Illustrator, Trouble Maker and Teller of Tall Tales.
Website: https://collectedcurios.com/
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DevArt Gallery:
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@jollyjack.bsky.social
Illustrator, Trouble Maker and Teller of Tall Tales.
Website: https://collectedcurios.com/
Support via Patreon:
patreon.com/collectedcurios
DevArt Gallery:
deviantart.com/jollyjack
Little selection of slides from various level intros of my game.
Creating weird and creepy imagery was actually HELPED by the (self imposed) C64-style limitations. The abstract nature of retro graphics makes everything feel.... off.
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This one is apparently in MY style. ..... I find myself unconcerned.
Everything has been scraped at this point. I wouldn't worry about it. The AI models always blend in a bunch of other styles into an image. They HAVE to, it's how they assemble a picture, and it always makes the image look wrong. A Frankenstein's monster of disjointed bits.
Witcher Pip.
Doodle request from my fine patrons - patreon.com/collectedcur...
A little bit. It never grabbed me like Minecraft did.
I love looking back at my older Minecraft worlds and all the surreal structures I built in them. It's like leafing through an old sketchbook: I know it was ME that put those weird marks on the page, but I can't quite remember what it was supposed to be or what it was for.
Feline Friday. Frankenkitty.
I feel it's more of a "let them fight" situation.
AI has cloned Adobe's creative suite. It's available for free. I'm very wary "vibe coded" slop so I've not tried them out. If Adobe ditch their subscription model and return to one-off purchases, I'll go back to supporting them. Until then: I'm happy to watch AI gut them.
I was in "TG Jones" the other day. There was a shelf of basic kitchen wares.
Uh..... huh.
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She looks like trouble XD
Werewolf Wednesday.
I really should. Maybe after Halloween :)
Chloe's head of security, Mr Coyle.
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I get the poisonous appeal of AI "companions", but in an age where every tech company under the sun is harvesting your data; you must have to do some pretty major mental gymnastics to convince yourself that no one is listening to you talk to your imaginary friend.
Obama? ANY President pre-2016.
Circa 2017.
"They can take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay." Trump goes full Farquaad..... forgetting that he's handily marked every building he owns.