⯈ Artist, Writer, Virtual Photographer, available for commissions! When I'm open for taking on new commissions, there's a lil "open for business" badge next to my username. When it's not there, comms are closed!
⯈ Current Obsession(s): Cyberpunk 2077
⯈ Technically a multi-fandom / personal blog, most things are tagged accordingly
⯈ 18+ content tagged with #nsfw
Currently 90% I'm posting / reblogging about is Cyberpunk stuff! But also expect a dash of Dragon Age, Mass Effect, The Elder Scrolls, Gaming in General (video games and tabletop gaming), German Memes, Lord of the Rings, LBGTQIA+, Mental Health, and History and Language things!
⯈ Art Tag: #art by me
⯈ Writing Tag: #my writing
⯈ VP Tag: #my vp
⯈ 2026 Commissions Listing
⯈ Top Surgery Commissions
⯈ Ko-Fi
Top Surgery Commissions
⯈ Help me pay for top surgery by requesting a 100€ commission through this form: https://forms.gle/uCdR98ShcTkZCffX9
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Main OC / V: Vincent Ezaki (#vincent ezaki)
Main Ship: To Bad Decisions (Kerry Eurodyne / V) (#otp: to bad decisions)
Current Long-Term Project(s):
Fanfiction "Love is Stored in the Olive Jar"
Original Story "The King of Ivendarea" (WT)
Other Current Interests:
⯈ I'd like to get into / learn more about Cyberpunk RED
⯈ On-and-off working on Cosplays and other crafting projects
⯈ Dabbling in Modding Cyberpunk (focused on content for Masc!V, but mostly personal projects)
⯈ Drawing drawing drawing too many ideas all at once!
⯈ I always have some Virtual Photography projects on the backburner too
My activity on Tumblr:
⯈ Anon is off, but asks and DMs are always open, don't hesitate to reach out!
⯈ I don't automatically follow back and am selective with who I follow in general to keep my dash a place I enjoy - I generally don't venture into tags either
⯈ I'm always okay to be tagged in stuff, be it posts, tag games, etc. so feel free to! I'm also tracking #elvenbeard
⯈ I heavily utilize xkit and tumblr's own blacklisting function, so I might not see everything if there's a word somewhere in a reblog-chain that I have muted - when in doubt, reach out to me!
⯈ I work in a marketing agency as a dayjob and am not always super active on tumblr - occasionally I use a queue (#queue on the hill) but I'm not very consistent with it xD
Finally, top surgery! But I need your help!
Hi zusam… Vincent Munzert braucht deine Unterstützung für Endlich Top Surgery – jetz
I have been very MIA lately because I've been rotating my finances up and down repeatedly without seeing much of a light at the end of the tunnel. As most of you who've been following me for a while probably know, I've been on a journey to get top surgery for some time now - stuck to all the rules, jumped through all the hoops, and in the end it's now all happening much sooner than I expected or planned for - which on the one hand means, yay, but on the other, I'm not financially ready at all. I truly am thankful to all who supported me with commissions this year, because everything I earned went into dedicated savings, that now at least will cover my travel expenses and a downpayment for the surgery. But everything else is up in the air and my insurance will only cover about half of it all, if I'm lucky.
I really didn't wanna do this and was hoping to be able to finance it all through commissions and hard work alone, but it just wasn't enough. My family can't support me financially either, and I'm terrified of taking out a loan because I'm turning over every cent thrice to begin with already.
No matter if you can only share or if you can help with a donation, any support is greatly appreciated!
If you have questions or concerns, don't hesitate to reach out. I can provide proof and documentation (just don't wanna throw that out into the internet just like that XD)
I know tumblr isn't *the* platform for fundraising concerns, but it's where to this day I have my biggest following, and I do hope one or two or three of you will share this to the right people and the right circles and yeah xD If my schedule wasn't utterly plastered for the entirety of August and September I'd love to offer sth in return for each donation, but I physically can't do that at the moment and don't wanna make promises I can't keep.
