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.
THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS YES THIS EXACTLY
Just because I'm an adult doesn't mean I'm no longer a child full of wonder and curiosity. I get to drive through fields everyday and experience the beautiful clouds above me and feel just as excited about going to meet my friends, and I get to make the meals I want to make, go the places I want to go
I'm still a child, I just now know how to make decisions for myself!
This morning I was waiting in my car for the Dollar General to open and it was raining enough that my windows fogged up so I started doodling on them and it was such a lovely moment that I cried when I got home. Being an adult isn’t so bad and it never was. There will never be a “this is the last time I feel this” u will always want to draw when ur windows fog up tbh.
unmedicated artist with adhd drawing until overstimulated because their favorite media is making them hyperfixate too much that they have barely done anything but look at their favorite media and doodle
so embarrassing to get obsessed with your own oc but it doesn't fuel you creatively or motivate you at all you just sort of sit there. like yeah I've been thinking a lot about blorbo from my mind. no images of them exist in the world and they have maybe 3 personality traits so far. I would rather die than attempt to write about them. I've spent the last 48 hours rotating them in my brain though
After having gone up for vote, the pins are up for pre-order! However, there's just one stipulation:
Due to the cost of bulk shipping, I've got to make at least 50 sales of each. These can be bought individually or together, but each design must meet the minimum requirement. If not, though, then everybody simply gets refunded and we'll try again in September.
Per usual, they're U.S. shipping only and you can find them in my ko-fi shop here! Thanks!
God he's so hot
bitches be like "god he's so hot" and he looks like this
korby my angel my little rabbit, it is your BIRTHDAY and youve made it so far and done so well and im so proud of the person you are and how far youve come and i know in my BONES and SOUL that you can survive any hardship you are faced with, and KICK its ASS. you will not be destined to die in a target parking lot i promise. good things coming.
Finally... I remembered to pass my latest drawings through nightshade...
This one I just did at work, I just figured out how to transfer traditional sketches into ibis paint so I've been experimenting with rendering, this is the first drawing where I did this!
How to draw a Black person
How to colour Black people skin tones
How to draw dreadlocks
How to draw African hair
How to draw curly hair
How to draw braids
How to draw braids part 2
How to draw cornrows
How to draw Bantu knots
How to draw two strand twists
How to draw an East Asian person
How to colour darker skin tones with alcohol markers
How to draw hijabs/traditional Muslim hair coverings (note, he used incorrect terminology, what he called a burqa was actually a niqab! Sorry for the mistake)
How to draw a hijabi girl
All links and art provided by @ itsajart on TikTok
Before you go “mY aRt sTyLe iS dIfFrEnT tHoUgH” you can moderate it and play around with your style to get it to fit.