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Phil Hemsley
@philhemsley.bsky.social
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Visual Artist | Maker | Musician
Purveyor of fantasy & sci-fi art
Always human made 🚫Never AI 🚫NFT
https://linktr.ee/badbrush

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Phil Hemsley @philhemsley.bsky.social · Mar 25
'The Hermit's Cottage' - Pen and ink drawing from a while ago.
#art #artsky #artistsofbluesky #fantasyart #penandink #drawing #fantasyillustration
A stylized black and white pen and ink drawing of an organically shaped half-timbered cottage in a meadow.
Reposted by Phil Hemsley
kortizart.bsky.social
1/3 Massive efforts are being done to ensure states do not regulate GenAI.

Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech!

On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill.

We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives!

Rsvp link in thread!
CA 12/8 HEARING The Al Copyright Transparency Act URGENT! BE THERE !! SHOW UP to support Artists & Creators NOW !!! 12/8/2025 - 10:00 AM Stanford University - Paul Brest Hall 555 Salvatierra Walk Stanford, CA 93405 Entrance faces Nathan Abbott Way Parking: Parking Structure 6 (Cash/ Credit) We want the sea of human creativity that is CA to be in the room! Help us get a head count ... RSVP: https://bit.ly/44IRMsX
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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kamakru.bsky.social
A good reminder of where I stand on this: I DGAF how technically good you are at traditional painting. If you use genai in ANY part of your process, you have abandoned the soul of art, abandoned the artist community and forfeit any reason I should give you an ounce of respect.
November 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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philhemsley.bsky.social
New time lapse from yesterday's Krita session.
#artsky #art #krita #digitalpainting #fantasyart #conceptart
youtu.be/FRD3-3fcHUo?...
Painting a Fantasy Cottage in Krita (Time Lapse)
YouTube video by Phil Hemsley Art
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March 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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kortizart.bsky.social
Ridiculous and appalling that Open Ai, amongst other GenAi companies, think they can dictate how THEY use OUR works.

No, Open Ai, it should not be authors and copyright holders opting out of your exploitative models. It should be you, Open Ai, asking authors and copyright holders to opt IN.
OpenAI's new Sora video generator to require copyright holders to opt out, WSJ reports
OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator that creates videos featuring copyrighted material, unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
www.reuters.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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theinnerobserver.bsky.social
Next time someone says, "Your art looks like AI," respond by saying, "No, AI looks like MY art," because it's literally trained on our pre-existing, copyrighted art without our permission.
July 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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shiflettbros.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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rodeopunkparade.com
What do you mean it's not Friday?
Meme showing pee wee Herman in pee Wes's playhouse opening the box where Jambi's head should be but instead it's Pinhead's head. Caption reads THE WORD OF THE DAY IS "SUFFERING"
July 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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philhemsley.bsky.social
If you need a break from all of the noise, feel free to check me out over on #Cara. There are tons of talented real human artists doing amazing work.
cara.app/philhemsley
Cara "best nine" block of graphite and ink fantasy sketches.
March 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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philhemsley.bsky.social
'The Hermit's Cottage' - Pen and ink drawing from a while ago.
#art #artsky #artistsofbluesky #fantasyart #penandink #drawing #fantasyillustration
A stylized black and white pen and ink drawing of an organically shaped half-timbered cottage in a meadow.
March 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
philhemsley.bsky.social
Stubby space ship from one of my sketchbooks.
#sketching #scifiart #spaceship #art #artsky #sketchbook
Graphite drawing of a compact, organically shaped space fighter with huge engines.
March 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
philhemsley.bsky.social
'The Hermit's Cottage' - Pen and ink drawing from a while ago.
#art #artsky #artistsofbluesky #fantasyart #penandink #drawing #fantasyillustration
A stylized black and white pen and ink drawing of an organically shaped half-timbered cottage in a meadow.
March 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
philhemsley.bsky.social
Another old drawing that turned up while spring cleaning. A little isometric sketch of a guard tower that I never quite finished.
#artsky #art #artistsofbluesky #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #conceptart #drawing
Isometric sketch in graphite of a small medieval guard tower.
March 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
philhemsley.bsky.social
Spring cleaning unearthed and old portfolio with some drawings I had not seen in many many years. I am fairly certain this was the first traditional drawing that I tried to color digitally, but that file was lost in a drive crash ages ago.
#artsky #art #penandink #fantasyart #conceptart #drawing
A pen and ink drawing of a street scene in a fantasy village.
March 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
philhemsley.bsky.social
New time lapse from yesterday's Krita session.
#artsky #art #krita #digitalpainting #fantasyart #conceptart
youtu.be/FRD3-3fcHUo?...
Painting a Fantasy Cottage in Krita (Time Lapse)
YouTube video by Phil Hemsley Art
youtu.be
March 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
philhemsley.bsky.social
WIP Krita practice from today's painting session.
#art #artsky #fantasyart #darkfantasyart #conceptart #krita
Krita painting of an autumn evening scene of a cottage fashioned from the stump of a giant tree.
March 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM
philhemsley.bsky.social
A quick time lapse from today's Krita session. Sketching an alien landscape.
#krita #fantasyart #scifiart #digitalart #sketching
youtu.be/_ATT3ESYXBQ?...
Speed Painting a SciFi Landscape Scene in Krita.
YouTube video by Phil Hemsley Art
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March 15, 2025 at 4:18 AM
philhemsley.bsky.social
I was a late adopter of Krita (was always a PS guy). Starting to get a bit more comfortable with it.
#art #speedpaint #krita #scifiart #fantasyart #sketching #digitalpainting
A digital speedpaint of an alien landscape with flowering vegetation covering a Lovecraftian monument.
March 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
philhemsley.bsky.social
Another chonky spaceship thumbnail sketch.
#art #conceptart #scifiart #sketching #sketchbook #artsky #staedtler
A graphite sketch of a sleek spaceship hovering above the ground as a robed figure looks on.
March 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
philhemsley.bsky.social
Found this dude lurking on the fringes of a sketchbook 🐉
#fantasyart #darkart #creaturedesign #sketching #graphite
A graphite thumbnail sketch of a small dragon-like creature perched on a tree limb with a full moon in the background.
March 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
philhemsley.bsky.social
If you need a break from all of the noise, feel free to check me out over on #Cara. There are tons of talented real human artists doing amazing work.
cara.app/philhemsley
Cara "best nine" block of graphite and ink fantasy sketches.
March 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Reposted by Phil Hemsley
evaboneva.bsky.social
Pinterest is training their internal Ai with all the data on Pinterest. Even if your work was uploaded without your consent and you have opted-out via European Law they train on that as well. Check your settings. Because you are automatically opted in. Fuck Pinterest share this message.
March 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
philhemsley.bsky.social
Shaking off the dust with a few hand sketches from reference.
#art #artsky #sketching #drawing #sketchbook #staedtler
A 2 page sketchbook spread of various hand poses sketched in graphite.
March 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
philhemsley.bsky.social
Something a bit different from my usual fantasy stuff.
'Feedback Loop' - mixed media on panel (private collection)
#art #artsky #abstractart #painting
March 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
philhemsley.bsky.social
Just chillin' and knocking out some sketches of vehicles this evening. Here's a chonky lil' scout ship.
#art #conceptart #scifiart #sketching
A graphite line art sketch depicting a side view of a space ship with a dual canopy.
February 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM