Well, well, well... know that Zootopia franchise? Looks like anyone with enough prompting can now just create their own movie.

This fan short is made off of the latest of cutting edge AI CG and the plot of an emotional on-line fan fiction comic. Lovingly stitched together from those time span limitations with background music added in. And while there is a tiny bit of slop... I think... (Sometimes, characters seem to lose all motion. But most of the issues arrive from the stitching, which can't be helped.) this proves that studios like Disney and such are probably going to be giving up on even producing movies and shows, simply because once AI loses all the slop, the price difference is 1st vs. 3rd world pay grade. For good and for bad, (Both sides have strong motivators) the future is coming on strong and steam rolling over all Humanity.

Anyhow... on with the show...

https://youtu.be/uKYeDIiqiHs?si=DxRKHc8L_vBmTY2h

Slop notes that I'm seeing: (This is kind of fun to take notice of all the subtle slop that the plot is trying to cover up.)
- At the end, the view through the 'front door' is akin to a Tardis. One minute, it's just another room. Then, a neighborhood. I'm pretty sure another neighborhood. Then... a western set??? I feel that if they can get environments past that state of believable fever dream, they might be able to take on Hollywood. The emotional scene hopes one doesn't notice that the magical front door keeps linking to different places.
- Judy's belt comes and goes at will. I think it also changes.
- Judy's arms sometimes have these... going to say cufflinks... and other times go right to bare fur. Oh... and long sleeve shirt to tank top. Maybe an undershirt comes and goes.
- Her shirt goes from ribbed high def to smooth. I even noticed a little necklace design come and go.
- Pretty sure that Nick goes from mostly nude to wearing that shirt & tie in the blink of an eye.
- Definitely stationary moments. Though, the plot kind of suggests it is supposed to be that way.
- "Your nose is twitching." I don't think the AI could render that. Or at least not well.
- I highly suspect the main room is changing details, too. Yes, indeed. Bed and furniture are moving. I think changing bed sheets and styles, too.

And I only noticed that after a second & third viewing.

Compare this to that professional Coca-Cola ad that had radically changing trucks with wheels that didn't turn, didn't always have drivers and a ton of slop... and this just needs some kind of digital ironing tool that changes out those finer details.

Very important warning about the latest Windows update. Watch this video for more information about a bug that corrupts drives when downloading large portions of data.

https://youtu.be/mlY2QjP_-9s?si=5u6EbkgkVYQuCdOd

Hopefully, MicroSoft fixes this quickly.

Every day or night, I never quite know what wilderness I might encounter. Why, just yesterday, I had to delay my plans for a visiting buck that was just hanging around. In the middle of the day, at that.

So around dinner time, I decide to switch over to some Netflix viewing.

Its algorithm seeing that I have some mix of Furry related shows goes and recommends this show named 7 Bears. Knowing that there's been some CGI toons that mix up the legendary fairy tales with cleaver material... and willing to give it a try... I give the opening episode a try.

To put it bluntly, this is like a train wreck that demands more and more attention.

Butt... there's something here that's gone from childish humor to something so fetish, they aren't even trying to hide it.

So... proposed drinking game.

Every time there's a generalized butt joke, take a sip of your favorite liquor. That includes the narrator actually using the word Butt.
One sip for any time a character touches a butt. Be it their own or any other butt. Be it via the paw or another butt.
One sip if the butt produces fart sounds.
Two sips if it is a visible gas. (Or maybe just one, as the opening credits do that.)
One sip when the camera is specifically aimed low to show off any character's butt. (Mostly the bears. But this includes horses, Humans, etc.)
Three sips when the camera does a zoom in, pretending to go all the way to the fur covered anal.
I think chugging a full mug might be safe for intentional penis concealment. That seems to be rare.

Most important rule. Moderate this game to one episode to avoid potential of death. And each episode consists of two stories. And there is one episode all about kicking butts.

Play at your own risk.

Oh, and here's a sampling...

https://youtu.be/3TFNDR-_exs?si=A_mQQNcd4BsdmzVR

I understand that children of a certain age just giggle about such a topic. Butt... this show is an awakening on the lowest tier and has to be some writer's fetish. I wonder how long this new age of children purification movement is going to take before they try and R rate this show?

