Lmst

Going Through Hell: Surviving America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhkyAqVGOB4
PRINT AND ORIGINAL SALE
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1839116224/framed-fox-acrylic-painting
#lifelessons #lifehack #stories #drawyourlife #drawing #truestory #craftyandy #craftyarts #trauma #queer #lgbt #truestories #paintingtherapy #arttherapy #worklifebalance #hustleculture #hustle #struggleisreal #homeless #toxic #fox #acrylicpainting #animalportriat #stillife #art #artist #animalpainting #etsyshop #realart #storytime

I bet @gedeonm and the rest of the team at the @Iconfactory would really like to hear this outro for the wonderful Let's Talk Photography Podcast by @bart

https://overcast.fm/+AAzLyjFPPWc/45:55

#RealArt

How Real Artists and Designers Can Thrive in the Age of AI Sludge

Your Art is Not Dead. It’s a Weapon Against the AI Sludge.

A digital landfill of synthetic, soulless images is piling up around us. This AI sludge, churned out by algorithms with no life experience, is burying the internet in a predictable sea of sameness. For real artists and designers, this is not just a challenge; it is a call to arms. The very existence of this algorithmic vomit clarifies your purpose. Your humanity, your flaws, and your unique story are now your most potent weapons. This is the moment to prove why human creativity is, and always will be, irreplaceable.

The Rise of the Soulless Machine

The flood of AI-generated content is an undeniable reality. It’s cheap, it’s fast, and it’s everywhere. However, understanding its fundamental weakness is the key to your advantage as a real artist and designer. You must recognize the enemy to defeat it.

A Plague of Perfect, Empty Pictures

AI art is often technically flawless. Yet, it is emotionally bankrupt. It mimics the look of human creation without possessing any of the underlying soul. The algorithms are trained on billions of existing images, which means they can only regurgitate and remix what has already been done. They cannot create from a place of joy, pain, or memory. Have you ever looked at an AI image and felt truly moved? The machine’s pursuit of perfection results in a sterile and uncanny valley of art that lacks a heartbeat.

The Great Devaluation of Skill

When anyone can type a few words and generate an image, the perceived value of artistic skill plummets. The hours you spent honing your craft, mastering your tools, and developing your eye are suddenly competing with instant, free content. This AI sludge creates a deafening noise that makes it harder for clients and collectors to find authentic talent. It threatens to turn art from a profound expression into a disposable commodity. Therefore, your mission is to reassert the value of true craftsmanship.

Wielding Your Humanity: How Real Artists and Designers Fight Back

You cannot out-produce a machine. Stop trying. Instead, you must lean into the very things the machine can never replicate. Your fight against the AI sludge is not about technology; it’s about doubling down on your own humanity.

Weaponize Your Unique Story

An AI has no story. It has no childhood memories, no heartbreaks, and no triumphs. You do. Your entire life has shaped your artistic perspective. Consequently, every piece you create is a self-portrait. Share the “why” behind your work. Tell the story of the struggle, the breakthrough, or the inspiration. Embed your personal narrative so deeply into your art that it becomes inseparable from the final piece. Nobody on earth can replicate your story, and no algorithm can fake it.

Embrace the Glorious Flaw: The Cult of Imperfection

AI chases a sanitized, algorithmic perfection. Your greatest rebellion is to embrace the beauty of imperfection. Show the texture of your brushstrokes. Leave the ghost of a pencil line. Let the colors bleed slightly outside the lines. These are not mistakes; they are proof of life. They are the fingerprints of a human hand and a thinking mind. In a world saturated with pixel-perfect renders, these human touches have become a radical act of authenticity. They signal to your audience that a real person was here.

Go Analog: The Power of a Physical Artifact

The digital world is ephemeral. A physical object is an anchor. The act of creating something tangible—a painting, a sculpture, a print—is a powerful statement against the fleeting nature of AI sludge. The smell of paint, the weight of paper, and the texture of canvas offer a sensory experience that no screen can provide. Creating and selling physical art introduces scarcity and permanence into a market flooded with infinite digital copies. It gives your audience something real to hold onto.

You Are Not a Content Creator. You Are an Artist.

The language of social media has tried to rebrand you as a “content creator.” Reject this. You are not here to churn out content to feed an algorithm. You are here to create art that means something. This requires a fundamental shift in mindset.