Thank you for your consideration and for sharing 💜
Finally, top surgery! But I need your help!
Hi zusam… Vincent Munzert braucht deine Unterstützung für Endlich Top Surgery – jetz
I have been very MIA lately because I've been rotating my finances up and down repeatedly without seeing much of a light at the end of the tunnel. As most of you who've been following me for a while probably know, I've been on a journey to get top surgery for some time now - stuck to all the rules, jumped through all the hoops, and in the end it's now all happening much sooner than I expected or planned for - which on the one hand means, yay, but on the other, I'm not financially ready at all. I truly am thankful to all who supported me with commissions this year, because everything I earned went into dedicated savings, that now at least will cover my travel expenses and a downpayment for the surgery. But everything else is up in the air and my insurance will only cover about half of it all, if I'm lucky.
I really didn't wanna do this and was hoping to be able to finance it all through commissions and hard work alone, but it just wasn't enough. My family can't support me financially either, and I'm terrified of taking out a loan because I'm turning over every cent thrice to begin with already.
No matter if you can only share or if you can help with a donation, any support is greatly appreciated!
If you have questions or concerns, don't hesitate to reach out. I can provide proof and documentation (just don't wanna throw that out into the internet just like that XD)
I know tumblr isn't *the* platform for fundraising concerns, but it's where to this day I have my biggest following, and I do hope one or two or three of you will share this to the right people and the right circles and yeah xD If my schedule wasn't utterly plastered for the entirety of August and September I'd love to offer sth in return for each donation, but I physically can't do that at the moment and don't wanna make promises I can't keep.
Thank you for your consideration and for sharing 💜
Finally, top surgery! But I need your help!
Hi zusam… Vincent Munzert braucht deine Unterstützung für Endlich Top Surgery – jetz
I have been very MIA lately because I've been rotating my finances up and down repeatedly without seeing much of a light at the end of the tunnel. As most of you who've been following me for a while probably know, I've been on a journey to get top surgery for some time now - stuck to all the rules, jumped through all the hoops, and in the end it's now all happening much sooner than I expected or planned for - which on the one hand means, yay, but on the other, I'm not financially ready at all. I truly am thankful to all who supported me with commissions this year, because everything I earned went into dedicated savings, that now at least will cover my travel expenses and a downpayment for the surgery. But everything else is up in the air and my insurance will only cover about half of it all, if I'm lucky.
I really didn't wanna do this and was hoping to be able to finance it all through commissions and hard work alone, but it just wasn't enough. My family can't support me financially either, and I'm terrified of taking out a loan because I'm turning over every cent thrice to begin with already.
No matter if you can only share or if you can help with a donation, any support is greatly appreciated!
If you have questions or concerns, don't hesitate to reach out. I can provide proof and documentation (just don't wanna throw that out into the internet just like that XD)
I know tumblr isn't *the* platform for fundraising concerns, but it's where to this day I have my biggest following, and I do hope one or two or three of you will share this to the right people and the right circles and yeah xD If my schedule wasn't utterly plastered for the entirety of August and September I'd love to offer sth in return for each donation, but I physically can't do that at the moment and don't wanna make promises I can't keep.
Thank you for your consideration and for sharing 💜
It's been a dream of mine for years to be able to take on a dnd party commission, and recently it finally became true! :D
I got to draw this colorful band of misfits as an end-of-campaign surprise for the players, which makes it even more of a dream and favourite type of commission for me to work on :D
An added special challenge and really fun-to-explore twist here was depicting each character, whereever it applied, at the start vs. the near-end of the campaign - in the individual portraits, facing left their younger selves, facing right their, oftentimes quite changed, older selves. I had so much fun coming up with all the details from the players' and DM's descriptions and getting to know these folks and their world in more detail!