It looks like the brand new Pokemon copycat is right around the corner. And it is named Aniimo.

https://youtu.be/Hgcj2f8IysM?si=itp4gTlCLucIgT7m

Nice twist. YOU become the (not) Pokemon!

Looks like the very first costume upgrade is a pair of ears. So...

In all of these years, I have never seen such a massive number of messages just vanish in an instant. Sure. I'll occasionally see a couple removed. But this is on the level of dozens. And, come on... a shout from four years ago? Nobody is thinning those out.
Seems to me that some HDD just died or some major algo Rhythm went haywire... or something.

Just in case this news isn't out there enough by now, change your secured passwords NOW. Apple, Google, Meta, PayPal and more.

https://www.youtube.com/live/gDxuL0.....FDAB2f9XhRooOx

Looks like Nintendo is trying out a new feature. Some kind of virtual card memory.
HOWEVER!!!
It has issues.
It can take your save files away from you!!!
And lock them away behind a paywall!!!

Watch this video and learn why to deny this update.

https://youtu.be/5-n0uOxXHng?si=1y9nmyY0KPqvIEO_

Talk about no longer having ownership over your purchased games, anymore.

So, it's late into the evening. I'm just chilling in front of the television to a BrutalMoose casual stream, where he is sim driving a truck across the United States. Right after posting a comment and enjoying the really realistic views of the road, what do I see on a virtual billboard???

https://www.youtube.com/live/Dxw9Rm.....amp;amp;t=4722

What does it mean? Why am I in a virtual world of the truck driver? Can't read the rest. Can only guess it doesn't mean a thing. But... what???

Thanks to a multitude of issues that plague lower California, it seems that at least one arsonist has been busy setting at least five fires across the Los Angeles area. So far, one suspect has been arrested and at least seven deaths are officially declared. A count that is upwards of ten thousand structures have been lost... so far. Strong Santa Ana winds are helping to fuel the dry conditions that are still ravaging the LA region. It is also not helping when firefighters are tapping into hydrants... that are dry. (Blame being pointed at rolling power outages that are turning off vital pumps.) Citizens that have tried to flee affected areas are running into gridlock conditions, forcing them to abandon their cars on the streets and escape on foot. Thus, clogging vital routes that firefighters could have otherwise used to even reach affected zones. So far, the Hollywood Hills fire is the only one reported to even be contained. Currently, over thirty-one thousand acres have been torched and there is no telling how much more will be lost until the flames can be controlled.

My best wishes towards those affected by this terrible disaster, currently being told as the worst disaster for Los Angeles to date. May everyone we know and love currently be somewhere safe this evening.

This fandom seems to have no limits. Stanford College (Yes. THAT Stanford.) now has a course in fursuit making. Here's a video on the subject.



I've watched this fandom grow from a small thing that houses could contain and cons where 50 attendees was considered large and almost nobody knew a thing to places where I never suspected. Like making local news broadcasts, bowling events that appear to max out the place, conventions that are struggling to supply to the demand... hell, Barbie branded Furries. (Saw a couple more of those the other day. Second wave?) Now everybody seems to have some kind of notion about what being a Furry is. Granted, the core idea is as old as Humanity. Why, I just watched a remembrance kind of video the other day. One of the things shown were dolls from an '80s trend called Cabbage Patch Dolls. Some of them were in fursuits. (PJ's, actually.) Now that is a little confusing.

Even if it was just a plot device, thanks to the current Futurama show for 'confirming' that Furry conventions are never EVER going away.

Or rather... didn't. Must have been in front of my head lights for a good twenty seconds while trying to find a place to ditch away at. And all I ever saw was a shadowy tone of pure muscle. I mean that pitch black fur is the definition of light absorbing. Nature couldn't have created much better of a nighttime camouflage. Good thing the race is timid. Sure hope the patch job I did on the fence holds up if it tries to come through. As I don't want to confront that dark form.

