Pangolin2B

•nsfw/proshipp• •commission closed• ⛔DO NOT USE MY ART⛔ Ukraine 🇺🇦

[pangolin2b]

Set this as the cover for the playlist ‘pov: you’re the main dish on Hannibal’s table’

[ihaveanaxe]

Ok but can I actually use this as a Spotify playlist cover…

[seaofst4rdust]

I have a better question: WHERE CAN WE FIND THE PLAYLIST I NEED IT

[pangolin2b]

Great question! I want that playlist too, because I’ve only got music for a bad trip

[suratan-zir]

a sad, pathetic terrorist state, after being allowed to hold its sad, pathetic "victory day" parade, launches 1567 drones and 56 missiles during 30-hour attack to kill children and innocent people in their sleep, in their homes.

(most of the drones have been successfully intercepted, but ballistic missiles are extremely difficult to shoot down)

[pangolin2b]

It's my 8 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

I thought this blog was about ...100 years old?😅??!

[pangolin2b]

Set this as the cover for the playlist ‘pov: you’re the main dish on Hannibal’s table’

[ihaveanaxe]

Ok but can I actually use this as a Spotify playlist cover…

[pangolin2b]

Yes, this art can be used for the cover of the playlist

[pangolin2b]

Thank you to everyone who got me to 100000 likes!

Wow😁 thank you, guys!💖

[pangolin2b]

In the end I realised there’s too much grey in my art... So I’m sorry if it hurts your eyes🙈

[pangolin2b]

Set this as the cover for the playlist ‘pov: you’re the main dish on Hannibal’s table’

[pangolin2b]

um. hi. i just wanted to say that i fucking love your artwork, specifically your hannigram/heu stuff. it makes my brain short-circuit. i love your work so fucking much and you seem like a rly cool person. thank you for existing and making this awesome shit. keep up the good work! :D

Thank you 💖 It’s lovely to know that you like my art 😌

[folklorespring]

Aftermath of russian shelling and the lovers statue in Druzhkivka, Ukraine.

[pangolin2b]

Honey, I'm home!🥴

[pangolin2b]

[julia-with-luv]

Merlin's always been a lighter sleeper than Arthur. Arthur is a bear when he falls asleep and equally grumpy when he needs to wake up in the morning, his arm warm and heavy where it's slung across Merlin's waist. His breaths are deep and even, face finally freed of the tension lines it's been carrying all week.

But Merlin's eyes snap open the moment he hears the turning lock to their (well, Arthur's, really, but only by sheer technicality) chambers. His magic furls out instinctively, a heightened awareness of the hallway outside. It's empty, the guards normally stationed there missing.

Merlin already knows what's happening. No one from Camelot would be stupid enough to broach the King's chambers at night after seeing his manservant enter, knowing he wouldn't be leaving till the morning.

He sits up as the assassin slips inside, and Arthur lets out a sleepy mumble, already trying to tuck Merlin closer against him once more. If Arthur wakes up, then Merlin really will be furious. He's needed this rest for several nights now, running himself ragged trying to resolve a contentious treaty with the other Kingdoms of Albion.

Golden eyes lock onto the assassin as the man freezes, clearly not finding the King as defenseless as he'd thought.

"You shouldn't be here."

Every now and then, Merlin considers letting one of them go. The blanket's shifted down when Merlin sat up, and Merlin sees the man take in the red bruises scattered across Merlin's neck and chest, Arthur's bare back with red lines trailing down the expanse of his skin. Merlin thinks of letting them taste the feel of his magic just long enough to convey what Merlin is capable of, and what it means that he is here, naked in Arthur's bed. Maybe then they'd finally understand that Arthur is protected.

Arthur shifts in his sleep— he must have smelled Merlin's magic hanging in the air, like the sky before a thunderstone erupts. "Whatswrong," he mumbles, eyes never opening. Nuzzling into the empty space Merlin's left behind.

Merlin's hand soothes down Arthur's flank. No, he can't let one of them go. He can't let anyone else see Arthur like this.

If the assassin could move, he'd be screaming. But Merlin doesn't want to wake Arthur, so his demise is a silent one, and his body is ushered out into the hallway to be found in the morning.

Merlin lies back down, lets Arthur pull him tight against his chest. "Nothing, Arthur," he whispers. "Go back to sleep."

[pangolin2b]

[pangolin2b]

I hope Merlin's magic will cure my burnout🤞

[kimyoonmiauthor]

GenAI v. not GenAI round up.

So you can avoid them stealing things from you, the artist/writer, etc.

Pro GenAI websites/Programs:

Facebook

Instagram

X/Twitter (Remember, Grok gives people cancer)

Threads

Pro Writing Aid

Grammarly

Duolingo

Google Docs

Microsoft Word/all Microsoft products Takes from and will feed their machine.

