Chad Wooters

@Real_Kelrock Thanks

@ChadWooters I really like the grass, great work with the trees.

"Early Fall | The Bluff", 20 x 16 inches, oils, Chad Wooters 2026. 100% human.

Yes, we remain far from victory. The libtard lunatics still hold sway at lower levels of society, such as corporate HR. Their sick ideology, that elevates deviacy and moral confusion, needs to be, and is now, being exposed as the seething rage of envious incompetents and ill-intentioned spiritual evil.

@ALEXAGY0 Coherence, the limitless,...

If "stoner movies" didn't mean movies about smoking weed, but instead movies that are fucking amazing to watch while you're high, what are your favorite.

WIP, 20 x 16 inches, oil on canvas, Chad Wooters original, no AI. 100% human made.

Contrary opinion but graphic design is part of industrial production and thus falls outside the category of fine art as such.

Evening Grace, oil on linen, by me, a 100% human, no AI...ever. Live free or die.

AI learned slop from us. The machine didn't invent empty content. It just industrialized what culture was already rewarding.

@storyandplot What you are missing is the role of intentionality in the actions required execution of an idea, which in aI is now just a technical product, like injection molded plastic.

Could someone who knows more about this topic help me out? I don’t like AI from a creative standpoint because it’s just not very good yet. I’m not threatened by it. It can’t write or teach as well as I can, and I don’t think it ever will. Honestly, I don’t think writers and actors have much to worry about (with the possible exception of background actors). As an assistant, I don’t mind AI. It’s cocky and stupid, but it makes up for that by being tireless, and I never feel guilty asking it to handle something tedious. Entry-level jobs and internships are in real trouble. I’m extremely worried about the generational loss of knowledge in 15 or 20 years as the traditional pathway to skill positions are eliminated. When it comes to visuals and visually generative AI, I dislike AI because it has to steal from the work of others without compensation. I understand the common argument that all artists are influenced by other artists, but I see a clear moral difference between the analog, “wet” absorption that happens in a human brain and the binary-code duplication that AI performs. I am very comfortable with this distinction. Here’s where I’m genuinely unsure and would love input on people’s positions: If human artists design the core elements that go into an AI-assisted creation — for example, the set design (full or partial), the original creature design, or the world-building — and then use AI only to render movement, animation, fill in green screen, etc., with the director making all final choices and addressing notes… How is this terribly different from the visual effects workflows of the last 30 years? What am I missing? My instinct is to reject AI in anything creative, yet I struggle to find a solid logical line here. Is this just drawing an emotional line in the sand, or is there something more concrete that I don’t fully understand?

Morning Glory, 20 x 16", oil, Chad Wooters.

<coughs> Not mixing your own paints makes you a very bad painter.

@seanward There's something to be said for the amount of effort and decisionmaking that goes into a creative work. People will be less impressed by less work, naturally. But a lot of people operate as if not having to mix your own paints makes you a less valuable painter.

@seanward What you call friction is not accidental to meaning of what art is. Generative AI replaces the purposeful actions of artistic intent with mechanically reproduced formula s. Gen AI is a scalable industrial product, not craft in any true sense.

The most exhausting take in modern culture is the belief that an artwork’s merit is measured solely by the manual friction it took to create it. If you think the "purpose" of being an artist is the tedious manual labor of fighting a software interface, you aren't an auteur. You're a factory worker who fell in love with the machinery. Generative AI doesn’t eliminate the creative process: it elevates it. It shifts the canvas from manual execution to pure conceptual orchestration and taste. The romanticization of technical struggle is just a coping mechanism for people who are terrified of a world where they have to compete on the strength of their ideas alone.

Two tier policing is well documented now

@leekern13 I do not want to live in a world like Borges story "The Secret Miracle." Internal motivation only goes so far without genuine connection between humans. A few coins passed my way once in a while would be nice, too.

אני פוגש סופרים, ציירים ומוזיקאים. לעתים קרובות הם לא שמחים. יותר מלעתים קרובות. ״אני רוצה כל העולם לראות העבודה שלי. אין לי ההצלך שאני רוצה. מתי יגיע הזמן שלי?״ הם משוגעים. כאשר אתה כותב, מצייר או שר זה אפשר לחוות קסם. אפשר להרגיש השכינה. אפשר הלב שלך לחיות משהו מיוחד .איזה חוויה. זה ממש כדי. זה הזהב. ההכי טוב דברים שכתבתי - אף אחד לא ראה - אבל היה גן עדן בתוך אותי. אתה רוצה לאומר שזות היה לא כדי? שזה לא דרך טוב להשתמש הזמן שלך בעולם? מי האנשים האלה שחווים פליאה ומתלוננים? 🇮🇱

@Arteymas_ Example of something that does not scale and has no value re: industrial production.

Este vídeo muestra a la ilustradora británica y naturalista aficionada Jo Brown hojeando su cuaderno con temática de hongos, que contiene ilustraciones detalladas y descripciones de varios hongos que ha observado en las zonas silvestres de Devon.

His "Come to Jesus" moment has come too late. Now he wants to resolve this the Easy Way. He chose the Hard Way, using every legal mechanism and power imbalance against the old man whose collection was stolen. He's a douchebag. DO NOT TRUST is tattooed on his forehead for the rest of his life.

Brick & Minifigs ruined the @LEGO_Group brand. I’d rescind all approvals to resell to BAM if I were Lego! What a farce! Horrible people

@StephenPiment Where is there a Barnes & Noble?

Avoid books that are easily found at Barnes & Noble.

Seems to me, classical realist figure paintings are mostly just poses, not gestures. And I don't mean symbolic actions like pointing at daggers, but bodies moving in and filling space, the way Fargonard did. IMO they have fetishized technical excellence to the exclusion of painting's many other virtues.

@ChadWooters Indeed! next to this, classical realism is revealed for what it is: cold reproduction.

Is this true painting?

@validclipx Ben exposed the local police as corrupt actors and liars, all to protect an obvious douchebag. Shame.

Asmongold says it’s RIDICULOUS that the CEO of Bricks & Minifigs gets to Throw those two guys under the bus & act like everything’s fine, even though he knew exactly what was happening & did Nothing “The CEO is on the phone with the police, the CEO refused to look at the contract. The CEO knew about it because he talked to Ben directly. The CEO knew about all of this & he let it happen I think it’s just ridiculous he can just simply throw these two guys away & preserve his entire company. He was trying to ruin Ben’s life & get Ben put in jail for years It’s not enough to be even. Being even is already over. Now it’s punitive. Nobody should say ‘oh no it’s ok’. They need to make sure these people never forget about this You were trying to ab*se the legal system, you ab*sed the law enforcement system, & now you are trying to lie to the public & try to save face. Absolutely F**KING NOT”