I know that the FA Journals page was meant for other purposes. But I just looked at it and I'm seeing RIP for friends and family of multiple watches instead of the usual YCH's, daily mentionings and other common categories. Last time I noticed this trend, it was shortly after they announced a defense against Covid.
My sympathies for those whom are losing friends and family.

After all, if just browsing here is going to make my anti-virus grow a bit noisy, should I chance bricking the PC over tainted ads?

As I come home and park the car, what appears in front of the headlights is a little familiar face. One of the neighborhood raccoons so fearlessly crosses while inspecting an old mixing bucket. Just shut the car down for a moment before hitting the high beams. And what do I see. Another one of the family pops out through the bushes. And even two more. Just never know what to see around here at any time. Though, whatever was growling in the darkness the other week was sounding like something not to mess with. I do know the stealthy bear is roaming about. Only seen a shadow of it, once. I far prefer seeing the neighborhood doe. Perhaps a bit too tame, as she could care less about driving by in broad daylight. Spotted her about several times in the last week.

A new AI has made the scene that just threatens to torpedo the whole music industry in one fell swoop.
For all my life, computers could 'talk'. It was quite soulless and a novelty. In fact, I may never forget pushing in a few chapters of Plight into this vocal reader I had for a project from six or so years ago and trying to listen to it on a trip down to a con. In short, I couldn't stand more than a couple miles worth.
But now... the thing can sing. And what a step it has taken.

Yesterday, I let some of the works from others play in the background as I did some dirty dishes. Although something felt off, it was definitely something to behold. And I can easily see whole on-line radio stations springing up from this thing as soon as they can get dedicated server access. Not to mention those pesky strikes on videos for 'no permission songs' that the bot detects. Heck. Anything entertainment based is quaking in the shaking of this new technology.
Today, I logged in to this Udio thing. No waiting lists needed. Super simple. 'Here's your ten free credits for today.' And I went in with one simple idea in mind: To give my Teela Rose a theme song. Selected a few style themes. Typed in a couple sentences to describe her mission.
What came out... oh, my Lord. It is like the thing had pre-interpreted her whole back story and put it into lyrics. And wrapped it up in this session that sounded like I had handed Enya a couple thousand to record it. Or, at the very least, created a credits song for an anime show.

Anyhow, my next step is to generate a couple images in this AI art program and see if I can get a background going before uploading the piece to YouTube. Then awaiting to see if the bots swarm into copyright claim something that legally can't be copyrighted. With eventual hope, maybe the whole show can start to come together.

Oh... and Captain Dunsel is a Starfleet Academy slang term for a part that no longer serves any useful purposes from Star Trek. This AI thing is good for me when I consider myself too broke to commission for anything, and yet want to produce something. But very bad for anyone who has hopes of making a career around artistic mediums and has built this career for all their lives, only to see it crumble in a matter of hours by the onslaught of technology. On my personal side, technology could take my only income away at any point without having any feelings about doing so. Nobody is immune to this new phase in Humanity.

EDIT:

Anyhow... I've spent the last four hours trying to learn how to work with some overly complicated video editing software to push forth what I coaxed out of the AI machines. The images were slowly pumped out as I had an eight-plus session of relaxation in front of YouTube. (A lot of distraction came with trying to see how naughty I could get that AI to be. And what an X rated show it put out.) The music was shockingly easier to create. A couple lines of text, and I had a whole Enya session... that didn't cost everything in the bank to produce.

Just got it uploaded. So here is the test footage for "Teela Rose's background story. - Plight of the Rose".



Maybe in a few days, I'll see if I can get the Darosia scene that keeps banging around in my head. Or probably do some yard work, instead.

I'm sure that we are all familiar with Alice in Wonderland.
But how few had any idea that an originating film existed from 1915... and it literally states 'Animal Convention' at one point.



Sure, the many, MANY, MANY suits aren't quite to the quality of today. (Oh... monkey...) But they are still quite impressive... to various degrees. Some even having working eyes.

Game over, man. Game over.

