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Richard H Fay - Artist/Illustrator/Poet/Polymath
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scifi, fantasy, & horror artist, illustrator, & poet
multi-genre print-on-demand artist, designer, & photographer
My PoD shops:
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Richard H Fay - Artist/Illustrator/Poet/Polymath @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 14d
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Placing every drawn line or every chosen word with deliberate care when creating art, visual or literary, is something AI prompters using their IP-exploiting roulette wheels simply do not understand.
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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One of the many reasons why I would never use generative AI in my creative works, including literary art (mostly poetry nowadays) is because I'd have to be so damned specific and detailed with my prompts that I might as well just draw or write the bloody thing myself!
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Added one more couplet ("love soars; love falls.") to the poem I penned earlier today, "The Duality of Love", and rendered a background image for it using GIMP.
Both poem and design seem simple, but I think there's great truth in such simplicity.
#poem #poetry #love
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The Duality of Love By Richard H. Fay Love heals; Love hurts. Love soothes; Love stings. Love calms; Love riles. Love mends; Love breaks. Love melds; Love splits. Love flows; Love ebbs. Love soars; Love falls. Love lives; Love dies.
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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>"You MUST adopt AI or be left behind!"<

Actually, when talking visual art, in a world flooded with similar-looking AI-generated images, I suspect human-made uniqueness will stand out. Furthermore, I bet there will always be human customers who will appreciate human-made art.
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Here's an item in my Azure Lion Productions Zazzle Store that could use a little more love and attention — a keychain featuring my illustration of "The Lambton Worm".

The Lambton Worm Keychain www.zazzle.com/the_lambton_... via @zazzle

#zazzlemade #keychain #lambtonworm #monster
The Lambton Worm Keychain
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Here's my new Christmas design "Candy Cane and Bow" on wrapping paper over
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#zazzlemade #zazzle #wrappingpaper #christmas #bow #candycane
Candy Cane and Bow Wrapping Paper
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Art train anyone can join in!

Some of my abstract works:
"Abstract Dancer",
"Abstract Shapes",
"Circles Abstract",
"Head Abstract".
Abstract Dancer Abstract Shapes Circles Abstract Head Abstract
November 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Here's my new Christmas design "Candy Cane and Bow" on an oval-shape acrylic ornament.

Candy Cane and Bow Ornament www.zazzle.com/candy_cane_a... via @zazzle

#zazzlemade #zazzle #ornament #christmas #candycane
Candy Cane and Bow Ornament
November 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Here's my new Christmas design "Candy Canes Crossed" on wrapping paper over in my Azure Lion Productions Zazzle Store.

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#zazzlemade #wrappingpaper #candycanes #christmas
Candy Canes Crossed Wrapping Paper
November 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Here's my new Christmas design "Candy Canes Crossed" on a square ceramic ornament over in my Azure Lion Productions Zazzle Store.

Candy Canes Crossed Ceramic Ornament www.zazzle.com/candy_canes_... via @zazzle

#zazzlemade #ornament #christmas #candycanes
Candy Canes Crossed Ceramic Ornament
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Re-posting to boost the signal regarding this post about whether or not I should re-publish my speculative poetry collection.
azurelionprod.bsky.social Richard H Fay - Artist/Illustrator/Poet/Polymath @azurelionprod.bsky.social · 1d
Is there any interest at all in seeing my currently out-of-print speculative poetry collection re-published through Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing, or should it remain out-of-print?

I will admit, even if I did re-publish the collection, I'm unlikely to promote it.
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Recently, some AI bro (or bot) tried to suggest that a work like my "Black Cat Face" isn't actually art and doesn't actually make me an artist.

What say you, BlueSky hivemind? Is this work art? Am I an artist?

I say IT IS ART and I AM AN ARTIST!
Black Cat Face
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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The public has been buying my art, or items featuring my art, since 1999.
The public has been purchasing PoD items featuring my art through my own stores since 2010 (before that, sold some items through a store run by an editor/publisher).
Doubt folks will stop buying due to AI.
November 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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You have no fucking clue!

