Shaky McHands

20+/sometimes I draw

[writeark]

so

um

i did smth

https://archiveofourown.org/works/80408957/chapters/211143073

A Taste of Magic

Summary:

Who would've thunk that fiddling with an old grimoire would resort in her getting teleported... somewhere?

The Sorceress lived a long life, and she had already lost all whom she held dear.

But meeting these five strange critters tugged at something in her old heart. Fine, she'll stay for a while.

The grimoire needs to be decrypted if she wants to go home, anyway.

[drawark]

I'm not really good at drawing, esp shading/rendering.

But this is what I had in mind for the first outfit, worn by my OC :D

edit: did some fixings on the art

[metalheadsagainstfascism]

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

Further, some authors may never even find out the lawsuit is happening. The court's suggested notification scheme "would require class claimants to themselves notify other potential rightsholders," groups said, overlooking the fact that it cost Google $34.5 million "to set up a 'Books Rights Registry' to identify owners for payouts under the proposed settlement" in one of the largest cases involving book authors prior to the AI avalanche of lawsuits.

If you're an author, please use this database to see if you could qualify for that sweet GenAI lawsuit money.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

I have never ever ever in my life asked someone to blaze my posts.

But if you want to throw me some pennies blaze this. I want ALL OF THE AUTHORS to know that they have the opportunities to get some sweet sweet GenAI lawsuit money.

Like to charge. Reblog to cast that Anthropic will have to pay out the ass.

-fae

[gothiccharmschool]

Oh look, my book is in there. GIVE ME MONEY.

[elodieunderglass]

Interestingly, I reblogged this thinking it might be interesting for my followers - but as I’m not an author I didn’t think further.

Then I did think for a second. I realised I had fallen into the classic tumblr trap of believing that Authorship Equals Fantasy Fiction Writer. It’s amazing how that gets into your own head.

I went back and found a clutch of my scientific papers on there.

Not something that’s worth me pursuing any farther - and a lot of those works are very openly open access, and so they are honestly the exact sort of content that SHOULD be used to train responsible models. But worth remembering that it’s very common on tumblr to think of all writing as, like, genre fiction, and there are other types of writing too.

[cassolotl]

“First of its kind” AI settlement: Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion

Settlement shows AI companies can face consequences for pirated training data.

Authors revealed today that Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion and destroy all copies of the books the AI company pirated to train its artificial intelligence models. In a press release provided to Ars, the authors confirmed that the settlement is "believed to be the largest publicly reported recovery in the history of US copyright litigation." Covering 500,000 works that Anthropic pirated for AI training, if a court approves the settlement, each author will receive $3,000 per work that Anthropic stole. "Depending on the number of claims submitted, the final figure per work could be higher," the press release noted.

each author will receive $3,000 per work

[drawark]

i stayed up all night learning how to draw abs

now I'm running on fumes, wanting to show off a rough thingo I did

I've never made an OC for any fandom before, so excuse the cringe

I'll probably draw her properly in digital later, but rn I shall amimir

[littleapplestar]

🐦‍⬛ every time i read a girl-dad sylus! post i think of this picture

i need someone to draw this w him cause i can imagine his daughter being like “can we get matching hello kitty slippers” and he’s just like “…sure”

[ueidesign]

The Perfect Icon

TWISTED WONDERLAND RECYCLE BIN

ALL 7 CHARACTERS

CLOSER LOOK

(Using Jamil's one)

->DOWNLOAD FROM PINNED POST<-

[midwinterhunt]

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

[tjny]

ㅤㅤㅤkawaii kaomojis ♡

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ㅤ (⸝⸝ᴗ﹏ᴗ⸝⸝) ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 (·•᷄‎ࡇ•᷅ )

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ㅤ (｡•ˇ‸ˇ•｡) ૮Ꮚ ⸝⸝´ ٥ ˋ⸝⸝ ꒱ა

[notfocks]

I think if i put into words how happy this type of image makes me I would get diagnosed with something

[yeoldenews]

A selection of emojis from a love letter written in 1916.

The final one appears to have been the author's favorite as he wrote: "I'm particularly proud of this one - It looks so natural. Bless its 'ittle 'eart-"