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Heads & Tails

An 8-page mini-zine on still struggling to be understood and accepted in a society that has become increasingly aware of autism.

You can read it paginated on my website.

#actually autistic #long post #zine #mini zine #minizine #minicomic #mini comic #comic #manga art #hktmk sona

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On this week's Weekly Roundup Thing, Hika thinks about how they crosspost to 15 places, 9 places manually, and considers that too many. Then proceeds to not cut any sites out of their posting rounds. What a goofball.

#hktmk update #weekly roundup thing #blog post

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Wooden stamps I made for the envelopes/packaging I’ll be using in my Art Shop!! If I get all the paperwork done, maybe I can launch this quarter!

#magical girl #magical hero #angel #original characters #original character #stamp #hktmk oc #craft art #lxnx #lux pink #lux vrdn #hevel

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On this week's BIG CHUNGUS Weekly Roundup Thing, I did a bunch of work you can't see, and I lowkey CURED MY OWN ARTBLOCK... a must-read for people who aren't allergic to reading.

#hktmk update #art blog #weekly roundup thing #hktmk.txt

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“NOOOOO!!! Don’t turn me into a branding stamp for your online store, nooo!!”

#stamp #stamps #original character #oc artist #online store #branding #digital art #manga art #hktmk oc #lux pink #lux vrdn #hevel

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2024.03 Clay Expressions (1/3)

The first 4(/12) expressions I drew for Clay’s run of the Expression meme!! I LOVE HIM. SILLY-BOI SUPREME. That said, IDK if I should post the remaining 8 or if that’d… make people not wanna cop the zine anymore lol! It includes a character journal and some other art, but…

#digital art #sketch #clay #hktmk_oc #art #doodle #original character

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2024.03 Indigo

#DefundGenocide, #CeasefireNOW, and #FreePalestine. No exceptions. Here's a link to charities and fundraisers you can donate to: https://damifalasteeni.neocities.org/donate Along with informational resources: https://damifalasteeni.neocities.org/resources.html

#Free Palestine #Defund Genocide #Ceasefire Now #original character #magical girl #magical hero #illust #hktmk_oc #digital art #nox indg

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So uhh, any of y’all like Dreamworks Trolls? Issue 1 of Astra*Mix Minis is a Trolls AU! Back to canon-compliant nonsense next episode.

Other Comic Mirrors Here: https://hikatamika.com/astramix/

#webcomic #comic strip #original characters #dreamworks trolls #webtoon #comic #hktmk update

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They are already selling data to midjourney, and it's very likely your work is already being used to train their models because you have to OPT OUT of this, not opt in. Very scummy of them to roll this out unannounced.

#tumblr #staff #anti ai

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2024.02 A*MM LuxPink Chibi

Lux Pink! I draw her too much, but she is my passion project protagonist.

I made this for relevant episode-covers of my short-comic series, which launches… tomorrow!

#magical girl #magical girl oc #original character #webcomic #chibi art #digital art #anime art #hktmk_oc #lux pink

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If you wanna follow me somewhere else, my big ol' links page is over here.

#hktmk update #tumblr #staff #anti ai

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I rarely reblog on main but if this goes through I might remove all my art from here IDK. It IS protected with the You Know What but still, man, idk.

What is this about the tumblr staff wanting to sell art data to midjourney?

An ex-colleague of mine mentioned yesterday that there may be contacts between Automattic and midjourney in that direction, but nothing is public yet and I don't have any more info. They probably won't have anything specific to share either, since they left the company weeks ago too. That being said:

I have no reason to doubt my ex-coworker word, they are a trustworthy person.

Tumblr's CEO has been absurdly enthusiastic (comically, even) about AI, and is a big fan of LLMs and 'AI' companies.

A deal with midjourney could solve tumblr financial issues (not the same company, but openAi is paying up to 5 million/year to news companies to use their content as training data... tumblr generates several orders of magnitude more content than any newspaper or any media company and it only would need a 20 to 30 million per year deal to be profitable)

So I don't have any extra info yet, but I'm keeping my ears open.

#reblog #hktmk update

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A new drawing for y’all! I quickly doodled @demorrtis’ OC Daia! She’s really cool and runs a inn where all sorts of interesting people stop by.

HD version's on Ko-Fi!

#manga art #original character #bay area artist #digital art #friend's oc

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On this week's Weekly RoundUp Thing, webcomic work, changes to Ko-Fi's TOS, and hope and excitement for BlueSky.

#blog #art blog #hktmk update

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On this week's Weekly Roundup Thing: Hika's Hooked on (making) comics! In this economy? Oh no!! Also, Vtubing becomes more real. 👀

#hktmk update #art blog #self-hosted blog #hika.txt

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Been working on a layered vtuber ref sheet for a 3D model! Got on a waitlist I really wanted, and am hoping for acceptance!

Hopefully making videos will become way easier.

#vtuber #character design #artsona #digital art #hktmk

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It's time for Weekly Roundup Thing no.3!! In which ol' Grandpa gets confused as to why art reveals do better than timelapses on shortform platforms.

Ol' Grandpa also wants to be a VTuber for some reason.

#hktmk update #blog #self hosted blog #art blog