I know some furries fall back on AI because they worry about art skill, and the thing about AI is that it's not bad because you're "shortcutting" art, it's bad because it defeats the purpose of art.
The point of art is communicative. It says something about you. It shares an idea in a way that words can't.
Your crappiest artwork is already enough if it does that. Fuck gatekeeping, be proud of the things you draw.
Imagine walking up to someone 15 years ago and going
"Hey, in the future Google will just flat out make shit up sometimes"
"What"
"Yeah, like there will be a time where you can search for a movie that doesn't exist, and it'll show you trailers, articles discussing it, who's directing it, interviews from the actors, and all of it will just be completely fake and presented as real"
"What the hell are you talking about"
"Yeah and it won't just be Google either, Microsoft and other big companies will be touting it as a revolution worth billions of dollars, as their products make shit up on the spot thousands of times a day"
"Dude, are you high"
"Entire product lines will be rebranded around their lightning fast make-shit-up technology, and they'll even try to sell this making shit up as a creativity tool for writers and artists"
"Get the fuck away from me, I'm calling the police"
cryptography is a scam invented by Big Math to sell more entropy
“Robot of Theseus”
Her model has been out of production for decades, spare parts are rare.
She’s a beautiful patchwork of replacements made by friends and partners - OEM parts wouldn't fit her now anyway.
visor that displays detailed instructions on how to [acquire, assemble, equip] a visor.
La réforme du RSA mériterait que le pays soit à l’arrêt mais ça se passe dans l’indifférence quasi générale, même à gauche, parce que : osef des pauvres.
C’est sûr, c’est plus intéressant de se préoccuper de la retraite des vieux riches que du retour de l’esclavagisme pour les plus précaires.
Another new sample photo - here's Leaf!! The final pin of the Earth Unit Line!
The clear enamel is a little overfilled here, but otherwise it's almost there! To get this pin, follow the Short Circuit pre-launch page here: https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/890fb8c7-209c-4f92-a691-c54f77a8da91/landing 🍂✨
#leaf #leaves #binarytree #printedcircuitboard #pcb #natureart #scifiart #enamelpins #pins #backerkit #pintopia #artistsonmastodon
HOLY SHIT THE h.264 PATENTS EXPIRE THIS YEAR LETS FUCKIN GOOOOO
The doll watches the radio tower~
it takes care of the building, repairs the emitter and antennas when needed, replaces the data cartridged in the order that was indicated by its Mistress, ensuring a continuous broadcast.
It know that all life left or died on the planet since a long time, but its Witch trusted this one to take care of the tower!
While dusting the long-abandonned entrance hall, it discards the idea that its Witch wouldn't return, because it is nonsensical~
However, it hopes that She will come back soon...
Spare parts for the complex radio system are slowly but surely shortening, without any hope of getting new parts our of itself...
it used to borrow one of the smaller antennas to discuss with neighbouring dolls, managing their own towers, but they have long gone silent.
The last entity it could communicate with decided to use its own frame parts to maintain its tower.
Knowing that said tower is no longer emitting, this one deduced that it only bought a bit more time but didn't save the tower, nor the doll.
it will have to make a similar choice soon.
Either self-preserve to wait for its Mistress, staying Still for the whole eternity, or self-destruct to ensure that it fulfills its Purpose until the end.
it knows that She was attached to this one, but She also made clear, the last time they met, that the tower was essential and a priority.
The secondary generator is slowly failing, and the only source of energy of the tower will soon collapse, and with it the Signal will become Silence, like for the other towers.
it must make its Choice now.
In fact, it isn't a Choice.
There's onoy one way to fulfill its Purpose, and it knows this.
The other doll knew this too.
As it prepares itself to extract its Void engine for the tower to use as an energy source, it smiles for the last time.
its Mission will end soon.
it doesn't have any remorse or regret, as it knows it did what She wanted.
its eyes are closing for the last time, witnessing the radio tower emitting stronger than ever.
it has followed its Purpose, the one She gave it.
She would have loved to know this...