Stop Feeding the Insatiable Algorithm

The pressure to post daily is a trap. It forces you to prioritize quantity over quality, pushing you to create work that is fast and disposable—just like AI sludge. Defy this cycle. Take your time. Create one masterpiece instead of one hundred mediocre posts. A single, powerful piece of art will resonate more deeply and have a more lasting impact than a constant stream of forgettable content. Your job is to make people feel something, not just to make them stop scrolling for a second.

Build a Tribe, Not Just a Following

A follower count is a vanity metric. A tribe is a community. Stop chasing empty numbers and start building genuine connections with people who believe in your work. Engage in meaningful conversations. Share your vulnerabilities. Create a space where people feel connected to you, the artist, not just the art. A loyal tribe will support you through algorithm changes and market fluctuations. They are investing in your unique human vision, creating a fortress that no amount of AI sludge can penetrate. The machine can generate images. But only you can create art.

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@stina_marie I can't love this enough!!!

#RealArt #TraditionalArt #Watercolor #MastoArt #Crows

Autumn is here. This time of year our garden fills with mushrooms. They don't all look as scenic as my mushrooms stickers or as peculiar as the ones in that jar but they're still pretty cool.

Shop: https://britthub.co.uk/shop-tag/mushroom/
Folksy: https://folksy.com/items/8556742-Mushroom-Sticker-Sheet , https://folksy.com/items/8556725-Mysterious-Potion-Print

#FediGiftShop #MastoArt #CreativeToots #ShopIndy #RealArt #SupportSmallBusiness #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #Autumn #MushroomMonday #mushroom #artist #print

A print of an original ink drawing of a Mysterious Potion. As you watch the jar behind the potion seller's counter, the mushrooms contained within seem to glow, occasionally releasing spores. This bottle is unmarked, perhaps even the potion seller doesn't know what it does.

Printed on high quality A5 watercolour printing paper to maintain the texture of the original piece.

This piece has a companion piece, the Seeing Potion.

A sheet of 15 stickers of various sizes, made from original drawings in my sketchbook and bullet journal. Great for decorating your own sketchbook or bullet journal.

Each sticker is cut from the base sheet for easy peeling.

The sticker paper is glossy, these stickers should take a decent amount of wear and tear on the outside of a well used sketchbook.

⭐️New⭐️
As everyone on Bluesky seemed to like this little experiment, I have put it up for sale in my shop. I am selling it for a low price. Grab yourself a bargain!
https://folksy.com/items/8563547

#FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots
#Landscape #Trees #Winter #Snow #OriginalArt #Drawing #ColourPencil #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #RealArt #SupportSmallBusiness

I was experimenting with new techniques in colour pencil for this drawing, but as it has been popular on social media I am putting it up for sale at a special low price.
An A5 landscape drawing of a very pale soft toned winter rural scene with clumps of grasses in the foreground and trees in the background. The drawing is on white paper.
An original art work, sold unframed.
Colour pencil and mixed media on acid free toned artist paper
Size A5 (148 x 210mm / 5.8 x 8.3")

If you are deciding on gifts for the holiday season, you can set up a favourites list on Folksy, bookmark your favourites and shop later. Buying from a real artist or maker will get you very special gifts and will make a difference to a small business...
https://folksy.com/items/8556677

#FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots
#ShopIndy #RealArt #SupportSmallBusiness #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop

A small drawing of a group of penny bun mushrooms with clover and evergreen foliage in the undergrowth. There is a yellow and green bright background. The drawing is on green pastel paper.
An original art work, sold unframed.
Colour pencil and mixed media on acid free toned artist paper
5 by 7 inches (12.7 by 17.8 cm).

An acrylic painting from 2022 of an alien-green Baphomet in space, sitting on a blue planet, planets in the distance along with a galaxy, a meteor, a UFO, constellations and the sun in the background. Title is As Above, So Below. #Art #realart #Baphomet #acrylicpainting

#acrylicpainting #realart #emotionalart #abstractart

Brown, grey and white colours. The zone between abstract and landscape.

