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Adrian - The Random Artist

@adrianrandomartist.bsky.social

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He/They | Illustrator & Graphic Designer | Looking for Work In Love with Animation, Storytelling, & Arcane to name a few

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Adrian - The Random Artist @adrianrandomartist.bsky.social · May 19

Commissions are open! Character art, poster art, background art, whatever you want! Read the instructions and the wills and wonts sheet very carefully on the following attached post. Thank you!

#commissionsopen #artist #noaiart #noai #art #commission #illustration #graphicdesign

A low angle perspective of a hand with a pencil drawing on a piece of paper interacting with the words: "Commissions Open!"

A character in only lineart stands triumphant with the pricing on the left stating: "Bust - $20, Half Body - $25, and Full Body - $30".

The character earlier in the last photo is now in both line art and flat colors stands triumphant with the pricing on the left stating: "Bust - $25, Half Body - $30, and Full Body - $35".

The character is now fully rendered and stands triumphant with the pricing on the left stating: "Bust - $30, Half Body - $35, and Full Body - $40". A note is added onto her right stating: "Extra Character(s) - Same pricing for each character".

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Leesh G(host) 🔞 @wondrabread.bsky.social · 1h

I've opened commissions! Right now I'm opening 3 slots just to make sure I can get the commissions done in a timely manner.

Contact me via chat or email me at [email protected] to discuss details.

#artistsonbluesky #commissions #artcommissions #arcane #caitvi #assassinscreed

Commissions pricing:
Bust in basic colors $60usd
Full Rendering $80usd

Waist up illustration
basic colors - $100usd
full rendering - $120usd

full body
basic colors - $160usd
full rendering - $180usd

half-body with bg
full rendering only - $200

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 8h

tell me you don't understand how AI works without telling me you don't understand how AI works

(you cannot use this shit without stealing other people's style because the entire thing is built on stolen styles oh my god)

echoing Greg Pak but this is so disappointing

Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿 @spiderswarz.bsky.social · 9h

Morrison invoking AI alike to "God" indicates a severe misunderstanding of how AI appropriates the work of thousands, including their own, and someone needs to rectify their understanding ASAP.

But also it's a severe disservice to their colleagues anyway to use it and justify it like this.

Reddit comment from comic writer Grant Morrison explaining why they use AI

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StargazerKG 🦸🌠 Stellar Hero Vtuber @stargazerkg.bsky.social · 9d

Paypal is now playing harder ball on artists, going after anyone even mentioning commissions.

Artists, send invoices. That way, no one has to say what the money is for on Paypal's paper trail.

Customers, SAY NOTHING about commissions. Just say "thanks" on donos.

Everyone: INCREASE THE CALLS.

qdbuckwheat.bsky.social @qdbuckwheat.bsky.social · 9d

Sharing a helpful link, has other numbers and call scripts to use.
stop-paypros.neocities.org

Stop payment processors from censoring games!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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Adrian - The Random Artist @adrianrandomartist.bsky.social · 1d

More pronouns!

A nametag with a focus on pronouns that reads "Hello my pronouns are he/they". Underneath the tag is a block of text saying "it's not that hard to be respectful."

A nametag with a focus on pronouns that reads "Hello my pronouns are she/they". Underneath the tag is a block of text saying "it's not that hard to be respectful."

A nametag with a focus on pronouns that reads "Hello my pronouns are xe/xem". Underneath the tag is a block of text saying "it's not that hard to be respectful."

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Adrian - The Random Artist @adrianrandomartist.bsky.social · 1d

More pronouns!

A nametag with a focus on pronouns that reads "Hello my pronouns are he/him". Underneath the tag is a block of text saying "it's not that hard to be respectful."

A nametag with a focus on pronouns that reads "Hello my pronouns are she/her". Underneath the tag is a block of text saying "it's not that hard to be respectful."

A nametag with a focus on pronouns that reads "Hello my pronouns are they/them". Underneath the tag is a block of text saying "it's not that hard to be respectful."

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Adrian - The Random Artist @adrianrandomartist.bsky.social · 1d

Happy International Pronouns Day to all the wonderful people that put respect, kindness, and pronouns first before hate and bigotry. Hope you all are doing well! Be kind and safe!

#pronounsday

A name tag with pronouns front and center saying "Hello my pronouns are" and in the white space, for celebration of identity and who we are, it reads "Loud & Proud". Underneath that reads "Please respect pronouns everyone. Thank you."

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Adrian - The Random Artist @adrianrandomartist.bsky.social · 1d

www.redbubble.com/people/Ranae...

My Redbubble page where Archer Caitlyn and Lone Raven are on display at the top.

Adrian - The Random Artist @adrianrandomartist.bsky.social · 1d

www.inprnt.com/gallery/adri...

My InPrnt page. Archer Caitlyn is on top left, my Lone Raven is top right, Jinx 2XKO pixel art is bottom left, and Vi 2XKO pixel art is bottom right. They are all right now 10% off.

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Adrian - The Random Artist @adrianrandomartist.bsky.social · 1d

Hey guys! Update that unfortunately after 5+ years, my drawing tablet is starting to not work anymore. Don't have money for a new tablet, so I'm reaching out to say that I have a print shop and a R3db*bble shop you all can buy from to help out! Would appreciate any and all help!

Adrian - The Random Artist @adrianrandomartist.bsky.social · 2d

Florida person here, and it’s sad seeing this happen. Will make more of an effort to go to the library and read more physical books

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 2d

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 2d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 2d

“ALL of Florida lost its [interlibrary loan] services as of October 1. This, of course, most harms those in rural communities. That means those with the most to lose and with the weakest access to education and entertainment materials are now wholly dependent on what their own library owns…”

The Current State of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (October 2025 Edition)

Grant money that should be going to library projects is going to state-sponsored propaganda, among other IMLS updates.

buttondown.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

@rweingarten.bsky.social, please cancel the @aft.org's partnership with this terrible company. They cannot be trusted to keep this away from products they offer children.

