RJ Palmer @arvalis Twitter profile

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RJ Palmer

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✨Get to know the Artist✨ I'm RJ and I'm a concept artist and illustrator. I like to draw monsters a lot. 🦖 📩 arvalis @mac .com 🎨 🎬ADG local 800

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RJ Palmer

@arvalis

2 years

Oh, no! The Pokemon broke free!

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2 years

Just found out that Wikipedia editors have decided that NFTs don’t count as art Lmfao

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2 years

People surprised that the new legendary's silhouette is a dick and balls have not been paying attention. Not only has this shape been integral from the beginning but I heard while working on Detective Pikachu that this was no accident.

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1 year

The final battle in Pokemon Scarlet is weirdly very good. I had to paint it.

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RJ Palmer

@arvalis

10 months

- Alien vs Bloodborne - I worked extremely hard on this. Please take a look.

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RJ Palmer

@arvalis

11 months

Randos getting a bit too comfortable shitting on things artists make for fun. If it aint your taste, move on or at the very least use a screenshot instead of qrting the artist directly to be an asshole. Rude as hell.

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11 days

Generative AI is not just being used to spread misinformation, it’s being used to actively rewrite history.

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Netflix has used AI-generated images in a new true crime doc ‘WHAT JENNIFER DID’ to present Jennifer Pan as happy & confident before she was convicted of murder. Use of AI tools is not disclosed in the credits. (Source: )

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@arvalis

2 years

The hardest part about painting dinosaurs accurately is that grass didn't exist yet.

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@arvalis

2 years

A new AI image generator appears to be capable of making art that looks 100% human made. As an artist I am extremely concerned.

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@arvalis

2 years

2012 vs 2022

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@arvalis

2 years

AI guys keep trying to recreate my art. It is not going well for them.

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@arvalis

7 months

AI dweebs out here being so deluded that when AI models get updated they believe its actually their skill increasing. Also kinda funny how the "better" image isnt even really better, its just a different setting.

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@arvalis

3 years

Please don't do this to artists

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3 years

The audacity lmao

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@arvalis

3 years

1 hour >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 40 hours

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@arvalis

1 year

For no reason in particular, remember how Elon Musk hates artists?

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@arvalis

9 months

I haven't had something live up to the anticipation this hard since Elden Ring

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Planet of the Bass - Official Music Video (feat. Ms. Biljana Electronica)

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@arvalis

1 year

67 minutes vs 67 hours

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@arvalis

2 years

It’s 2022, where are the bulge jiggle physics in video games? I’m sick of big developers telling us no.

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@arvalis

5 months

Its my birthday today!! I made something special for everyone to celebrate 👀

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@arvalis

2 years

You can't fool us, thats no diglett!!

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@arvalis

2 years

Last night one of the AI developers behind that project that was ripping off living artists’ styles sent me a bunch of DMs(mostly omitted for length). He blocked me immediately after I responded and called me a moralist because I care about artists rights lol

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2 years

It's fun to imagine what Pokemon descendants might look like in millions of years

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@arvalis

3 years

Can't believe there are still so many types without an Eevee evolution!

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@arvalis

3 years

Cool new scam artists should be aware of. Any rando can now turn your tweet and by extension, your artwork into an NFT by tagging this account @/tokenizedtweets Block this guy

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3 years

I wonder how different things would be if these two came from opposite franchises

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@arvalis

9 months

These guys are paying so much money to not learn to draw

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5 years

This is one of my favorite pieces I got to work on for Detective Pikachu. I did a chunk of concept art to try and pitch a museum set piece. Although admittedly it was mostly so I could try and get my favorite Pokemon, Tyrantrum, into the movie. I really like this piece.

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2 years

In the last 24 hours I have had to report 29 instances of my art getting stolen as NFTs. I am so very tired of this and it seems to be getting worse. Every artist I know is getting their work jacked and its just not fair or right. What can we even do, it feels hopeless.

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3 years

Pokemon is a fun game for kids!

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2 years

Milotic has very unique gills which appears to be based on a lamprey. What if Milotic has a secret monster mouth?

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3 years

Mid-transformation Lady Dimitrescu 😳 I just had to paint her

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4 years

After 140 hours, I am done with Monster Hunter illustration. It may be "fanart" but this is my most intensely personal illustration in years. Rathalos is my favorite creature design, full stop. I did it, I did my boy proud.

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@arvalis

2 months

Artists wont even be able to safely trust videos for reference now let alone courts being given "video evidence" in trials. Grim stuff.

