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Kris Jarden
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A slight refinement I'd suggest, is intricacy without intention.
When there us painstaking detail but that detail doesn't make any visual sense or add to the vibe/mood. that kind of detail would take a human artist a lot of time to implement so theyre not going to do it for no reason.
Diabolical Plots
There one easy trick to know whether a work is AI and it’s that it makes you feel like you are losing your mind.
It isn’t about details or gotchas, it’s that there’s no freaking intention anywhere to be found, you’re totally lost. And this v excellent portrait quite clearly is quite the opposite
Idil
Wow I adored this. It yanked on all my emotions and had me tearing up at the end. So good!
FYI to the world: The cover art for the new edition of Plague Birds is not AI generated. Two people messaged me asking, so I want to be clear the art is purely human created.
Marcela Bolívar created the art for this cover and didn't use any AI at all. 1/
And this is why they are so desperately trying to entrench themselves in education and government. They’re hoping to create generations of captive users who have no other choice but to use their tech if they want to read, work, write or think
english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.
Happy Pride Month! Here's an LGBTQ+ artist starter pack I put together. Please go support these wonderful artists! 💖🏳️🌈
There's still space to join — repost and comment a bit about yourself to be added!
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Plague Birds: The Red Day Edition will be released on June 30. Preorder from @apexmag.bsky.social and get 30% off!
Called "a stand-out work within the landscape of contemporary science fiction," Plague Birds was a Nebula & Philip K. Dick Award finalist. 1/ www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...
Can we all stop pushing the button please?
Grimdark: Everything is fucked
Dying Earth: the world is fucked
New Weird: A city is fucked
Folk horror: A village is fucked
Gothic: A castle or mansion is fucked but so are families
'Elevated' A24 horror: families are fucked
Body Horror: You are fucked
Vampires: vampires