And on that note, I am thinking about how I might proceed into this brave new world. Seems this Alpha Generation is in love with being constantly connected with entertainment. And I had this idea about utilizing that with a modification to Plight. I'm thinking this G or PG rated variant will be called Darosia. In it, the lives of a few dozen kits growing up and facing life's greater challenges will be showcased in a bunch of mini episode chapters. Already got 30 episodes in the first stage of framing. Now, since I really lack the skills of creating my own moving anime, I'm rather interested in this Sora stuff and if it can bring the vision to life. I'll do the writing. And forget about those stick figure drawings.



This stuff still has plenty of room to grow towards. But this may be enough for this toddler's stage of bringing Plight into the motion world.

Reasons I'm doing this:

1) Does this modern world of ours really like to read?
2) How many months does my job really have until this wave of sci-fi robots takes over? I got to be seriously thinking about it. After all, once it is gone, then what???
3) I look at Matthew Gafford and his amazing work with A Fox in Space. Two episodes in over eight years with nearly daily work towards the third. Quality over quantity. Sure are masterpieces. But the people want to consume quantity like it was a seasonal series. To do what I want, I need quantity... just like I saw it back in high school.
4) Bills need paying. And I sure don't have much of a budget. Just a lifetime of gaming that has gone up ten thousand percent in value.

 SySable SySable, sometimes referred to as "The Father of the Furry Fandom", and one of the founding members of the fandom, has passed away after suffering several strokes and being diagnosed with stage IV liver cancer earlier this month.

Copied, word for word, from TyVulpine's Journal. It's too perfect.

While I never truly knew the guy, I did attend a fair number of his Prancing Skiltaire parties that he generously hosted after the southern california Terrestrial Cafe parties had defaulted to Washington, not to mention CalifurDiego, which was noted as a CaliFur con spin off that loosely connected to Comic Con.
May he forever reside in a Heaven of his making, where his Skiltaires can endlessly prance in fields of green.

Opened up my YT subscriptions option and...



...very nice suit. Still, I thought that I shared names with a couple RPG'ers doing Jupiter.

Gives me a flashback to my first FC. During one evening, I catch a glimpse of my original suit, 'reindeer' out on the general floor. Which becomes extremely bizarre as 'reindeer' was never like a fursuit in all so many ways.

Just had to say this. I load up FA and see this ad that states to use AI to make art.
... on a web site that wants nothing to do with AI art.
Quote the lyrics of AC/DC: "Listen to the money talk."

Went out to get the daily mail. My e-bay order had arrived. As I took the knife to its tape seal, I notice a little ant appears on my hand. Turns out this tiny package has a freaking nest full of live ants! No food. They were taped up in there tight, too. I went right to the toilet and started shaking them all out, wiping the rim to get the escapees as I went. Little black things. Who knows how long they been held up in there. And now I have seen how the problematic Argentine Ants became this massive family throughout California. Hope they don't like the sewer system.

Yes. Yes. Yes. I know. These digital demons are here to steal all our jobs and our hobbies and our incomes while they thieve from artists like the ultimate tracing pirates that they are. AND I fully support the view that here on FA, there is to be no direct AI image dumps, as that is a total waste of FA's precious bandwidth. These arguments on both sides are both very strong and valid.

I'm not here to dispute that the soulless army of art terminators are here to destroy the very foundation of art as we know it. Instead, I view this as a very powerful tool that can evolve to become great allies with artists. Besides, my art is writing, and the AI bots can churn out pages of stories to give me heartburn if I let it. Nor have I got the excess money sources to commission art pieces with. In fact, my primary goal with these new age tools is to bring forth Plight into a visual novel... maybe even a TV grade series that looks like an indie CG movie on the budget of "Got change?" (Can rattles). Unlike Fred with his amazing love towards 'A Fox in Space', who is putting in decades of work for half an hour of anime, I'm pretty certain that I shall never lay down a single frame of animation. So, that is where I am coming from. It's this AI stuff, the world's biggest winning lottery ticket or... basically nothing.

Alright. Rant over. Now, as I was saying, for those with even a casual curiosity about the new AI progression scene, here is a downright amazing offering.

The tutorial on how to do this can be found at this YouTube video...



For now, the entry requirements are just slightly an exclusive club.

- Windows. (Modern)
- NVDIA Graphics card.
- Minimum 4 GB of dedicated video memory.
- Lots of HDD space.

