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I'm just updating this thread π·ββοΈπ§
This is the MID comic I started about a year an a half ago π I didn't have a consistent artstyle back then so it's just a little bit wonky
New concept drop! π Midnight Spell is a whimsical collection filled with celestial details, rich purple tones, and moonlit florals.
If we were to sample one piece first... which would you pick? π
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There are a lot of people who are going to read all of this and hyperfocus buzzword ( AI ) and will immediately send hate.
If you actually cared about the impacts of ai and put a little effort into researching instead of trend hopping and getting all your
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Howβs it going, guys?
Jess and I just got back from our vacation, and weβre catching up on everything going on.
I know thereβs a lot to talk about, and Iβm not going to beat around the bush. Jess and I were not involved in the images posted to our storefront that contained AI. These came from processes within Catface that clearly failed, AI should have never been used and I am personally looking into it. This comes on the tail of the issue with one of our charactersβ skin tones being depicted incorrectly again. Iβm not happy either, but itβs no oneβs fault but my own.
We have a large team, and the industry has been pressing us to move faster and faster after YouTube made changes to our revenue streams last fall. Itβs no oneβs fault, but the responsibility of making ends meet falls on my shoulders.
Iβll be blunt. It has been difficult to guarantee the quality of the stories we promised with the way things have been going. This is why youβve seen more merchandise catering toward the stories fanbase. Even then, we worry that it wonβt be enough, so weβve made some of the mainstream stories merchandise approachable to all of our audience.
Iβve even gone as far as cutting my salary in half for all of 2026 so we can keep as much of our team together as possible. This was communicated to my staff last fall when we realized the situation we were in.
In terms of AI, Catface does use it, but not in the ways you imagine. I do not want to go into details because it involves our IP, but it is only used in the production of the SMP videos because of the pace we post at. It is used for ideation and production tool creation so our staff can maintain their timelines. Our video production staff work their tails off and I do not feel that these tools are used in a way that detracts from the creativity they put into their work. They are extremely talented and we're only able to return to our stories because of them.
In an era where real human-made art and animation is at serious risk I beg folks to please support this gorgeously crafted film. Those folks have been through hell to finally get it made and out there and they deserve success.
So I scrapped a post before π, but here's Aphmau from her thumbnail from EP 18 of black lullaby π.
Sad that I ran out of black and gray tone pencil to add depth but acrylic colour did the work for now π«ͺ.
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