John PicacioJan 4, 2023

Still haven’t gotten the hang of Mastodon. Very, very quiet out there. Let’s see if my 2023 post interactions fare better than last year’s. :)

UNCANNY MAGAZINE asked me to write a bit of a career memoir for their 50th issue. Instead, I wrote about human artists, AI-generated images, and the crossroads facing you, me, and all of us. (Cover art by Galen Dara!)
#uncannymagazine #humanartists #SFF #art #illustration #bookstodon #artstodon

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/something-in-the-way-ai-generated-images-and-the-real-killer/

Something in the Way: AI-Generated Images and the Real Killer - Uncanny Magazine

When I began my career as a science fiction/fantasy/horror artist back in the ‘90s, illustrations on book covers were created by illustrators. Or I should say, by human ones. Even back then, change was coming. It was in the wind. Before that, comics were my first love, my first language. I was a child of […]

Uncanny Magazine
Show threadSunny Willow 🌞

@JohnPicacio

You don't follow enough people. Follow some hashtags of things you are interested in and find people to follow that way.

Jan 5, 2023 at 12:26amWeb
Show threadJohn PicacioJan 5, 2023
@sunnywillow Would love to follow more folks. I still haven’t found most of my people. What’s the best way to search for people outside of the server I’m on?
Show threadBeanieJan 5, 2023
@JohnPicacio @sunnywillow
Hashtag and follow. Hashtag and follow. Hashtag and follow.
Show threadSunny Willow 🌞Jan 5, 2023

@JohnPicacio

Do you follow any hashtags? For example I follow #Bookstodon and that brings posts into my timeline from people posting about books and using that hashtag. Then I follow people who are posting about books or genres I like. I follow hashtags for a bunch of things I'm interested in.

Show threadTown vs. Beagle KillerJan 5, 2023

@JohnPicacio @sunnywillow

If you were on Twitter, use #Movetodon to find your Twitter folks

Show threadSoonLeeNZJan 5, 2023

@SomeOldLady @JohnPicacio @sunnywillow

I used Debirdify myself. Was able to locate many of the people who had Mastodon accounts that way. https://debirdify.pruvisto.org/

Debirdify

This is a web app that helps you find out which of the people you follow on Twitter are on Mastodon/in the Fediverse already and follow all of them easily.