Instagram Artist - Blog Posts
The mother and son duo have been digitalize!! ✨
And take this 💕
She's strong 💪
Persona redesign
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My persona/monkeysona got updated whoo!
Cloudless or Cloudy whichever is fine with her.
She's a shape shifter btw, so the form in the bottom corner is her original appearance.
She can travel to different dimensions, float, give energy and welp like her sister Nooby (belongs to @/nooby_kitten on Instagram) is a bit of a troublemaker and a star. ⭐
She's not allowed to interfere with anything that is part of a major plot in any of the dimensions, Or else she gets her energy drained away as punishment from the older stars. But that doesn't stop her from doing a few things.
She can see the red string of fate and can show people glimpses of who they're fated to be with by pressing her forehead against there's. She rarely does that though, being an introvert and all.
She's gonna be my persona for both of my accounts on Instagram @/ladycloudless and @/blueishy101. Though on @/blueishy101 she'll be in her human form.
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how does it feel knowing tumblr is the only (i think) safe space with no ai
i’ll be real with you: there aren’t any truly ”safe” platforms out there while good, universal regulations aren’t in place. nothing’s stopping ai bros from going to tumblr and manually grabbing images to train their algorithms on. i feel like platforms not doing the same (or at the very least, making it a permanent easy option to opt out) is bare minimum for any platform that wants to respect its users (yes, including the users who don’t post art, since on instagram for example they’re scraping ALL posts, not just art).
i’m happy that to my knowledge tumblr is still a platform that wants to respect the artist community, but either way i’d still be posting. we aren’t gonna win against ai by running away from the platforms that don’t respect us— we’ll win by staying and supporting each other, continuing to use the current ai poisoning methods, and campaigning for our rights as artists and copyright holders of our work!
my thoughts on the instagram ai situation, as a digital artist on the platform
figured i’d write and share this around so others in the community i’m in know my status. sooo, some basics for starters:
“Are you leaving Instagram? Where can I find you active?”
i’m staying on instagram for the time being. seeing as instagram almost certainly already has the data of my past posts, i won’t be deleting anything; going forward, i’ll be using ai disturbance filters and other anti-ai overlays for any stills i post. i anticipate using instagram for reels primarily, as well as staying in communications with mutuals and other artists. i do have a cara account, but will likely be posting intermittently until some issues i’ve noticed get addressed. going forward, i’ll most likely be at my most active over here! growth, fortunately, never was a priority in my social media presence so i’m not super concerned about that.
tldr:
instagram: gonna continue posting reels and occasional stills, will be primarily focused on interacting with fellow artists
here: most active! will post both rough and polished stills, as well as lore and whatever random thoughts pop into my head. (see pinned post for a tag guide)
cara: activity will be low unless shit really hits the fan on instagram and i can no longer protect my work via overlays. if you’re an insta moot, feel free to dm me if you want me to share your posts around, though! if the link doesn’t work: i’m @/asphodelity [EDIT] cara does work with an ai organization, hive; here is a post that goes into it and other things people have said about the platform! as i already wasn’t intending to use the platform all that often this won’t change anything for me, but make sure to do your research if you’re looking into the platform!
“Will this affect how much you post?”
not really! i already have a fairly sporadic posting schedule, so i’ll just be continuing what i’ve been doing: posting when i have things i wanna share :]
“Help! I’m an Instagram artist and want to know how to protect my art!”
i gotchu.
[EDIT] the non-glaze/nightshade/artshield filters are mostly ineffective! it won’t hurt you to use them, but if you can stick to using the glaze and nightshade sites!! if you don’t have a pc, you can apply to get a webglaze account!
how to (hopefully) opt out of your art being scraped in the european union (i think?)
how to (hopefully) do the same in the united states (note: post could be outdated)
other ways to protect your art: one, two, three, four
ai disturbance filters: one, two, three (set these to overlay at 30% as the top layer for most effectiveness! these aren’t as effective as using a website like glaze, but are better than nothing)
after june 26, no matter your region, you’ll be unable to opt out of ai data training. this affects, to my knowledge, everything you post, including captions.
“Any other thoughts?”
now, more than ever, we as a community need to stick together and support each other. don’t let anyone tell you your art isn’t worth anything; we as artists have something very special in our ability to create, express ourselves, and connect with the world around us, an algorithm and misguided techbros will never be able to take that away from us. keep pursuing what you love, my friends; we have to weather the storm to see the rainbow.
my dms are always open for art reasons. need a pep talk? i’m around. wanna collab or trade? i’d love to! need help boosting your social medias? i’m happy to help (although my presence is admittedly very small). whatever it is, i’m here and willing to help!
i’ll keep updating yall on this platform as my activity changes (or, perhaps, something big related to ai happens), so be sure to stick around if that seems interesting! also, please feel free to reblog this post and add more information i may have missed, that’s all for now, thank you for your time <3
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Please do check out and appreciate this beautifully written and drawn 12 Apritello fancomic by the talented Maven Brooke! 💜💛💜💛💜
PART 2 👇👇👇
THIS!!!!👆👆👆 IF YOU WERE WRITING OR DRAWING 12 APRITELLO INVOLVING RAPH, THIS IS WHAT I WANTED!!! 🥺🥺💛💜💛💜💕💕💕💗
IT IS NOT THAT HARD TO UNDERSTAND, DEAR FANDOM!🥺🥺🥺
Sorry for tagging: @swagreecrow @poetique823 @wakifogicu @inspiredwriter
Also feel free to check my Instagram page for better quality art, for some reason the quality goes down everytime I post here :c
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@mmaeiouu on instagram :))
My Instagram
Hey everyone! So, I’ve never been on Instagram before, but I thought it was finally time to give it a try! Excited (and a little nervous) to share more of my art, sketches, and behind-the-scenes stuff there. If you’re on Instagram too, come say hi! You can find me at [@moonlyght113]. Let’s connect!💛