Unraveling
Ballpoint pen and marker on sketch paper #art #drawing #realart #horrorart

Jersey Artist Registry Show
I am so honored that three of my works will be included in this exhibition at the Oyster Point Art Gallery, in Red Bank, New Jersey!
It will run from early November through December 2025
#OysterPointGallery #artexhibition #buyintoart #realart #noAI #fromthepurplehouse

$A serene fractal cat meditates, with closed eyes, in the midst of jagged edged chaos in pink, yellow, and red.$

Two fantasy flowers, one with a center of pink and the other with a center of gold. They have drooping petals in pink, turquoise, and gold, which coordinate with their centers. There is golden foliage in the background.

A faerie, whose wings and hair are the color of copper, plays a harp on a branch of a tree. The evening is ablaze in the colors of a brilliant sunset. Four birds, silhouetted against the sky, have gathered to listen.

We went to the Drents Museum this morning. They currently have an exhibition of figurative art which is really quite amazing to see.

I'm not going to try to reproduce the artworks here. I'm also certainly not trying to encourage people to make long polluting journeys to visit our local museum. But I do encourage you to visit any museum or gallery which is local to you. It'll be an opportunity to look at awe-inspiring art, which people have put years into creating. It's an enormous pleasure to do this, especially when we find ourselves viewing an ever increasing amount of "AI" slop on the screens of smartphones, TVs, and increasingly even on billboards on our streets.
https://drentsmuseum.nl/
#art #ai #aislop #realexperience #realart #drentsmuseum #assen

A large painting on three panels. The three people standing in front of it cover maybe 10% of the whole surface so you can still see most of the painting. I'm not going to try to describe all the details here, but there are references to local culture, and world events.
In total this exhibition includes 140 paintings, drawings and sculptures by 97 artists. It takes up only a small part of the museum, which holds many other wonders.

the writing's on the wall
it won't go away
it′s an omen

#realart

This summer heat has got me in a tropical state of mind! I've always loved the beautiful colors on toucan birds. So many different patterns too!

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/colorful-tropical-toucan-bird-art-sharon-cummings.html

#bird #birds #birdart #handmade #handmadeart #toucan #toucans #tropical #colorful #colorfulart #art #artwork #fediart #mastoart #fun #cute #homedecor #beach #beachlife #beachvibes #beaches #coastal #coastalliving #jungle #rainforest #southamerica #buyintoart #SharonCummingsArt #realart #collage #collageart

Colorful toucan bird over a bed by artist Sharon Cummings.

@inquiline Thank you for posting this! I'm so sick of #AISlop! I hope more of these pop up!

#AISucks #RealArt #RealPhotos

You will love it too! #music #vinyl #underground #realart #art

@gorzas #RealArt

Yo recomiendo a @lacolmenartesania #tejido https://ko-fi.com/lacolmenartesania

@germantr #comic

@puravariedad #dibujo

@choan #musica https://choan.bandcamp.com/

@blankfosk #musica

@IoannesEnsis #dibujo ko-fi.com/ioannesensis

@NeaCirkadia #novelas https://www.patreon.com/Cirkadia

De seguro se me queda alguien en el tintero! pero estos son quienes recuerdo por ahora!

La primera temporada del podcast ha sido una aventura sonora dedicada a la gente que ya esta cambiando el mundo, inspirados en el movimiento Solarpunk y en la acción colectiva. Hemos dado voz a quienes ya están impulsando cambios reales: desde cooperativas tecnológicas hasta redes sociales descentralizadas y proyectos de arte que exploran nuevas formas de convivencia y ecología.

Este podcast no solo comparte ideas, sino que crea comunidad y esperanza, mostrando que otra realidad es posible si la construimos juntas y juntos. Ahora, para continuar amplificando estas historias y llegar a más personas, necesitamos tu apoyo.

Con tu ayuda, podremos mejorar la producción, invitar a más voces inspiradoras y seguir tejiendo redes de transformación.

Si crees en el poder de la palabra y la imaginación para cambiar el mundo, súmate como mecenas y haz posible la segunda temporada de Ecotopias.

https://ko-fi.com/trexmastodon

#realart

@gorzas genial idea!

de momento se me ocurren:

@laloica, https://ko-fi.com/laloica

@NeaCirkadia, https://shoppitys.tumblr.com/Cirkadia

@EleHacheZeta, ko-fi.com/elehachezeta

#realart

#realart

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