Thank you so much @thewhitewolf90 for your support and this opportunity :D Especially in the age of genAI, where every day I wonder for how long I'll be able to still do this job, being re-assured that yes, there are many people valuing hand- and human-made art so much still, gives me a lot of hope!
🎨 [Commission Me] (this type of commission is not explicitly listed and was a custom request - I'm super happy to fulfill these, too!)
☕ [Buy me a Coffee]
🏳️⚧️ [Help me afford top surgery]
It's been a dream of mine for years to be able to take on a dnd party commission, and recently it finally became true! :D
I got to draw this colorful band of misfits as an end-of-campaign surprise for the players, which makes it even more of a dream and favourite type of commission for me to work on :D
An added special challenge and really fun-to-explore twist here was depicting each character, whereever it applied, at the start vs. the near-end of the campaign - in the individual portraits, facing left their younger selves, facing right their, oftentimes quite changed, older selves. I had so much fun coming up with all the details from the players' and DM's descriptions and getting to know these folks and their world in more detail!
Thank you so much @thewhitewolf90 for your support and this opportunity :D Especially in the age of genAI, where every day I wonder for how long I'll be able to still do this job, being re-assured that yes, there are many people valuing hand- and human-made art so much still, gives me a lot of hope!
🎨 [Commission Me] (this type of commission is not explicitly listed and was a custom request - I'm super happy to fulfill these, too!)
☕ [Buy me a Coffee]
🏳️⚧️ [Help me afford top surgery]
It's been a dream of mine for years to be able to take on a dnd party commission, and recently it finally became true! :D
I got to draw this colorful band of misfits as an end-of-campaign surprise for the players, which makes it even more of a dream and favourite type of commission for me to work on :D
An added special challenge and really fun-to-explore twist here was depicting each character, whereever it applied, at the start vs. the near-end of the campaign - in the individual portraits, facing left their younger selves, facing right their, oftentimes quite changed, older selves. I had so much fun coming up with all the details from the players' and DM's descriptions and getting to know these folks and their world in more detail!
Thank you so much @thewhitewolf90 for your support and this opportunity :D Especially in the age of genAI, where every day I wonder for how long I'll be able to still do this job, being re-assured that yes, there are many people valuing hand- and human-made art so much still, gives me a lot of hope!
🎨 [Commission Me] (this type of commission is not explicitly listed and was a custom request - I'm super happy to fulfill these, too!)
☕ [Buy me a Coffee]
🏳️⚧️ [Help me afford top surgery]
long story short, i'm quitting and am looking for a different second job, so i thought maybe i could also open comms while i'm at it! i've made a ko-fi to help make orders easier, or if y'all wanna throw the occasional coin at your humble cactus 🤙 or you can also pay directly via paypal!
(p.s. you can request any doodle you want along a ko-fi, if comms are too much!)
So you can avoid them stealing things from you, the artist/writer, etc.
Pro GenAI websites/Programs:
Facebook
Instagram
X/Twitter (Remember, Grok gives people cancer)
Threads
Pro Writing Aid
Grammarly
Duolingo
Google Docs
Microsoft Word/all Microsoft products Takes from and will feed their machine.
Youtube (taking advantage of people who are hearing impaired. ==;;)
Adobe Products. All of them. If you HAVE to use them (Some businesses require it), save offline because there is a film of at least some privacy protections there, so if you have to sue, you can say it violates US privacy law. Remember, contracts do not circumvent US law.
Corel won't feed the machines, but still uses AI stolen from other artists. Which sucks since Corel Draw is the second best overall for vector programs. (Plus I love Painter, but I bought the offline version to avoid AI). (Canadian company)
Canva Takes and feeds their machine.
Deviant Art Not only supports AI, but put a tool in and said they are going to steal your work if you like it or not for their machine.
Sketchup went Pro-GenAI. The thing is that you can do the same thing in Blender these days with precise measurements.
