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Say No to AI + Where to Find Me Outside DeviantART
After much deliberation, I've decided to take a stand against this site's stance on allowing AI generated imagery in its current unethical state. Until this tech is not based on data laundering of artist's hard work, I won't be participating much with new work here and have cancelled my subscription. I will be more active on Cara instead, a site that has taken a firm stance against AI imagery on its platform.
This is difficult for me. I've been on DeviantART for 20 years. I've made lifelong friends and have good memories of all the old artwork I shared on here when I was a young, excited artist who turned to this community for support, advice, and encouragement. As of this writing, I have 886 Deviations. Many of you can imagine my horror when I learned that all of my years of work posted with joy and in good faith have been scraped without my consent to train a technology meant to replace the need for artists. Meanwhile, DeviantART irresponsibly joined in on promoting this tech
What Story Topic Should I Choose for NaNoWriMo?
Alright folks, I need help with an artistic decision! I want to use NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) as a 'muse vacation' to indulge some fun D&D story ideas that have been sitting on the backburner for a while. What topic do I choose? They both sound fun! I've boiled it down to these 2 story choices.
Read the pitches below and let me know your choice in the poll!
CHOICE 1 - TITLE: SACRED & PROFANE
Zombies, werewolves, and romance between monster hunters.
SYNOPSIS: When Red joined the Blood Hunters' Lodge, she thought she'd be using her awesome skills to be hunting down worthy prey, not babysitting Nils, another hunter who's seemingly good for nothing more than corpse retrieval and granting last rites as an ex-priest. On the road, the two face the dangers of the Path, their own troubled histories, and finding a true friend in each other.
CHOICE 2 - TITLE: FLAME OF THE SULTANA
A Barbarian's tale of her rise from harem princess to Warrior Saint.
SYNOPSIS: Rabs
I'm Back! (Where Did I Go?)
For those who didn't know I was gone, a couple of weeks ago, my account was hacked with disgusting images and anti-George Floyd memes. First off, I'm so very sorry that any of you all had to see these awful things in your feed! I didn't even see them before my account was perma-banned. Generous fans contacted me afterwards to let me know of the incident so I could contact support about the issue.
Thankfully, DeviantART has helped me to restore my account, though I have sadly lost all of my Watchers and my entire Watchlist, as well as all of my stash. It's a bit of a blow and a hard lesson to secure my accounts better (which I am now doing with hash generated passwords from Bit Warden).
Losing my account made me remember how much in that 20+ years since I first joined as a wee high school student all the good memories and life-long friends I made here, as well as how dA helped me grow as a young artist. I'm glad to be back so I can keep participating when I can, despite the
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What a nifty little calender you have on your site! I love it.
Also, I saw your book looks so awesome! Congrats again
Also, I saw your book looks so awesome! Congrats again