Here I will be posting my LoZ art and/or comic series. Iāve been on here for many years and have been toying around with the idea of actually posting my art more than just once a year. I now feel truly confident in my art enough now that I will be trying to post weekly or every other week!
Important
This blog is a safe space for LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergency. I do not condone incest, pedophillia, underage, transphobia, homophobia, gatekeeping, or anything else. If you do support any of this, Get Out and Stay Out. You are not welcome here.
That being said, in my comic that I will be working on here I will be shipping the links, if you donāt like it then leave. Iāve seen one too many artists get flamed by people who donāt like their content. If you donāt like my content you do have the free will to scroll away from it!
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what h
A whistleblower at the fascist DHS has released the names of 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol agents, providing an unprecedented means to monitor and counter their local presence
Jack Dorsey funded this with his nonprofit AndOtherStuff. The home page for the organization explicitly lists AI as one of its pillars, saying a goal is "making NOSTR the best social protocol for open source AI development and implementation"
A collaborative Nostr funding initiative to develop strategic pillars for the Nostr ecosystem
What is open source AI?
It's a program that publicly shares its code for free online, so that anyone can use it for themselves. This means that anything this AI is trained on could eventually make its way into any business, social media site, etc. That uses this code. Or, if not, it'll have the ability to harvest content as well as this.
Even since the app doesn't allow AI openly on the videos themselves, the app is likely to use our original content to train its AI. You might have seen that some AI have experienced a positive feedback loop of declining quality, training itself on other AI slop until anything it produces is unintelligible.
This is likely an attempt to prevent that in video format
Then, any other company that wants to use the code can use this better trained AI to make it even harder to recognize AI across the board.
You can read about the connection to AndOtherStuff, as well as the developers' reasons for the project here:
Jack Dorsey backs diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive of six-second, looping videos. A new app called diVine will give
TLDR; do not give Jack Dorsey any credit for this, do not download the app, and tell others not to either. It's a nostalgia-bait attempt at fueling another AI model
If you wish to take part in any fandom, you need to accept and respect these three laws.
If you arenāt able to do that, then you need to realise that your actions are making fandom unsafe for creators. That you are stifling creativity.
Like vaccination, fandom only works if everyone respects these rules. Creators need to be free to make their fanart, fanfics and all other content without fear of being harassed or concern-trolled for their creative choices, no matter whether you happen to like that content or not.
The First Law of Fandom
Donāt Like; Donāt Read (DL;DR)
It is up to you what you see online. It is not anyone elseās place to tell you what you should or should not consume in terms of content; it is not up to anyone else to police the internet so that you do not see things you do not like. At the same time, it is not up to YOU to police fandom to protect yourself or anyone else, real or hypothetical.
There are toolsĀ out there to help protect you if you have triggers or squicks. Learn to use them, and to take care of your own mental health. If you are consuming fan-made content and you find that you are disliking it - STOP.
The Second Law of Fandom
Your Kink Is Not My Kink (YKINMK)
Simply put, this means that everyone likes different things. Itās not up to you to determine what creators are allowed to create. Itās not up to you to police fandom.Ā
If you donāt like something, you can post meta about it or create contrarian content yourself, seek to convert other fans to your way of thinking.Ā Ā
But you have no right to say to any creator āI do not like this, therefore you should not create it. Nobody should like this. It should not exist.ā
Itās not up to you to decide what other people are allowed to like or not like, to create or not to create. Thatās censorship. Donāt do it.
The Third Law of Fandom
Ship And Let Ship (SALS)
Much (though not all) fandom is about shipping. There are as many possible ships as there are fans, maybe more. You may have an OTP (One True Pairing), you may have a NOTP, that pairing that makes you want to barf at the very thought of its existence.
Itās not up to you to police ships or to determine what other people are allowed to ship. Just because you find that one particular ship problematic or disgusting, does not mean that other people are not allowed to explore its possibilities in their fanworks.
You are free to create contrarian content, to write meta about why a particular ship is repulsive, to discuss it endlessly on your private blog with like-minded persons.
It is not appropriate to harass creators about their ships, it is not appropriate to demand they do not create any more fanworks about those ships, or that they create fanwork only in a manner that you deem appropriate.
These three laws add up to the following:
You are not paying for fanworks content, and you have no rights to it other than to choose to consume it, or not consume it. If you do choose to consume it, do not then attack the creator if it wasnāt to your taste. Thatās the height of bad manners.
Be courteous in fandom. It makes the whole experience better for all of us.