Autodesk has stated they are Pro-Gen AI here. It is not clear if they will use your models to feed their machine. But be on guard. They make Maya and 3Dmax. You can replace it with Blender.
Neutral ground:
Tumblr (there is a way to opt out [Link] and they don't have an active AI machine.) https://www.tumblr.com/dookins/743519550598987776/heres-how-to-disable-third-parties-like-ai
Etsy allows GenAI, but still has some (minor) restrictions. I'd still be cautious. (Also be cautious of drop shippers). Complaints about too much AI and AI images+patterns made by Ai still exist on the website. They lean slightly more pro-AI, but still won't let it run completely amok, say like Facebook. They won't feed your work into a machine, but also don't ban it through robots.txt.
Bluesky They don't use an AI algorithm except for in the "Discover" section of their website, but while they are anti-GenAI strongly, they don't seem to block the Gen AI bots from entry, so you'd still have to use Nightshade or Glaze (links below). There is no opt-out because they don't need an opt out. (Leaning towards strong position on AI, but I wish they would block GenAI bots).
Searxng- If you super want to screw over Google, in general, and have some tech savvy, you can set up your own search engine through searxng. It's easier on Windows and Linux than it is on a Mac. (Mac you need Docker), but if you're determined on privacy, Searxng adds a layer of privacy. Some of it sometimes uses bits of AI, but most of it doesn't and you can fuss with the settings so it doesn't spit out AI results. At sheer minimum Google will stop spitting out weird videos on Youtube at you because in your private browsing, you searched for the origin of ball bearings while not logged in for a book and Google likes to break privacy laws.
Strong positions against AI:
Scrivener (Creator vowed against AI) Writing program. There is an active forum, and versions for Mac, Linux and PC. It is paid, but at ~60 USD, it's cheaper than most programs. There is usually a holiday sale around Christmas. It has a learning curve, but with an active forum with the programmer of it there to ask obscure questions it's not a dead zone. They often take suggestions and implement them over time. (Especially if you rank the importance, applications, etc) US company.
LibreOffice Open source and free Spreadsheet and Word processor program that can replace Microsoft Word. Some people might have seen older versions where it was called Neo Office (now extinct) and Open Office. LibreOffice is still populated, plus the forums are super helpful if you get stuck. The UX is pretty intuitive if you've used Microsoft Word. Scrivener, BTW, supports exporting to odt (the native file) as well as .doc, and this can open both. The slight thing is that sometimes it doesn't export to .doc smoothly. And I DO wish more magazines, and agent (big clue here) supported .odt files since it is free. Part of the reason .odt isn't as supported is because Microsoft and Adobe have a deal with the devil with each other, so Adobe's Book formatting program InDesign doesn't support ODT. (BTW, if you have a good open source replacement for InDesign that supports ODT, let me know.)
Dabble (as suggested by SF stories, see reblog) is a writing program. Similar to Scrivener. Has vowed against AI and to resist it. 108 dollars a year for Basic. It is almost twice the price of Scrivener who lets you update for fairly cheap. 29 dollars a month, v. 59 dollars for the whole program (Scrivener) for the same features of Premium. You choose.
yWriter is a free Writing program and like Scrivener, and has vowed against AI Last I looked it had some UX issues, but some people swear by it. The learning curve is higher than Scrivener which is saying something.
Ellipsus is an online writing program and vowed against AI. The main feature I like (which Scrivener doesn't have) is the ability to change spellcheck based on region/language. It is a requested feature of Scrivener, but lower priority. So if you have a Brit, you can get the spelling for the character. They are a British-based company.
Cara.app (The creator of the website sued GenAI there is no chance they'll convert) is an artist website. Cara is trying to institute an auto Glaze/Nightshade into the website if given enough funds. People see it as a soft replacement for deviant art. (which went fully AI) If you believe in human art, please donate if you can. Zhang Jingna, the Creator,is Chinese-Singporean. She lives in Singapore.
