Happy new year everyone!
I don’t usually make art for the holidays but I figured I’d make something for the holiday season
It’s not the lunar new year yet but 2024 will be the year of the wood dragon, and it’s also a leap year
What better time then to draw Leaper, a dragon born on the leap year, surrounded by trees
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Hey everyone, it’s the Leap Year, that means it Leaper’s birthday. So I did some art of them
That being said, I want to post a personal update on well… *gestures to all of tumblr*
By now I’m sure the news of Tumblr’s partnership with mid journey and other AI art making companies has already spread, it’s bad…really bad
I understand there’s the opt out toggle (which I have already opted out of) but that being said, it’s clear that it’s not even reliable and that the data of my art and posts may be taken anyway despite it. For all I know, all of my posts as far back as 2016 may have already been given to these companies and I wouldn’t know
I have tried so hard to avoid it, I have jumped ship from both twitter and instagram to avoid this issue, but now it just seems unavoidable.
I know there’s AI poisoning tools like glaze and nightshade, however the downloads only work on desktop computers and unfortunately for the time being I have only been able to use mobile devices to make and post my creations. And to use the mobile friendly version of these tools I have to be accepted into WebGlaze via DM’s by their social media staff themselves. And who knows if they will give me an invite, it’s been a few days since I contacted them and I have received no replies yet.
So with that being said, this may or may not be the last piece of art I post here on tumblr. I genuinely hope not, I hope I get access to these poisoning tools soonish. But my hope is practically non existent. The internet seems to be becoming harder and harder for small artists like me to exist in online spaces. And while I barely have an audience, I still don’t appreciate the idea that someone could be profit off mine or my other fellow artist’s stolen work while I can barely muster the courage to even open commissions (or for my friends who do have commissions open and they are barely getting any clients or the recognition they deserve)
I do plan on still being active here, even if it’s just reblogging or liking posts or answering asks, but when it comes to sharing art online I can say that I have to step away from a bit until I know I can post my art knowing it can be exploited without me knowing.
For now the only thing I can say is if you have a toy house account, you can find me and my art there if anyone l still wants to see what I make. And I still plan on participating in artfight this upcoming July as well. But until I get access to those poisoning tools or some miracle happens and AI art dies, I genuinely don’t see myself posting art here anymore.
I will pin a separate post with my toyhouse account on it if anyone wants to follow me over there. I will keep yall updated if circumstances change for any reason though.
But on one final note, if this is truly the end for me and I can’t get the resources, I do want to say thank you to everyone who supported this blog. Either it be my mutuals, my regular followers, or even people have simply liked some content from me. I would have never thought posting fanart of jacksepticeye and markiplier would lead me to meeting the people I have met through this site. Tumblr is what inspired me to make art in the first place, I just feel terrible that even watermarks can’t protect my creations anymore.
While this isn’t a permanent goodbye, all I can do is say good night to my art sharing for the time being. Thank you all again, and to my fellow creators I’m sorry you all are also burdened with fighting this fight against AI and I hope we eventually gain victory on it down the road. Nothing will replace those who genuinely pour their heart and soul into art. No matter how good of a computer can mimic it
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And last but not least for the rave series is Leaper. Honestly at of all of them, she is probably the only one who actually goes to raves and she would absolutely be invested in Kandi trading. She even got herself a ufo band!
But yeah I’m happy I decided to do these, I didn’t realize how cool and wacky rave outfits are. It fits these guys considering they are in a sci fi fantasy game.
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I heard there was like a Mermay but for fairies that happens in February, but I believe that the creators decided not to do it this year. That being said, I still wanted to draw something fairy like for the month cause it sounded like a nice idea. Anyway, here’s my character Leaper in her fearie dragon form alongside a pixie version of Wran, who belongs to my friend @solaneceae !
They are very silly : )
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It’s appreciate a dragon day! Doodled some lizards to celebrate the occasion 🐉
Renee (bottom left) belongs to @sand-in-the-timepiece
Sock (top right) belongs to @paperbaghero
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To those of y’all who follow me for art, I appreciate y’all sticking around even tho I only post drawings every once in a while
Anyway have a dreamscape Leaper since she has dream powers now
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Redrawing that beetlejuice musicql piece I did a year ago. but I switched the outfits between Ragnok and Leaper. Wanted to post this on Halloween but I draw slow. He’s mad cause she looks better in the suit.
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Made a height chart for my group’s DnD PC’s as a better reference
Thitch belongs to @sand-in-the-timepiece
Leaper belongs to me
Wran belongs to @solaneceae
Briha belongs to my friend Leon
And Oako belongs to @paperbaghero
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Our DnD game has the plane of magic in it and we call it the woken forest. In it, sorcerers,wizards, or any primary magic users that enter it have their magic become visible and it takes the form of crazy sound waves that appear on the skin. So wanted to draw our two mages reacting to that. Definitely imagine Oako would blame a Leaper for it. Oako the dwarf wizard belongs to @paperbaghero
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