Smile!! Selphie and Irvine are ready for summer.

Thanks so much @vanekairi for this amazing commission of Selphie and Irvine <3

Aw, hell yeah! I love me some Rival Schools. One of those franchises that I'm shocked and disappointed isn't having anything done with and Capcom is just sitting on it aside from the occasional reference or character cameo in other games.

Fantastic gameplay, fantastic characters, fantastic designs. I guess it's just too awesome to live.

Slap happy ‘Project Justice: Rival Schools 2′ Dreamcast

Maybe I'm a Dragon

Had an idea recently of redesigning FFVIII character in a Yakuza/Like a Dragon style. Not sure it was entirely successful, as I don't think it's exactly what would spring to most people's mind, but I still like the end result and I hope you do too.

As ever, I do not approve of the use of my art for AI generation and any scraping of it is done without my knowledge or consent.

I'm glad I wasn't eating or drinking while reading this or else I would have doubtlessly choked on it laughing.

Intermission

Fuck yeah Xu fanart.

Ah, it's been a while since I've been there and I don't believe I'm far enough into the game right now to check, but I see someone else already gave what seems to me to be accurate answers. I didn't remember the one where you can call Bahamut "Gramps", though. XD

It's funny, in the french version of ff8, when you meet Bahamut, Squall's line is not "The Great GF, Bahamut..." it's :

"Bahamut is a G-Force"

Not even the "Great" and also there is no punctiation which makes Bahamut's indignation even funnier because Squall really sounds dissmissive XD

I've been following yoru blog for a while now and I always love your art, but this has got to be my favourite peice yet! I love all three's looks.

Space Lettermans

Fuck, that's too real. Finishing the art you're making is basically a race against yourself before you start hating the thing you've been working on.

I made something

The more time passes, the more unaware this game makes Square-Enix look.

@vgadvisor

The Jesters are definitely my favourites. Everything about their designs is exacty what I love and their description sounds very appealing to me as well.

Adjudicators are a close second. Funny enough, they remind me of a design I came up with years ago. I gotta say, I'm a sucker for "random hanging strap things".

Figuring out some NPC classes for As the World Ends! Still have a lot more to make, but it's a start ✨

Happy belated Saint Patrick's Day!

As you can see, Squall is having a blast. This was Ubliveon's idea and based on this picture:

Hope y'all enjoy!

The fact that corporations think that "opt-out" is a solution is frankly an insult to artists' intelligence and to the public at large's.

First of all, it still puts the responsibility on the artists rather than, you know, the millionaire if not billionaire corporations stealing and monetizing their work. It's still forcing to play by corporations' rule, which is of course the intent; to drill in the idea that whatever corporate CEOs want is the rule, and we are the ones who need to deal with it, and any effort on their part is to be treated as the highest of honours.

Second, it is utterly absurd to expect artists to look up every single website using every single model of every single algorithm to check their opt-out option, which by the way often requires to create an account for their site/app (because of course) and/or only allows to opt out for individual pieces we don't want to be scraped.

So if you just want to say "no" across the board, you are expected to scour thousands of websites and applications every single time you publish any work. It's so transparent that "opt-out" options solely exist as an excuse to say "See? See? We do ask for artists' consent!"

It's so fucking crass.

And speaking of, last but not least, it assumes consent by default, WHICH IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF HOW CONSENT WORKS. It should never EVER be assumed in any context, and it's still true when it comes to intellectual property. If the persent in front of you isn't explicitly saying "yes", then it's "no". End of story.

Edit: Also, I'm calling bullshit on the entire concept, because that's just not how web scrapers work. They are already grabbing data they have no right to, such as identifying information and medical records, so why would we assume they will respect a "pretty please" ?

Please be aware that the "opt-out" choice is just a way to try to appease people. But Tumblr has not been transparent about when has data been sold and shared with AI companies, and there are sources that confirm that data has already been shared before the toggle was even provided to users.

Also, it seems to include data they should not have been able to give under any circumstance, including that of deactivated blogs, private messages and conversations, stuff from private blogs, and so on.

