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Sean D. Phillips

@megasean.bsky.social

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Environment Artist @ Industrial, Light and Magic https://megasean.artstation.com/ Things and other things...art, sports (Go Cowboys), food, tech and things. I make some bomb cocktails too. *No ai, nft or crypto please. You will be blocked.

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Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · 9h

Making a modular set and having the piece snap together on the first try...hits like crack. I mean, I just started on only have 3 pieces...but I've never made one before and this feels great

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Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · 10h

It's kinda funny, seeing so many creatives in my professional network, who were so enamoured by AI 3-4 years ago, now slowly starting to sour on it over the last 2 years.

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Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 13h

WOW! Protesters created a HUGE human sign on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach reading “No Kings YES on 50” to support California’s Prop 50 and stand up against Donald Trump’s fascist regime

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Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · 16d

Ah. A man of culture, I see.

Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · 17d

You ever stop to think...we (Americans) are experiencing faux fascist country, all because Elon wanted to be a trillionaire but needed to make sure he killed all the investigations of fraud that were going on against Tesla? He wasn't kidding when he said "I'm screwed if Trump loses"

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jenny @qdork.bsky.social · 19d

day 4 #gaming #indiegames #indiegamedev #videogames #gamedev #gamer

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Azure @aguyuno.bsky.social · 20d

Dudes rock

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Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · 22d

a woman wearing a sweater with a house and clouds on it

ALT: a woman wearing a sweater with a house and clouds on it

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It's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 22d

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 22d

A Twitter-style Community Notes tag on a post that says:

Readers added context
"Elon Musk did NOT go to Pedophile Island. Due to the classification of Little Saint James as an “islet” by the US Geographic Survey, it would be more accurate to say he went to “Pedophile Islet.”

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Saint_J..."

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Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · 23d

Doing this AFTER it's been officially declared a genocide is definitely a decision.

Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · 23d

And she's VOCAL about it and has been the entire time. It's disappointing.

Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · 25d

And apparently, they think all art is done by a single freelancer or small indie team of 5 people. Which...makes everything they say make sense. Also make sense as to why they don't understand why we think they're stupid

Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · 25d

I've come to realize, they're entire thought process is built on CEO hype and genuinely not understanding creative fields. Some dude literally just said to me "well, one day art directors are gonna be irrelevant or they have to prove their worth. Ai will make them irrelevant"

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Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · 25d

Or work not being a slot machine. Or daily generation limits.

Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · 25d

Also ...they never sat through a review where they absolutely hated what you did. So much so that, instead of long notes, they tell you what they didn't like, then move you on to something else and have someone else do it instead. (That happened to me once, I vowed "never again").

Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · 25d

AI bros who think they're going to take an artist's job, never sat through a review where they said "this is almost perfect, just a few notes" and the meeting lasted an hour. So many small notes. So many "let's do it now on the call so we can see if it works."

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Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · Sep 18

Like...how do you fumble deals that were ALREADY MADE?!?!? Could've sat there, did nothing and took all the credit.

Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · Sep 18

I remember in 2019 saying "one bad event is gonna show how weak the economy actually is." Then Covid happened. The economy has never actually recovered from Covid and AI is making it worse, while covering up how bad it is. Not to mention, certain people in power and their incompetence

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Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · Sep 17

That's the part that gives me hope. The fragility of their egos. And every world leader, thinks they're all a joke. It'll all be undone, but eventually

Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · Sep 17

this is legit scary but it’s also the product of a paper thin administration that’s going to collapse under its own vanity

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · Sep 17

*DISNEY'S ABC PULLS KIMMEL SHOW INDEFINITELY, WSJ REPORTER POSTS

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · Sep 17

Just seen this on other lists so have to say it here:

indies, please do NOT give your back catalog to a "management" company whose entire pitch is "we'll schedule sales"

You can schedule your own sales, it takes a few hours every 6 months, some platforms even let you automate with a spreadsheet

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Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · Sep 17

Should've happened 2 years ago.

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Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · Sep 17

Are VCs screwed and money dries up for everyone OR do they get to sue and get their money back, because clearly AI is propped up on fraud? Does the government just let the bubble pop or do they force a bailout for an industry that SHOULD crumble?

Sean D. Phillips @megasean.bsky.social · Sep 17

That's a terrifying part. I think... it'll rip off the mask and show how bad the economy ACTUALLY is. But then... what happens with these companies that invested all the money into ai. Do the companies that went full throttle with it, higher back all or a portion of the employees they laid off?

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · Sep 13

its wild how slippery objective consensus reality is right now

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