Rick Kitagawa (he/him/bog witch)
@rickkitagawa.bsky.social
Visual artist, author, coach for creatives.
Chief Community Artist at The Brave Artists. Head cultist of the Order of the Dark Wheel. Nightmare-Chan summoner.
Rickkitagawa.com/links
Chief Community Artist at The Brave Artists. Head cultist of the Order of the Dark Wheel. Nightmare-Chan summoner.
Rickkitagawa.com/links
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Super excited - Cult Crafter is funded!!
Extremely grateful for everyone who has shared, backed, and helped out to make this game come to life.
We're still crowdfunding until April 3, so join the Cult today!
#tabletopgaming #cultcraftergame
#crowdfunding
Extremely grateful for everyone who has shared, backed, and helped out to make this game come to life.
We're still crowdfunding until April 3, so join the Cult today!
#tabletopgaming #cultcraftergame
#crowdfunding
It's been a while, but here's some art and what's been taking up the past few months of my life - DesignerCon.
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Rick Kitagawa (@rickkitagawa)
Something for you if you want to see how stressed I am and some weird monster art that’s coming to DesignerCon this weekend.
substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It's been a while, but here's some art and what's been taking up the past few months of my life - DesignerCon.
substack.com/profile/9720...
substack.com/profile/9720...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Stop Playing Politics With Food Assistance Programs
Republicans in Congress are holding food assistance for 42 million Americans hostage to force through Donald Trump’s budget — a plan that would raise healthcare premiums for millions of working famili...
sign.moveon.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
I was inspired by our costumed hero, the #theantifafrog, and wanted to share this wonky little gif I made.
PS - for all you #tezos folk I've minted as part of the #tezosforhumanity charity fundraiser. Consider picking one up here: objkt.com/tokens/KT1L1...
PS - for all you #tezos folk I've minted as part of the #tezosforhumanity charity fundraiser. Consider picking one up here: objkt.com/tokens/KT1L1...
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I was inspired by our costumed hero, the #theantifafrog, and wanted to share this wonky little gif I made.
PS - for all you #tezos folk I've minted as part of the #tezosforhumanity charity fundraiser. Consider picking one up here: objkt.com/tokens/KT1L1...
PS - for all you #tezos folk I've minted as part of the #tezosforhumanity charity fundraiser. Consider picking one up here: objkt.com/tokens/KT1L1...
So my aunt was murdered when I was 6, and her killer is up for parole - please consider signing this to keep him off the streets: sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
Deny the parole of Russell Stone (H00697)
After Russell's last parole hearing, I was adamant that before his next hearing I'd research more of the case - after all, I was a kid when the murder happened, and I know how memories can be unreliab...
sign.moveon.org
August 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
So my aunt was murdered when I was 6, and her killer is up for parole - please consider signing this to keep him off the streets: sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...
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Hey #TTRPG creators! I'm currently open for commissions, and I can supply professional grade art for your projects.
Portfolio, FAQs, and bookings: www.flygohr.com/
Please share, thank you 🙏🏻
Portfolio, FAQs, and bookings: www.flygohr.com/
Please share, thank you 🙏🏻
July 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Hey #TTRPG creators! I'm currently open for commissions, and I can supply professional grade art for your projects.
Portfolio, FAQs, and bookings: www.flygohr.com/
Please share, thank you 🙏🏻
Portfolio, FAQs, and bookings: www.flygohr.com/
Please share, thank you 🙏🏻
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I see you as you gnash your teeth and weep heavy tears and I want to remind you that you are deep magic and aching resilience. Incantations of the fiercest love are etched into your bones and sacred protection written on your skin. You are a complex gift of feral joy and I love you so much.
July 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I see you as you gnash your teeth and weep heavy tears and I want to remind you that you are deep magic and aching resilience. Incantations of the fiercest love are etched into your bones and sacred protection written on your skin. You are a complex gift of feral joy and I love you so much.
To give up making art is to give up hope. It’s to silently admit to ourselves that there’s no future... ...that our days to come are so bleak that we might as well quit now and roll over to help the tank treads roll over us that much easier.
open.substack.com/pub/rickkita...
