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Emily Kaminsky's avatar

I'll be posting a dozen or so today that I collected from young refugees artists living in Uganda. Thank you for spreading this message and encouraging us all to participate. Some, more than others, rely on their creative work to generate income and survive. These youngsters dream of getting their soul-uplifting, haunting, and inspiring paintings that make profound statements about the human experience out to the world ... and making an income from the sale of it to survive. AI is already interfering with that dream.

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4streegrrl 🇨🇦's avatar

following you now because of your comment. :)

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Emily Kaminsky's avatar

Awesome! Looks we have some things in common. I look forward to your posts!

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Beth Spencer's avatar

Thank you so much for sharing their beautiful badges and how the project reached them. I am truly touched!

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Seth Werkheiser's avatar

There is so much life and joy and skill and warmth in all these badges - I love this so much!

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Beth Spencer's avatar

YES! They're all original creations and that's so special. Thanks so much for sharing yours!

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Samantha Dion Baker's avatar

Love them all, Beth! Seeing these badges pop up in my feeds makes me so happy. What a great idea that you’ve cultivated, and we have all been able to witness take off and soar. (I think my name is missing from the list, but happy to be included!)

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Beth Spencer's avatar

Thank you so much, Sam! Your brilliant badge was one of the first and you really helped spread the word. I really appreciate it! And I just added your name -- so sorry about that! I moved them around and must've forgotten to paste it back in!

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Samantha Dion Baker's avatar

No worries at all! It’s so fun to see the Substack artists’ badges all together!

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Sabrina Ahmed's avatar

Love this initiative Beth. I'll create my handmade one later to share and add to the gang! 🧡

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Annie Hendrix's avatar

Wow, it's so fun see all the variations. Thanks for inspiring us all!

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Carolyn Sehgal's avatar

Let me know if you didn’t get mine 😊… I hope you make it to 1000

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Jenni Macklin's avatar

The level of variety and creativity in all these badges just blows me away!

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Holly Surplice's avatar

This is just so amazing, you have created a wonderful moment here Beth, reaffirming to us all what a completely brilliant and full-hearted human you are xxx

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Elin Petronella's avatar

This is so lovely seen all together, thank you for this movement 😍😍👏 art brings everyone together in the best of ways 💕

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Lisa F's avatar

I loved seeing all the creative artwork that went into all of these badges! Thank you Beth for posting them and thank you for starting the Created with Human Intelligence!

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Debbie Draws Funny's avatar

BETH!!!! This is so amazing! Look at this beautiful and powerful movement you've created. I love it so much and can't wait to make my own badge (it's been on my to-draw list ever since @melissamartin had mentioned it on her Art Hang Party discord!)

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Erica Lee Schlaikjer 🍉 史光芬's avatar

Whenever I see a new iteration of this lil badge, I smile :) Thanks for making it a thing!

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Citla Flores's avatar

I loved watching all of the badges! I feel these movement has brought artists together! Thanks for including mine here 🩷🩷

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H Maria Armijo's avatar

I was just thinking about your Procreate tutorial. Thanks for posting it.

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Beth Spencer's avatar

My pleasure! I miss drawing and chatting with you! I can't believe I missed BOTH of Char's sessions today but I had to fix a bunch of problems with my last spread and the clock is ticking! 😭

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Niloo's avatar

These are all so wonderful! I will work on cleaning mine up this week. Love how this naturally grew into such a great initiative. :)

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Pam Consear's avatar

This is so inspiring! Thanks for uplifting the human in all of us. ❤️🙌🏽🎨

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