It's all explained in the video.
Check mark those and congratulations, you can opt in to have a MidJourney grade art maker, totally for free and totally running locally on your own computer. No fees per art piece. No credit limits. No monitoring staff to sensor what is being made. No... you get the point.
One downside is that since this is being run on your hardware and not a server, the production speed is at the mercy of the hardware specs you have available. For me, I want to say it was roughly 15 minutes (probably more like 10) for two images on 6 Gigs of V-Ram. However, have some movie time while messing around with this would be a perfect blending.

I tried for a cat in a tree. Got a really nice black & white with some slight floating superpower... comfortably hanging onto a limb and a tabby with some kind of super weight gain issues.

Then I tried for some fox images. Running through a garden was really lovely. Reclining in a bowl just wowed me.

Furries at a convention. Random species suiters, standing, in faux fur inside some brown-ish walled conventions spaces. A blind person could tell this isn't a photo. But dang, the uncanny valley is there. It knew how to do that scene.

Thought I'd trick it with 'Pac-Man and ghost in a maze'. Ehhh... round, yellow ball with eyes, a slight mouth. The ghosts were iconic. And the rooms were maze decor. I thought it would totally do something far more random.

I tried for a spaceship in orbit. And my sci-fi side half expected Star Trek ships. Oh, wow. Got a two-tier sphere with tons of details, landing on a sandy planet with a suited explorer already on patrol. That scene could rival any pulp 50's image with details, galore.

I also had a little time to try a couple other things. But what this thing produced was way above my expectations.

Now... most every time that i have commissioned an art piece for one of my literary visions, I have been extremely satisfied with the end results. It's like this magical connection of my thoughts have truly been relayed and created by the Human hand that is far more talented than my stick figures could ever be.

These AI images... they wow me with what they are capable of doing. Yet, trying to tell one what I see is like an experiment in trying to create a headache. In a few years, that may not be the case. However, for now, it is a far better novelty to glimpse into what is to come then to argue that these things are going to take over every aspect of life. Sure. They are autistic tracing Gods. But then again, I never dreamt of a starship captain's quarters with lush bed, workspace and such like this one AI image produced. (It's on my virtual wallpaper, right now.) Or the corridor that leads to it with a sky window strip for viewing the stars through. Now that is pretty darn creative... for virtual dice.

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Over these last few days, I've been working with this image creation tool. Got to say that what it is doing is pretty impressive. Right now, I've found a way to make it pump out standing foxes in white dresses... which is a starting point towards my novel named Plight. Maybe with that and some DeepFake voice software, I can even get some kind of sample work started for a chapter or two that goes beyond just text. And in a few years... actual video???
Thinking about compiling some of these foxy images into a YT video and linking. May be a loophole to the FA ban over everything AI made.

And now that I've been working with this for over a week, I am even more impressed. Sure. I got a fox passing through a bathtub. And a lion missing a leg. But for AI oddities, those are the exceptions. Many weeks ago, those were the common problems. This one still can't spell. But that's alright. It's been staying fairly consistent for continuity and pumping out quality images... even if they still look computer made. The faux creativity is insane. It is listening... mostly... to my key words and doing its best to make the images work. But I can tell that this thing is heavily favored towards the G rated stuff. They'll hold paws but seem to be otherwise avoiding bodily contact for the most part. They'll sit doggy style. But it is all so smooth down there. I can get tails to raise. But the thing is too shy to do the work from behind when that is happening. I've gotten some prelude to kiss images. They'll close their eyes and get really close. It's like just a second away from happening. It does know how to open their maws. So, I tried to put a mousie in there. The thing totally drops the notion. However, like what I got it working on for gardening scenes, it's quite happy to give me standing foxes in white gowns that do the work. I put in 'Human' as a negative prompt. Yet a man and a lady are filling a basket with... something green. So, it is being hit or miss. And doing this on a home computer is slow. Minutes per image over seconds from a server. At least it's not paying for the privilege of that hit or miss approach. I also got it to produce a few 'gaming room' shots. To this AI, board game means chess. Although I was hoping to sneak around the no contact stuff with a game of Twister. Got an interesting table set that reminds me of Sit 'n' Spin with a bunch of colorful dots and two Foxes kneeling while playing the game of chess. The thing really knows how to make things coherent on where parts should be going together seamlessly.

