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Ricardo Juchem
@ricardojuchem.com
Art ▪︎ UI ▪︎ Gamedev ▪︎ Music ▪︎ Epiphanies

He.Him // Brazilian

Lead Artist on:
• The Diner at the End of the Galaxy
• Chinatown Detective Agency

www.ricardojuchem.com

Press and hold the # to see my:
#pixelart #painting #art #timelapse #gamedev
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I am Ricardo, a 45-year-old guy from Brazil, and I make #art for games.

My focus is on #pixelart, #drawing, #painting and light & shadows.

I am the lead art director of Chinatown Detective Agency and of The Diner At The End Of The Galaxy.

I hope you enjoy my journey here.
26 anos dessa maravilha em formato de clipe.
Pato Fu = <3

youtu.be/pbRRfgbQ040?...
Pato Fu - Made in Japan
YouTube video by Pato Fu
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Companies that disappointed me in 2025 and I won't support anymore:

1. @bitmapbooks.com
(sided with a xenophobic author)
2. @larianstudios.com
(disrespected artists and their craft)
3. @gamepass.xbox.com
(anti-Palestine)
4. @ubisoft.com
(adopted AI fully)

Affinity & Grammarly who turn into AI.
December 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Nankin
December 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Companies that disappointed me in 2025 and I won't support anymore:

1. @bitmapbooks.com
(sided with a xenophobic author)
2. @larianstudios.com
(disrespected artists and their craft)
3. @gamepass.xbox.com
(anti-Palestine)
4. @ubisoft.com
(adopted AI fully)

Affinity & Grammarly who turn into AI.
December 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Pessoal, não deixem seu Twitter/X apenas trancado lá…
apaguem de vez a conta naquele lixo.

Vão usar todo o conteúdo postado lá pra treinar IA.
Não tem como recusar participar disso.
Apaguem tudo.
Reposting this with alt text.

Delete your Twitter. Now.
December 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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I'm so lost on Swen's (Larian CEO) doubling down on using ChatGPT for powerpoints and pre-production concepting despite A) admitting it adds no value to the pipeline and B) having no shareholder interests pressing down on him. Literally just seems like he got grifted and this is sunk cost phallacy
December 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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These covers!

TARZAN BEYOND takes the classic hero into the present after a century of defending the world--and the fight's just beginning!
December 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Esse vídeo tirou meu ar. A colaboração da Microsoft com o Genocídio em Gaza é nível IBM com os Nazistas.
December 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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I am in doubt about my future in this industry.

I finished my tasks for the current project released in Early Access and I don't know what's next.

GenAI is the worst thing that happened to the creative field.

It's harming people in both intellectual and financial ways.

AI users and not users.
This is the case for me too. I’m rarely angry and am pretty even keeled/ jokey in general. But 2 years out of work and seeing the news this week hits such a sore point. Struggling in life and finances along with the state of everything creates this perfect storm that makes it difficult to stay calm
I am getting to that point where it's a bit hard to reign myself in, and I consider myself a pretty well-tempered, resilient individual. But hearing shit like what the Larian CEO said, and what the lead from Warhorse Studios said, when I am still actively looking for work, it's just a mess.
December 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Hey folks! I'm a concept artist & illustrator with over 10 years of experience. I've worked at 343, Ubisoft, Bungie, Adidas and more. Looking for fulltime work but always open to freelance! www.artstation.com/belgianboolean

You can always help me pay bills through my Ko-fi ko-fi.com/belgianboolean
December 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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My professional artists peers! We got a survey request!

Researchers at the University of Carnegie Mellon is doing a research to see how generative Al has (or has not) impacted your work and/or sentiments in the industry. Folks in creative fields only, please consider filling this out 👇
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cmu.ca1.qualtrics.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.

Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.

All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I am in doubt about my future in this industry.

I finished my tasks for the current project released in Early Access and I don't know what's next.

GenAI is the worst thing that happened to the creative field.

It's harming people in both intellectual and financial ways.

AI users and not users.
This is the case for me too. I’m rarely angry and am pretty even keeled/ jokey in general. But 2 years out of work and seeing the news this week hits such a sore point. Struggling in life and finances along with the state of everything creates this perfect storm that makes it difficult to stay calm
I am getting to that point where it's a bit hard to reign myself in, and I consider myself a pretty well-tempered, resilient individual. But hearing shit like what the Larian CEO said, and what the lead from Warhorse Studios said, when I am still actively looking for work, it's just a mess.
December 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.

Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.

thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
E essa foi a minha Steam Sale de Natal.
December 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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OtárIA (o.tar.IA)
[adjetivo substantivo]
1. A pessoa que usa IA por opção.
December 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It doesn’t work if you are a neurodivergent person with Aphantasia.

Source: myself.
it doesn’t go away as an adult btw
December 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Eu odeio a Epic mas pego praticamente todos os jogos gratuitos lá, só pra fazer o Tim Sweeney perder dinheiro.
December 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
OtárIA (o.tar.IA)
[adjetivo substantivo]
1. A pessoa que usa IA por opção.
December 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Pessoal, não deixem seu Twitter/X apenas trancado lá…
apaguem de vez a conta naquele lixo.

Vão usar todo o conteúdo postado lá pra treinar IA.
Não tem como recusar participar disso.
Apaguem tudo.
Reposting this with alt text.

Delete your Twitter. Now.
December 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Every coup d'état in Latin America got the dirty hands of the USA government behind it.

They recently tried the 2nd time in Brazil by supporting Bolsonaro and failed (the 1st was in the 60s when João Goulart was overthrow, resulted in dictatorship).

They are trying it in real time in Venezuela.
Chavez in 2009, while being labelled as paranoid, outlines exactly what is happening today.
December 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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UTILIDADE PÚBLICA

Eu nunca apostei na minha vida mas fiz o cadastro na plataforma de autoexclusão para não receber propagandas ou mensagens de sites de apostas e aparentemente funcionou.
🚨 O Brasil está dando passos firmes contra a epidemia de bets!

Ministério da Fazenda e Ministério da Saúde fecharam um acordo histórico para identificar casos de compulsão, oferecer acolhimento, lançar a Plataforma de Autoexclusão e reforçar o atendimento pelo SUS. 💙
December 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Keep fighting 💪
December 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
UTILIDADE PÚBLICA

Eu nunca apostei na minha vida mas fiz o cadastro na plataforma de autoexclusão para não receber propagandas ou mensagens de sites de apostas e aparentemente funcionou.
🚨 O Brasil está dando passos firmes contra a epidemia de bets!

Ministério da Fazenda e Ministério da Saúde fecharam um acordo histórico para identificar casos de compulsão, oferecer acolhimento, lançar a Plataforma de Autoexclusão e reforçar o atendimento pelo SUS. 💙
December 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM