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/

Wishing hope, joy, and magic for you today. Happy Holidays, everyone! Feliz Navidad to all who celebrate it today.

Pictured here: My art for 'El Mundo' from the Loteria Grande Card series.

Traditional graphite + digital color.
100% me, 0% AI.
#humanartist #humanartists #merrychristmas #happyholidays

Happy Solstice, everyone.

My art for 'El Venado' from the Loteria Grande Card series. Traditional graphite + digital color. 100% me, 0% AI.

#humanartist #humanartists #solstice

My store is open. Come one, come all. I'll be filling orders all week long. :)🎄🎁

I've got signed Deluxe Art Prints of my work, as well as Loteria Grande Cards, Loteria Posters, and Calavera Masks!

Pictured here: 'La Cantarita' from my Loteria Grande Card series. Also available as a signed Deluxe Art Print.

Traditional graphite + digital.
100% me, 0% AI.

And if you want your Loteria Grande Cards signed, LMK and I'll sign 'em on the back for no extra charge. ☃️
https://johnpicacio.com/store/

Saw this posted at the bee place.
So true. 😂

So how you doing here on Mastodon? I’m glad to be on here but I think the bee place is where the most fun is right now. Even with its crashes and startup hiccups. I’m not giving up on Mastodon *by any means*. Not surrendering my username at the bird site either.

But if you’re new to the bee place like I am, come find me at johnpicacio. :) 🐝

Now playing in the background here in studio.

This isn’t the 1991 Oliver Stone JFK film. This is the 2021 Oliver Stone documentary. Good day to remember the peril threatening our democracy has a very long tail. #jfk

I never met this early version of Greg Bear, pictured right with fellow SF literary giant Ray Bradbury. I met the more senior version who along with Astrid Bear was always gracious to me in the handful of Worldcon / EMP / MOPOP moments when we briefly crossed paths.

My condolences to her, his family, and his legions of readers and fans. 🚀

Wiping off the dust on this account. Tapping microphone….

Hi, everyone. :)

I’ll be posting more on this interface in coming days. Set up this account in 2017. Haven’t used it since but looks like *that* will be changing. LOL

Will start posting this weekend. Need to find my people in this shifted landscape. First thing though — how you doing over there?