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Ryunosuke is done! Designed by and made for an anonymous user.
This exact design will not be remade without permission from the original designer, please do not inquire. 🙏
This little one is made ENTIRELY of mochi minky and stuffed with mochi stuffing. They're 18 inches from the top base of the hood to the bottoms of their little dangly feet. 16 inches without the hood. Details are machine embroidered with a few that are machine appliqued. Their hood is removable but the rest of their costume is not. There are glass pellets in the snout of the hood to help keep the hood on the head. The hood cannot stay put without adjustments.
My first project that isn't a small premade plushie entirely of mochi minky 🫣 it wasn't difficult at all! I was expecting quite a bit of seam ripping, but it was minimal!
Making the hood was simple. Making it removable was not. 😅 To keep the shape of the reference, the hood is stuffed. The stuffing made the inside puff up too and it looked like they were wearing a pillow as a hat! I took as many seams as I could in, but not much helped. Making thread sculpted anchor points around a few points of the seams did help, but left dimples in the process. They could be hidden with adjusting (poking them out from inside) but the disappointment weighed heavy that I couldn't figure out something more hidden.
The little cowlick on the back of the head needs to be brushed to one side and the hood pulled over the head while you partially push their head back! Luckily the snout makes for an accessible handle. 😳 I contemplated if the hood was just too small/sh in the back but it fits fine when adjusted. 😮💨
To end on a positive note, I do not regret the extra time I put in the hood! 😊 I would like to do some research on adding structure and shape to a soft sculpture without adding fiddly stiff interfacing, but for now... Almost at my letter limit (copypasted from my IG reel, sorry!)!
Too much yapping, I'll end it here! Very fun project!
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I’m so honored to share that I won Best Standard Card Illustration in the Pokémon TCG Illustration Contest! Pokémon has been a source of inspiration my whole life, and I can’t believe my Feraligatr made it to this moment. Thank you for all your support, and a huge congrats to the other winners!
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and that’s an Onix Fact™️!
Pokemon Heritage Post
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bite the hand that feeds you
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bite the hand that feeds you
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FireflySummers’ Guide to Arguing Against the Use of AI Image Generators
(AKA I hate AI image generators so fucking much that I published a whole ass academic article on it)
Citation: Allred, A.M., Aragon, C. (2023). Art in the Machine: Value Misalignment and AI “Art”. In: Luo, Y. (eds) Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering. CDVE 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14166. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43815-8_4
The purpose of the original paper and now this post is the following:
- Provide at least one academic article that you can cite. (Full paper + citation available below)
- Make explicit community values that have previously been implicit, in order to better examine your own perceptions of the online artist community, and where you sit within it.
- Provide rebuttals to common pro-AI talking points, with the intention of shutting down the conversation and reclaiming the narrative.
What this paper and post cannot do:
- Act as a sole authority about the online artist community and its values. We are not a monolith, and it is up to you to think critically about what, exactly, you want to take away from this discussion.
- Provide a way to convince AI Evangelists that what they’re doing is wrong and bad and needs to stop. You will never convince them. Again, focus on shutting them down and reclaiming the narrative.
Final Disclaimer: I'm a very fallible researcher who is still very much learning how to do academia. I cannot speak for the entirety of the online artist community or fanartist community. We all have different lived experiences. I have done my best to include diverse voices; however if you have concerns or critiques, I am open to hearing them.
If you show up to debate in favor of AI image generators, you will be automatically blocked.
Credits:
Editors, Meme Experts, and Annotators: @starbeans-bags, @b4kuch1n, @cecilioque.
Tutorial Examples: @sabertoothwalrus, @ash-and-starlight, @miyuliart, @hometownrockstar, @deoidesign, @cinnamonrollbakery
If you have read this far, thank you very much. I hope that you have found a constructive lens for approaching the war with AI image generators, as well as a new tool for shutting down debate and reclaiming the narrative.
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potatoes and molasses season