Where ya been? See: [email protected]

thx

Meh, I consider .world to be reddit. The rest of Lemmy is cool tho! :)

You’re right. Staying quiet is not admitting anything, but it does leave a false accusation hanging.

Calling everything AI does not stop AI. It only makes real artists want to stop sharing. That hurts the art community, it hurts Lemmy, and IMHO, hurts the world a little too.

My step-by-step posts were not made for @[email protected] . I made those posts earlier to show new artists that ya don’t need lotsa money to make comics. I use the cheapest Amazon pencils and pens, take photos with my phone, and finish everything with free software on an ancient desktop. Photopea, GIMP, Linux Mint, free fonts.

My girlfriend’s daughter is 10 yrs old. Draws constantly. Today we’re gonna sit down to draw together because I bought her a new sketchbook. The odds of her making a living with art are already low. They were low for me too, but I was able to do it. Different world today, tho.

So she’ll probably draw for fun, and share things for free. Now imagine her opening the comments and seeing “AI slop” and “clearly AI” on something she worked hard on.

If kids and beginners get falsely called AI over and over, a lot of them will just stop sharing. That’s why I defended. :)

Maybe you are mistaking computer being used for post design clean-up/layout as ai. Because I have detailed what I do, step-by-step with pictures of my process: https://reddthat.com/post/59476267

And even more examples of my step-by-step processes:

https://reddthat.com/post/58923858

https://reddthat.com/post/58650560

https://lemmy.world/comment/21579257

I’m older than your grandma, and I’ve been a professional artist and writer for over 25 years. Long before ai.

Are you an illustrator or cartoonist or graphic designer? Because everything I do is very common in the industry. In fact, most cartoonist use the computer more than I do, because they sketch on the computer w a tablet, whereas I still do my layout w sketchbook, pencils, and pens, before I convert to electronic file.

If seeing me draw an image, step-by-step, then seeing me layout out my stuff on computer, step-by-step, then me telling you the fonts I use, the computer software I use, and my computer desktop system, fails to convince you, then nothing will.

I’ve literally showed my entire process.

It’s a quick one-panel gag comic, that you’re supposed to glance at for 10 seconds, maybe chuckle, and move on. It ain’t that deep or serious. I write, draw, and post comics all day every day, to my comm, [email protected]. I’m doing my best to add original content to Lemmy to help it grow.

There’s really nothing else I can do about you insisting something is ai. That’s on you, not me. I wish ya luck out there, and I appreciated ya giving me your thoughts.

The fonts I use for this comic are Comic Relief bold (in Photopea), and that has been discussed too here with proof and screenshots: https://reddthat.com/comment/24099891

To be honest, it’s not my fav font. I also tried Patrick Handwritten, but it doesn’t look great at smaller sizes. Every comic font I have used, when I save as a .jpg the spacing gets weird. I’m slowly switching over to GIMP, so maybe it’s just a Photopea problem.

I could just use some random sans serif font, but I don’t like how they look, so I try to stick with fonts that at least look comic-ish.

I don’t hand letter. Never have in my whole comics career. Also, many times I change the text right before I finish. I spend more time on the writing than I do the drawing. lol

Oh, well they are both featured in my comm, [email protected]

Not sure why the direct links don’t work for you. They work fine for me. Sorry.

Orders received. On my way to make you my sandwich. I will add pickles and sourdough bread to your body. Prepare yourself for me.

I prefer the term, clanker. I come from your future. Good luck.

From my studio for my other series: https://reddthat.com/post/58650560

And another session showing my process in studio: https://reddthat.com/post/58923858

New pics of process in the studio for comic I posted today: https://reddthat.com/post/58923858

New pics of process in the studio for comic I posted today: https://reddthat.com/post/58923858

And new one posted today, and behind scenes from the studio. Different style too! https://reddthat.com/post/58923858

So you aren’t an artist are you? Because you just seem to have a strange sense of how art is done. Especially cartooning. Lots of us change up styles all the time for different series.

If only a boy who is half-horse would listen!

Non-horse kid is weird because “he” was a girl when I drew this strip originally, and changed it up on computer in post. The girl is actually from my other comic series, and her attitude doesn’t fit. Because I am turned Centaur Boy into a douchebag. Also why weird cropping in last frame. And why the boy’s face still looks like a girl. I didn’t want to redraw, so I did stitch up in post.

If this was going to real print, I’d work harder. But it’s Lemmy and I like putting the stuff out there fast and quick. You’ll also see the version on .blaha where someone crossposted before I noticed my cut and paste in bottom was off in sizing. So it looks different than this one.

Brah, think about it: if AI was what I used, then I would have just told it to fix it. I’ve already put my steps up in my comm with pics of my process and screen caps of my photopea layers set up.

I’m happy to talk process, storytelling, scripting, fuckups, etc, tho. Especially if u are a fellow cartoonist! But you’re reading way too deeply into it. I sketch my shit, magic maker a bit, take a pic w my phone, take onto computer, fill solids, add dusty overlay and specks, and post. It ain’t that deep. It ain’t that good. And it ain’t ai.

Try it. Go tell ai to make a comic about a horseboy. I’m sure it’ll do a better job than I did! lol

EDIT: Young Lemmy really really needs to look into the 1960’s underground alt art movement. Mickey mouse fucking and eating ass (air pirates), betty boop being a slut, the scribbles of Jimbo, and weirdness of Raw. Also a lot of examples of using cheesy art to be sarcastic and wild. Any of that shit was posted now, you’d all cry ai. Someone the other day bitched that my art was too ugly to be created by a person (thanks!), and obviously he had never seen the Far Side, or the Oblongs or the original Addams Family strip from way before the tv show. Seriously, just wikipedia “Underground Comix.” Oh and go discover a punk comic called “Jimbo,” cuz uh… cuz that artist is GOAT!

I have several styles, and showed you how I do it, I also do Kloop!, Krunn and Frank, Beyond 8100, Ashtray Gospel, Snibbles, Pen!shedd, Anarkizt Kid, Man with a Casey’s Cup for a Hand, It’s Jayce!, Poopdeck Pappy, among others for my local alt weekly’s in real life. I’ve been around and illustrating long before ai. If you wanna see ai slop in everything you look at brother, then that’s on you.

I’m retired and I do lemmy comics for free to add content. So you liking or not liking my stuff makes no significant difference to me.

Trust me, I’ve had way meaner comments directed toward my stuff than an accusation of ai! Welcome to the art life for all the kiddies out there. lol Carry on, man. We’re all gonna make it out ok. :)

EDIT: Wait till you see the crap I’m working on today and tomorrow. You’ll hate it! lolol

From my studio for my other series: https://reddthat.com/post/58650560

And another session showing my process in studio: https://reddthat.com/post/58923858

Ya mean it’s not because he’s half-horse?

Source: My own work.

Yay! Actually I wish more Lemmy’s would stop it too. It brings down all the comments when everyone is so negative.