Youtube (taking advantage of people who are hearing impaired. ==;;)

Adobe Products. All of them. If you HAVE to use them (Some businesses require it), save offline because there is a film of at least some privacy protections there, so if you have to sue, you can say it violates US privacy law. Remember, contracts do not circumvent US law.

Corel won't feed the machines, but still uses AI stolen from other artists. Which sucks since Corel Draw is the second best overall for vector programs. (Plus I love Painter, but I bought the offline version to avoid AI). (Canadian company)

Canva Takes and feeds their machine.

Deviant Art Not only supports AI, but put a tool in and said they are going to steal your work if you like it or not for their machine.

Sketchup went Pro-GenAI. The thing is that you can do the same thing in Blender these days with precise measurements.

Autodesk has stated they are Pro-Gen AI here. It is not clear if they will use your models to feed their machine. But be on guard. They make Maya and 3Dmax. You can replace it with Blender.

Neutral ground:

Tumblr (there is a way to opt out [Link] and they don't have an active AI machine.) https://www.tumblr.com/dookins/743519550598987776/heres-how-to-disable-third-parties-like-ai

Etsy allows GenAI, but still has some (minor) restrictions. I'd still be cautious. (Also be cautious of drop shippers). Complaints about too much AI and AI images+patterns made by Ai still exist on the website. They lean slightly more pro-AI, but still won't let it run completely amok, say like Facebook. They won't feed your work into a machine, but also don't ban it through robots.txt.

Bluesky They don't use an AI algorithm except for in the "Discover" section of their website, but while they are anti-GenAI strongly, they don't seem to block the Gen AI bots from entry, so you'd still have to use Nightshade or Glaze (links below). There is no opt-out because they don't need an opt out. (Leaning towards strong position on AI, but I wish they would block GenAI bots).

Searxng- If you super want to screw over Google, in general, and have some tech savvy, you can set up your own search engine through searxng. It's easier on Windows and Linux than it is on a Mac. (Mac you need Docker), but if you're determined on privacy, Searxng adds a layer of privacy. Some of it sometimes uses bits of AI, but most of it doesn't and you can fuss with the settings so it doesn't spit out AI results. At sheer minimum Google will stop spitting out weird videos on Youtube at you because in your private browsing, you searched for the origin of ball bearings while not logged in for a book and Google likes to break privacy laws.

Strong positions against AI:

Scrivener (Creator vowed against AI) Writing program. There is an active forum, and versions for Mac, Linux and PC. It is paid, but at ~60 USD, it's cheaper than most programs. There is usually a holiday sale around Christmas. It has a learning curve, but with an active forum with the programmer of it there to ask obscure questions it's not a dead zone. They often take suggestions and implement them over time. (Especially if you rank the importance, applications, etc) US company.

LibreOffice Open source and free Spreadsheet and Word processor program that can replace Microsoft Word. Some people might have seen older versions where it was called Neo Office (now extinct) and Open Office. LibreOffice is still populated, plus the forums are super helpful if you get stuck. The UX is pretty intuitive if you've used Microsoft Word. Scrivener, BTW, supports exporting to odt (the native file) as well as .doc, and this can open both. The slight thing is that sometimes it doesn't export to .doc smoothly. And I DO wish more magazines, and agent (big clue here) supported .odt files since it is free. Part of the reason .odt isn't as supported is because Microsoft and Adobe have a deal with the devil with each other, so Adobe's Book formatting program InDesign doesn't support ODT. (BTW, if you have a good open source replacement for InDesign that supports ODT, let me know.)

Dabble (as suggested by SF stories, see reblog) is a writing program. Similar to Scrivener. Has vowed against AI and to resist it. 108 dollars a year for Basic. It is almost twice the price of Scrivener who lets you update for fairly cheap. 29 dollars a month, v. 59 dollars for the whole program (Scrivener) for the same features of Premium. You choose.

yWriter is a free Writing program and like Scrivener, and has vowed against AI Last I looked it had some UX issues, but some people swear by it. The learning curve is higher than Scrivener which is saying something.

Ellipsus is an online writing program and vowed against AI. The main feature I like (which Scrivener doesn't have) is the ability to change spellcheck based on region/language. It is a requested feature of Scrivener, but lower priority. So if you have a Brit, you can get the spelling for the character. They are a British-based company.

Cara.app (The creator of the website sued GenAI there is no chance they'll convert) is an artist website. Cara is trying to institute an auto Glaze/Nightshade into the website if given enough funds. People see it as a soft replacement for deviant art. (which went fully AI) If you believe in human art, please donate if you can. Zhang Jingna, the Creator,is Chinese-Singporean. She lives in Singapore.

