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Nicholas Kole

@nicholaskole.bsky.social

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Character Designer & Illustrator, Jesus-follower, married to Erkshnrt
šŸŽØ: Spyro Reignited, Crash Bandicoot 4, Disney Lorcana, My Little Pony G6, Cuphead 2!

www.nicholaskole.art

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@nicholaskole.bsky.socialJul 8, 2025, 7:41 PM Pinned

Hi #portfolioday!
I love character design and weird little guys

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@museum-of-twitter.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 2:49 AMReposted by @nicholaskole.bsky.social

@bombsfall

Can't even remember a time before blockchain revolutionized gaming forever. They said it was inevitable, to get on board now, because it was the future. And now you can't even imagine videogames without blockchain. Just try to do it. You can't. I bet you just tried

@natanglaun

I bought Donkey Kong in 2022 and I still use him as a running back whenever I play Madden
@erkshnrt.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 7:04 PMReposted by @nicholaskole.bsky.social

Ya'll just wait 🐠

@alixeharrow.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 3:54 PMReposted by @nicholaskole.bsky.social

wild to be living in a world with live-streamed state executions and legal daylight kidnappings, but every time you turn around some loser is saying, hey man, what if art were completely frictionless? what if we killed even the possibility of human connection??

@nicholaskole.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 5:15 AM

Dry wiping is for Neanderthals, respectfully

@nicholaskole.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 5:13 AM

If a politician wants to run on nationwide public restroom bidet adoption, my vote is for sale

@shoomlah.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 12:01 AMReposted by @nicholaskole.bsky.social

getting an order in juuuust under the wire for a new sketchbook for @lightboxexpo.com! Volume 2 of WIP, a monument to messy, painful, extremely human process:

cover for my new sketchbook WIP volume 2, featuring a scan of a moleskine sketchbook covered in sketches and post-its.
@katriaraden.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 11:14 PMReposted by @nicholaskole.bsky.social

I hate that this is the reality that's been forced on us but I agree. There are quite a few pros-turned-sloperators working & thriving out there. They usually aren't forthcoming with their audience, agents or clients. Pointing to someone's prolific pre-AI history isn't the be all & end all proof.

@nicholaskole.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 11:03 PM

Also the most recent ai post he made was in May of 2026, so.

@nicholaskole.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 11:00 PM

2023 was *identical* to 2026 in terms of ai discourse among artists

@nicholaskole.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:50 PM

Ok, you feel your way and I’m going to continue to feel mine. I don’t think I’m being crazy or irresponsible and i suspect we’re just going to disagree indefinitely

@nicholaskole.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:44 PM

I wasn’t born yesterday, and I don’t think your hysterical tone is well placed on this

@nicholaskole.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:43 PM

You decide if you think this person is trustworthy on the topic of ai šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

@nicholaskole.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:42 PM

you can all decide if you think this person has been hand drawing every background or not

@nicholaskole.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:16 PM

Idk, their lead BG guy is on IG posting ā€œai experimentsā€ so I’m not convinced

@nicholaskole.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:08 PM

I don’t think anything bad happened there, she responded with tact and stands on decades of solid evidence. I don’t see that as ā€œa situationā€ we have to avoid repeating

@nicholaskole.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:06 PM

I’d rather we respond habitually & without ire to ai allegations, than try to scold people with suspicions. You’re right to be suspicious- some veterans & once-trusted studios are trying to sneak trash in. It’s heartbreaking that it’s happening but I’m *thrilled* we’re not normalizing it

@nicholaskole.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:03 PM

*and Individual artists I’m not above being accused, no studio I work for is, and fwiw since her name came up Loish isn’t either, we can easily rebut anything people might suspect with hours and in some cases decades of proof

@nicholaskole.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:00 PM

Show me process, name a human artist, give me a chain of trusted vetting from reliable sources, speak up and say you hate slop- it’s not hard

@nicholaskole.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:56 PM

I reserve the right to cast aspersions, I think the world as it stands requires studios (individual artists) to do a little more legwork to prove authorship and speak out against ai, and that’s a net good. Wanting the passive experience of assumed trust back is wishful

@nicholaskole.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:54 PM

Look, I’ve deleted the post- but I’m not inclined to trust a hopeful sounding steam description over my instincts and I don’t advise you to do so either šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

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