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July 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
To give up making art is to give up hope. It’s to silently admit to ourselves that there’s no future... ...that our days to come are so bleak that we might as well quit now and roll over to help the tank treads roll over us that much easier.
open.substack.com/pub/rickkita...
open.substack.com/pub/rickkita...
Human artists!
Use one piece to convince people to follow you!
Use one piece to convince people to follow you!
June 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Human artists!
Use one piece to convince people to follow you!
Use one piece to convince people to follow you!
Just spending Friday evening hanging out with goth folks while sporting this incredibly heavy v1.0 of my Herald of Leviathan headpiece.
#leviathan #goth #art
#leviathan #goth #art
June 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Just spending Friday evening hanging out with goth folks while sporting this incredibly heavy v1.0 of my Herald of Leviathan headpiece.
#leviathan #goth #art
#leviathan #goth #art
June 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Here’s the Democrat running against Joni Ernst! Please give him a follow and your support.
Let’s get Ernst out of Congress!
@sageforiowa.bsky.social
Let’s get Ernst out of Congress!
@sageforiowa.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Here’s the Democrat running against Joni Ernst! Please give him a follow and your support.
Let’s get Ernst out of Congress!
@sageforiowa.bsky.social
Let’s get Ernst out of Congress!
@sageforiowa.bsky.social
Hanging out at #Monsterpalooza on Hyde 159. Swing by, say hello, and consider testing your fate with the All-Seeing Oracle.
#darkart #painting #sofubi
#darkart #painting #sofubi
May 31, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Hanging out at #Monsterpalooza on Hyde 159. Swing by, say hello, and consider testing your fate with the All-Seeing Oracle.
#darkart #painting #sofubi
#darkart #painting #sofubi
May 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Day 16- They're trying to slash Medicaid, effectively removing care from 8.6 million Americans.
#resist #garbageoutgarbagebackin #dumptrump #savemedicaid
#resist #garbageoutgarbagebackin #dumptrump #savemedicaid
May 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Day 16- They're trying to slash Medicaid, effectively removing care from 8.6 million Americans.
#resist #garbageoutgarbagebackin #dumptrump #savemedicaid
#resist #garbageoutgarbagebackin #dumptrump #savemedicaid
This is so infuriating. These fools know they can't win by following the law, so they try to rig the system at every chance.
Moments before an immigration court hearing in Mahmoud Khalil's case, our lawyers were abruptly banned from using laptops in the courtroom — but the government's lawyers weren't.
No one should be denied the basic tools they need to defend themselves in court.
No one should be denied the basic tools they need to defend themselves in court.
Computer Ban Gave the Government Unfair Advantage in Anti-War Activist’s Case, Lawyer Says
A lawyer for anti-war activist Mahmoud Khalil, currently being held by ICE, says she was barred from using a computer in a key hearing—an example, experts say, of the unfairness of immigration court.
www.wired.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is so infuriating. These fools know they can't win by following the law, so they try to rig the system at every chance.
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What do you bet that totally corrupt Clarence Thomas is reproaching himself right now: "Wait, I sold my soul for a $400,000 recreational vehicle when I could have held out for a $400,000,000 PLANE???"
May 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
What do you bet that totally corrupt Clarence Thomas is reproaching himself right now: "Wait, I sold my soul for a $400,000 recreational vehicle when I could have held out for a $400,000,000 PLANE???"
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DAY 14 - Free Jet Edition!
Well, I'm not if a 747 counts as a jet or not, but apparently he's taking the "gift" because golf maxims suggest that not taking gifts is dumb.
So conflict of interest be damned, he's being offered a free jet, so he's going to take it!
#politics #dumptrump #resist
Well, I'm not if a 747 counts as a jet or not, but apparently he's taking the "gift" because golf maxims suggest that not taking gifts is dumb.
So conflict of interest be damned, he's being offered a free jet, so he's going to take it!
#politics #dumptrump #resist
May 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
DAY 14 - Free Jet Edition!
Well, I'm not if a 747 counts as a jet or not, but apparently he's taking the "gift" because golf maxims suggest that not taking gifts is dumb.