Do not believe that "AI companies will honor the "opt-out request retroactively". Once they've got their hands on your data (and they have), they won't be "honoring" an opt-out option retroactively. There is no way to confirm or deny what data do they have: The fact they are completely opaque on what do they currently "own" and have, means that they can do whatever they want with it. How can you prove they have your data if they don't give everyone free access to see what they've stolen already?

So, yeah, opt out of data sharing, but be aware that this isn't stopping anyone from taking your data. They already have been taking it, before you were given that option. Go and go to Tumblr's Suppport and leave your Feedback on this (politely, but firmly- not everyone in the company is responsible for this.)

Finally: Opt out is not good under any circumstance. Deactivated people can't opt out. People who have lost their passwords can't opt out. People who can't access internet or computers can't opt out. People who had their content reposted can't opt out. Dead people can't opt out. When DeviantArt released their AI image generator, saying that it wasn't trained on people who didn't consent to it, it was proven it could easily replicate the styles of people who had passed away, as seen here. So, yeah. AI companies cannot be trusted to have any sort of respect for people's data and content, because this entire thing is just a data laundering scheme.

Please do reblog for awareness.

C'est un vrai coup de couteau dans le dos des artistes et toutes celles et tous ceux qui crent du contenu original de manière générale et quand on sait à quel point Tumblr dépend d'eux, ce n'est franchment pas un manoeuvre intelligente de la part de ce site, qui aurait plutôt besoin de faire un geste pour nous montrer son soutien, en disant "non" au cambriolage artistique de la part des corporations.

Comment Tumblr peut-il nous dire à la fois « Nous dissuadons d'ores et déjà les robots d'indexation d'IA de venir piocher dans les contenus Tumblr » tout en faisant de la protection contre cet abus une option, en admettant avoir vendu et/ou partagé des données avec des boîtes d'IA (sans plus de transparence) et en admettant que cette option n'est mise en place que suite à des obligations légales?

Le fait que le consentement soit supposé par défaut est particulièrement insultant et met toute la responsabilité et toute la pression sur les artistes, alors que ce sont eux les victimes, et ne nous donne de toute façon aucune garantie que cela sera respecté.

C'est quaznd même incroyable qu'en 2024, on en soit toujours à devoir justifier le fait de traiter les artistes comme des professionnels, qu'ils doivent donc être payés pour leur travail et qu'on ne peut pas se permettre de se servir dans leurs oeuvres et se faire du fric sur leurs dos sans les compenser aucunement.

C'est l'expression ultime du capitalisme dégénéré qui s'estime propriétaire de tout et avoir le droit de monétiser tout, même ce qui est créé par des gens qui n'ont rien à voir avec leur entreprise.

On croierait de l'humour noir, le capitalisme est parti si loin qu'il a fait tout le tour pour tomber dans le communisme, où rien de ce que les gens créent ne leur appartient, et tout est acaparé par le système, sauf que le système en question sont des entreprises privée plutôt que l'état, donc ça ne servira même pas au bien commun.

Option de partage du contenu des blogs avec des tiers

Bien le bonjour, Tumblr ! Nous tenions à communiquer avec vous sur un sujet technique et sensible sur lequel nous travaillons actuellement.

Vous le savez sans doute, des sociétés spécialisées dans l'IA font l'acquisition d'une grande variété de contenus sur Internet, et ce, avec divers objectifs en tête. Il n'existe pour le moment que peu de moyens permettant aux individus de réguler la façon dont ces contenus sont utilisés sur les plateformes d'IA. Dans l'UE notamment, la loi sur l'IA vise à offrir des moyens de contrôle pour que chacun puisse décider de l'utilisation de ses contenus ainsi que leur manière. Nous tenions à vous permettre d'exercer ce droit, quelle que soit votre localisation. C'est pourquoi nous avons mis en place une option de refus du partage des contenus de vos blogs publics avec les tiers, incluant les plateformes d'IA qui les utilisent pour leurs modèles d'entraînement. Enfin, sachez que nous collaborons également avec des partenaires pour nous assurer que vous disposiez du contrôle le plus précis possible sur le contenu qui sera utilisé.