404 Media @404media.co · 2d

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday that ChatGPT is officially getting into the fuckable chatbots game, with “erotica for verified adults” rolling out in December.

🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...

ChatGPT’s Hail Mary: Chatbots You Can Fuck

As recent reports show OpenAI bleeding cash, and on the heels of accusations that ChatGPT caused teens and adults alike to harm themselves and others, CEO Sam Altman announced that you can soon fuck t...

www.404media.co

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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 2d

“The humans won hands down when it came to notes, which require actual analysis rather than just distillation. The AI programs were ‘an almost total fail across the board.’”

Nice to know I wouldn’t have been so easily replaced at my old job by an A.I.

variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Hollywood Script Readers Fear They Could be Replaced by AI. They Set Up a Test to See Who Gives Better Feedback

Fearing they could be replaced, Hollywood script readers face off against AI programs to see who gives better feedback.

variety.com

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Cali ✨ @sapphicsparkles.bsky.social · 2d

💖 Howdy #portfolioday I'm Cali, a queer illustrator who loves women 💖

✨ shop: sapphicsparkles.etsy.com
✨ carrd: sapphicsparkles.carrd.co

✉️: [email protected]

Digital Illustration of a dark fairy with raven wings standing in the center of the composition, bird like feet with one foot and claws on a small animal skull and other bones scattered around the bottom of the composition and intertwined with the treelike design of the boarder, the background is dark with a bright moon behind the figure's head, one glowing eye looking out at the viewer under a skull helmet, the figure holds a bloody spear up with a lawed hand and a spine bone arm brace.

Bo-Katan surrounded by flames and smoke and debris, looking at the viewer with an intense expression as she is in midair with blaster bolts coming towards her, jetpack blazing and vibro blade out, her shield held up casting a blue light onto her face

Looking up at Anthy Himemiya, her the skirts of her dress swirling up into a rose pattern, she has one arm lifted holding the sword of Dios as if she's about to bring it down on the viewer, her eyes are red and there is a wind blowing glowing red rose petals around and the background has a psychedelic wavering to it with the rose crest faintly seen in the far background behind her head

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Adrian - The Random Artist @adrianrandomartist.bsky.social · 2d

Hi, #PortfolioDay

I'm Adrian, and I'm a college student wanting to enhance my art experience with traditional and digital works of any kind from backgrounds, to characters, and small design experience!

I am available for commissions pinned on my accounts!

linktr.ee/adriantheart...

A black and white intaglio print of a lone raven in the wild desert environment as the sun starts to set.

An illustration based from Asian art, such as in older ink drawings or paintings from Chinese and Japanese culture respectfully. This piece reflects on Caitlyn Kiramman from the show "Arcane: League of Legends" and her ancestry of Asian descent as she rides on horseback with an aimed bow. Next to her is Mandarin text, translating roughly to the question following the woman throughout her life: "What are you shooting for?"

A trans man with their top surgery scars glowing walks with their face in their hands in anguish. The top text reads "What have I done to be labeled a monster?", all in the color of the trans flag.

Trans lives matter. Trans people have always existed. No matter what people will do to hide them down. Never forget them, never stop supporting them, and never ever let them believe they aren't worth it, because they are.

A DND poster commission with three different characters in three different environments.

On the top is a sailor looking at the setting sun in an orange hue. On the bottom left is a student heading into a school with a giant clock, the school walls bathed in pinkish purple. On the bottom right is a priest figure wondering in a barren woods with an eerie green settling around them. In the middle is the d20 die, connecting them all into the DND campaign these characters were set in.

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 3d

This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.

There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3d

you cannot "abuse" your rights.

civil rights either are protected and real or they are not.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 3d

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

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Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

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Adrian - The Random Artist @adrianrandomartist.bsky.social · 3d

Culture is a beautiful thing. Instead of celebrating when said culture had been prosecuted and assimilated to colonial powers, we should celebrate the voices of those who lived on land before those who thought they could claim nature took land away.

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day.

A Native American individual is shrouded in the clothing of their culture dances in focus. Underneath them reads text from Deb Haaland, an American politician and member of the Laguna Pueblo said, "We only have one earth. Let's take care of it." Reference photo used for this drawing is from the UIC page on Native American Dance and Regalia.

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Adrian - The Random Artist @adrianrandomartist.bsky.social · 4d

I wish you an amazing lesbianniversary!

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💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · 6d

Vinyl stickers! Buy stickers by the dozen.

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Cover a venture capitalist's Cybertruck with stickers.

Blind a techbro's Google glasses with stickers.

  Buy them directly from the designer (me) for $2 a pop! 

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 6d

Restocked with @meganpiont.bsky.social's incredible "How to Report ICE" zine - also collecting donations for @thenyic.bsky.social ! #NYCC Artist Alley L25 - come see, come see!

part of greg pak's artist alley table showing "How to Report ICE" zines, free photo prints, and a donation jar for the New York Immigrant Coalition

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Adrian - The Random Artist @adrianrandomartist.bsky.social · 5d

Happy International Coming Out Day!

To all my LGBTQ+ friends, I love you and who you are, and I want you all to know you are some of the strongest people I know. Never change for who you are.
#internationalcomingoutday

A person is colored in the pride flag, boldly and tall. Above them reads: "Being gay is like glitter, it never goes away", from Lady Gaga.

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Adrian - The Random Artist @adrianrandomartist.bsky.social · 5d

Ahh nooo! I think it’s very precious! Plus it gives a very good book cover feeling!