L I V .

Illustrator — Mostly fanart, with a bit of original work in the mix ✨

[merrygeist]

something nobody asked for, mashing two of my interests together for an AU

[livthemagician]

- I n n e r p e a c e -

(Yes, I will draw fanart of Garrett till the end of time. Also, hi ! Long time no see !)

[x0401x]

So I just saw a post by a random personal blog that said “don’t follow me if we never even had a conversation before” and?????? Not to be rude but literally what the fuck??????????

I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.

Also, I’m legit confused. Is this how follow culture works right now? It was worded like it’s common sense but is that really a thing?

[x0401x]

Saw a sharp increase in my follower count after posting this. The legitimacy of it is driving me nuts so I also feel the need to say that you can follow anyone on here regardless of whether you’ve interacted with them or not. People like the above mentioned blog are exceptions. Perhaps they themselves think they aren’t and therefore will act like they aren’t, but they are, trust me.

Just follow anyone you wanna follow. The worst thing that can happen is maybe getting soft-blocked by the other person, but if they do soft-block you, then they were never that worth following in the first place.

[starfieldcanvas]

wow. really hope this isn't actually a norm taking hold with new users! this isn't facebook, you don't need to know people before following them

[westiec]

this is the '10 year mutuals you've never spoken to once' site

[livthemagician]

I second this. Feel free to follow me, even if we've never interacted before !

[livthemagician]

A little Chun-Li portrait to honor the memory of a fellow Chun player and friend who sadly passed away last week.

Rest in peace, Mike. I miss you. 💙

[livthemagician]

Name : Reiko Nagase ✨

Occupation : racing idol 🏎️

[livthemagician]

Jun Kazama being in Tekken 8 automatically makes it the best fighting game. Sorry, I don't make the rules 👀

[livthemagician]

New year, new me ✨

It was about time I changed my profile pic ! I had a lot of fun with this color study 🌈

Important links : https://livthemagician.carrd.co

[livthemagician]

The Hero of Hyrule ✨

I am done playing The Legend of Zelda : Tears of the Kingdom, and my life has now lost all meaning. So I decided to try my hand at drawing Link, and ended up with a bonus Zelda 🩷

P.S. : Link is just a little guy, really.

[livthemagician]

I may not agree with everything Bandai Namco did to her design wise in Tekken 8, but Alisa will always be my fav 💜

[livthemagician]

Spooky Eduardo be upon ye 🤍

(I know Halloween was a week ago, but ... it's still spooky season, right ? 👻)

[livthemagician]

I mean ... it's Garrett. He's excellent anatomy practice 👀

[livthemagician]

"Watch in awe, as I command the stage !" 🩰

Manon from Street Fighter 6, because she's peak character design if you ask me ✨

[livthemagician]

This was only supposed to be a warm-up sketch, but my girl turned out ✨ pretty ✨, so have another Kylie Griffin light study I guess ✌️

Also : hey, I'm back. It's been a while, but expect new art pretty soon ⭐️

[livthemagician]

"So many wannabe kings in this tournament, but tell me : who is queen ?" ⭐️

King wishes you a happy Valentine's Day ! 💕

(redesign by me)

[loish]

There’s a protest going on against AI art over on artstation, so I feel like now is the time for me to make a statement on this issue! 

I wholeheartedly support the ongoing protest against AI art. Why? Because my artwork is included in the datasets used to train these image generators without my consent. I get zero compensation for the use of my art, even though these image generators cost money to use, and are a commercial product. 

Musicians are not being treated the same way. Stability has a music generator that only uses royalty free music in their dataset. Their words: “Because diffusion models are prone to memorization and overfitting, releasing a model trained on copyrighted data could potentially result in legal issues.” Why is the work of visual artists being treated differently?

Many have compared image generators to human artists seeking out inspiration. Those two are not the same. My art is literally being fed into these generators through the datasets, and spat back out of a program that has no inherent sense of what is respectful to artists. As long as my art is literally integrated into the system used to create the images, it is commercial use of my art without my consent.

Until there is an ethically sourced database that compensates artists for the use of their images, I am against AI art. I also think platforms should do everything they can to prevent scraping of their content for these databases. 

Artists, speak out against this predatory practice! Our art should not be exploited without our consent, and we deserve to be compensated when our art is exploited for commercial use. 

[livthemagician]

HAPPY 25TH ANNIVERSARY TO EXTREME GHOSTBUSTERS !

As you guys know, Extreme Ghostbusters is my favorite animated series of all time. It means the world to me, and seeing it reach its 25th anniversary is a huge milestone. Here is some artwork to celebrate !

[livthemagician]

Alpha Hatsuseno from Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou ... but make her a Guilty Gear - STRIVE - character ✨