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Ryan “TK” Cicak
@ryantk.bsky.social
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California-based Artist, Writer, and Performer.
Cats, Comics, Coffee, Cthulhu.
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Ryan “TK” Cicak @ryantk.bsky.social · Dec 13
Taking a big swing this January on the new apps; the big return of my Monster Mash January Challenge! Please join me in making some art based on 31 of the fiercest femmes in cinema history! I’m a chiller on the challenges; all media welcome (no AI!). I’ll make some low-impact lists, too.
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moviessilently.bsky.social
“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ryantk.bsky.social
The "gatekeeping creativity" response is so wild because ot's actuslly the opposite. We WANT you to draw! Write songs! Make movies! Every artist i know wants other people to be artists. But we want YOU to DO IT, which is the important part.
Using AI does not make you creative, it makes you a thief.
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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davis.social
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
cinema_nasties 1d Al defenders are so embarrassing j.paulmonter 2h All you are saying is that you want to gatekeep creativity. That's not good. drachelbarr & 20h • •• Neuroscientist here... creativity is a process. A process. A FUCKING PROCESS. Not an output. Nobody is gatekeeping the process - Al simply invites you to skip to the end, to the output. Which, as mentioned, is not creativity. Nobody cares if the output is aesthetically pleasing, because the process, the act itself, the limitation of a single human mind and the resulting creations that capture that one single inimitable human experience... is what makes a creation worth paying attention
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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annijyn.com
elizabeth 🍁
an illustration mia goth as elizabeth in Frankenstein, she is wearing a nightgown and holding a lit candelabra as she walks down a flight of stairs. seafoam green and mustard yellow tones throughout.
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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happytoast.co.uk
Did a drawing of @realgdt.bsky.social's Frankenstein
Line drawing/poster for Frankenstein, a large contorted figure wraps itself around a red handed man who is gazing into a tiled abyss
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
combined value of data center projects that were stalled or stopped surpassed the total from the previous two years. That’s a major sign that public pushback against these facilities is growing rapidly. The report comes from Data Center Watch.
$64 billion of data center projects have been blocked or delayed amid local opposition — Data Center Watch
www.datacenterwatch.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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coreybrickley.bsky.social
every time i open instagram
Still frames from the Venture Brothers. I have crudely edited some of the words from the original dialogue. Dr Venture is holding a piece of paper and saying "Very cool artwork... Oh, A.I." Now Dr. Venture looks annoyed and says "Great. These pixels are all meaningless." A monarch butterfly is flying towards him but it is completely unrelated to the joke I'm making.
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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faithschaffer.bsky.social
⭐🌟 searching by starlight 🌟⭐
Ink drawing- side profile vignette of a woman walking though a windy patch of tall grass. She is carrying a lantern full of stars.
November 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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ianzpotter.bsky.social
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
It's an artistic representation of a circulatory system walking through a kitchen, as drawn by Dave Gibbons and written about by Alan Moore. It happens a lot 'round here.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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ffrancavilla.bsky.social
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S FRANKENSTEIN
@realgdt.bsky.social @netflix.com
Here’s a look at the FULL jacket art for the
@madebymutant.bsky.social exclusive soundtrack by Alexandre Desplat, now avail here www.madebymutant.com/release/5547...
A big thanks to GDT, Spencer, Mutant et all for the opportunity!
The wraparound art for the album jacket showing elements from Del Toro Frankenstein movie including the doctor in front of the creature, skulls, lab equipment, and more.
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
ryantk.bsky.social
The Maestro @realgdt.bsky.social himself on AI.
A drawing of Guillermo del Toro smiling, above the phrase “I’d rather die,” his response to an inquiry about using generative AI.
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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ryougasaotome.bsky.social
lmao
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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davis.social
10/10 take. No notes.
divergentcoachkelly on Threads * 2h ADHD is knowing exactly what you need to do then watching yourself not do it like you're a scientist observing a very dumb experiment
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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belllmonts.bsky.social
#frankenstein
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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requiemarm.bsky.social
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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ginsays.bsky.social
IT'S NOVEMBER but I'm not ready to give up the ghost just yet!! Go for it young miss!! 💚 #spookycute #ocs
a young miss sits in an arm chair tilting a book to her ghostly companion, who's pulling the "arm over back of chair not quite around shoulder" move. all the portraits hung on the wall look on in excitement of this development. go for it girls!!!
November 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
ryantk.bsky.social
Happy Halloween!! My favorite holiday by far. Here’s some spooky art I’ve made this year! I want to return to this Lady Killer series.
A cartoony illustration Ellen for Nosferatu 2024. She is in blue against a red background, Orlok’s shadowy hand reaching across her face. An illustration of Carrie from her eponymous movie. Framed by a flame, she is dripping blood and wide-eyed. An illustration Sugar Hill, framed by a skull. She is in a low cut white jumpsuit, and looks furious. An illustration of the witch from VIY, framed by her floating coffin.
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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elegantpride.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
ryantk.bsky.social
This still feels like a #wip, but since I’m about to go see @realgdt.bsky.social’s #Frankenstein, I’m excited enough to post it!
The phrase “Only Monsters Play God” in red text on a dark red background. Various images from #GuillermoDelToro’s #Frankenstein2025 fill the letters; the first “o” holds a woman in an ornate coffin. The “o” in “monsters” has the Medusa head from the water tower that forms Frankenstein’s lab. The “a” in “play” has the monster’s silhouette, while the “y” in the same word has the monster in a Christ-like “Y” pose. The “o” in “God” holds the doctor himself, holding a vial of glowing green liquid.
October 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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tobyfoxart.bsky.social
Day 1 of #Octoby2025 Selkie Priestess 🦭

Managed to get this done in a bit under 3 hours, used today’s drawing to explore some world building ideas… which I’ll probably do more of, we’ll see 🤷‍♂️
#octoby
October 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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mjpcuervo.bsky.social
Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.
Snickers bar and a metal whistle
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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missionlocal.org
Trump says San Francisco ‘went wrong,' but crime data shows otherwise.

Homicides are their lowest since 1954, robberies since 1985, and smash-and-grabs are down by more than half since 2022.

via @kellywaldron.bsky.social

missionlocal.org/2025/10/trum...
Trump says San Francisco ‘went wrong.’ Crime data shows otherwise.
Homicides are their lowest since 1954, robberies since 1985, and smash-and-grabs are down by more than half since 2022.
missionlocal.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
ryantk.bsky.social
15. Vampire
#MabsDrawlloweenClub #MabsDrawlloweenClub2025 #Cyberpunk #Vampire #CyberpunkVampire #NoAI
An illustration of a cyberpunk vampire, with glowing syringes on the side of his face.
October 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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li-vermin-il.bsky.social
🩸Marvel Chiller Presents: Tigra the were-
Woman🌙

Getting into the Halloween spirit by drawing another Marvel Horror piece and ofc I had to do a piece with my favourite super hero. Marvel pls put me on a book with her I am no longer asking 😔🙏
October 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM