Artist/Illustrator/Educator Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Winner, Hugo Loser I make pictures of spooky girls and cute cats https://linktr.ee/Tristan.Elwell https://bsky.app/profile/tristanelwell.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tristanelwell.bsky.social/post/3musjw2ntrc2sI had hoped to get further on this before classes started, but c'est la vie. As always, feedback is welcome, even if I ignore it!05 Sep 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:b3algvc7sncysa2lglgke72q/app.bsky.feed.post/3musjw2ntrc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tristanelwell.bsky.social/post/3musjw2ntrc2sI had hoped to get further on this before classes started, but c'est la vie. As always, feedback is welcome, even if I ignore it!05 Sep 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:b3algvc7sncysa2lglgke72q/app.bsky.feed.post/3musjw2ntrc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tristanelwell.bsky.social/post/3musj7m43xk2sHorror vacuAI– the inability of AI image generators to not fill up every last bit of empty space.05 Sep 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:b3algvc7sncysa2lglgke72q/app.bsky.feed.post/3musj7m43xk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tristanelwell.bsky.social/post/3muldnjkf6s2sI will block you for moral/ethical reasons. I will mute you for esthetic reasons.03 Sep 2026 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:b3algvc7sncysa2lglgke72q/app.bsky.feed.post/3muldnjkf6s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tristanelwell.bsky.social/post/3mulbijyzqs2sInteresting. Artstation’s new owners seem to be making an effort to undo at least some of the damage that Epic did to the platform. I’m not rushing back yet (it was never particularly useful for the markets I primarily work in anyway), but I’ll keep an eye on things. https://magazine.artstation.com/2026/09/ai-updates-from-artstation/03 Sep 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:b3algvc7sncysa2lglgke72q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulbijyzqs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tristanelwell.bsky.social/post/3mulbd5lk6k2sBack in the Sijun/CA/EP forum days of the early 2000s, it was a big joke when people would post that they really wanted to become artists, but they just didn't like drawing. Oh how we laughed and laughed. Guess the joke was on us.03 Sep 2026 01:10 +0000at://did:plc:b3algvc7sncysa2lglgke72q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulbd5lk6k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tristanelwell.bsky.social/post/3mssy2bil322xPeople who claim to be leftists and shout "tHe ReAl PrObLeM iS cApItAlIsM" while carrying water for billionaire tech oligarchs can eat a bag of dicks.11 Aug 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:b3algvc7sncysa2lglgke72q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssy2bil322xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tristanelwell.bsky.social/post/3ms2pw5xrts2lWIP update. I am inordinately fond of these sleeves.02 Aug 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:b3algvc7sncysa2lglgke72q/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2pw5xrts2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tristanelwell.bsky.social/post/3mrzx3ar4oc2bJust a quick reminder that talking about dpi without specifying dimensions is nonsensical, but also that setting your resolution to 5000dpi for any reason is also nonsensical. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Aug 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:b3algvc7sncysa2lglgke72q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzx3ar4oc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tristanelwell.bsky.social/post/3mry7nx3kec2cQRP with your most popular piece on bsky ~ Gotta be this one. It was also my most popular on the birdsite. Also my most popular on Tumblr (I don't even have a Tumblr). It's nearly thirty years old. Sometimes I feel like a one-hit wonder. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Aug 2026 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:b3algvc7sncysa2lglgke72q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mry7nx3kec2chttps://bsky.app/profile/tristanelwell.bsky.social/post/3mrxpnqehq22cI love everything about this https://youtu.be/evQNbPBIz2I?si=N8soim-lAJtCBPeP31 Jul 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:b3algvc7sncysa2lglgke72q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxpnqehq22chttps://bsky.app/profile/tristanelwell.bsky.social/post/3mrxp4el7sc2cNot every good idea is a good idea *for you* [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:b3algvc7sncysa2lglgke72q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxp4el7sc2c