Clip Studio Paint added AI, but saw the light and decided to protect artists instead because of protest and removed it. There are tutorials and a good forum if you get super stuck. Based in Japan, so the UI and UX is really clean.

Davinci Resolve Pro is a film editing software that's super good. There is a free version and a paid version. The forums are responsive. The programmers aren't always present. There is a healthy group of tutorials. US company. Clean UX. It does take a little bit of time to remember the shortcuts.

Tahoma2D is anti-AI and open source animation program. Takes a little getting used to, but is good for animations and doesn't crash as often as Animate. Programmers are in the forums and some bugs are fixed within hours. The forums are super responsive and helpful.

Krita open source and free, no AI. I'd rank it secondary to Clip Studio Paint (which is paid) I haven't tried the forums, but it's pretty intuitive and can stand for a lower level replacement for Painter, and do a lot of the basics of Photoshop. It's usually ranked higher than the equally open source Gimp.

Writer P AKA Writer+ (app for when you're on the go) is a simple word processor app for your phone that doesn't use AI. The original programmer stopped updating, so Writer+ person took over and isn't out to make a profit since it's free in the spirit of the original app. It has subfolders you can use. Since it was programmed before GenAI it doesn't have AI. Intuitive, easy to use. Fairly easy to upload the files through three dots->share. The files can save to your card or phone with some settings fussing. Simple word processor.

Inkscape is a free vector program and no AI. It is harder to use than illustrator and has less features. But if you're doing smaller vectors for one-offs with less complexity, it'll do you after some learning curve. Best of the lot. I hate Affinity Designer which is the same thing, only paid. (Neither Affinity program was worth the money paid)

Affinity (Designer, etc) swore to be AI-free and does Vector and Photos. The UX is messy, I dislike the program and regret paying for it. Inkscape and Krita are better UX and do the same thing. The forums aren't as friendly since there has been an onslaught of people seeing it's supposed to be a replacement for Photoshop and Illustrator, but the programmers aren't present. The people on the forums are often on edge about this assertion. And the capabilities of the program don't outshine basically Krita or Inkscape capabilities (both free). What is usually intuitive is not. UK company. If you're going to pay for a program, go for Clip Studio Paint which rivals Corel Painter.

Blender is a 3D art program and does not use GenAI. It can do 2D animation, but Tahoma is easier to use in this regard. It's open source and free. Plus there are plenty of tutorials. The forums can be touch and go sometimes, but there are plenty of sub Blender communities that might be responsive. It can also do animation.

Handmade vowed against AI and promised to never sell itself for stock prices to prevent AI (as a replacement for Etsy.)

Handmade: A Global Artisan Marketplace

Discover a world of creativity and craftsmanship through Handmade, an innovative platform connecting passionate artisans with discerning buy

Proton (to replace Google Suite) as suggested by SF Stories (see reblog) Vowed against AI. They are missing a spreadsheet, but have online and offline capabilities, plus a built-in VPN.

But you need a pro website...

Look up robots.txt and AI bots: https://www.cyberciti.biz/web-developer/block-openai-bard-bing-ai-crawler-bots-using-robots-txt-file/

Use cloudflare:

Use Nightshade:

https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/whatis.html

which will poison the algorithm

Use Glaze:

Take Away:

The thing is you think you doing it alone will do nothing, but the more AI feeds on itself, AI images, the worse they become, and the less detailed so, denying it the images, adding poison or not being able to read the human text is eventually going to lead to an AI collapse.

AI models collapse when trained on recursively generated data - Nature

 Analysis shows that indiscriminately training generative artificial intelligence on real and generated content, usually done by scrapi

And why not help that along?

I don't want to give cancer to poor people [Link] or make the planet burn faster [Link]. So GenAI collapse is everything I dream of. GenAI apocalypse is not.

[thekeymonster]

You can add Procreate to the anti AI list. They have vowed time and time again when people ask that they will not use AI in their software.

Creativity is made, not generated — Procreate®

We are not adding generative AI to our apps. Here's why.

[asterekmess]

Will also add that elllipsus has options for sharing work with Betas and getting comments in-line wjth the text, a lot like google docs does.

I know a lot of writers stick to gdocs for thaf specific feature but you dont have to!

[liminal-disaster]

Ellipsus also has a feature that lets you publish directly from them to Ao3, which I know many people on this website will appreciate.

[pangolin2b]

Destroying my own social media with long pauses and boring content✨

In fact, I just ruin everything I do because of tiredness and lack of free time😒

[pangolin2b]

She is trying to complete Naruto again😁

[thisrobothasnosoul]