aevaFeb 20
i'll say one nice thing about ai slop: the ai generated preview images continue to be a reliable indicator that there are other major issues with the article or video they represent. if the author couldn't be bothered to try to land a solid first impression, why, you can bet they didn't care enough to try and make anything else worth your time
An actual ape of some kindFeb 20
Show threadaeva

straw man: "but i can't draw and i hate artists"

look pal, you could take a sharpie and a piece of paper and draw crude stick figures with comic speech bubbles saying something witty and relevant to your blog post/video and I would be 10000x more impressed than the mockery of the human spirit you decided fit to represent your mingnum opus instead

Feb 20 at 9:14amWeb
Show threadaevaFeb 20

straw man: "but I just want to feed tokens into a jpeg dispenser"

my brother in christ we had a tool for that they're called "mobile games"

Show threadYukari Hafner Feb 20
@aeva I never thought I'd say this, but at least there's blood, sweat, and tears behind those giant anime bosoms
Show threadKevin GranadeFeb 20
@aeva *hate favorites post*
Show threadYukari Hafner Feb 20
@aeva is it a straw man when it's real
Show threadaevaFeb 20
@shinmera *flips open zippo* who's askin
Show threadErinFeb 20

@aeva omg mingnum opus

that kind of burn could flash-blind onlookers

Show threadaevaFeb 20
@ChateauErin remember to wear 😎 proper eye protection
Show threadErinFeb 23
@aeva seen today. so close to mingnum my neurons activated
Show threadaevaFeb 23
@ChateauErin :3
Show threadErinFeb 23

@aeva from a zine called "Birdy." The place I was at had physical issues but it's looks like they're online too https://www.birdymagazine.com/issue/146/

I didn't even actually read it til you sent me the :3, I just saw the one word while I was skimming, took the photo, sent it, and went back to playing arcade games. But that was pretty good for a one page story

ISSUE 146 | FEBRUARY 2026 | ART + WRITING | BIRDY MAGAZINE

ISSUE 146 of Birdy Magazine, published February 2026 — art, words, comedy, et cetera. Birdy is Denver's only magazine, the beginning is the end.

BIRDY MAGAZINE
Show threadgkrnoursFeb 20
@aeva they could take a stock photo, with the watermark, and write the witty comment on it in MSpaint in calibri, if they really hate art
Show threadOrange Lizard GirlthingFeb 21
@gkrnours @aeva Replace the font with something like large pink comic sans and it's suddenly perfect
Show threadKraftwerk-Das Model CollapseFeb 20
@aeva there's also good free stock photos! Huge amounts of them!
Show threadDavid GerardFeb 21
@dngrs @aeva i use stock illustrations daily and get assholes asking if they're AI
Show threadRycochetFeb 20
@aeva 'But I want people to think I'm talented without doing any work to develop a skill! As one of the most profound voices of my generation, I deserve it, and when I ask artists they want paying or refuse due to my conserva... Er, wokeness!'
Show threadArtemisFeb 21
@aeva I honestly want to get back into blogging just to see how far I can stretch the museums' open access.
Show threadaevaFeb 21
@art_codesmith i love this idea
Show threadAveril ✒️ DoomBloomArtFeb 21
@aeva Even an image of a solid color with just a quote from the blog post/article would be genuinely more informative than over half the images I see on any blogs/news sites, even many of the non-AI ones.
We‘re just padding the shit we actually wanna say with more media for no fucking reason other than it showing up a bit nicer on embeds or whatever.
Show threadarclightFeb 21

@aeva Exhibit A: Kingdom of Loathing
Exhibit B: xkcd

It's more than okay to express yourself directly at the skill level you have. I want to see your original crappy drawings not some polished homogenized ripoff.

Show threadJanne MorenFeb 21

@arclight @aeva
Exhibit C: questionable content. Over the years the art has gone from "I can see what it's supposed to be" to "Yep, that's a professional comics artist right there".

If you want to do something but you're really bad at it, then do it anyway. Doing it, repeatedly and often and with intention, is how you gradually get decent, then good.

Show threadideaPDishFeb 21

@aeva

Do you mean manga opus?
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-isvKK3MEofnL4afH_6wHOasw9GjzQpCfhNhVRpgQSu-EJ0STIvjs4SrylBmP4BIfdzVke7IsV2wjUi-uM3kn-8xP0XNqxxqXCN2nqGqqwZrf0K7c657OU_JDybFjiRBcsLd/s1600/large+%25284%2529.jpg

Show threadideaPDishFeb 21

@aeva

or this?
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c-ykSVD29e8/maxresdefault.jpg