CitizenWolfie

Hey folks. This has not been an easy decision but effective immediately I will no longer be posting artwork on my DeviantArt profile. This is as a response to DeviantArt's open-door policy for AI "artists" to operate with impunity, as I strongly disagree with AI art on a fundamental level in every conceivable way. But more than anything, I don't want any of my artwork to be used to train AI image generation. Now, DeviantArt accepted my opt-out request, but crucially only under the name "CitizenWolfie", which I no longer operate under on any other social media or artistic profiles. My work under the CitizenWolfie handle no longer reflects my current style now that I have had a chance to grow and develop over the last decade. I’ve therefore decided to delete the last ten years’ worth of images from my profile – basically anything from when I started using WolfStudiosArt as my brand, and even a few of my more popular posts from pre-2012. DeviantArt already has a bad enough art theft

Wow, looking at my last journal entry it’s been over four years since I last updated this! To be honest, I haven’t really had much to say over the last few years, particularly on DeviantArt.  I had reached a time in my life when I had changed careers into something I’m more happy doing, something I find very rewarding and interesting, and something I’ve (so far) been excelling at.  My artwork very much got put on the back burner, and I’m sure for those of you who’ve been regular watchers of mine for some time now, you might have noticed that my new submissions are getting further apart. Apologies for that

Greetings one and all and a happy new year to everyone.  Though it's a shame my first journal entry of 2015 is not more positive... As a cartoonist, the terrible news of the massacre in Paris has struck me on a personal level.  Satirical and political cartoons speak far more truth than newspapers or the TV ever can.  The truth is scary and the truth hurts, but if we can't admit the truth and poke fun at ourselves then we can't possibly expect to evolve as humans.  Kudos to the Charlie Hebdo magazine for not being afraid to satirise a group of cowards who thrive on the idea that their distorted views are somehow untouchable.  If people are af