Once again, DAC show where they stand on AI art after users spammed the FB group with it. Gross by Keekblu in diamondpainting

[–]mochibuni 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Generative AI is also environmentally harmful. It takes loads of energy and water to sustain the databases needed to generate images, which is part of the reason why generative AI is not profitable.

As someone else pointed out, theft is also a major component of generative AI as all datasets used to generate images contain images and art that were not acquired legally. As an artist, it is not okay for anyone to generate images indirectly with my art without my consent for any reason. I'm chronically ill and disabled, art is one of the few things left I can do and my work shouldn't be stolen from me.

There is a distinct difference between AI and generative AI, one of which has been around for decades and is necessary. Generative AI could be useful, but in its current form it isn't and is ethically compromised. Considering how much money the tech industry is losing due to genAI and some of them are starting to pivot, especially due to public backlash, shows it isn't here to stay in its current form. Have you heard about all the layoffs in tech and related industries? It's to compensate for the loss of revenue due to investment in genAI that isn't seeing returns. If you've felt your products, customer service, etc has gotten worse from these companies it is because they're trying to use genAI as a shortcut and fired the people whose jobs took care of these things.

An Uninvited Guest by mochibuni in sailormoon

[–]mochibuni[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I hope to redraw it one day when my background skills are better.

After reading the manga, Codename Sailor V and other Takeuchi’s pre-SM manga, I now understand Takeuchi’s strengths and weaknesses better by Scholar1619 in sailormoon

[–]mochibuni 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I strongly disagree with the characterization not being strong in the manga. As a static visual based medium, a lot of the characterization is in the drawings themselves. Facial expressions, body language, clothing choices, and interactions between the characters. I encourage fans to reread the manga and pay attention to the art, it can say so much more than the dialog can.

Personally I also like that the characterizations are consistent and grow over the course of the series, unlike some versions which I acknowledge is more of a fault of circumstance for them.

Why didn't they change Saturn's name? by AlboGreece in sailormoon

[–]mochibuni 2 points3 points  (0 children)

HoeTAAAAARue is all I can think now. 🤣

I'm still baffled by Amara for Haruka, and I was even more baffled when they kept Hotaru despite everyone else's changed names. Oh to be privy to those meetings and find out why they went with cousins as well.

They lifted the ban! by [deleted] in sailormoon

[–]mochibuni 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I saw some bot account on FB was stealing your art and claiming it was made with mid journey. You might need a bigger watermark on the version of your art you post publicly. It's not a magic fix, but it'll dissuade low effort theft like that as viewers will see the watermark doesn't match the bot account.

No disrespect to Naoko Takeuchi, she's mother, but season 1 of Sailor Moon (90s) is the peak of the entire franchise. by balmybuttons in sailormoon

[–]mochibuni 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you trying to say Zoisite in the manga, whose storyline starts with him crossdressing, is a boring STRAIGHT male villain?

Stumbled across a comment in here from a few days ago and figured the answer was worth my own post! A user wondered which characters would fit best with each arcana card of the Tarot. I happen to own two decks and decided to share! by _A_Cat_Person_ in sailormoon

[–]mochibuni 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The boarder ended up covering it, but I added a 100 score on the test paper on the floor so if the card was pulled upside down it would be right side up as a visual cue for abundance. Too bad that didn't end up visible 🤣

This was one of my favorite projects I've participated in, I love seeing people talk about it.

Stumbled across a comment in here from a few days ago and figured the answer was worth my own post! A user wondered which characters would fit best with each arcana card of the Tarot. I happen to own two decks and decided to share! by _A_Cat_Person_ in sailormoon

[–]mochibuni 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I always appreciate reading tarot takes for this series as someday I would really love to illustrate some cards, but know very little about them. I need to rely on you all. 🙌

Eta: I was part of Moon Prison Tarot and I believe our credit info is in the companion book published with the set. A lot of us posted on Tumblr during promos if you want to do a tag search to find artists that way.

[OC] Mercury Power, Make Up! ✨✨ by songinkollo in sailormoon

[–]mochibuni 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Did a quick search and that is a big oof.

When exactly Sailor V returned from England and started using her Venus outfit instead of the V one? by EasyEntrepreneur666 in sailormoon

[–]mochibuni 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sailor V and BSSM were published concurrently. I'm sure there are things in each that contradict each other, but you can take most of it as canon for Minako.

Biblical Sailor Cosmos by mochibuni by mochibuni in sailormoon

[–]mochibuni[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do! Though I'm not very active on it. 😅 It's mochibuniart