Calypsii

At the start of Luminara, i had a phone call with camana. During that conversation, multiple people from this list were brought up. i remember offering my help and knowledge when it came to business because i genuinely wanted to help however i could, not just as “talent,” but with management or anything they needed. instead, most of the conversation turned into comparisons and flexing about the people and “talent” around him. he did use certain names as leverage to attract investors, attention, and more people into luminara, despite some of those people not even being associated with the group at the time. this was before i became a twitch partner too, and i was basically made to feel like i wasn’t enough because i didn’t have partner yet or because i posted workout content and it “wasn’t vtuber enough.”

Before Luminara, there was N1, and yes I was part of it for a period of time. looking back now, hearing things like “i was never building a professional team” explains a lot. Professionalism, communication, and structure matter way more than people realize in creator spaces. Out of respect for a few friends, i can’t really speak much further on things, but to those affected by everything, i genuinely wish nothing but love and support.

On top of this: tie chat to a really nerdy sounding text-to-speech so it sounds like the most annoying person is backseating you.

@Sanguine_VT To be fair. I love following vtubers! Sometimes I quickly realize they dont align with my views and unfollow them for saying weird shit really quickly

Dear newer VTubers, if another VTuber follows you and you follow them back. Check back in a few days. I could be wrong about some, but there are VTubers out there who follow you so you follow them back as a means of saying thanks only to unfollow you later so they get bigger numbers off of you. This has happened to me and some friends many times. Even by people bigger than us. I won’t tell anyone who to and not to follow, but I wanted to at least say something about this.

@MyraMors WAIT

I'm about to start making bank during souls streams

@BaiFeiyan Like either hire someone who OFFERS this or get a 3d model, dont expect it to be added for the same price by artists and riggers not experienced

Reminder to old and new vtubers who are not well versed on what it takes to create this. A ton of time that would rack up your bill insanely. Please be prepared to pay premium prices, if I hear one more time people wanting this to be standard or expecting this to be something that just comes for free I'm going to tear my hair out. On top of that, your artist would need to know how to cut things in preparation for this, this is not something you just dump on/ask the rigger for and never talk to the artist about it. If you want this, make sure your artist knows and make sure you have both of them in contact with each other because this takes a lot of setup. AND DO NOT GET UPSET IF THE RIGGER SAYS NO TO THIS REQUEST!

@SoleDoesArt I can understand artists willing to work with people. I cant understand them thinking all artists having to as well.

I don't know if this is a hot take or a cold one. IDK anymore. What i do know is that if you come to me with an Ai reference, honestly i don't give a shit. There is SO MUCH Ai out there these days its damn hard for people to filter their references and make sure it isn't Ai. I don't condone generating new stuff, but they've ALREADY made the decision to PAY you for your art. Don't make them feel stupid and don't be condescending about it. You can't always expect the same level of knowledge from people that aren't artists that you may have on the matter.

I don’t work with AI character design refs. Personally, I don’t see the character or intention behind them. I like seeing human-made brush strokes and finding interest in the choices artists make when presenting their work. Pressuring artists to educate other ppl is weird af. I already find communication tough most of the time T^T

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"AI" really killed my love for the whole "robots as oppressed people" trope. Now I see Astroboy villains talking like "a robot can't understand art!" and I'm like he's right though

I still feel like it is unclear to artists what the difference between monetised content and commercial use is. Monetised content usage is when they use the asset in streams or videos that will be monetised REGARDLESS of whether they use your art piece or not. I may use the emotes or stickers in my videos / stream but I also may not, my monetisation does not stem from me using your art. Commercial use is digital products for sale, merch and other where the monetisation value is the art itself. I cannot sell a poster without your art. I hope this helps artists better understand what to charge when setting up commissions and for clients to better navigate shady commission practices. Stay safe. 💜

Google just permanently banned a manga artist’s entire Google account, just for uploading his own old manga files to Drive. AI moderation triggered and flagged it, he tried to submit appeal then he got rejected it by Google and now he has lost everything like Gmail, Drive, all linked services is gone. He never even sharing the files publicly, it’s only backing up his own a private work like any creator and artists. This is Google Drive “AI moderation” in action. No human support and no serious to take action. Physical storage or real private alternatives only. Support the artists getting screwed by this. This level of corporate overreach is insane.

Streamers, and Creators with Discord servers, seriously... adding a "HoneyPot" was the best thing I ever did for my server. Spam bots and kids post there, instant ban, all spam gone. Took 2 seconds using "NadekoBot" and since then mod actions have dropped immensely

@youarpuppygf Girl I was like "I Have A Husband" like 5 times before banning this dude

@Calypsii wtf

Freaks have so much confidence these days

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