NIK AXE

Drawing monsters, grief, and the dark spaces between. Artist on Lady Midnight - crowdfunder incoming, and CROM: The Destroyer - last few pages to go!

[NIK AXE @nik_axe]

@rjoftheisland Alan Davis - impeccable taste, RJ!

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@MakeArtGA @TheKnifeSchool Not of art.

Their discovery, accomplishment, and mastery is within the domain they operate - how could it be otherwise?

[NIK AXE @nik_axe]

Stay mad?.. at tech? 😅

No, it's mostly pity for AI bros.

I love drawing/painting/animating - and I'm sad that you guys will never know that feeling of discovery, of accomplishment - and most of all: MASTERY.

But my pity fails as AI fails: neither will bestow upon you mastery.

[Lex @lexx_aura]

They told me AI is just a fad, yet here we are outperforming the purists

Stay mad at the tech, or learn to adapt to the new standard

Seedance 2.0

[NIK AXE @nik_axe]

@TheKnifeSchool Right. Decades of experience is mastery.

Using AI is using AI.

This distinction doesn't bother me - it really shouldn't bother anyone.

[NIK AXE @nik_axe]

@ToxicChudArtist Hey... all I stated was the truth - outlining the distinction between AI use, and mastery.

Who's butthurt exactly?

[NIK AXE @nik_axe]

@ToxicChudArtist Use AI all you want - you still have my pity.

Especially because a lifetime of using AI will never deliver a masterpiece, let alone a master.

[NIK AXE @nik_axe]

@TheKnifeSchool I saw this.

But how are you going to convince me the prompter is a master - and a master of what exactly?

[NIK AXE @nik_axe]

@ToxicChudArtist You guess right.

A director is not a master... they hire masters - and direct them.

[NIK AXE @nik_axe]

@VLolosOfficiel @ChrisTheFoodie Ahahah 🤣🤣😭😂

[Marcus Kelligrew @KelligrewM56731]

Last night on The Hump Day Show, Darin Wagner of https://t.co/bv19Dwy1s2
Was on and I drew Demi-Foot! Back now!

[NIK AXE @nik_axe]

One day we may wish we could return to these debates.

Writers will eventually stop hiring artists in favour of AI, leaving true artists to write their own stories.

Might be for the best - artists tend to underestimate their innate ability to tell stories from their own writing.

[Donal DeLay @DonalTDeLay]

We’re about due for another writer vs artist debate soon.

[NIK AXE @nik_axe]

@aaronlopresti @gmartinink @dwamsart @DanLawlis @comickelsey Jim who?

[rjoftheisland @rjoftheisland]

The Cover from my upcoming book #CROMtheDestroyer. You can order the book now on Fund My Comic! https://t.co/dgXucgZ7XE

[Elliot Rodriguez @Nygma85]

Artists! How often do you say "no" to gigs? Commissions or otherwise?

Explain yourself! And if you're taking commissions, let us know!!

[ETHAN VAN SCIVER @EthanVanSciver]

Todd's looking at this entirely from a business perspective, which is less than admirable considering he himself once was a struggling artist who was creating a unique vision.

AI destroys art. It destroys the need for artists. There is no reason for anyone to work hard to learn to draw, because now any schmoe can draw a stick figure, ask AI to fix and finish it, and it'll look nearly as good as an Alex Ross painting, if that's the prompt you give it.

You can mass produce fake excellence.

From Todd the Bidnessman, this is great. You can give me 12 covers to choose from in minutes, rather than two covers to choose from in a few days.

For artists and just people who love art made by human beings, which is what defines art, this is awful. Not only will it put creative people out of work, stifle the desire to express oneself thru art, and create a digital centipede of recycled shit, but there's no limit to how fast and efficient it will become. Within two generations, nobody will need to learn to play piano, paint a picture, or write a story.

As if we aren't stupid enough in 2026.

[☀️ Mandy Summers - MONSTER HUNTER IS NOW LIVE! @WartTheWizard]

PIMP MY COMIC is this Wednesday around 8pm EST! Come check out some new Comicsgate campaigns!

[NIK AXE @nik_axe]

@londongothic @HookArron76532 🇩🇪🇭🇺

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@SaltyDraws @Kristian_Rossi @Turkey_Robot @LOGOScomics 😂🤣

[NIK AXE @nik_axe]

Whenever I win the #4 spot for Rising Hotshot in Warlock Magazine, I assume @Turkey_Robot, @LOGOScomics, and @Kristian_Rossi cheated. I've made my peace with it.

"Forget it, Axe... it's Chinatown."

[GRAHAM NOLAN 🇺🇸 @gnolan12]

I said I wasn’t going to do it.

But sometimes everything falls into place and you have to listen that voice in your head pointing you in the right direction.

My next Compass Comics project is a…SUPERHERO SERIES!

More to come…

[Marcus Kelligrew @KelligrewM56731]

Last night of Drawing Enemies we drew the Masters of the Universe! I drew Teela in action!! As always it’s for sale! Drawing Enemies Saturdays at 9pm EST on https://t.co/zicYEc4DxG