So conflict of interest be damned, he's being offered a free jet, so he's going to take it!
#politics #dumptrump #resist
Well, I'm not if a 747 counts as a jet or not, but apparently he's taking the "gift" because golf maxims suggest that not taking gifts is dumb.
So conflict of interest be damned, he's being offered a free jet, so he's going to take it!
#politics #dumptrump #resist
#tezos collectors - if you're not in the top 666 of my collectors (sorted by total ed. held) and want a invite to my next degen-friendly art project (think Willie's Nightmare), drop your #tezos wallet.
Replies will bump folk off the bottom, but if you're on the list, I might bump you.
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Replies will bump folk off the bottom, but if you're on the list, I might bump you.
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May 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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ICE agents in Worcester, Massachusetts arrested a mother outside of her home with her newborn baby and 16 year old daughter.
The 16 year old stood in front of the ICE vehicle holding the baby.
She handed the baby to a neighbor & fled.
Police caught up to her, in a heartbreaking scene.⬇️
The 16 year old stood in front of the ICE vehicle holding the baby.
She handed the baby to a neighbor & fled.
Police caught up to her, in a heartbreaking scene.⬇️
May 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
ICE agents in Worcester, Massachusetts arrested a mother outside of her home with her newborn baby and 16 year old daughter.
The 16 year old stood in front of the ICE vehicle holding the baby.
She handed the baby to a neighbor & fled.
Police caught up to her, in a heartbreaking scene.⬇️
The 16 year old stood in front of the ICE vehicle holding the baby.
She handed the baby to a neighbor & fled.
Police caught up to her, in a heartbreaking scene.⬇️
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🎙️ New Podcast Episode 🎙️
Simple one this week — Monagle and I gush about THE UGLY STEPSISTER for 30 minutes.
Simple one this week — Monagle and I gush about THE UGLY STEPSISTER for 30 minutes.
This week on the podcast: @donatobomb.bsky.social and @monagle.bsky.social discuss Emilie Blichfeldt's grotesque-but-charming THE UGLY STEPSISTER, now streaming on @shudder.com.
Podcast: 'The Ugly Stepsister' Gets Uncertified
Matt Donato and Matthew Monagle sing the praises of 'The Ugly Stepsister,' the 'Cinderella' retelling from writer-director Emilie Blichfeldt.
certifiedforgotten.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🎙️ New Podcast Episode 🎙️
Simple one this week — Monagle and I gush about THE UGLY STEPSISTER for 30 minutes.
Simple one this week — Monagle and I gush about THE UGLY STEPSISTER for 30 minutes.
I'll be doing a free tutorial/demo on painting a monster using color theory basics.
The main point will be learning the basics of color theory, but I'll be digitally painting a monster so folks can understand application of said theory.
May 20 - 10am PT / 5pm UTC
in the LMTGA discord
#art
The main point will be learning the basics of color theory, but I'll be digitally painting a monster so folks can understand application of said theory.
May 20 - 10am PT / 5pm UTC
in the LMTGA discord
#art
May 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I'll be doing a free tutorial/demo on painting a monster using color theory basics.
The main point will be learning the basics of color theory, but I'll be digitally painting a monster so folks can understand application of said theory.
May 20 - 10am PT / 5pm UTC
in the LMTGA discord
#art
The main point will be learning the basics of color theory, but I'll be digitally painting a monster so folks can understand application of said theory.
May 20 - 10am PT / 5pm UTC
in the LMTGA discord
#art
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Buying a name means nothing without the laborers that made it great. Our industry is run by cowards, vultures and union busters and I am so sorry to all of the talented workers affected by this bullshit move.
kotaku.com/polygon-sold...
kotaku.com/polygon-sold...
Polygon Sold To Valnet And Hit With Mass Layoffs
One of the biggest gaming sites around was just blown up
kotaku.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Buying a name means nothing without the laborers that made it great. Our industry is run by cowards, vultures and union busters and I am so sorry to all of the talented workers affected by this bullshit move.
kotaku.com/polygon-sold...
kotaku.com/polygon-sold...