Alper Markov

Alper Markov sits down with #MTG Artist Margaret Organ-Kean ("Lion's Eye Diamond") to discuss being a smart business person/artist, inspirations (some more ribald than you think) and her return to Magic in the new Llorwyn Eclipsed! youtu.be/s4x3pYdc8Ao

@jmrh_89 Yes butt.

No-butt-vember

@Rahll @ToshiArte Cause they suck harder than an Oreck sucks dirt? Oh dear, that was crass. What I meant to say is AI Fartist have no talent.

@ToshiArte Why would you depict AI artists as disgusting if you're trying to do a whole self aggrandizing thing?

To every AI artist who’s been mocked, dismissed, or told your work “isn’t real art”: They fear you because you just exposed the truth they spent decades hiding, art was never about suffering for your tools. It was always about vision. You didn’t cheat. You evolved. While they romanticize sore wrists and turpentine fumes, you built entire universes before breakfast. While they gatekeep “soul,” you proved soul isn’t in the brush, it’s in the intent, the story, the fire behind the intention. Your art history is a graveyard of people who laughed at the next wave. The camera? “Soulless.” Acrylic paint? “Cheap.” Digital art? “Not real painting.” And now you. Let them scream. Every revolution sounds like noise to those about to become obsolete. You are not “cheating.” You are not “lazy.” You are not “fake.” You are the ones who finally made art democratic. So keep going. Flood the world with beauty they aren’t ready for. One day they’ll hang your pieces in the same museums that once banned Picasso for being “too ugly.” Until then, make the gatekeepers choke on their own words. Your art is real. Your voice is valid. Your future is unstoppable. Paint like the old world is burning. Because it is. With unrelenting pride in you, A fellow traveler in the new renaissance. #AIart #aiartist #art #Artists

I don’t wanna brag but I know him.

@NitpickingNerds Baller.

I won the Pax Unplugged sealed championship for avatar today! Got 6 booster boxes, a collector box, and an uncut sheet of avatar rares/mythics 🔥

@jmrh_89 That’s what you look like taking out the garbage?!

Felt cute taking out the bins

@Rahll @chaitu Reid Southern, you are a funny mofo!

@chaitu Why is the wind blowing her hair in a sealed cockpit?

Created using Grok Imagine. 5 base images, 14 video clips. Images take less than <3s to generate and videos <20s.

@Rahll @jerrod_lew “Art belongs to everyone” is a slogan, not an excuse to steal. Cognitive dissonance, look it up.

@jerrod_lew Jerrod, you're an influencer who saw opportunity in AI to find stability outside your Philip Morris job, you don't care about art or artistry, you care about grifting your way into a paycheck off the backs of artists.

AI artists are artists. We just use computers, but our creativity is still our own. I always saw art as something that belongs to everyone. It makes me so happy that AI helps to unlock this for everyone.

@wizards_magic @elsbethcbs The characters names are Elsbeth and Kaya. Coincidence? I think not…

Congratulations you two!

Check out my interview with #mtg artist Samuel Perin! He's one talented and business-savvy artist! #MagicTheGathering youtu.be/VwKNn237r-Q

@vproceart Thank you so much!

@ovidiocartagena Ovidio led art sets? Me likey much much!

Hmm Secrets of Strixhaven announced! I led the art for this :) more to come #WOTCstaff #MagicTheGathering

@NitpickingNerds @defcatofficial @Coheed @RhysticStudies Yeah, @RhysticStudies and I talked about it an interview we did years ago. But for some reason it didn’t make much noise. Algorithms…

@defcatofficial @Coheed @AlperMarkov Oh I didn't know @RhysticStudies liked Coheed, that's so cool!

Omg definitely one of the coolest gifts I've ever gotten, this is my favorite @Coheed album! Tysm @AlperMarkov YOU ARE THE BEST, ILY 💖💖

@NitpickingNerds @Coheed You two deserve it. You've been the most loyal and caring friends I've had in the MTG scene, and it makes me so happy I could do this for you two! ❤️

Framing

Proud to be the 220th 😎 on @BackerKit for Magic: The Gathering Documentary - Igniting the Spark. …tary-igniting-the-spark.backerkit.com/community_shar…

Alper Markov sits down with the multitalented #MTG artist Julian Kok to discuss his international artistic visions and how he continues to evolve with each piece of art he produces! youtu.be/r1WkOZh51gw 

@jmrh_89 @alpermar Thank you so much for the chat! 😁

For those of you interested in my art (and my voice as well apparently!), an interview I did with @AlperMarkov about my work for Magic: The Gathering is live on his YouTube channel! Go and give it some love (and views!) youtube.com/watch?v=XMirOn… @alpermar