DILA Design

My graphic design work and inspirations.

[elexuscal]

"what did students do before chatgpt?" well one time i forgot i had a history essay due at my 10am class the morning of so over the course of my 30 minute bus ride to school i awkwardly used by backpack as a desk, sped wrote the essay, and got an A on it.

six months later i re-read the essay prior to the final exam, went 'ohhhh yeah i remember this', got a question on that topic, and aced it.

point being that actually doing the work is how you learn the material and internalize it. ChatGPT can give you a short cut but you won't build you the the muscles.

[raevenlywrites]

someone else said on a chatgpt post that usimg it to study is like using a forklift to lift weights.

The goal of weight lifting is not to have weights moved, the weights are a tool to develop your muscle mass and help improve and maintain your body's function.

The goal of homework is not to produce essays, the essays are a tool to develop your ability to take in information, process that information, and communicate your own ideas effectively.

Dont use a forklift in the gym. Dont use chatgpt in the brain gym.

[mikedawwwson]

The Underdog Myth

[nymphoutofwater]

fuuuuck that is my circus. are those…? yep… those are my monkeys….. goddammit.

[why-i-love-comics]

Wonder Woman #20 - "Murder on Mt. Olympus" (2025)

written by Tom King art by Guillem March

[superheroes-or-whatever]

Uncanny X-Men (2024-) #5 art by David Marquez

[mikedawwwson]

The Underdog Myth

[brucebocchi]

[whydidisavethistomyphone]

Tactical reloading of things that don’t need tactical reloads

[taraljc]

I lost it at the toaster and couldn't make it past the smoke detector before reblogging

[h0ped3lusion]

This is so satisfying to watch—

[comicbooksblogger]

Daily reading: Generations: Iron Man & Ironheart vol 1 #1 (Bendis, Rudy, Kudanski, Leon) - regular cover by Skan Srisuwan - variant cover by Oliver Coipel - Fried Pie cover by Stephanie Hans - variant cover by Marco Rudy - Stan Lee Box cover by Will Sliney

[classicartverso]

Olivier Coipel - Captain America

[whitepeopletwitter]

[ohgoddamnit]

As a mass comm major, IF THERE IS SOMETHING UNJUST OR IMMORAL BEING DONE CALL YOUR LOCAL NEWS STATION THEY WILL HELP MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE

Cities and government agencies HATE bad press. This story that was told to me by the journalist that covered this, and he showed us the piece:

There was a traffic light that was set up on the far side of an overpass, but it was improperly hung so you couldn’t see the light until it was too late. There were accidents there EVERY SINGLE DAY and calls to the city did NOTHING.

Someone had the idea to call the local news station and this dude went out to see. As he was interviewing someone, there was a wreck.

Guess what happened after that piece aired?

Suddenly the city had the time to lower the traffic light and the accidents stopped.

Journalists get a bad rep, and while big stations like Fox deserve it, I think more thought should be given to who you’re actually shitting on when you say “I hate journalists.” Because we’re overworked, underpaid, constantly shit on, but we still do the job because we want to help people. All professional, prestigious journalists that I’ve met hate the government and will do whatever they can to get the information and change that’s needed. Being a journalist is a dangerous profession: at every professional convention I’ve been at there’s a fund for the families of journalists that have been killed (there’s a lot!) and a long memoriam roll.

SUPPORT LOCAL NEWS STATIONS

[prismatic-bell]

When I was in college, my dorm flooded.

From above.

Let me explain: the rain was so bad and the roof so shitty and the building so old that water was pouring in from ceilings and light sockets. The dorm had drop ceilings, and saturated tiles were plopping out onto the floor covered in mold—this clearly was not the first time this had happened.

My mom called the news after she saw my room and heard the school had no plans to assist students who’d just lost clothes, textbooks, computers, personal belongings, and more. She was as furious as we were.

The school refused to let media into the dorm “for student privacy” and had the president make a statement about how it was just a couple of disgruntled students and everything was fine.

This was before cameraphones, so they assumed that was that.

Their fatal mistake was in forgetting the initial complainant (i.e., ME) WAS A JOURNALISM MAJOR. First year, but that was still enough to know what basic information a news story needed.

My mom smuggled me a camcorder in a basket of laundry. I interviewed people from my floor and the floor above complete with “I consent to be on video for TV purposes” verbal disclaimers, showed the moldy tiles and water dripping out of lights and my own room three inches deep in water. One of my floormates heard what I was doing and called me into her room and said “you should get THAT” and showed me a power strip she needed to unplug because it was sparking and couldn’t unplug because it was in a puddle of water. (We eventually managed to find a pair of rubber gloves to pull the plug out of the very damp wall, but it was a great visual. “Nothing wrong” my ass.)

My mom took the tape to the news station. They used my footage with the president’s statement.

In under 48 hours, the college said that if you’d lost stuff due to the flood, you should contact Res Life for assistance.

In under two weeks they announced plans to build new dorms and retire my building.

Local. Journalism. Works.

[why-i-love-comics]

Avengers #18 - "Impact II" (2024)

written by Jed MacKay art by Valerio Schiti & Bryan Valenza

[nickfuryagentofsword]

Blood Hunt 5 (2024) by Jed MacKay & Pepe Larraz

Cover: Kael Ngu (variant)

Blood Hunt

[crisisofinfinitemultiverses]

Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance 4 (2024) variant by Alexander Lozano

[current-comix]

Martín Cóccolo

[comic-art-showcase]

Batman by Simone Di Meo

[jetslay]

DC Super-Heroes by Simone Di Meo.

[moodboardmix]

"My little big world," Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia,

Superform Architects,

Photo Credits: Visualisation Spacer