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A LOT of industry folks need to take "I think there's a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit" to HEART.
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A LOT of industry folks need to take "I think there's a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit" to HEART.
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This is legitimately scary. They are trying to push facial personality AI analysis, and who they hire for workplaces. AI companies are falsely claiming that they can tell someone’s personality just by a photo of them.
There are companies considering using this technology to run through candidates…
There are companies considering using this technology to run through candidates…
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is legitimately scary. They are trying to push facial personality AI analysis, and who they hire for workplaces. AI companies are falsely claiming that they can tell someone’s personality just by a photo of them.
There are companies considering using this technology to run through candidates…
There are companies considering using this technology to run through candidates…
20016-2025
Fuck 🖕 AI
Fuck 🖕 AI
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
20016-2025
Fuck 🖕 AI
Fuck 🖕 AI
AI is literally stealing from the poor to give to the rich
November 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
AI is literally stealing from the poor to give to the rich
1/2) I used AI to test if Glaze & NightShade would help with i2i. (Glaze + NS are not for i2i, they are to disrupt AI training on your art)
Share w/ Artists
Here are my findings:
1 - Glaze does help a bit, my character Lili came out looking pretty bad, not passible as human art.
Share w/ Artists
Here are my findings:
1 - Glaze does help a bit, my character Lili came out looking pretty bad, not passible as human art.
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
1/2) I used AI to test if Glaze & NightShade would help with i2i. (Glaze + NS are not for i2i, they are to disrupt AI training on your art)
Share w/ Artists
Here are my findings:
1 - Glaze does help a bit, my character Lili came out looking pretty bad, not passible as human art.
Share w/ Artists
Here are my findings:
1 - Glaze does help a bit, my character Lili came out looking pretty bad, not passible as human art.
This is sadly true, to maintain being a full time artist, I work my ass off. I will say it’s not impossible. Most artists do come from parents backed financially/ sent to art school. I’m however, a full time artist and pay my bills, and I’m an orphan. You just have to work past breaking points…
Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.
When people hear that I'm returning to part time work they often ask "are things not going well with your art?"
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
November 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is sadly true, to maintain being a full time artist, I work my ass off. I will say it’s not impossible. Most artists do come from parents backed financially/ sent to art school. I’m however, a full time artist and pay my bills, and I’m an orphan. You just have to work past breaking points…
Mass job loss from AI.
GenAI is just theft of artists
Ai will not save you- to the one that says adapt or die
GenAI is just theft of artists
Ai will not save you- to the one that says adapt or die
October 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Mass job loss from AI.
GenAI is just theft of artists
Ai will not save you- to the one that says adapt or die
GenAI is just theft of artists
Ai will not save you- to the one that says adapt or die
If you saw a banner at LightBox over the weekend with a blue chick on it - I drew dat blue chick!
October 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
If you saw a banner at LightBox over the weekend with a blue chick on it - I drew dat blue chick!
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
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Cover art I painted for Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos
October 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Cover art I painted for Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos
Comedy gold right here
October 20, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Comedy gold right here
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All this to steal from artists
October 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
All this to steal from artists