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I've been on deviantart for 20 years. I was one of the first artists posting anime style artwork here, I got a Daily Deviation with an anime illustration that got many artists mad at the time but I stuck around, maybe for the memories/nostalgia I think. Today I made a decision. I cannot, in good conscience, keep my gallery up anymore knowing that my artwork, which has been around for a very long time, was probably used in the learning algorithm for AI art by default. This is violating and invasive even if the decision was "reverted", the damage is still done. The fact they've actually considered the implementation of this feature is condemnable. I find it extremely disrespectful that they're endorsing AI art when their platform was (and is still, I think) a place where amateur and professional artists can coexist and find art related professions. It takes artists years to hone their skills and the art industry still treats us condescendingly -they don't pay what we actually

What's up everyone? Been a while! Been working my butt off this past month of January for a Transformers Anthology called "Cyberutopia", so it'd mean a lot to me if you checked it out: http://cyberutopia.tumblr.com/ It's a fanbook/fan anthology (collaborative project) and a lot of amazing artists contributed with their work (Kotteri and Golby, to name a couple), it's completely safe for work and it's both translated to Japanese and English, with very varied content (from illustrations, to comics). The overall quality of the art and printing is also very high, so you won't be disappointed. :D I myself have gotten my copy, and let me tell you

Oh man this really needed to be updated! lol Here's me wishing everyone a safe month of December and a good entrance to the New Year. :D Happy Holidays!! :santa: Also, while I'm at it, my Society6 store is offering a great promotion, so if you need to shop for some presents here's what's all about: FREE Worldwide Shipping + $5 Off Every Item until December 14!! (Promotion expires December 14, 2014 at Midnight Pacific Time.) All you have to do is access my store using this link: http://society6.com/enginered?promo=YDWW8W3JVV3X and shop as normal. :D *Free Shipping offer excludes Framed Art Prints, Stretched Canvases and Rugs Thanks a b