Here's my piece for Gallery Nucleus' upcoming "Once Upon a Dream," show, a tribute to Disney's Sleeping Beauty. I'm a big fan of Eyvind Earle's work (one of the main designers on the film, responsible for those square trees!) and it was such a fun challenge trying to blend his style with mine in this painting. The show opens June 1st, and if you're in the LA area I hope you'll check it out in person so you can see not only all the other artists' new pieces but Earle's amazing works as well!
Hey friends, today’s the last day to snag an original painting at 20% off from Gallery Nucleus with code SPRING20. There’s still so many beautiful pieces available — including this one of mine! 😉 Don’t miss your chance to click the link in bio under “original paintings” to check it out! 🌱
I just finished reading your animated movies blog. I'm a bit surprised that you didn't mention Cartoon Saloon like at all. Your works really give off the vibe of that studio. Have you watched any of their movies yet ? I think you'll especially like Song of the Sea. 🌊💙
Ack you’re right! Though what I wrote was definitely not meant to be an exhaustive list, I definitely should’ve included Cartoon Saloon — I’m a big fan! 💛
Gallery Nucleus is still offering 20% off artwork! The sale ends April 9th, so be sure to check it out soon! 💛🌿
I was asked to post more mossy rocks -- well these are the pieces the mossy rock studies were for 🌿
Hey everyone, Gallery Nucleus is having a spring art sale! They’re offering 20% off with the code SPRING20 at checkout. This piece of mine is still available, as well so many others by so many talented artists. The sale runs from April 6th - 9th, so be sure to check it out tomorrow! 💛
Please talk about your favorite animated movies and what makes them special to you! I'm really curious about what you enjoyed about them both in the past and now?
haha, okay you asked!
I’m posting the ever-so-rare photo of myself alongside one of my characters based on my childhood because today is World Autism Acceptance Day, and I wanted to show my little corner of the internet who this particular autistic person is:
Hey everyone! I'm alive (no foolin'!) -- I'm just super busy finishing up some big projects. Here's a little preview of one of them: a solo gallery show opening this summer at Nucleus Portland! More details to come soon, but I hope you've all been well (and apologizes to the people I owe replies to, I've been bad about checking messages 😅)
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.
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unfortunately, a lot of the userbase won't opt out. those who don't see this post, those who have posted to tumblr but don't anymore, users on older versions of the app who forget to opt out next time they're on desktop, etc. the point of making it opt-out is to take advantage of people who wouldn't have opted in but don't/can't opt out in time. automatically opting out people who have discouraged search crawling is a gesture that helps Tumblr look more kind, but from the fact that everyone else has to manually opt out, Tumblr is definitely not looking benevolent.
I wonder, will Tumblr/Automattic be selling images from deactivated blogs? I assume deactivated blogs can't opt out.
when will they start selling this data? Is it already too late to keep them from selling every image you've posted before you opted out?
and if they're especially malicious, I wonder if they could get away with saying "this image is from a blog that's opted out, but it was reblogged by a blog that hasn't opted out, so we're selling the image that's on that non-opted-out blog."
making users need to opt out to keep their images from being taken and sold is a shitty move that makes it clear Tumblr/Automattic don't respect our privacy, and @staff are really not giving us much info here to suggest otherwise.
As a fairly large account on this platform, let me just say: I will 100% leave this site and never use it again if they don't respect the fact that I toggled "prevent third party sharing" (and let it be clear that *having* to opt out at all is ridiculous; it should be opt out by default for the reasons stated above).
I find this entire development deeply disappointing, tumblr @staff.
Tumblr is doing some stupid AI shit so go to blog settings > Visibility > Prevent third-party sharing.
also use Nightshade and Glaze to protect your artwork and images!!!!
best combination is usin Nightshade then Glaze on your images. Glaze creates a protective layer and Nightshade poisons the A.I. software.
It's the best defense we've got from all this (the bar is so fucking low)
A wolfie piece for your Wednesday~
What's up, glowy fox?
This was a test painting for a gallery show but I ended up deciding to go in a different direction. I wasn't really happy with the technique I used on the fox (it's too textured for my liking) -- but I thought I'd share it anyway.
Happy Tuesday, everyone! 🌿
Something a little different today – mossy rock studies! I have a few paintings coming up that feature a lot of moss and I realized I wasn’t quite sure how to render that in real paint…and so I practiced! Not sure if people are interested in my roughs and studies, but I thought I’d show some today! 💛
Little Red and her Big Good Wolf
It may feel like spring, but I’m not through with winter yet.