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Friction (Back to working on the comic) @frictioncomic.com · Apr 13

The whole of chapter 1 is up on our website. We do have an RSS feed on the home page. But it's very much the boomer way of doing webcomics.

I would rather do this as opposed to this scheduled posting thing? But the personal web is a niche now.

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Friction (Back to working on the comic) @frictioncomic.com · 41m

I think nanomango is that push that I need. I had a rough year. Feels like im barely scraping by. But last mango was very good for my comic so ive decided to commit again.

Friction (Back to working on the comic) @frictioncomic.com · 5h

My lovely partner drew this

seti @xetialpha.bsky.social · 8h

Don’t be a bully.

Typeset/lettering by @frictioncomic.com

Friction (Back to working on the comic) @frictioncomic.com · 17h

I don't usually post anything remotely NSFW. I'm sorry to everyone who clicks into it expecting something... serious? I mean it is serious but like.... idk.... not this.

Friction (Back to working on the comic) @frictioncomic.com · 17h

My partner: Hey you should draw Keith wearing this skimpy nun outfit on Temu

Me laughing my ass off several hours later:

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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so goddamn tired of saying this but: this is it.

All the worrying that trans folks have had since he took office? This is why. This is the first step on a short road that ends with the criminalization of trans existence in the US. It isn't doomsaying. It isn't panic. It's right in front of us.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY

Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally

The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.

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Friction (Back to working on the comic) @frictioncomic.com · 1d

#ocsky #artstudies #comicart
I really wanna lock him in before chapter 2 and I struggle with his hair and face when rendering more than any other characters. That tells me I need to draw him more realistically so I can understand his hair under lit conditions.

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Friction (Back to working on the comic) @frictioncomic.com · 7d

Waiting on a consult with a friend to help me finish the tattoos on Rex. In the meantime...

Keith and Brant had to stop at a motel on the run.

BUT ALAS!

There's only one full-sized bed!

So they're sharing a bed. Brant fell asleep and pinned Keith's arm.

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Friction (Back to working on the comic) @frictioncomic.com · 9d

Pizza logs

Friction (Back to working on the comic) @frictioncomic.com · 9d

There is a way to turn off direct training but the language implies that there are still ways GPT trains from interactions.

It could be a difference between directly scraping the data from the message vs scraping GPTs output along with users engagement with the output. GPT's language is vague.

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Friction (Back to working on the comic) @frictioncomic.com · 9d

They used GPT and the output was bad.

Rather than acknowledge "GPT = bad output" and use a more human approach going forward, they insisted that the human part of the process is what messed up. Covering for GPT.

And they want us to believe they have response training turned off????????

Friction (Back to working on the comic) @frictioncomic.com · 9d

They say they disabled GPT training but we're taking them at their word when they weren't disclosing GPT use to begin with. It had to be pressed out of them.

Friction (Back to working on the comic) @frictioncomic.com · 9d

Friendly reminder to everyone here that engaging with GPT is part of training it. This is more than GPT giving an inconsequential output. This is feeding it training data that may reflect in future builds.

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Friction (Back to working on the comic) @frictioncomic.com · 9d

It's a shame because I liked their reader for mobile.

I absolutely can't stand for a company that just... feeds creators works into GPT. Engaging in any way with GPT contributes to training it. What's the point of uploading somewhere that's going to hand over my work for AI training?

Paige Critchlow @tenacity-comic.bsky.social · 9d

Hey, so I'm probably pulling TENACITY off Globalcomix.

Globalcomix made a promotional Youtube video for TENACITY using ChatGPT to write their script for it. I did NOT give my consent to them for this and asked for the video to be taken down(which they did).

Details below ⏬️
#globalcomix #comic

Screenshot from the creator chat channel of the Globalcomix discord server. (1)

Screenshot from the creator chat channel of the Globalcomix discord server. (2)

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Polluxery @polluxery.bsky.social · Feb 11

Doc phosphorus

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Mom ➡️ Kumoricon @milph.mom · 12d

Thinking about the WWE x Gaia Online crossover.

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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 13d

HAIR UNDERWATER! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just tap the link in the bio HERE: @etheringtonbros.bsky.social
#anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration

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🕸Nye🐇 comms open! @nigelgraz.bsky.social · 13d

I think bro likes drawing leather

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Micah @rincewind.run · 13d

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?

anyway that’s why these events are important

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.

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ガイレン・ɴᴀɪɴꜱᴏᴏ・나인수 @nainsoo.bsky.social · 14d

New design I'm still coming up with for my OC, Niko

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heybiji @heybiji.bsky.social · 13d

ttrpg sketches
[ #masks #ocs]

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Friction (Back to working on the comic) @frictioncomic.com · 13d

MASKS mentioned 👀👀👀👀👀

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Friction (Back to working on the comic) @frictioncomic.com · 13d

Holy cannoli arm is right 💪
Do you have recommended resources for studying muscle drawing or is it just.... years of practice.

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Friction (Back to working on the comic) @frictioncomic.com · 13d

Working families. The elderly. People with mobility limitations. People of all colors. Not just LGBTQ and liberals. People who are VERY patriotic. Veterans for Palestine (which was very fucking cool to see.)

Honestly these events are raw hope. PLEASE go to any #nokings you can manage.

Friction (Back to working on the comic) @frictioncomic.com · 13d

What do #nokings protests look like?

People having fun, wearing costumes, blowing bubbles, drawing with chalk, and banging on percussion instruments. Kids taking pictures with people in superhero costumes. Educators and health care workers dancing. Couples of all ages. Friends goofing around.

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