Graf
@hargraf.bsky.social
rehosting my portfolio website, bear with me | https://ko-fi.com/hargraf
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Graf
@hargraf.bsky.social
· Apr 25
Time for a new pinned post, so: I'm Graf, and I'm an illustrator based in the US!
🕸️ Portfolio: hargraf.com
🕸️ Work inquiries: [email protected]
🕸️ Toss me a few bucks at ko-fi.com/hargraf if you want, and I'll try to sketch you something!
🕸️ Portfolio: hargraf.com
🕸️ Work inquiries: [email protected]
🕸️ Toss me a few bucks at ko-fi.com/hargraf if you want, and I'll try to sketch you something!
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This looks amazing
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This looks amazing
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i have a lot of trouble with self-promotion, but i lost my insurance and SNAP benefits a few months ago due to federal level hijinx, and am really struggling with the day to day right now. i could really use your help! i'm trying to get back up to $1000.
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Get more from Loren Schmidt on Patreon
creating video games + other digital art
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November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
i have a lot of trouble with self-promotion, but i lost my insurance and SNAP benefits a few months ago due to federal level hijinx, and am really struggling with the day to day right now. i could really use your help! i'm trying to get back up to $1000.
www.patreon.com/vacuumflowers
www.patreon.com/vacuumflowers
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i think this usefully focuses on some neglected aspects within the discussion: we exist in an economic context, and LLMs are products with a specific, non-neutral shape and context, which have been significantly overhyped and which have safeguards significantly underimplemented.
“Relying on chatbots isn’t fringe — it’s the predictable result of care made scarce, stigmatized, and costly. Recognizing that doesn’t mean uncritically embracing chatbot care, but it’s past time to name what’s happening: Privately owned chatbots are functioning as public health resources.”
‘AI psychosis’ discussions ignore a bigger problem with chatbots
Don’t frame chatbot failures as human “insanity.”
www.statnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
i think this usefully focuses on some neglected aspects within the discussion: we exist in an economic context, and LLMs are products with a specific, non-neutral shape and context, which have been significantly overhyped and which have safeguards significantly underimplemented.
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Today's Classic Cover of the day is the 1985 edition of Gene Wolfe's A Devil in a Forest, illustrated by Bruce Pennington
October 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Today's Classic Cover of the day is the 1985 edition of Gene Wolfe's A Devil in a Forest, illustrated by Bruce Pennington
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Justice Sotomayor with a graphic dissent as the Supreme Court allows Alabama to move forward with the execution of Anthony Boyd by lethal gas:
October 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Justice Sotomayor with a graphic dissent as the Supreme Court allows Alabama to move forward with the execution of Anthony Boyd by lethal gas:
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The Hunter's Funeral Procession
November 11, 2023 at 5:16 PM
The Hunter's Funeral Procession
What video game do you consider perfect?
September 30, 2025 at 6:09 AM
What video game do you consider perfect?
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On September 29th, 1547, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was born in Alcalá de Henares, near Madrid. To celebrate we have The Dialogue of the Dogs (The Allen Press, 1969)) originally collected in Novelas ejemplares, published in 1613.
Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern
Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern
September 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
On September 29th, 1547, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was born in Alcalá de Henares, near Madrid. To celebrate we have The Dialogue of the Dogs (The Allen Press, 1969)) originally collected in Novelas ejemplares, published in 1613.
Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern
Amanda, Special Collections Graduate Intern
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electrostim. or something.
September 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
electrostim. or something.
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If you mash the audio example buttons on the wikipedia page for the IPA vowel sounds you can create a choir of mildly disgusted men
September 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
If you mash the audio example buttons on the wikipedia page for the IPA vowel sounds you can create a choir of mildly disgusted men
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What video game do you consider perfect?
September 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
What video game do you consider perfect?
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Just got a call from the vet, she’s confirmed the intestinal blockage and is going into surgery between today and tomorrow, gave me an estimate cost of $600 on top of the hospitalization costs
We need all the help we can get
We need all the help we can get
I HATE having to do this again, but emergencies dont care for timing
my oldest cat is currently hospitalized with a possible intestinal blockage, and is most likely going to need surgery
if you could spare a couple bucks to help me help her, I'd appreciate it a lot
paypal.me/TheArtOfAsty
my oldest cat is currently hospitalized with a possible intestinal blockage, and is most likely going to need surgery
if you could spare a couple bucks to help me help her, I'd appreciate it a lot
paypal.me/TheArtOfAsty
September 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Just got a call from the vet, she’s confirmed the intestinal blockage and is going into surgery between today and tomorrow, gave me an estimate cost of $600 on top of the hospitalization costs
We need all the help we can get
We need all the help we can get
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Grant Wood (1891-1942), “Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” (1931), oil on masonite, 100 x 76 cm.
September 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Grant Wood (1891-1942), “Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” (1931), oil on masonite, 100 x 76 cm.
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Wait till you get to the 90s and this Canadian Senate classic... @joshuajfriedman.com :p
September 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Wait till you get to the 90s and this Canadian Senate classic... @joshuajfriedman.com :p
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+Some inking process for my illustration!
+Some inking process for my illustration!
September 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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+Some inking process for my illustration!
+Some inking process for my illustration!
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Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Slightly diminish a book
We Usually Lived in the Castle
We Usually Lived in the Castle
Slightly diminish a book
The book of the used sun
The book of the used sun
Slightly diminish a book
The Situationship of the Two Kingdoms
The Situationship of the Two Kingdoms
September 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Slightly diminish a book
We Usually Lived in the Castle
We Usually Lived in the Castle
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Comets from The Augsburg Book of Miracles, 16th century.
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More in our post "Flowers of the Sky", of depictions spanning almost a whole millennium of comets, meteors, meteorites and shooting stars: publicdomainreview.org/collection/f... #comets #meteors #shootingstars #meteorshower
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More in our post "Flowers of the Sky", of depictions spanning almost a whole millennium of comets, meteors, meteorites and shooting stars: publicdomainreview.org/collection/f... #comets #meteors #shootingstars #meteorshower
September 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Comets from The Augsburg Book of Miracles, 16th century.
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More in our post "Flowers of the Sky", of depictions spanning almost a whole millennium of comets, meteors, meteorites and shooting stars: publicdomainreview.org/collection/f... #comets #meteors #shootingstars #meteorshower
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More in our post "Flowers of the Sky", of depictions spanning almost a whole millennium of comets, meteors, meteorites and shooting stars: publicdomainreview.org/collection/f... #comets #meteors #shootingstars #meteorshower
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“The CDC you knew is over,” Dr. Demetre Daskalakis told me today. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“The CDC you knew is over,” Dr. Demetre Daskalakis told me today. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
www.advocate.com/politics/dem...