Good morning party people!

Was silent yesterday because the updates I was doing wouldn’t have been seen by anyone- namely, installing Glaze and Nightshade, figuring out what settings I was comfortable ruining my art by applying the programs, and planning the next steps. Today has been a lot more NOTICEABLY productive, however.
Check out Part 1 and Part 2 for details on the updates I had already done.

So, here are the new updates I’ve completed and implemented:

• Reviewed the settings in Bluesky, figured out how to add myself to and use Feeds,
• Added myself to a bunch of Art Feeds
• Created a taglist for the Feeds to maximize my visibility.
• Started working on a plan of action to make FB work for me, send out a post for followers to join the new opt-in taglists for my art posts as I make them.
• Decided that I will be leaving the profile Public, but that I will switch to using Nightshade and Glaze processed portfolio pieces on both to poison the M E T A training algorithm if they use my art (hence installing the programs yesterday)
• I also added ALL of my online portfolios and websites, and each individual page where my art is to the Do-Not-Train database on Have I Been Trained (a must-use asset for artists who are wary of AI training)
• I created a variety of posts to try and get the word out about my commissions, my VIP Funpass Membership, and just trying to get natural engagement on Bluesky, to test the waters.
• I tested some of my artwork in Nightshade and Glaze to make sure I was OK with the visual changes they added to said work
• I checked about custom fonts for wordpress and unfortunately I need a much more expensive hosting subscription to do that. RIP

Still on the menu:
After I eat tonight, I’m going to be back at it revising the website, and I’ll either be starting with the portfolio pages or the TOS- if I start with the portfolio pages, however, that’s going to be offline work as I set to Glazing/Nightshading ALL artwork for my portfolio, and adding my No-AI branding to it all.
Here are the rest of the items I CURRENTLY know I have to get done.

• Glaze and Nightshade all artwork that will be in my 2025 Portfolio
• Revise all Portfolio Artwork to have new 2025 branding and my No-AI logo on them
• Replace any existing Ash Something Art files on website with the 2025 Glazed/Nightshaded/No-AI branded artwork
• Create “Alt Text” files for all portfolio artwork
• Delete art from Insta and replace with new versions including my 2025 No-AI branding
• Replace remaining images on DeviantArt with 2025 No-AI branded versions
• Create new banners and branding for the website (Started with the Logo in January already)
• After reviewing things yesterday, I may start re-utilizing Ko-Fi and Artistree. They both seem to have added the functions I needed that they didn’t have when I originally signed up for them. But for now, I think I’m just going to let them Exist.
• Continue the process to reduce my presence on the rest of the sites mentioned above, find any other erroneous accounts Ash Something Art has and similarly add posts directing people to the website
• Revise my TOS for ease of access and to make it shorter and more readily understood
• Review and revise the VIP Funpass Membership and subscriber benefits
• Set all existing FB images to Friends Only
• Create and add a loose Schedule to my About section
• Plus a lot of other shit

This time I was able to make the update quick, but I have a lot more to do moving forward! Thank you all so much for your patience and please consider subscribing or ordering a commission!