Art by Lakira

Hi! I'm Lakira. I'm a nurse and sometimes I make art. || Commissions DM please if interested|| I just opened my shop! inprnt.com/gallery/lakart Check it out for pretty prints, oooh!

[justnoodlefishthings]

"Coca-Cola made an AI ad!"

"McDonald's releases AI Christmas commercial!!"

Don't care didn't ask plus here's a beautifully animated ad for a French supermarket that was made by actual artists

[lukevenechuk]

New York public school system makes all their students learn the recorder because they're secretly looking for the one kid that will solve their rat problem

[alongtidesoflight]

i think bioware should let the hero of ferelden return but every time they're in a shot they're cut off at the neck like the lady from powerpuff girls

and every time they try to add something to a conversation a dragon flies by roaring so you can't hear what they're saying

[mr-dalliard-ive-gone-peculiar]

[piratedykes]

It will forever haunt me that I cannot share this joke with everyone I meet

[motive11331]

[jv]

What is this about the tumblr staff wanting to sell art data to midjourney?

An ex-colleague of mine mentioned yesterday that there may be contacts between Automattic and midjourney in that direction, but nothing is public yet and I don't have any more info. They probably won't have anything specific to share either, since they left the company weeks ago too. That being said:

I have no reason to doubt my ex-coworker word, they are a trustworthy person.

Tumblr's CEO has been absurdly enthusiastic (comically, even) about AI, and is a big fan of LLMs and 'AI' companies.

A deal with midjourney could solve tumblr financial issues (not the same company, but openAi is paying up to 5 million/year to news companies to use their content as training data... tumblr generates several orders of magnitude more content than any newspaper or any media company and it only would need a 20 to 30 million per year deal to be profitable)

So I don't have any extra info yet, but I'm keeping my ears open.

[jv]

And I just got confirmation from a second ex-colleague that a deal with midjourney has been brewing since months ago. Not any extra details, just that's a real thing.

Shit, I don't see any way for this to happen that doesn't make it an apocalyptic event the size of the porn ban. Fuck.

[jv]

Shit. This may be pure chance and coincidence, and it's not he is in a position to be able to talk about anything, but seeing prominent staff members announcing they are moving their original photography out of tumblr just two weeks ago seems a pretty significant cue of shit to be about to hit the fan.

[salora-rainriver]

Just tested. It’s possible to swap out pictures on already-published posts. So in that case, a solution:

Nightshade your photo posts now.

Even if you don’t post your own art anymore, go back to your old stuff and watermark it.

Do it ASAP, before the deal goes through and the scraping begins.

This will not only protect your art, but has the opportunity to fuck over this deal on a pretty large scale. The more of these posts that are glazed or poisoned, the less valuable this deal becomes for tumblr and midjourney.

Share this with everyone. And i do mean everyone.

[afewdroppedstitches]

Sharing this everywhere.

[lak-draws]

Hi friends! It’s been too long! I wanted to announce the opening of my shop!

I have to say after all this time tumblr has still been the most supportive and interactive platforms for my art. Thank you all for your support, and kindness over the years! I’m excited to start sharing my prints physically, and I look forward to continuing this journey together with all you amazing people! :)

Check it out! www.inprnt.com/gallery/lakart

[lak-draws]

The sticker project commences! Hopefully will be able to sell these babies one day!

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Aznae! Wizard prodigy and overly serious teen

[lak-draws]

Hi there! I'm one of the folks at CritRoleStats. Could we put your art from 2018 of Fjord giving Beau conversation advice in an upcoming post with full credit? Thanks either way!

Hi! Hope I'm not tol late but I would very happy of you did! Thank you so much!

[lak-draws]

I. Love. Them.

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Yes

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I. Love. Them.

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I love making complex character designs for characters that haven’t even made it past level 2 :^)

Calliope is a cleric of the Moonweaver, so I thought moths might be cool

[lak-draws]

“It’s common practice in the Empire for priests and priestesses to consecrate their hands with gold paint before important ceremonies”

[lak-draws]

A study that got a little out of hand

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We all walk on the shoulders of giants

[dailystarplatinum]

This is a Formal Apology to all people who have ever sent me an ask or request and I haven’t answered