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Hey everyone, I just want to leave this here in case you want to follow me on other places.


https://www.furaffinity.net/user/trias


https://inkbunny.net/TriasTheDinoArtist


https://triasthedinoartist.newgrounds.com/


https://twitter.com/TriasTheDinoArt

Despite all the justified moral outrage DA and ArtStation alike are more interested in betraying the craft of art as well as their respective communities.

I can not in good consciousness let this website steal my work in order for it to be plainly scraped for some dataset, which will then be sold as a product.

"AI" (or rather MLA: machine learning algorithm, because this is literally all it is) is simply a business model that functions on stolen ressources and these companies value their profit over any sort of morality there is. The unethical behaviour and lack of self reflection has not ceased to deeply unsettle me.


The last row of uploads I shared here were images I actually deemed against the guidelines here, however since I stumbled over child pronography right in the same place, I can at least say that my violation was a legitly created one, not done by an algorithm.


Again, follow me on these other places if you're still interested in my work and please consider supporting me.


https://www.furaffinity.net/user/trias

https://inkbunny.net/TriasTheDinoArtist

https://triasthedinoartist.newgrounds.com/

https://twitter.com/TriasTheDinoArt

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Beware

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So apparently it's become commonpractice already to charge money if you "want" to see stolen art work from some algorithm. Heck, I could swear I can make out some style elements I have seen done by real people.


https://www.deviantart.com/mr-xxxxt (censored for privacy reasons, ironically)


Don't fret though, the AI itself is not gonna profit from anything, neither will you or I ~ but this person there does.



I have been thinking quite a bit about it lately. AI art defenders usually call it a "tool" without explaining what the tool is supposed to be for, then think they make a point by explaining how the theft works. Honest concerns are being met with either arrogance or willful ignorance.


https://e621.net/posts/3816194


I'm honestly sorry that I can't be a better person about this than I currently am, but I will move forward relentlessly blocking people, using -tags and blacklist features whenever I can. AI image generators are only able to function the way they do because our collective work has been fed into it against our will and consent, more often than not, even private information is being taken with zero ethical concerns whatsoever.


This deserves being banned, prohibited by law and erased. It's a technology for lazy people with ignorant intentions in the best case and harshly malicious ones in the worst case. It invites all the wrong people for all the wrong reasons.


Now, I'm not being very nice here, am I?

Well guess what, AI art defenders are not very nice either, it's nothing but an act. Explaining to people how exactly the theft works is not gonna convince me of anything. Theft remains theft. A soul- and heartless one at that, to make some nice lazy-ass money.


The sheer lack of any morale, basic decency to purchase a license, to simply ask or credit artists and other creators. The sheer lack of ANY sort of empathy from those who see AI as a good thing is utterly disgusting and should be ridiculed by anybody who still has a brain and think for a moment how these people are going about this.



And for the love of god, don't come at me with this "you can't stop progress" bullshit. I have seen a few people saying it like that, referring to computers. Well think again mate, you still need people to operate these computers in order for them to be useful.

Of all the old computer documentaries I have seen released since 1982, nobody ever had this attitude like the AI bros "get robbed sucker LOL".



I could go on and on raging about this, but the bottomline is that I have an idea about why I just can't find any convincing point in favor of AI: it's very likely because these people know very well deep down that what they are doing is shady as shit.

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Hello everybody! I hope you too had an acceptable start into the new year! At least mine was, got a solid burn on my right thumb, but it wasn't as bad as I feared, pfff. I really missed having fireworks, it was great.

In connection to the last journal https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10418112/ , I want to let you know a few things.

Many of my journals are usually about negative things that by nature aren't very uplifting, however I always thought that I have to let people know when something holds me back (I want to change things up and report on better stuff as well, because we all can use some higher vibes).

Since I last posted in December, death and sickness had been the talking point almost every day. After 4-5 weeks it's begun to notably wear on my overall mood, to a degree where I had to bring it up and draw myself out of things just so I can somewhat focus on my work.

It turned me into a pretty sour, jealous and spiteful person lately. That only brings out the worst and I very much don't like it one bit, because that is neither who I usually am nor who I want to be.

Well now that you know that, on top of my burnout late last year, I have also become a bit insecure and very anxious, especially since I do not wish to half-ass the pictures YOU guys'n gals paid me to do, you know, just to get it out of the way, ain't gonna happen. Your hard earned money is gonna be rewarded with the best I can do.

So.

I'm working my way back, slowly but surely. Intention is to get the comic back going, major enemy there too being anxiety, I admit. I want to hit some of my books again and refresh some of my knowledge so I can tackle the things that can be improved more efficiently.

I recently went through my furry art collections to correctly sort and also delete a few things. Apart from my brain starting to go on strike after 25.000 images (and that wasn't even all of it lol), I always find it interesting to see how furry art has evolved since I started saving images I like in 2008.

That of course includes my own stuff as well. Sometimes I feel like I'm stuck in an underdog state. Other artists reel in great numbers and traffic, but I feel that I don't (I'm still a number slut, I know it's not very great...).

But as I mentioned, things have been moving since 2008, not only in terms of skill, but also in style and feel. My 2010-13 images don't really feel like those from 2016-17 and likewise the sort of transitional period I had in 18-21 also feels pretty different (to me at least.)

I'm always on this train of thinking that it's one continuous line, when it probably really isn't. From the bottom of my heart, I appreciate that you folks seem to equally like what I put out, be it dragons OR dinosaurs from various franchises!

Overall, I like the direction I started to take last year and I want to keep improving on that level for the time being, since I feel I need to do more of that, the visuals seem to favor my preferences.

The big new thing I still want to get into is telling little stories; something that has been missing more often than not.

Well well... that broadly renders out what I wanted to tell you folks. I hope you have a great rest of your day and don't hesitate to pay me a visit in one of my streams! :)

~Trias

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I will open 3 for October, 4 for November, so 7 in total.


Please poke me on Discord via Trias-Works#4095

I will get back to you as soon as I am free and ready until all slots are filled.


If you need some extra information, have a look at these links!


Prices: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/25804350/

TOS: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10207439/

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Hey everyone!


I thought it's a good time again to let you know what my agenda has been and what it will be for the upcoming weeks.


As you may (or may not) have noticed (yet), things have been on a good upturn for my work this year so far. The second quarter is not even over yet and I already surpassed my entire output of 2021 by 5 pieces; there are a few more commissions in there too now, thank god.


Recently I was actually feeling this though as my arm became increasingly heavy, so it's not that I am burned out on things, I rather literally have to take it a bit slower for a while because my body says so.


What I wanna do right now is completing the size charts, with which I am already halfway through with, plus a little extra, however that flows a bit into Patreon work. After that there will of course be a row of commissions again to keep up the momentum there.


And last not least, I want to put up an on FA again which can then run from July to end of the year. I noticed having one is still better than having none.



In the meantime, I hope all of you stay safe and tune and anticipate more from me! *thumbs up*

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