Now, today is September 26th, and this is supposed to go into effect on October 1st, which is like nine months in the warped dog-years time of the Trump administration. And it's very possible he'll walk it back or conveniently forget about it, which happens pretty frequently.
Which means that calling your reps now may actually make a difference in whether this kills people.
Step 1: Search up the generic name for whatever meds you take, then call your pharmacist - not your primary - and ask where it comes from and whether any part of it is manufactured in the US. THEN call your primary and tell them to pre-order your next round, even if you're not due yet. (They might try to tell you they can't do that. They can.)
Step 2: Call your reps - by now you should be calling them so often they're one of the top numbers saved in your phone, but you can also find them very easily here - and tell them specifically that you are worried about the financial impact on American business this will have and ask them what they plan to do about it. Because sadly, concerns about money and saving their own skin will probably get their attention faster than any concerns about the harm it will do to vulnerable individuals.
NONE OF THIS IS INEVITABLE. I'm serious, call your reps. We've gotten other Orwellian nightmare shit walked back or shot down - because remember that we're not dealing with actual politics anymore, we're dealing with a spineless madman with late stage dementia who's favorite pastime is Just Saying Things To Say Things - and we can get this shot down too.
Actually you SHOULD make problematic content. You SHOULD explore dark or taboo topics. You SHOULD have a space where you can cope with your traumas or explore sensitive topics in a way that doesn't hurt anyone.
YCH (Your Character Here) with Hoody & Masky commissions available. You choose which eye style you prefer for Masky. The coloring style will be Cel Shaded (see example provided on the Ko-Fi listing).
[Link Here!]
Any characters (from any media), sonas, self-inserts, and all otherwise welcome!
Commissions: OPEN
Slots available: ā (Until the 18th or I hit my $$$ goal.)
Go to my Ko-Fi to peruse the menu and request/order one. Make sure you read through the descriptions and terms. If you have questions, you can message me there. Tips and donations appreciated!
All commissions and commission-related updates will be done through Ko-Fi. If something is holding me back or slowing me down regarding commissions, you will learn about it there. If you want to order a commission, it must be through there. (Exceptions made for those that just simply cannot order through Ko-Fi for some reason with paypal, just message me.)
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straycalamity's Commission Info
There are 5 styles available: Lineart, Grayscale, Flat Color, Cel Shaded, and Painting.
Lineart: Simply a lined drawing of a character. Can include either character filled with a simple gray, or the BG being a simple gray.
Grayscale: The above, but now with gray tones used to fill in areas. Can include one accent color for no extra charge.
Flat Color: Linearted and now fully filled in with flat colors as well as simple details (e.g. freckles, details on clothes, patterns)
Cel Shaded: The flat colors now include shadows of 1-2 darker tones with a possible highlight. Can include gradients and more details added in for a more polished look.
Painting: A digital painting on a vague backdrop. Lighting, shadows, bounce light, and ambient light are all considered.
Lineart, Grayscale, Flat Color, and Cel Shaded can include up to 3 characters per image (at extra cost per character +50% of the Base Price) with a very simple or implied background setting. More detail in the background requires an up-charge.
Painting Style's hard limit is 2 characters per image (with extra character being +50% of the Base Price), and backgrounds more detailed than vague shapes and colors must be negotiated for extra charge. (starting at 50% of the base price and up)
Expression sheets are specifically for loose drawings of different expressions for one character per request only. Can be used for PFPs, reaction images, etc.
More examples of all options can be found on Ko-Fi through the order pages.
Lineart Style Prices:
Portrait $20
Half-Body $35
Full-Body $50
Expression sheet: $12 per expression
Grayscale Style Prices:
Portrait $25
Half-Body $45
Full-Body $65
Expression sheet: $15 per expression
Flat Color Style Prices:
Portrait $30
Half-Body $50
Full-Body $70
Expression sheet: $18 per expression
Cel Shaded Style Prices:
Portrait $50
Half-Body $70
Full-Body $100
Painting Style Prices:
Portrait $85
Half-Body $125
Full-Body $175
Prices listed are base price.
Expression Sheets not available for Cel Shaded and Painting Styles.
Updates and correspondence are through Ko-fi.
Payment is through Paypal or Paypal through Ko-fi.
Extra charges for characters that have no visual references i.e. if Iām designing the character for the first time.
OC, Yume/Self-ship/OCxCanon, system, fiction-kin, coping-link, and ships with my own OCs-friendly!
Will do: horror, gore, violence, (lots of topics just ask if unsure)