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Prompt: This close-up shot of a chameleon showcases its striking color changing capabilities. The background is blurred, drawing attention to the animal’s striking appearance.

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@arvalis

5 years

This was my design for Venusaur on Detective Pikachu. This was during a period where I was free to explore a more naturalistic approach. Looking back though its super clear that this would be too scary for the tone of the movie. I think the design they ended up with is fabulous!

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@arvalis

7 months

Community notes really went for the throat here. Good.

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@arvalis

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AI dweebs out here being so deluded that when AI models get updated they believe its actually their skill increasing. Also kinda funny how the "better" image isnt even really better, its just a different setting.

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@arvalis

2 years

When an artist draws a character so much that they basically treat them like their OC at this point - that's beautiful.

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@arvalis

1 year

I've always wanted to take a stab at doing a Samus redesign.

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RJ Palmer

@arvalis

3 years

I hear we're doing some non-traditional Godzilla designs now

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2 years

Of great, NFT art thieves are now applying garbage filters to my art(and many others') before minting, then have the audacity to imply they made the art on their profile. NFTs are bad for artists.

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RJ Palmer

@arvalis

9 days

Been an exhausting week of people slinging AI slop at us hoping we are too dumb to notice.

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RJ Palmer

@arvalis

1 year

DeviantArt has decided your artwork there is fair game to be used in their new AI generator by default. You have to go to an obscure form to opt-out and requires 10 days to be reviewed.

DeviantArt

@DeviantArt

1 year

We’re introducing new AI tools and controls! ✨DreamUp, a new tool to generate art 🎮Control the amount of AI art in your feed 🏷️Clear labeling of art that’s AI-generated 🫡A directive to opt out of AI datasets 🎨Ability to opt out of prompts 👩‍🎓

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RJ Palmer

@arvalis

3 years

The thing no one tells you about getting better at art is that it actually gets *harder* as you learn more, not easier

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RJ Palmer

@arvalis

4 months

Things really are gonna get so much worse huh

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4 months

Valve's new AI rules will open the floodgates to a river of shit:

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RJ Palmer

@arvalis

1 year

What the fuck is this

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@arvalis

1 year

So wait is musk just not going to address the poll and instead make it so only twitter blue subscribers can vote in future polls?

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@arvalis

3 years

Oh whoa, DeviantArt just claimed to be able to detect when your art has been used as an NFT without your permission. If this works, this is extremely cool of them.

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3 years

I just had to paint my favorite photo I took in Pokemon Snap, I love Tyrantrum so much 😭

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@arvalis

3 years

@FilmUpdates Is this why people hate theater kids?

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@arvalis

6 months

Seeing an AI guy shout “he actually said he could prompt better than me!!” in response to a professional artist’s takedown of his slop is so funny, dude.

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6 months

Here's @shadmbrooks explaining why he didn't want to debate me on AI art, before calling my claims "absolutely retarded" and flying off the handle. If I'm so stupid, then you should be able to win against me easily, no?🤔

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9 months

I think we can all agree that the single most destructive change to site feel on twitter has been front loading replies from bluechex right? Just absolutely demoralizing to read the replies on any big tweet now.

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@arvalis

2 years

@GwynethPaltrow @BoredApeYC @moonpay honestly this is the least surprising celebrity to promote a pyramid scheme hahaha

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3 months

I’ve been mostly staying out of this discourse because it’s annoying but man it’s pretty hard to argue that this is just “taking inspiration”

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3 years

The future is bleak

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1 year

Now that AI ghouls are pretending to be painters, felt pertinent that artists show how the sauce is actually made. Thumbnail vs Final

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7 months

Hey maybe it’s just a me thing but I don’t think we should use the term “AI art” and use “AI images” instead. Seems minor but these idiots start to think they are artists when you call their output “art” instead of “images”.

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2 years

I've always found it very strange how many artists strongly dislike their own work. If you really don't like what you create, what keeps you doing it for so long?

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3 years

The greatest thing about drawing is being able to bring whatever you want into the world. I wanted this

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11 months

This is a painting what the fuck

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I painted this! My hand hurts lol

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7 months

AI slop slingers, I am begging you to understand that having an idea does not make you an artist. Execution of the idea makes you an artist.

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2 years

What makes this AI different is that it's explicitly trained on current working artists. You can see below that the AI generated image(left) even tried to recreate the artist's logo of the artist it ripped off. This thing wants our jobs, its actively anti-artist.

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2 years

Good morning to these beautiful boys. This new Pokemon generation has really good designs so far.

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6 months

Shad, whose self-proclaimed strengths are in anatomy and proportion, is really showing us how its done. My redline is about as generous as you can get and it still looks very amateur. AI can't fix bad taste.

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I’ve been working in games for about a decade and all but one non-indie game project I’ve worked on has now been canceled before release. Going forward I am emphatically pushing for a clause in my contracts that if it gets cancelled I get to show my work. We should all do this.

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2 months

When a concept artist is asked to design a monster but they don't know much animal anatomy:

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2 years

Using the word "hulk" to describe this She-hulk design is pretty generous.

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1 year

Man listen to the sounds this thing makes. It’s so cool that we get to live in the same time as these.

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5 years

Arcanine was originally going to be a much bigger part of Detective Pikachu. So this stuff is from very early on my work for the film. It was going to be Tim's Pokemon so I gave it the tongue sticky out thing my doofus cat does. What's not to love, its a horse sized liger-dog.

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2 months

I accidentally spent 80 hours painting my own take on a Mimic. Please take a look.

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@arvalis

1 year

Enough.

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@ArtStationHQ

1 year

Here’s our update on AI artwork, including new features coming to ArtStation:

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1 year

The Concept Art Association is raising money to hire a lobbyist to take the fight against AI image generators to DC. This is the most solid plan we have yet, support below.

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@arvalis

4 years

If a game or movie gets canceled they should be obligated to let the artists who worked on it show off their artwork. Its preposterously stupid that all that artwork gets thrown into a void.

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6 years

Its done, after 320 hours of painting. I present to you what is to my knowledge, the most accurate and rigorous Tyrannosaurus rex illustration out here.

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3 years

Does anyone else have a soft spot for sea serpents or is it just me?

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3 years

Cream-colored woodpeckers really are just a flying Pikachu huh

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@arvalis

2 years

So hey if you want to support a non-AI real human art person, maybe consider dropping me a follow as I spiral into dystopian dread 💖

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4 years

I think one of the most underutilized themes of Godzilla illustration(Godzillastration) is just the sheer awe it would inspire to see something so massive emerging from the sea.

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@arvalis

1 year

@CorridorDigital Crazy that y’all thought it was still a good idea to upload this after the shitstorm you just endured. Ditch the AI shit, guys.

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1 year

I was in the hospital for a about a week with life threatening pancreatitis and just had my gallbladder removed. I didn’t want to post about it here until I was out but yeah, I lived, bitch.

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2 years

✨It's Bowser time✨

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3 years

Last chance to get your Nintendo Direct predictions in. I think they will reveal that Mario is no longer Italian

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3 years

Thanks to DeviantArt's NFT reporting feature I have been alerted to some jackass who stole a ton of Pokemon art and listed them as NFTs. The really thought stealing official concept art for Detective Pikachu was a good idea huh

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4 months

@kn0nker @riotgames Dude what in the hell, they just straight traced your shit???

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4 years

I now realize snakes just use their ribs as feet and I don't know why I never understood that before.

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3 years

New Pokémon Snap is the best game ever made.

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1 year

Paintpig and drawcel are such funny made up slurs for artists. Paintpig sounds too cool and drawcel is technically what the AI guys are; celibate from drawing.

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2 years

If Newgrounds can support human made artwork and artists, I would love to see DeviantArt and ArtStation meet their standard.

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@arvalis

4 years

Friendly reminder to anyone with commission prices under $25 to raise your prices. I don’t care who you are, you’re worth more than twenty five bucks.

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@arvalis

3 years

Please put Pokemon in Monster Hunter. You don't even have to kill them, capture quests only!

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@arvalis

3 years

Hey uh Mission Control, we might have a problem up here.

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3 years

You had to know I would make this next

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2 years

Here is a collection of relatively modern or currently working artists that they advertise as styles to steal on their site(there are hundreds of others). This is just gross.

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@arvalis

5 years

Here's a thing I see a ton of people mess up, even Studio Ghibli. Hopefully this is an easy graphic you can pull up to help out.

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@arvalis

4 years

Dear twitter artists, don’t put links in posts you want a lot of eyes on. Twitter suppresses posts with links(it thinks they are ads). This includes hashtags. Add links to a second post in a thread instead.

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@arvalis

11 months

I think it’s this? I’m just glad it’s my actually serious art and not some shitpost.

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@BiggestttHater

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what is y’all most liked tweet?

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Suicune was my favorite of the three when I was a kid and now they made it a goddamn dinosaur??? It’s like they are begging me to draw it. It’s so cool!!

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