I am going to need security bloggers who clearly understand why the AI-in-everything push is a problem to stop using diffuser-generated images to illustrate their every single fucking article.
Go and use woodcuts by 15th century printmaker and all-round pretty boy about town Albrecht Dürer instead if you're running out of ideas.
https://picryl.com/collections/albrecht-durer-woodcut-prints
RE: https://eldritch.cafe/@HauntedOwlbear/116862684402113085
Seriously infosec ppl we actually have no excuse. Here, take my collection of places to find free, public domain images, you'll discover some amazing art:
US National Gallery of Art, open access collection (info): https://www.nga.gov/artwork-search?download=1
Old Book Illustrations (@oldbookillustrations): https://www.oldbookillustrations.com
Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Public Domain Review (@publicdomainrev)'s Image Archive: https://pdimagearchive.org
New York Public Library, public domain digital collection: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/search/index?filters=%5Brights%3DpublicDomain%5D
Biodiversity Heritage Library's Flickr account: https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/
Art Institute of Chicago, open access collection (info): https://www.artic.edu/collection?is_public_domain=1
Metropolitan Museum of Art, open access collection (info): https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?searchField=All&showOnly=openAccess&sortBy=relevance
Getty Museum, open content collection (info): https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/search?open_content=true
#German Court Says #Google Is Liable For False Claims In Its #AI Overviews Because They Are Its Own Words - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/01/german-court-says-google-is-liable-for-false-claims-in-its-ai-overviews-because-they-are-its-own-words/ "More generally, #liability concerns could mean that many current use cases for #agents won’t be commercially viable."
THE GREEN WOMAN (2017)
Acrylic on Illustration Board - 11” x 6 ½”
Palette gremlins appear when I’m splashing paint around in the studio. Occasionally the random patterns will suggest something and soon I’ll find myself nudging it a bit closer to what I imagine. 1/3
i am still open for #commissions!! here's some more b+w client work from over the years. all #penandink with digital color, #noai, ever.
more work samples, rates & info at https://piperbly.com or email piperbomb (at) protonmail (dot) com
(RT, boost, and share <3)
Luna on a summer evening, 1.
A Predator “trophy wall” shirt I’ve designed for RSVLTS.
"AI" is not coming for your job. Anthropic, OpenAI, Microsoft and Grok are.
They have boards and names and headquarters.
This nightmare for every book author.
Agency stole bestselling author's book, used AI to relaunch as their own https://waxy.org/2026/06/the-wholesale-plagiarism-of-obscure-sorrows/
Most days the only thing I get to draw is some insect or animal for my kid (1) with his chunky crayons 😔
For now he's enjoying ordering unpaid commissions from adults more than drawing on his own, but I hope eventually he'll get into it so we can have some quiet drawing time together, each with our own art supplies 😅
🇧🇪🐞Little lost bug in the forest. An abandoned Volkswagen Beetle, left in a small wooded area in Belgium.
#Photography #ClassicCars #Beetle #Abandoned #Volkswagen #Urbex #UrbanExploration
I completely forgot how to paint digitally (as I almost never do illustration commissions anymore), so when a regular client came to me with this project I realized I'd be faster with watercolor and colored pencils.
Not fast mind you, but faster...
#art #MastoArt #FediArt #artist #illustration #artwork #CreativeToots #portrait #PortraitPainting #painting #watercolor #aquarelle #watercolour #TraditionalArt #MixedMedia #MixedMediaArt #ArtOnPaper
My art commissions are open!
I offer: personal illustration, book covers & for-profit art, streaming assets, skeb (surprise me) style, character sheets, art licensing, and more.
I look forward to working with you! 💗
Full info: https://dona.neocities.org/doc/portal
Skeb style & livestream assets: https://vgen.co/dona
✉ dona@duck.com
sketch from the molskine.
some kinda creepy forest spirit?
idk i drew it over the course of a couple lectures way back in the day...
My art commissions are open!
I offer: personal illustration, book covers & for-profit art, streaming assets, skeb (surprise me) style, character sheets, art licensing, and more.
I look forward to working with you! 💗
Full info: https://dona.neocities.org/doc/portal
Skeb style & livestream assets: https://vgen.co/dona
✉ dona@duck.com
Oh, this is a great website: https://www.oldbookillustrations.com
The inflation is absolutely outrageous.
Local stationery store is having a 10% off sale on art supplies. Great, let me check.
The prices are DOUBLE what I remember from 3-4 years ago. The "affordable" brands are not at all affordable anymore. Getting into a creative hobby should not be this expensive 😭
plz RT! lost my day job the week before pride month, so commissions are open!
here's some previous client work. pen and ink, no AI, ever
celebrate #pride month by hiring this #trans cat for your next project!
direct link to commission rates and policies, as well as the rest of my portfolio, are here on my website: https://piperbly.com/resume/hireme/
i will also have a new book out before the end of the month, but you can snag some of my older books at https://blackwork.org
and if you're interested, please reach out via email at piperbomb (@) protonmail (dot) com
thank you so much for supporting queer art!