where i go, when i go there... @mother--war - Tumblr Blog

free your mind

#spending too much time doomscrolling maybe #my brain is currently constantly occupied by reminders that we live in what is functionally a surveillance state #and we are feeding every piece of ourselves to the massive data-eating monster that is “artificial intelligence”#which isn't even actually artificial intelligence #gotta love living in the us of a #anyway #fuck generative ai #fuck fascism #political art #my art

drchucktingle

in betweens

i have been fortunate enough to live a life in the arts, creating things and following hallowed footsteps. its something many buckaroos dream of, and as someone who has done it, THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS i received are the moments in between. if you generate with AI, THAT is what you rob yourself of

anyone who has done theater will know this, because it lives in the energy backstage. anyone who has played in a band will know this, because it lives in the late night diner afterwards. anyone who has written a book will know this, because it lives the coffee shop where your plot point locked in

in other words IT IS NOT THE PRODUCT. yes, it is cool to see your name on a marquee or your book in a store or your face on a poster, but the REASON this is cool is because it tethers you to the BETWEEN TIMES. the between times are everything. the PROCESS of creation is a gift to yourself

i think this is REALLY difficult for these ai goofballs to understand, and why the things they make dont resonate. anything you create without the in between is just a hollow shell, a movie poster without small talk at crafty or an album without eating burritos on the studio rooftop

we have ALWAYS had the ability to NOT make something and pretend that we did. the difference now is theres an algorithm built for convincing people whove never stepped outside the theater door for a smoke break on opening night that they actually have. they have not. there is no ai for that.

because the only way to conjure the unfathomable magic of those in between moments is to live them, and when you get a hit of excitement from a prompted movie or book or song without a journey of creation, you rob yourself. you curse yourself to exist as a cardboard cutout who thinks they are whole

#dr tingle correct as usual #why would you rob yourself of the joy of creation

"...something very nearly perfect..."

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#yeah i finally finished nona #and yeah i can't stop thinking about them because HELLO??#i am a broken man #i wanted to do something art nouveau-y #which is why i did formalwear lol #idk what the context for this is #it means whatever you want it to mean #i just needed to draw the blorbos #the alternate version is more traditional #since i got a little carried away with the background #nona the ninth #the locked tomb #tlt fanart #campal #camilla hect #palamedes sextus #my art

14mg

quick what’s ur opinion on tea. everyone who sees this is obligated to answer in some way

mother--war

#this household runs primarily on tea #(and also coffee but i can't drink that)#i love iced tea so much #hot tea is a sometimes drink though #really any hot liquids can make me feel quite nauseous

laddersmp3

i cant believe phil from amazingphil is 20 years old today

#ohhhh my god this is so cute #happy 20 years of amazingphil gang #amazingphil #not my art

streetwear mizuki redesign 💥

w/o hat below the cut:

#after i saw everyone else online complaining about how awful this skin was #i was possessed to fix it myself #also never posted about ow before?#but i have been playing since 2016 soooo #trust i know ball #mizuki kawano #mizuki ow #overwatch #my art #overwatch fanart #i am very fond of this guy

tallglassofsoup

I love this website

#correct

uses my yuri ray on your heated rivalry !!!

#yeah listen i had to draw them eventually #it felt spiritually correct to make them lesbians #designed this one to be a print sooo expect to see it on my rb #anyway i love them sm #heated rivalry #ilya rozanov #shane hollander #hollanov #lily and jane #my art

jkottke

The Color Game. “Humans can’t reliably recall colors. This is a simple game to see how good (or bad) you are at it. We’ll show you five colors, then you’ll try and recreate them.” I scored 39/50 but got a perfect score on one color.

cacodaemonia

oh this is fun! let’s see…

\o/

#i got top 1% !!#this is really fun #i feel like as a digital artist i have a leg up though bcs i stare at a color wheel so much LOL #color game #dialed.gg

sokodraws

fine, you want the butcher? come on

#oooh the colors on this are dope #iron lung #markiplier #not my art

melorasmushrooms

“And I’m Julia”

#AND SHE'S JULIA!!#missed having the whole gang together #drawfee

xochihuacoyotl

so. not to doxx myself (i've talked about this here before though) but i live in Kansas. and my license was just revoked very suddenly and immediately because i'm trans and had changed my gender marker.

so now i cannot legally drive or vote until/unless i let them force me to carry around a card that misgenders me and outs me as trans, because i certainly don't look female anymore.

xochihuacoyotl

so hey if you have the means and want to help with any of this, please consider donating to the ACLU of Kansas because they are at least going to try to do something to push back against this, and i'm such a panicky wreck that the only thing i can do to get through my immediate gut reaction to having my license revoked tonight (i cannot stress enough that i received the letter today saying that my license is no longer valid tomorrow) is focus on the fact that there's at least one entity trying to protect me and my fellow trans kansans.

faggotfungus

More info on what's been happening in Kansas:

"The legislature did not include a grace period."

emerging from my slumber to share this fun coloring exercise i did with @bacchuschucklefuck's lineart !! they made a very cool bundle on itch with tons of lineart that is free to mess around with :D

#i had very much fun doing this #some of the shading is wonky but it is 5am so i do not care lol #also i almost forgot riz's tats #but they are here !!#many thanks to bacchus for giving me something to do while i caught up on hard launch #fantasy high #dimension 20 #d20 fhjy #not my art #but kinda lol

cometjunk

costume

#another absolute banger from my bro #the rendering on this is YUMMY #danganronpa #mukuro ikusaba #junko enoshima #not my art

stuckinapril

Being in your 20s is like I just made 100 different life defining choices this week alone and I don’t know if a single one will stand the test of time

#unfortunately proving itself to be quite true