Ethan

Designer & Art Director

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

There must be no famine. The right for food & clean water should be the basic human right. It must be a global goal! Anyone who tries to deprive people of food or water is an enemy to humanity. We must defeat such enemies together like 🇺🇦 & our partners do.

#GrainfromUkraine

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

@flpr The only more exploitative aspect of this industry is the labor of underpaid / freshly graduated students / interns / jr designers who actually do the pitches, and when the work is actually won share none of the profit.

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

@Dan_Cassaro This and sniffing like they have a little runny nose

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

For clarification, none of this is from accounts I follow, or even from recommended accounts based on who I follow, like, or spend time looking at (again, ORTHOPEDIC CONTENT)

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

Overnight my Twitter feed went from design inspiration and discourse from notable politicians/journalists/activists to mRNA conspiracies, anti-trans propaganda and, I kid you not, orthopedic content (?!) This place sucks now.

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

Actually secretly discussing plans to revoke popular rights is a breach of trust but okay #RoeVWade

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

Me thinking about the possibilities for art with AI: 😍

Also me, thinking about what this could mean for the future of every artist I know: 😬

[David Schnurr @_dschnurr]

Inpainting with DALL·E 2 is super fun. With some ingenuity, you can create arbitrarily large artwork like the murals shown below – which I assume are the largest #dalle-produced images created so far.

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

Whenever someone on Instagram follows me and I see they follow 666 accounts I’m like damn who’s place did I take

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

When I decided to try to cook more this year no one told me how much of my time was going to be chopping onions.

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

@tuckerleary Might as well aim high right?

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

@ebudsworld Oh thank god really thought today was the day

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

I have no problem with someone not responding to me immediately but when multiple people don’t respond I start to think there’s a chance everyone but me has died.

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

@Tallboy_LaCroix It’s especially strange because I remember thinking HQ was so futuristic / black mirror-esque but now it’s kind of… in the past?

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

@iiiitsandrea On Trend List circa 2014 I remember they called the floaty photo thing “exposed content”

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

Okay I’ve decided this is my favorite take so far

[gianmarco @GianmarcoSoresi]

YOU: Don’t Look Up was too over the top

REALITY: The Masked Singer judges walk off set after Cupcake Face is revealed to be Rudy Giuliani

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

When I see really fit people the only thing I get really jealous of is the fact that they are probably getting really good sleep.

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

This is the type of knowledge sharing that can help young designers learn the value of their work and (hopefully) avoid being exploited by agencies. Also so important to see the lows as well as the highs. BLESS.

[Self Aware @selfawarestudio]

Fuck it....every project we've ever charged for: https://t.co/fgH6EQcBM9

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

Speaking from personal experience the vibes referred to here are all just anxiety.

[cas says free palestine @CrappyFumes]

Has anyone else made it to their 30s without ever having an official budget, just checking your bank account a lot + vibes?

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

I did not know about this so I googled it and now I am peak weirded out by technology

https://t.co/egXwW6VfR3

[Ethan @ethanblouin]

@stephsstone The bed and the shower would both like a word about this.