Because I've been getting a lot of dms lately, I wanted to say this, please put what you're dming me for in your first message unless we've already spoken before or I've asked to dm each other
hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage. (for future editing convenience i am just linking my blog post on dreamwidth.)
✨ good places to find art reference that are not full of AI trash 🌈
especially without their permission, because how disrespectful can you be towards the creator if you're gonna make a bot of their character when they DID NOT WANT THAT
DO NOT take an artist's artwork and use them for a c.ai bot
its extremely disrespectful and downright disgusting behavior
For anybody not caught up: Tennessee just passed a new map that pretty much makes it so black neighborhoods have no power in local votes. Two things about this. While protestors were chanting "No Jim Crow", white Tennessee lawmakers were caught laughing on video. On top of this, Representative Justin Pearson and his brother KeShaun Pearson were arrested for trying to give their takes on the matter (which is not only their legal right but literally his job). If you give a shit about black people, help fight this. We can't allow a return to Jim Crow.
What do you mean “chat” is now referring to ChatGPT and not twitch chat? What? What? What the fuck? No?
When I address chat I am speaking to a presumed Greek chorus of real human people shitposting on their lunch break, not a machine that devours lakes to covert electricity into slop.
Not a scholar at first, but the guy who wrote Jaws hated that people used it to justify hating sharks so much he dedicated the rest of his life to shark research and advocacy.
(afaik- the woman who popularized gender reveals did so because she had a long history of miscarriages. The reveal was a celebration of the fact that one of her pregnancies had gotten far enough that there WAS a physical sex to reveal. It was never intended to be like... *gestures at modern gender reveals* all that. That same kid later came out as trans and yes, the family had a second gender reveal for that lol.)
this is my official statement on the pressure drama. below the cut are visceral and uncensored sentiments.
i am not affiliated with the pressure team in any way and i do not associate myself with any of the devs. i never have, and i never will.
as most of us now know, yourfriendzeal—or just zeal—raped renn (nolongernull). renn is an ex music composer for the project roblox pressure.
for this, i have to say fuck zeal. i already didnt like or trust him—he gave me some vibe i didnt know how to announce—and this further cements my stance.
i also say that anybody in support of zeal is NOT welcome on this blog. you WILL be publicly embarrassed and blocked, and i am not going to stop people from being mean to you. i will be mean to you.
most importantly, i hope renn is okay, and i hope they know theyve done the right thing by speaking out. its a devastating situation, and their comfort matters most right now. i sincerely want renn to be protected and safe during this period. i hope with all my heart that they find peace and happiness. as a rape victim myself, i understand the horrible feelings that a victim often feels. renn deserves our full respect and care.
that being said, we need to follow renns wishes. the document clearly outlines that renn does not want zeal to be harmed. i am all for bullying him—in fact, i dont consider it bullying, its justified—but please remember, renn themselves has stated they dont wish zeal to experience genuine harm. renn is the victim, and at the end of the day, THEY get to decide what happens about their rape experience.
now onto the pressure franchise and my involvement (as in enjoyment, not creation, i am not a dev).
the game is NOT what we need to be focusing on right now. renn did not get raped and muster the courage to share their pain just for me to make it about the project of their abuser.
therefore, for the time being, i am stepping away from the pressure fandom. i intend to stay away from it until zeal gets the consequences he deserves and renn gets the peace they deserve.
if you wish to support renn, do the same as i am. do not play the game, do not buy the merch, leave the servers, leave the streams. renn deserves our full solidarity for what they were forced to go through.
fuck zeal, fuck the rest of the team that supported him in hurting renn, and fuck anyone who supports that shit. silence does not mean yes, and rape is an unforgivable crime against humanity.
me and @microbiologistmusings made a guide! we were talking about how frustrating it can be when so much (well meaning!) art of wheelchair users seems to get the chairs...not quite right. so maybe this will help :) i had a lot of fun drawing it and thank u to levi for your unending wisdom <3
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