If you haven't heard, I and a bunch of my friends (mostly from the official Sonic comic-making world) from the have put together a comic anthology sampling all of our original projects!
The PDF is available for download on itch.io-- that's 70+ pages of comics of all shapes and sizes, for free! (although we'll happily take tips)
My contribution is a five-page preview of my story, Ensouled! Here's a sneak peek:
sparkFLAME Announced by Scrapnik Island Writer Daniel Barnes
excited to announce an all-new project from the IDW Sonic Comics Crew:
sparkFLAME -- a black & white, Shonen Jump-flavored, comic book anthology featuring 11 all-new, original, 5-page stories created by the writers and artists of IDW Sonic!
this project was started as a way of forcing all of us to develop and work on all of our original, non-Sonic concepts and ideas.
all of us, on the book, love Sonic. but, we wanted to take this chance to really flex or comic booking muscles beyond just the blue hedgehog!
more details to come, in the very near future!
get hyped!
Currently known stories include:
Endless Fantasia: written by Daniel Barnes, art by Mike Luckas, screen tone by Reggie Graham
Drogune: written by Ian Flynn, art by Adam Bryce Thomas
The Nine Lives of Klaws McGee: written by Ian Flynn, art by Jonathan Griffiths (@greliz)
Ensouled: from Evan Stanley (@spiritsonic)
Virtuablu: from Aaron Hammerstrom (@aaronhamm)
Evalla: from Reggie Graham (@ziggyfin)
as well as stories from Miles Arq, Gigi Dutreix, Rik Mack (@rikdraws), Natalie Haines (@lightningstar1389), and Mauro Fonseca (@maurofonseca).
Logo Design by Tracker_TD
sparkFLAME is an independent project with no involvement from IDW
We're adapting Frankenstein next year, and we want to cast entirely Trans VAs! All roles are paid $35/hour of recording time. No previous VA experience required! We're using this call to form a roster to cast specific characters from.
Title: Re: Frankenstein Project Type: Audio Drama Union/Non-Union: Non-Union Length: ~25 episodes Recording Period: Trailer recorded Summer
We’re looking for good audio quality without reverb or background noise. We’re also looking for grounded, authentic acting - avoid leaning too theatrical or cartoony. We don’t care about how “masculine” or “feminine” your voice sounds; the submission form will ask what genders you’re comfortable playing and we’ll cast to that. The 22 characters in Re: Frankenstein span a variety of ages, genders, and accents.
Again, we’re only looking for Trans and Nonbinary voice actors at this time. No previous voice acting experience is required. Demo reel submissions are acceptable in addition to the audition monologue, but not in lieu of.
this is your periodic reminder that for all the artifacts and errors and "tells" one could possibly list, the only reliable way to actually determine if an image is ai generated is to investigate the source. it is becoming increasingly common for "fake classical paintings" to circulate around curative aesthetic blogs, and everyone should be using this as an opportunity to not only exercise their investigative skills but also appreciate art more in general. you're all checking out the artists you reblog, right? 🫣
so what are some signs to look for? let's use this very good example.
what a lovely late-impressionist piece blended with evocative leyendecker-esque themes! why haven't you ever heard of this artist before? surely tumblr would be all over an artist like this. who is justin brown?
your two options from here are to do a search for the name, or a reverse image search. i prefer reverse image searching, particularly when it comes to a common name like "justin brown". so what does that net?
Immediately, without looking at any text, something is wrong: it barely exists. an actual historical piece would turn up numerous results from websites individually discussing the piece, but no such discussions are taking place. Looking at the text, though, does show the source-- and at least in this case, the creator was honest about their medium.
But let's also look at the "exact matches", in case a source doesn't make itself apparent in the initial sidebar results like this.
This section will often tell you post dates of images, and here it can be seen that the very first iteration of the image was posted 15 days ago. It did not exist online prior to that.
Seeing how long an unsourced image has been floating around is a skill applicable to more than just generative images! See a cool image of an artifact or other intriguing item with a vivid caption? Reverse search it! If all the results are paired with that caption and only go back a few months, you might just have viral facebook spam.
Sometimes generative creators are dishonest about their medium and do not tag it like in the example, so that's when establishing "jpeg provenance" becomes important. While it can be a little trickier to determine if someone is using generative images and not admitting to it if they aren't trying to pass it off as a classic, something to consider is the age of their account and the frequency with which they post. Here are some account red flags:
-Did they only start posting art after 2022, or if they did before, did their style/skill level WILDLY change? Not gradual improvement-- I'm talking amateur graphite portraits straight into complex digital renders. Everyone starts somewhere, newness is not a red flag alone; it's newness combined with existing in a vacuum away from any community.
-Do they post fully-finished paintings several times a week?
-Do many of these paintings seem iterative of a similar theme or subject matter ("three well-dressed young men face each other under shade and dappled sunlight")?
-Does their style change in inconsistent ways? An artist that can swap between painting like Drew Struzan and Hokusai should be pretty well known, right? Why is no one hyping this guy?!
-Do they have social media besides the source instagram? If so, what are they posting about? Are there any WIPs? Doodles? Interactions with other artists? Gallery dates? 3am self-doubt posts? Or is it all self-promo? Crypto? Seemingly nothing art-related at all for someone pushing out 3 weekly paintings?
Basically, if it's important to you to omit this stuff when you curate, please don't just smash reblog if the source doesn't seem to be the OP themselves. Seeking out sources was important even before this became an issue, now it is more than ever.
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