Figma Weave Tools Are Now Open to the Community
On September 16, 2026, Figma announced that community publishing is now live for Weave tools. You can now build and publish your own custom Weave tools to the Figma Community for anyone to use directly in Figma Design. Figma Weave is purpose-built for visual asset creation at scale — not just one-off generation. Its node-based canvas gives you a visual pipeline where every step is explicit and repeatable, with professional editing directly connected to AI output.
Affinity 3.3 Drops with the Blend Tool Designers Have Waited Years For
Published September 21, 2026, the Affinity 3.3 update — part of the new Canva ProSuite — packs in a long-awaited Blend Tool, a RAW overhaul, and a Scripting Studio. The Blend Tool lets you set bias and easing, run elements along a curve, and let Affinity work out how shapes morph — turning hours of manual placing work into something you can sculpt and play with. It's joined by a streamlined Mask Tool, 3D model support, and Affinity's biggest photography update yet, including a feature that lets you turn a flattened image back into layers.
A Game Creative Director's Rule: Ship Your Bad Work Fast
Creative Bloq published a deep interview with Adam Vian, Creative Director of SFB Games, on September 20, 2026. Having spent more than 20 years making games with his brother Tom — from browser-based Flash games all the way up to projects with Nintendo and Apple — Vian's core creative philosophy is direct: "Everyone has a hundred bad games in them, and we did them really quickly." But it would be a mistake to place 2D art as nostalgic when it can evolve based on the artist's own developing tastes and influences. Vian's studio has tried many types of games while maintaining its own series in Detective Grimoire — a murder-mystery adventure originally inspired by Capcom's Ace Attorney.
MAKE's Animation Thesis Grant Is Open — Funding, Resources & Industry Visibility Up for Grabs
MAKE, the creative studio known for impactful animation and original storytelling, has officially opened applications for the 2026 MAKE Animation Thesis Grant. The annual program offers senior animation students funding, production resources, and promotional visibility to help bring their thesis films to life. Applications are open from September 1 through **November 4, 2026**. Eligible applicants must be senior animation students actively working on their thesis film.
A Studio Sculpted the "Ugliest AI Slop" Possible — Then Made It a Promise
Electric Dreama Studios built a grotesque physical sculpture called CH(AI)MER — described as a grotesque amalgamation of AI slop as body parts, with poreless skin that looks like it's melting and uncanny dead eyes. The inspiration is the classical chimera from Greek mythology, a creature that symbolised chaos and destruction. Electric Dreama Studios say the sculpture is a vow. It built the "ugliest version of AI slop" that it could as a reminder of what art NOT to make in the future. Everything the studio makes from now is a commitment to the opposite — AI used only as a tool in service of human intention.
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TODAY’S THREADEvery story today is about the same thing: **ownership of your creative standard.** Figma and Affinity are handing you more powerful tools for free. Adam Vian reminds you that velocity through bad work is the only road to good work. MAKE is ready to fund students who commit to finishing. And Electric Dreama drew a line in the sand and sculpted it. The tools have never been more open, the opportunities never more accessible — the only question left is what *you* stand for.