Hey, shithead, I'm self-employed. I'm certainly not firing myself!
Ariagoshe Silvertear @Codeforged_One Enjoy it while you can. There was a transition phase between horse and buggy and auto that fit your scenario as well. 4:11 PM · Nov 17, 2025 · 6 Views
November 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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I agree, these prompters prove over and over again that they have little understanding of craft and skill. It's true — they'd be NOTHING without human creators, without the massive exploitation of human-made IPs.
𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚖𝚎 𝙰𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚞𝚜 @WilliamBWi87098 you can’t follow a simple point. that point is: you don’t even know that the fukk you’re taking about. you’re unable to have a real conversation because you only know prompts and nothing about skills or craft. you’re nothing without the work of others. 2:03 PM · Nov 17, 2025 · 14 Views
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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I have no need to use generative AI, so I do not use generative AI.

As a matter of fact, my sales are a bit UP this year compared to last year, which suggests my customers appreciate my "horse and buggy" art.

Honestly, the backlash against AI works for trad artists like me.
Ariagoshe Silvertear @Codeforged_One So? Seriously, this changes nothing. What I posted originally is the endgame. It's where we're headed, and it's inevitable. Whining, bitching, self-righteousness...will accomplish precisely zero. You either ride the wave, learn the new tech and learn how to make it work for you, or you dig your heels in, and become a horse and buggy in a automobile dominated world. That's really the reality of it. 4:03 PM · Nov 17, 2025
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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>"There's no nobility in poverty."<

I mean, yeah, it sucked for someone like Edgar Allan Poe that he died impoverished, but that in no way dims his brilliance as a writer and poet. The one is not a direct reflection of the other.
November 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Then Vs Now Creatives edition.
Let’s see your Growth:

"Galactic Road Trip 2010" vs. "Galactic Road Trip 2018"
"Gothic Window 2007" vs. "Gothic Window 2021"
Dragon illustration circa 1982 (for oral report in 9th grade) vs. "Blue Dragon 2021"
"Galactic Road Trip 2010" vs. "Galactic Road Trip 2018" "Gothic Window 2007" vs. "Gothic Window 2021" Dragon illustration circa 1982 (for oral report in 9th grade) vs. "Blue Dragon 2021"
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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The Duality of Love

Love heals;
Love hurts.
Love soothes;
Love stings.
Love calms;
Love riles.
Love mends;
Love breaks.
Love melds;
Love splits.
Love flows;
Love ebbs.
Love lives;
Love dies.

#poem #poetry #love #lovepoem #lovepoetry
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Had to use my credit card to purchase another CD player because the one I'd purchased 4 yrs ago to replace one I had for 20 yrs started skipping while playing. Wasn't the discs — they'd play fine in another, cheaper player.

I'm sick of things not lasting as long as they used to.
November 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Duran Duran 'The early days'
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November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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#MonochromeMonday
Bronze Mace Heads pencil drawing Redcap illustration in grayscale The Haunted Isle illustration in grayscale
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Ya gotta love the absolute ignorance of AI bros who seem to think that human artists not using AI will never actually improve their art.

What a bunch of effing BS!
Ariagoshe Silvertear @Codeforged_One Same old nonsense. Over and over..and no one wants to even remotely face the truth of it all. Generative AI isn't going anywhere. More and more people are using it. Hell there are corporation jobs for prompt writers now. Bitching, name calling and whining does zero good. Generative AI artists and producers are going to ignore the Anti-AI haters and just hone what they enjoy doing. They're going to get better, you're going to continue to bitch, corporations are going to expand to include these new positions, and well..here you are. So sure, talk shit to people, patronize and flex your superiority. You're going to anyway, obviously. But make sure while you're doing it..you know it's 100% futile, and the people you're attacking..well they aren't stopping, they're improving, and enjoying the things they're making. Generative AI isn't going anywhere. We're not stopping, and you can't make us. There's your reality. Nice and neat. 12:52 PM · Nov 17, 2025 · 49 Views
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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With my 2D line art for items in my stores, I've developed an art style that many viewers have called "unique". That uniqueness has become part of my "brand".

I'm not about to destroy the uniqueness of my brand by using AI to generate generic images far removed from my style.
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Artists! Quote with your 💛 yellow 💛 art!

Illustration for Lindsey Duncan's "Mythocraft", cover art for Plasma Frequency, Issue 2, October/November 2012.
Illustration for Lindsey Duncan's "Mythocraft", cover art for Plasma Frequency, Issue 2, October/November 2012.
November 17, 2025 at 6:39 AM