This is a translation of the song “It’s Raining Men” by “The Weather Girls” into Esperanto. It is slightly inspired by Avlönskt’s multilingual translation of the same song.

It was supposed to be a simple operation, one that she’s done thousands of times. Assume the identity of a mortal, become this writer guy’s biggest supporter, seduce him, give him an unforgettable night, only to watch him disappear without a trace in a burst of flames shortly after. There was nothing to go wrong, and yet there he was, peacefully asleep, his body and soul completely intact. It was at that moment that “Artemis” began to think that maybe that “fall of gods” might have been real.

Lots of people these days are talking about how generative AI technology is leading workers to lose skills, bosses to trust chatbots more than their employees, folks at risk to make absurd decisions, etc.

As these models are very capable of providing wrong, yet correct-seeming, answers, this causes people to accept low-quality results and pass them through, as if there’s nothing wrong with them, especially when contrasted with asking questions from other people, who are much more likely to refuse or question one’s request or take way more time to accomplish it properly.

Ellie, Fred and Gabby are a set of three characters I drew in the last week or so. Mostly made to experiment with drawing different things, they don’t have much of an actual character (yet?).

Ellie, Fred and Gabby are a set of three characters I drew in the last week or so. Mostly made to experiment with drawing different things, they don’t have much of an actual character (yet?).

It’s become increasingly clear that in a lot of countries, the right has pretty much abandoned any ambition of still believing in “fairness” or “equality under the law” – perfectly willing to openly enrich themselves and their friends using government powers or declare entire groups of people as lower-class. There is a popular quote by musician Frank Wilhoit that goes:

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:

There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

So yeah, I messed up the scale for one of the images of Claire, used that one as a guide, and as a result, the last image of Danielle ended up smaller than I intended. Here’s an “upscaled” fixed version, and I took the opportunity to also extend and improve the background.

Turns out, I accidentally messed up the scale when drawing this version of Claire, and made her a bit smaller. Even worse, I then used that scale as a guide for Danielle, and as a result, her image was also smaller than I intended.

For the next character, I went with a more unusual aesthetic instead of going for “conventionally attractive” designs. I also wanted to try drawing a plus-sized character for once, and experiment with more complicated backgrounds and poses that aren’t just front-facing once again. The end result is Danielle. I like to imagine that she doesn’t care at all about the opinions of the “general public” and dresses according to her own preferences, which her friends happen to love.