As an indie artist, I am all about making and protecting original art. I do not support generative AI. Feeding artists’ work into AI training models without consent and payment is theft. I would much rather go to a museum filled with stick figures drawn by crayon (and I have) than support AI generated art. You can create art that makes a huge impact in this world without relying on toxic technology and stealing work from others.

Meta’s policies regarding many topics are infuriating and gross, and its AI practices are no exception. Supposedly, the company removed language regarding scraping websites for content from the website a few days ago (https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/17/meta-removes-language-that-raised-scraping-and-ai-training-concerns/), but the rollout of Muse is not high on my list for tools I want to support. As a protective measure, I have started removing my work from Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.

Continuing to use YouTube has also been challenging in that there are reports about videos being run through AI filters without creator consent prior to upload. Unfortunately, I have noticed some quality concerns when uploading my work.

I hope that Bluesky does not follow in the steps of the other social media giants; I want to connect with others AND I want to stay true to my moral code. It shouldn’t be so hard to do both. For now, I am keeping both my personal account (@suzanneskaar) and studio account (@nominestudios) on Bluesky and the studio page on YouTube. Warning: I am unabashedly political on my personal accounts: I like human and environmental rights. I want people to thrive and work together to live in an inclusive society. Super shocking, I know.

While politics may not be so overt on my studio page, I generously sprinkle them throughout my work, including drawings and animations of ghosts and dinosaurs. If you zoom in close enough on any of my illustrations and squint hard enough, you just might see the entire communist manifesto written out in pixels followed by criticism of Karl Marx for relying on his wife Jenny von Westphalen’s unpaid labor and unrecognized contributions.

I digress.

If you would like to support this business and follow along for new updates, the best thing you can do is hit the follow button on the website’s front page so No, Mine! Studios stays in your feed. I will try not to be annoying with the blog posts. Unless you like being annoyed, in which case, let me know in the comments.

I am also highly interested in hearing other creatives’ advice for balancing protecting one’s work and making it available to the public. What are your studio’s best practices?

Suz