The person putting thumbnail art through ai for their own channel just posted this and replied to my comment
Just want to say to please not harass, insult or threaten this person, that won’t fix anything. If you really want to say something you can inform them on how what they did is wrong.
Even then it’s frustrating to see how some people think just because they don’t want to do something (in this case make their own thumbnails I guess) they can grab other people’s work just like that. There’s a level of entitlement to it in their words like if the fact that they got a person to do it for free at all wasn’t enough.
I seen channels with arts thats clearly made by hands that are learning to draw.. and honestly? is the best thing ever.. to puyt effort into a little image..even when you have no idea how to draw.. this person could be young.. or not! but in any case.. is not like there was any option.. but is that.. people thinke everything needs to look PERFECT to be seen.. and thats an error.. a sad reality.. hope this person eventually learn you, Fox thing- arent the enemy..neither the people asking them to stop.. and maybe try again.. with a new vision.. a new midset.,.
hey I’m not sure if you know but it seems like your art is being put into ai to make thumbnails
The fuck? That’s disgusting, can you share the channel name?
Here. They make a bunch of videos with ai generated covers using other people’s art or seem to commission people to make them. I can’t track down the other ai stolen thumbnails but I definitely recognized yours
I recognize @ayyy-imma-ninja and Annvisie (sorry for the tag)
This one I don’t know but the kids are just a copy of this thumbnail
Seriously, do not donate on the livestreams for TSBS, TSaMS, TLaES, etc. That money only goes to Blackshore, the parent company. Not to any of the actors, writers, body actors, etc. Blackshore does not care for anything except money. It's the writers and actors you should support. Can't stress this enough.
Hi. Stumbled on this post and I know it’s older, but I wanted to argue this since it has a lot of notes, and I have plenty of knowledge as someone who is friends with the VAs and involved in some business things behind the scenes.
Support the VAs and creative talent behind the shows for sure! Enjoy their personal content, donate to their personal streams. Hell, I’m one of Reed’s editors, so I definitely hope you enjoy his content! 💜
HOWEVER. A couple things in your post that are a problem and need to be addressed to avoid harming the very people you hope to help:
- Blackshore is a company. They need to pay the people working for them on the Shows and views aren’t what they used to be, so view revenue from videos would be down. Of course they need money, that’s how businesses work! I wish everybody could be paid basic income and spend their time doing creative projects that don’t need to make money, but that’s not our reality.
- The money donated on streams goes right back into the channels, not to the company as profit. This has been explained multiple times live, I guess not frequently enough though! Money donated goes towards paying the newly added VAs, other channel’s VAs for cameos, paying for new maps and new models, paying the editors, the thumbnail artists, and now paying for more expensive merch items like plushies that cost $250 just to get one sample going. These are costs that 2022 SAMS didn’t have, and they need more support to keep up this quality of production.
- This is something I’ve noticed in general, not just with a post like this, but with other “don’t support the shows just the VAs content” posts. Removing support from the VAs jobs, their source of income, directly negatively affects them. If the channels are not making enough money through views and streams, they will not be making profit with all those costs listed above, and the shows will be stopped. This is not a passion project, this is not a purely creative outlet, this is a job. The VAs and company cannot reasonably be asked to spend money and time and energy working on something that is not making enough money for rent and food.
I’m a biased source, but I am well informed in both directions and obviously pretty heavily invested in my friends’ wellbeing. Please support their private content too for SURE, I will always advocate for that (Flora streams, Reed has cool videos planned, Davis and Kat have wonderful Minecraft roleplay series, Mitch streams, Mario streams, etc etc etc). But please do not encourage boycotting the job that pays their rent. 😅
I'm one of the thumbnail artists. While I have a job irl, working for TSAMS is the only way I have enough money to pay my bills each month without nearly emptying my back account. Without TSAMS I'd be screwed
PLEASE donate to the livestreams and buy the merch - I cannot emphasize enough how much time and work Ken has put into making official merch possible in the first place - if you can. It truly does help all of the talented people who help bring all the shows to life. That being said, you're also under no obligation to do so if you can't afford it, or simply don't want to! Simply watching and sharing the latest episodes when they release helps!
Go support the VAs' personal content too while you're at it! All of their stuff is really good and they're super cool people! 👍
I will never fucking shut up about how the world needs to be more accessible and inclusive to people with disabilities, both mental and physical. Never.
Making things accessible helps literally everyone, for example curb cuts, Velcro, closed captions, automatic doors, THE LITERAL FUCKING KEYBOARD AND DIGITAL MESSAGING AS A WHOLE, but also at the same time— it kind of sucks that we HAVE to put this through the lens of helping everyone for able-bodied and neurotypical people to take us seriously and be willing to even consider change.
Yes, it helps everyone, but our voices deserve to be heard and listened to either way. If it helps disabled people, great!! If it also helps people who aren’t disabled, also great!! But having to make every issue about how it “helps them too” is exhausting and so draining. Is it not enough to care about the people who need it?
Finally finished this! Huge thanks to @mclocalartn3rd for helping me out! Ive been on a linked au Jack craze lately lol
I watched "The Fizzy Faz" animation by Yhoali_One earlier and made a bunch of gifs out of our favorite boys 🌞🌙💥
go watch this animation asap it's absolutely gorgeous and super whymsical! I have a TON of gifs of roxy from it too, lmk if you'd like me to post those!
This was found on Temu. Again, a warning that various companies may steal your art and sell it off. If you can, report them, do not allow them to continue stealing your art.
I was aware of this piece being spread on Temu before.
The fact that my freaking WATERMARK WAS REMOVED pisses me off even more.
Have some Marcus x Sebastian art! Actor au! I love these two introverts so much u have no idea!
Marcus belongs to me
Sebastian belongs to @mclocalartn3rd
i tried my hand at drawing the twinkiest Bloodmoon ever, Harvest OwU ~⭐