
Sam Tung ✍🎞 Story Artist
@stung_art
Followers
2K
Following
87K
Media
752
Statuses
6K
ADG & TAG storyboard artist for film, anim, and games. Writing & Directing. TTRPGs. He/him
Los Angeles, CA
Joined August 2014
Holy shit this filing update is wild! It states that: 1. Zuckerberg gave the ok to train off copyrighted works 2. Engineers wrote scripts to remove copyright info 3. Meta downloaded illegal torrents to train models. GenAi is a house of cards, I swear.
2
1K
4K
Christopher Nolan’s next film ‘The Odyssey’ is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology. The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026.
1K
13K
99K
"One of the best ways to determine wild carnivores is to travel with a big carnivore of your own. Smaller predators will tend to stay far away from a Carnotarus, and even most larger theropods will usually seek out an easier meal rather than risk a serious Injury in a fight."
18
1K
8K
Rotten Tomatoes scores for Christopher Nolan films 🍅 He doesn't miss 🔥
2K
4K
90K
What do I have to do to storyboard this
Robert Eggers says the script for his medieval film #TheKnight is done ⚔️ He also wants to make a Western film (via @IndieWire)
3
1
52
A so called "bishop's mantle". This kind of maille cape was used by military men during the 16th century, most famously by the German Landsknechts. It is also part of Sir VIilheim's suit of armor in Dark Souls III.
37
3K
28K
Have you voted?! Attention eligible TAG voting members. With less than 48 hours left to go, we need you to cast your vote and remind your colleagues to do the same ASAP. Let’s show the employers our strength in numbers! #Vote4Animation #StandWithAnimation
1
32
45
people who say “why do we need [fine arts, humanities degrees, mid-budget films] when they don’t make a ton of money?” are insufferable. why do we need chrysanthemums? why do we need bonfires or baleen whales or the color blue? we just do. we just do.
194
13K
99K
There are a LOT of ongoing AI copyright lawsuits in the US right now. We've been keeping track at @WIRED and, to make things easier on everyone, created this visual map. It'll be updated w/ any major developments:
wired.com
WIRED is following every copyright battle involving the AI industry—and we’ve created some handy visualizations that will be updated as the cases progress.
8
228
648
I extracted one of the models generated by this AI from their website. The normals are completely messed up and it's impossible to edit. It's filled to the brim with self-intersecting, non manifold or z-fighting geometry, the model falls apart once you add shading.
39
363
7K
Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators. More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live): 1. Email your MP. If you're in the
54
1K
2K
Friends concerned about AI - this is the article by the dead Open AI whistleblower Suchir Balaji - explaining why the scraping of media & data by AI does not constitute “fair use”. The entire industry is based on the lie of “fair use”. Save this: https://t.co/jcEnoZPP4k
3
133
419
In the New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI, NYT lawyers spent 150 hours combing through OAI's training data. OpenAI engineers *erased it* and admitted to erasing it. The NYT is now unable to get that data back. This should be a serious scandal.
44
2K
10K
Over the past weeks, we've marched to studios delivering our petition outlining a fair deal for #animation workers! It's time to show up & stand together! Check your inbox for details on how you can support. Let’s make our voices heard! #StandWithAnimation
2
73
203
🚨🚨🤡🤡 ATTENTION ANIMATION GUILD MEMBERS!!! SHOW UP FOR UPCOMING ACTIONS TO WIN A BETTER DEAL!! CHECK YOUR EMAIL 📨🤡🤡🚨🚨 #StandWithAnimation
25
889
3K
If you feel helpless and hopeless, here’s something easy you can do:
Help give Animation Guild members a fair contract by SIGNING THIS PETITION! https://t.co/YJ4Mb6WI1P
1
285
765