I may have enough sample pictures to go ahead with a practice micro story about Camp Foxy, which will be a place for rich ladies to go for a life changing experience. And maybe I can even get a sample beta presentation of Plight going with this thing. Got some gardening shots that show promise. Now I need some somewhat consistent village sets to be produced. It will go over to one of my YT channels. Preferably one that has zero followers on it.

HOWEVER... I still would say that if Human artist styles are like comparing apples to oranges, AI Art is currently a kumquat. It is its own thing and right now, it is doing its own thing. In a few years, this thing will probably be reading our thoughts... when given the chance. For now, it's taking some educated guesses at what reality even means.

Just seen the latest trailer and it looks like the Michael Bay universe has gone far enough to enter into the Beast Wars age. So... cringe worthy cars. Check. Optimus as one paragraph hero as ever. Check. Bumblebee... being the only good reason to see these flicks. Check. And it does look like we have some survivors of the Beast Wars here and not just some random 'beasts', so to say. The 'official' (?) meeting of the Otimus'es? This has to be awesome. (They do seem to be focusing solely on the big monkey's lines. Probably a wise choice.) Looks like Airazor has survived. Very much approve of that. I saw Cheetor in the lineup. ...potential Scorponok sighting. Erm... guess we had to have the bad with the good, there.

Simply put, it'll be a fun (expectantly dumb) time when it comes to the RedBox dirt cheap movie night... or when someone smuggles it in to YouTube. At movie theater prices... go see Mario Movie... for the third time. ;P

EDIT: Occurs to me that there may be many whom might be nearly clueless about the time of the Beast Wars. So, I'll be brief with an explanation.

These wars were in a time long ago. Back when the notion of using CG in anything was pretty much reserved for the million dollar movies. A time when the flames of the Transformers franchise were merely simmering with hard core fans, already aging past their teen years. A time with a brave company out of Canada pushed forth CG entertainment, even though it was barely ready to be presentable at an affordable rate. Fresh off the concept of cutting their teeth on a indie notion about people that lived inside a PC universe, they were tasked into bringing new life into the TF world. And they went with a sci-fi approach about the classic good Optimus Prime facing off against the evil MegaTron. (There seems to be more than one of both. The series makes that a cannon fact.) Going after a destiny, both forces wind up on a strange world, full of known animals. To which, they used as their base for alternate forms. (Not a Human world. No cars/truck/etc to copy off of.) So, yea. In a manly world about shooting guns and being macho, this show was Furry AF. And borderline adult. (Quote the 'Trap': "I know a place where the servin' bots are walkin' around minus their torso plates." To Optimus's reply of "...what?" That one flew over the heads of the kids like a barber's pair of scissors during a haircut. Come to think of it, there was also the opening shot of the majestic eagle in flight, observing its domain with peaceful silent. Then, unapologetically, all is left is a falling feather as one of the bad guy's fliers gobbles it down in one bite. Uncensored vore. These bots don't run off of unleaded fuel.)
Season one is... pretty much what one should expect. The good and bad guys shoot at one another for reasons. Little plot is evolved. Watch episode one and move on.
But, Season two and past that is where things get moving. Sure. They have some really dumb characters that explain themselves ten times over. Look past that and we got some real gems, too. World building blows up. Plots that get deep-ish. We get sub-plots. Diverse fractions of sides going on. The smart and sexy Blackarachnia. (Black Widows and sexy? That should be a violation of some sort.) And how could I leave out the three part'er episode... where they seemingly compressed six episodes worth of material into it? By Lord... this is one show that needs to be modernized and re-released. Its biggest flaw is that it's kind of hard to look at, these days. They also got experimental with the anti-episode. And that heart breaker episode.
Anyhow, I'm just stating that this show is worth seeking out. Not sure if any streaming services host it or not. Believe there was a DVD set. Just bare witness that season one is super rough.