Clip Studio Paint added AI, but saw the light and decided to protect artists instead because of protest and removed it. There are tutorials and a good forum if you get super stuck. Based in Japan, so the UI and UX is really clean.
Davinci Resolve Pro is a film editing software that's super good. There is a free version and a paid version. The forums are responsive. The programmers aren't always present. There is a healthy group of tutorials. US company. Clean UX. It does take a little bit of time to remember the shortcuts.
Tahoma2D is anti-AI and open source animation program. Takes a little getting used to, but is good for animations and doesn't crash as often as Animate. Programmers are in the forums and some bugs are fixed within hours. The forums are super responsive and helpful.
Krita open source and free, no AI. I'd rank it secondary to Clip Studio Paint (which is paid) I haven't tried the forums, but it's pretty intuitive and can stand for a lower level replacement for Painter, and do a lot of the basics of Photoshop. It's usually ranked higher than the equally open source Gimp.
Writer P AKA Writer+ (app for when you're on the go) is a simple word processor app for your phone that doesn't use AI. The original programmer stopped updating, so Writer+ person took over and isn't out to make a profit since it's free in the spirit of the original app. It has subfolders you can use. Since it was programmed before GenAI it doesn't have AI. Intuitive, easy to use. Fairly easy to upload the files through three dots->share. The files can save to your card or phone with some settings fussing. Simple word processor.
Inkscape is a free vector program and no AI. It is harder to use than illustrator and has less features. But if you're doing smaller vectors for one-offs with less complexity, it'll do you after some learning curve. Best of the lot. I hate Affinity Designer which is the same thing, only paid. (Neither Affinity program was worth the money paid)
Affinity (Designer, etc) swore to be AI-free and does Vector and Photos. The UX is messy, I dislike the program and regret paying for it. Inkscape and Krita are better UX and do the same thing. The forums aren't as friendly since there has been an onslaught of people seeing it's supposed to be a replacement for Photoshop and Illustrator, but the programmers aren't present. The people on the forums are often on edge about this assertion. And the capabilities of the program don't outshine basically Krita or Inkscape capabilities (both free). What is usually intuitive is not. UK company. If you're going to pay for a program, go for Clip Studio Paint which rivals Corel Painter.
Blender is a 3D art program and does not use GenAI. It can do 2D animation, but Tahoma is easier to use in this regard. It's open source and free. Plus there are plenty of tutorials. The forums can be touch and go sometimes, but there are plenty of sub Blender communities that might be responsive. It can also do animation.
Handmade vowed against AI and promised to never sell itself for stock prices to prevent AI (as a replacement for Etsy.)
Discover a world of creativity and craftsmanship through Handmade, an innovative platform connecting passionate artisans with discerning buy
Proton (to replace Google Suite) as suggested by SF Stories (see reblog) Vowed against AI. They are missing a spreadsheet, but have online and offline capabilities, plus a built-in VPN.
But you need a pro website...
Look up robots.txt and AI bots: https://www.cyberciti.biz/web-developer/block-openai-bard-bing-ai-crawler-bots-using-robots-txt-file/
Use cloudflare:
Use Nightshade:
https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/whatis.html
which will poison the algorithm
Use Glaze:
Take Away:
The thing is you think you doing it alone will do nothing, but the more AI feeds on itself, AI images, the worse they become, and the less detailed so, denying it the images, adding poison or not being able to read the human text is eventually going to lead to an AI collapse.
Analysis shows that indiscriminately training generative artificial intelligence on real and generated content, usually done by scrapi
And why not help that along?
I don't want to give cancer to poor people [Link] or make the planet burn faster [Link]. So GenAI collapse is everything I dream of. GenAI apocalypse is not.
I could only find the pose ref reposted to Pinterest a million times 😭 thinking the original poster's account may have been disabled or sth, but still, credit where credit is due: https://pinterest.com/pin/322148179616302563/
