Quelfabulous

+1 Here to everything said and Dropping Stable Diffusion!

I know this is scary for you with dA being your main space and the alternatives are pretty shit. Stick with what you know and where you have visibility where you can. I am hoping I won't have to leave here completely either.

I don't use instagram. (I vehemently hate facebook). Twitter I've had forever- twitter had made my freelance work possible and now it's on fire. I'm just tired.

I can't speak to RJ's character because I don't engage with him but he was the only person they invited to speak initially. If it wasn't him it could have been anyone. RJ was very polite and reasonable. The speakers defending dA's system were dismissive and very obviously annoyed by the pushback. It was a bad look.

The interaction really soured this whole thing for me. I'm annoyed and distressed for my peers who rely on internet visibility for freelance. I used to be there too.

Artstation fills my needs right now for my current niche of the industry- so I don't 'need' this gallery here. But I've been on dA for 15 years so I kept it going bc its special. Now I am just... hurt.

But thank you for understanding. And I pray stuff gets sorted out for all of us just trying to make the world a better place with our art.

I appreciate what dA was intending but after the absolute shitshow of an interview on twitter with RJ Palmer and how they kept talking over him and not letting artists genuinely feel heard I'm just... My trust is wounded. There's a lot of people I like here- people who work for dA. But I have such little confidence in this future going forward. I'm not ready for AI art to be intermixed with art painted by working artists. The technology is growing faster than they can ethically moderate at this point. It's not panic. I feel betrayed. I have a lot of feelings.

My kudos to the dA people just trying their best. But this is a lot for me.

Did it! :D