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Rick Schmitz
@rickschmitz.bsky.social
Sharing my drawings and travel photos here. Illustrator, Cartoonist, Marketing Artist/Video Director, Game Artist, Husband, Father, US Expat living in Germany. https://rickschmitz.artstation.com/
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I draw monsters, fantasy stuff and cartoons compulsively and share them here fairly regularly. IDK if these are my best pieces, but they seem to be pretty popular. I also seem to be fascinated by pumpkin-headed dudes.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate!
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Coelacanth dragon 🐟
#art
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
GIRL’S NIGHT OUT!
Only old folks will be able to decode this image.
November 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Ptol explains it all to you.
November 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.

And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.

What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Pig inna suit.
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Duck boots do wonders for photos lol
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Beware the wrath of the Sub-Mariner!
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Cat (?) on a hot tin roof.
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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QRP your dark art 🖤
October 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Train platform 18_C....Collab with my partner @ekellystudio.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Fluctuat nec mergitur by Ferdynand Ruszczyc, 1905.

www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/12...
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I have another witch to share!
November 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The nerds have truly taken over the culture.
If you like marching band you have to see this super cute Star Trek show by the Lincoln-Way Community High School Marching Band

They're all wearing TNG uniforms with winds and drumline in red, front ensemble in yellow, and color guard in blue skants
Lincoln-Way Marching Band 2025 Indianapolis Super Regionals Prelims
YouTube video by Liam Kelliher
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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GODZILLA
The OG movie was released OTD 71 years ago.
#GodzillaDay
November 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Portrait of Dracula.
November 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My company had a party the other night and I got to decorate a skull.
November 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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When you think about it, this is two AI trying to convince each other they’re human.
November 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Some 2025 Cryptids
November 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
For what it’s worth: I have a full time job as an artist, but I post almost none of that work here. Virtually everything you see here is stuff i make on my own for myself. My wife works as well, but it’s a very physically taxing job, so I do the majority of the house work.
If you’re a working artist talking to other creatives I’m begging you to not hide this. I have a parter who makes more and I don’t hide that and try to be as open as I can especially one on one. It’s cruel to not be honest with your fellow artist and give them any kind of false hope or fear
Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.
November 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The witch is coming for you!
November 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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this is awesome
The Creeple city, now with color!
November 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM