I've seen some lists going around with creators that use ai and because of the amount of people in the community having an issue with ai and because I'm not a person that wants to hide anything and I'm starting through with cc again slowly now, I'm gonna give you some explanation.

first of all, I DO NOT use ai during the process of creating cc. everything's made by hand, meshes are done by me from the first polygon to the last, textures are either completely drawn by my hands or partly with free textures I find on the internet (which I still try to avoid, because I just enjoy drawing textures, tattoos etc. myself)

now the BUT

I do stumble over ai pics on pinterest and use them as inspiration. I have a big folder with pictures, most of them are photos from idols (because I'm back in my K-pop era apparently) but when I see pics with hairs, accessories, jewelry, etc. that I like, I just save them, wether it's ai or not, because I want to create these things for my sims

so what happens is simply, I see a picture, save it on my computer and throw it in the image viewer and keep it open while working in blender.

That gives off Achilles come down vibes right??

Ciel: I have a person who does that for me.

Sebastian: Yes, ME!

a girl from the river — naruto og

You've always been a dreamer.

‘Cause what other thing could you do other than that with such a weak body.

Somehow you continued to push through anyway. Day after day. Step after step. Breath after breath.

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And then came that Tuesday.

One moment you were walking, thinking, existing.

The next… something inside you just stopped cooperating.

A sharp silence, a hollow pause, a weight pressing down from the inside.

No slow-motion fall. No grand epiphany.

Just a sudden, quiet end.

The world didn’t care.

It kept moving, like always.

Schedules. Screen lights. Traffic. People. All indifferent.

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And yet — somehow — you opened your eyes again.

You don’t know if you should be glad or terrified.

Will you slip back into the endless routine, the boring cycle?

Or can you finally reclaim a life that feels like it’s yours?

outdoor cats are prey and will be killed by predators. if there are no predators then outdoor cats decate bird species. there are a Number of viruses going around currently that affect cats that roam outside. not to mention the danger of cars and people who just hate cats and think it’s fun to kill them.

if you keep your cat inside, you are providing it with safety and greatly increasing its chances of surviving longer. if your cat would get bored or depressed staying inside, then you’re just not doing a good enough job caring for that cat. if you love your cat, you would want to keep it from danger; that’s the point of that post.

I get the point, i absolutley do.

Your cat can get run over, poisoned, infected or attacked outside. There are risks and of course you want to keep your cat safe from all that.

And the impact a cat can have on the eco-system it doesn't belong in honestly sucks!

And still I wouldn't have wanted to ban my cat from the outside. He loved the garden and the forest and the snow and finding his own spots and meeting the neighbour's cat. Who am I to keep all that from him? Maybe he wouldn't have missed it if he had grown up as an indoor-cat and been satisfied the way things were. But how would I know that i hadn't taken away something substantial from him?

Haah. I'm sure cats can have a loved and fulfilling life with a caring owner who keeps them indoors.

But I couldn't do that. Not after seeing how my cat loved to roam and be independant and live life on his own terms.

'Why get a cat at all then? Pets come with responsibility?' one might say. And true, if you decide to take a pet, you should do your best to care for it. Especially when the pet's life depends on you. But in my view, it also takes away some of its autonomy as an individual? Which is why i am not the greatest fan of the concept of pets in general... My cat was a stray who chose to stay with us btw and man I'm rambling here. I'm sure the extend to which I value the freedom of will of an animal here might seem weird but I really think that comes before keeping it from the risks that come with life.