Quelques remarques importantes :

Nous dissuadons d'ores et déjà les robots d'indexation d'IA de venir piocher dans les contenus Tumblr, et nous poursuivrons cette initiative afin de réserver ces contenus à nos seuls partenaires identifiés.

Nous nous plaçons du côté de la communauté Tumblr et désirons nous assurer que les protections adéquates soient bien en place au regard de la manière dont vos contenus seront utilisés, et nous avons à cœur que nos partenaires respectent vos choix.

Pour désactiver le partage avec des tiers des contenus de vos blogs publics, rendez-vous depuis le Web sur la page des paramètres de chacun de vos blogs, puis activez l'option "Empêcher le partage avec des tiers".

Pour savoir comment activer le refus du partage avec des tiers depuis la dernière version de l'application, nous vous invitons à consulter cette page du Centre d'aide.

Dernière remarque : si vous aviez déjà décidé de dissuader la recherche de votre blog par les moteurs de recherche, l'option "Empêcher le partage avec des tiers" sera activée par défaut.

Si vous avez des remarques ou des inquiétudes soulevées par cette fonctionnalité, veuillez consulter attentivement notre page d'aide avant de contacter le support.

ATTENTION ARTISTS OF TUMBLR

since tumblr is going to start scraping blogs to train ai be sure to glaze and nightshade your art!! Not only will both of these programs protect your art from being copied but nightshade also poisons any ai that tries to steal it

here is some more info on these tools and where you can download them:

Nightshade: Protecting Copyright (uchicago.edu)

Nightshade: Downloads (uchicago.edu)

Glaze - What is Glaze (uchicago.edu)

Glaze - Downloads (uchicago.edu)

Well, I thought Tumblr of all places would hopefully be spared the AI plague, but here we are. To be fair, it doesn't seem to be Tumblr directly, but still, I would have hoped for more active protection.

Turn on "prevent third-party sharing" in your settings!

Go into your settings, click on your blog name, scroll down and enable "prevent third-party sharing". I'm gonna be honest, I question how much/if this even prevents any AI bullshit, but do it just in case anyway.

Edit: On Mobile it's the Settings Gear, Visibility, Prevent third-party sharing.

You have to turn that on for all your blogs separately.

Hello, friends! I have, per friends' request, created a GoFundMe for my Stupid Cancer Bills. At this point, I am just desperately trying to keep my head above water (paying some of the lab bills this month has left me with $15 in my account, and I won't even SEE the bill for the hysterectomy until probably April, so who knows what that will be!)

Venmo/cashapp are @irishais, and here's my PayPal.me if that's preferred.

If people could reblog and share this, that would be deeply appreciated.

Can I just say, as someone who tends to draw almost only characters, this is excellent advice, and often you'll find that you're a lot better at drawing backgrounds than you realized. I swear, every time I do, I end up wondering why I don't do it more often.

hi

im new on tumblr and i trying to get critque and advice on how to improve my art, so can you give my page a look and give your opinion?

Hey! I like where you're going with your art. I like the stylization of your portraits and the sketchy lines kinda work in giving more energy at this stage. And I love your use of light and shadow!

I say work on your perspective of faces just a little more though, as a few portraits have a sort of fish-eye lense effect to them (unless that was intentional! If so, the effect isn't quite as apparent in the body vs the face)

This is gonna suck if you dislike doing these sorts of things, but I say also try branching into some backgrounds. Learning to plan characters in a space will help with their perspective and posing, as well as helping with the lifelong hurdle of anatomy. If you love doing mostly portraits then background studies help with that in terms of 3d space, etc. You don't have to draw like the Venetian skyline in the background, but something just to challenge yourself every now and the, that you'd find fun to try to draw. I personally think drawing something you think is boring/for the pure sake of studying doesn't really help in learning (if you're doing this for yourself and not for a job)

It looks like you're already studying your favorites so please keep doing that! :D

And always the generic advice of study more life, crits are subjective, do what you love etc etc

Hope this helps at all, good luck!