[mostbearloved]

The Theatre of Death.

[goobersplat]

Iridescent Grizzly Bear Stickers

(Image ID: Four bear stickers. A brown bear standing, a gold bear sitting, a gold bear standing, and a brown bear sitting.)

[saint-end]

some more dankovsky

[generosa-beatrice]

[mrwoofwoof4575]

[syua]

literally most things that people write off as just ‘textures’ to use in graphics are stolen & unsourced material created by artists or photographers NOT meant to be used as elements in projects without royalty payments. you can say ‘it’s just random tumblr posts they don’t care’ but you wouldn’t want someone to take your work and edit into their work so they can be praised for their beautiful style and creativity even if they just post it on social media w/o profit, would you?? so maybe if you browse pinterest or google images for pictures without finding the original source, you’re using images that you’re not allowed to use without realizing it.

you see it on here a lot especially in (i won’t link anything but i’m sure you know what i mean) those album track ‘aesthetics’ posts, au ‘aesthetic’ posts (you see these less in kpop, but where people use non-royalty free images to kinda craft a visual au), and even just rather typical graphics that have a lot of ‘texture’ elements. and texture packs too!! that’s often where the problem starts; people just collect images (often literal art), compile them in a folder w/o sources, then insist no one can repost those images w/o crediting the person who compiled them. what???

SO may i suggest some of my fave places you can get FREE, ROYALTY-FREE elements that are totally legal to use

creativemarket has 6 free high-quality resources (textures, brushes, fonts, etc), different every week! wow awesome i check it every week

search ‘freebie’ on behance. awesome stuff!!! lots of v nice templates textures and fonts

mockup zone freebies

unsplash: tons of very nice free photographs, not shitty stock photos

pexels: same idea. + they have an adobe plugin so you can get photos without closing your editor damn nice

pixelsquid is a super cool free program (again w a ps plugin that i love) with lottts of super cool hq 3d elements!

as to not make this too long: spoongraphics, lostandtaken (textures galore), pixeden, freebiesbug.

[holyshitartrefs]

I’m gonna add a few more:

Morguefile is my favorite free stock photo site

Texturemate is full of excellent free textures, brushes, and patterns. 

Transparent Textures actually lets you combine colors and patterns to build your own texture right there in the browser.

[littlegrumpypanda]

Hey guys! I’m a sort of designer enthusiast/hobbyist and I do my fair share of freelancing, so overtime I’ve accumulated a list as well which I would love to share with you.

Freepik has anything from textures to layered psds, icons and so much more that is actually free to use.

Unsplash is a community of photographers which provides daily content that you can use! You don’t have to credit them but you should. They’re amazing.

Icons8 is basically a library of icons and icon sets, they have a little over 60,000 icons for you to choose from.

The Pattern Library is a very generous project of Julien Renvoye, he’s basically created a library of amazing seamless patterns/textures you can use.

[the-warlock-syndicate]

Alright US mutuals, if you are interested in, morbidly fascinated by, or anxiously doomscrolling through AI news, including Stable Diffusion, Llama, ChatGPT or Dalle, you need to be aware of this.

The US Copyright Office has submitted a request for comment from the general public. Guidelines can be found on their site, but the gist of it is that they are taking citizen statements on what your views on AI are, and how the Copyright Office should address the admittedly thorny issues in rulings.

Be polite, be succinct, and be honest. They have a list of questions or suggestions, but in truth are looking to get as much data from the general public as possible. If you have links to papers or studies examining the economic impacts of AI, they want them. If you have anecdotal stories of losing commissions, they want them. If you have legal opinions, experience using these tools, or even a layman's perspective of how much human input is required for a piece of work to gain copyright, they want it.

The deadline is Oct 18th and can be submitted via the link in the article. While the regulatory apparatus of the US is largely under sway by corporate interests, this is still the actual, official time for you to directly tell the government what you think and what they should do. Comments can be submitted by individuals or on behalf of organizations. So if you are a small business, say a print shop, you can comment on behalf of the print shop as well.

Thorny AI copyright questions have Copyright Office seeking public input

Should AI-created works be copyrighted? US regulators want to know what you think.

[darantha]

Do a illustrator a favour and do this.

[evilwizard]

business majors are like orcs to me. and not the hot kind

[slonkel-deactivated20241128]

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the backwards version for anyone who needs it

[evilwizard]

how many of my followers do you think are from the mirror dimension

[monsternobility]

when ur friends show u their ocs

[likeinsects]

[lakevida]

i thought you were 22? it says 23 in ur bio

you're never gonna believe what happened to me

[wizard-email]

Does anybody know if the people who made the memes staff are basing their merch on have been paid?

[wizard-email]

Or even like, gave permission?

[wizard-email]

Most of these blogs are still active - it just feels like we're being mined for content and I don't like that nobody seems to be talking about it.

[wizard-email]

I know we make hellsite jokes and whatnot but the implications for copyright here are legitimately awful. idk what I'd do if staff started making thousands of dollars off something I'd said but I would certainly be trying to find a new platform? you know? it's not ethical.

[jayjarrick]

Devil May Cry: The Animated Series → Wishes Come True (01x07)

How about that secret that’ll have customers lined up out the door? Try putting strawberry sundaes on the menu.

[hylialeia]

love when emails start off with “DO NOT REPLY”. like oh yeah way ahead of you brother

[miyku]

Persona 5 Royal | ▶ dev. ATLUS

[visit-ba-sing-se]

can't believe that pompeii by bastille is over ten years old now. but I guess if you close your eyes it does almost feels like nothing changed at all

[spelldealer]

THIS is the bear cave painting i was talking about, the line weight, the proportions, the fine details around the face, and the fact that this all had to be drawn from memory, idk man, it’s incredible to me. if i could meet one person from history it’d be the person that painted this bear 30,000 years ago

[oldpaintings]

All Hallows’ Eve, 1895 by John Collier (English, 1850–1934)

[skogsskratti]

The context is that according to folklore, looking behind you in a mirror at All Hallows Eve will grant you a look at your future spouse. Which shifts the feeling of the scene from eery to romantic. I’m looking into her eyes through a screen, a picture, a camera, a painting, a mirror and through time, but still slightly fall in love.