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robin(@)http://whatido.co.uk | Comic creator & illustrator | Clients include Image, Z2 & Balmain, Magma Comix, Legendary Studios, Good Trouble
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Okay but seriously - if you are in the EU / UK, slam them with GDPR Right to be Forgotten / Deleted requests.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

The Government is considering allowing AI companies to freely use your works, unless you opt-out. This is unfair and unworkable. Now is your chance to tell them what you think! Submit a response to their AI consultation using the guidance below. www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...

submitted 21 days ago • 12 comments

The movie Burlesque starring Christina Aguilera and Cher is a cinema masterpiece exploring what happens when you replace human creativity with robots and is deeply relevant in our current timeline. In this 30,000 word essay, I will-

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

So I’ve been quiet on the art front lately, but it’s because I’m building a custom grimoire and subclass for my DnD player who wants to be an artificer necromancer. It’s half core campaign plot and half class features designed and set out specifically how the NPC would have approached it.

submitted 27 days ago • 6 comments

So, to recap: the suggestion is: the UK creative industries grant open access to all their historic and future work and IP, without payment, to the brains behind a nascent industry that just tanked $1tn in a couple of hours. Sure. Seems great.

submitted 28 days ago • 17 comments

This one really cemented "hey I want to draw patterns" as a goal. My best friend told me about a dream she had featuring a blue beetle, and I was inspired to make this! Cicadas, Mugwort (to promote visions), beetles. Drawn in Procreate 💕

submitted 32 days ago • 184 comments

MY GAME STUDIO IS HIRING! We secured additional funding for our multiplayer PC strategy game and have openings for Lead Character Artist, Senior Animator, Senior Tools Engineer, and Senior AI Engineer (not ML/GenAI). Please retweet, ping friends, & tell all!!

submitted 39 days ago • 15 comments

First (finished) piece of 2025! This time I painted the Carrion Priesthood who are from the same faction as the bee knight i did previously. I'm enjoying designing and painting these characters and there'll be a bunch more throughout the year Ink on oil paper: 12x16"

submitted 39 days ago • 4 comments

I just spent almost two hours on help lines with Microsoft to try and switch my Office 365 sub to one without AI. Something every press release says is doable. No support officer could find a way, though they did spend a full hour figuring out how to remove copilot manually from each app.

submitted 39 days ago • 2 comments

To my fellow Brits, our government's push to make AI a huge part of British commerce threatens our creative livelihoods. A signature may not seem like a lot, but if enough of us stand up, it might make our government consider how they implement new AI policies. www.aitrainingstatement.org

submitted 40 days ago • 13 comments

2 hr study from The Last of Us Season 1, 2023

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012. Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place. A thread.

submitted 41 days ago • 379 comments

inexhaustive list to keep in mind, if youre a young person (esp. a young woman) breaking into a creative field / interacting with a creative professional w/ a lot of clout & $$ (or when interacting w/ fans): 1. there are always whisper networks. they are not exhaustive. dont expect them to be.

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

The Vulture article about Neil Gaiman is a lot. Like a lot a lot, and if you're going to read it please prepare yourself for a lot of explicit and horrific content. I don't care how popular a creator is - people need to stop thinking they can out-famous consent.

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment