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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Rick Schmitz
@rickschmitz.bsky.social
· Nov 17
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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The program to date:
The program to date:
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November 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If you would like to support this account, for 3 bucks per month (or 30 per year), you will also have access to lots of articles on the creation of The Expanse, Star Wars, Alien, Foundation, Mass Effect, Trek, Interstellar, Dune, Avatar, Homeworld, The Matrix, and many more. 🖖
The program to date:
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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Just discovered that the retro dinosaur artwork I did for the Natural History Museum recently is going to be featured on a 2026 calendar!
Is also on a M&S advent calendar!
Is also on a M&S advent calendar!
October 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Just discovered that the retro dinosaur artwork I did for the Natural History Museum recently is going to be featured on a 2026 calendar!
Is also on a M&S advent calendar!
Is also on a M&S advent calendar!
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This is incredible thank you @sesmith.lol here are some shrimp.
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This is incredible thank you @sesmith.lol here are some shrimp.
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How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
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however, cheese on apple pie is actually delicious- pairs well with sharp cheddar, extra aged gouda, or even gjetost
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
however, cheese on apple pie is actually delicious- pairs well with sharp cheddar, extra aged gouda, or even gjetost
This is a great thread about some amazing family Christmas traditions (not mine, sadly).
Your dad sounds like he was a terrific guy.
Your dad sounds like he was a terrific guy.
My take on Christmas was heavily informed by my dad, who threw medieval, Victorian, and Biblical practices in a bag and shook 'em up, in the public sphere.
When he passed, I inherited Falstaff here, who moved from his studio to mine. Dad had gotten him in trade decades ago, to use in church. 1/
When he passed, I inherited Falstaff here, who moved from his studio to mine. Dad had gotten him in trade decades ago, to use in church. 1/
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is a great thread about some amazing family Christmas traditions (not mine, sadly).
Your dad sounds like he was a terrific guy.
Your dad sounds like he was a terrific guy.
Happy Thanksgiving! We sort of had our Thanksgiving meal last night (turkey meatballs on zucchini and tomatoes with pesto). Think of me when you are having that second helping of dressing and a slice of pumpkin pie!
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Happy Thanksgiving! We sort of had our Thanksgiving meal last night (turkey meatballs on zucchini and tomatoes with pesto). Think of me when you are having that second helping of dressing and a slice of pumpkin pie!
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING AMERICAN PALS! I wish you all of life’s good things and more reasons to be thankful very very soon!
In the meantime - enjoy scene-stealing mad King George chewing up the stage, ungrateful colonials ;D (it’s not that great over here either tbh!)
youtu.be/i5JAjAR_AjY?...
In the meantime - enjoy scene-stealing mad King George chewing up the stage, ungrateful colonials ;D (it’s not that great over here either tbh!)
youtu.be/i5JAjAR_AjY?...
You'll Be Back - Hamilton (Original Cast 2016 - Live) [HD]
YouTube video by Asaki Takaya
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November 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM
HAPPY THANKSGIVING AMERICAN PALS! I wish you all of life’s good things and more reasons to be thankful very very soon!
In the meantime - enjoy scene-stealing mad King George chewing up the stage, ungrateful colonials ;D (it’s not that great over here either tbh!)
youtu.be/i5JAjAR_AjY?...
In the meantime - enjoy scene-stealing mad King George chewing up the stage, ungrateful colonials ;D (it’s not that great over here either tbh!)
youtu.be/i5JAjAR_AjY?...
Listening to 99% Invisible about the book Murderland that attempts to make a link between serial murderers and lead poisoning via smelting plants. It got me to thinking about the entire boomer generation who coexisted with leaded gas for decades and now votes for a GOP that’s gone off the rails.
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Listening to 99% Invisible about the book Murderland that attempts to make a link between serial murderers and lead poisoning via smelting plants. It got me to thinking about the entire boomer generation who coexisted with leaded gas for decades and now votes for a GOP that’s gone off the rails.
Watching Batman Returns: Penguin is introduced to his campaign team in just his underwear and eating a raw fish, then bites the nose of one of the workers and the workers are still enthused about him. When I first saw this years ago I thought "How come these people don't quit on the spot?"
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Watching Batman Returns: Penguin is introduced to his campaign team in just his underwear and eating a raw fish, then bites the nose of one of the workers and the workers are still enthused about him. When I first saw this years ago I thought "How come these people don't quit on the spot?"
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November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Cal Lane, Canadian trained welder and metal artist, transforms common tools and also industrial steel products into intricate sculptures #WomensArt
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Cal Lane, Canadian trained welder and metal artist, transforms common tools and also industrial steel products into intricate sculptures #WomensArt
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Wow!
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Wow!
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If you see this, post a monster.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If you see this, post a monster.
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Companions of Christmas: MERCURIUS ABU-SIFIN
Today (November 25) is the feast day of this Scythian-Romano soldier saint, who wields two swords: one with which to fight evil men, the other, given to him by the Archangel Michael, with which to fight demons, evil spirits, and monsters. 1/
Today (November 25) is the feast day of this Scythian-Romano soldier saint, who wields two swords: one with which to fight evil men, the other, given to him by the Archangel Michael, with which to fight demons, evil spirits, and monsters. 1/
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Companions of Christmas: MERCURIUS ABU-SIFIN
Today (November 25) is the feast day of this Scythian-Romano soldier saint, who wields two swords: one with which to fight evil men, the other, given to him by the Archangel Michael, with which to fight demons, evil spirits, and monsters. 1/
Today (November 25) is the feast day of this Scythian-Romano soldier saint, who wields two swords: one with which to fight evil men, the other, given to him by the Archangel Michael, with which to fight demons, evil spirits, and monsters. 1/
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Use only ONE piece of art to convince folks to follow you :3
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Use only ONE piece of art to convince folks to follow you :3
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I still have a selection of previous years’ prints available too.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I still have a selection of previous years’ prints available too.
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The November Great Showdowns Prints are coming to The Scott C Shop at 9 am EST on Friday, November, 28th.
TheScottCShop.Com (link in bio)
#greatshowdowns #scottc #blackfriday #holidayrelease #smallbusinesssaturday #scottc
TheScottCShop.Com (link in bio)
#greatshowdowns #scottc #blackfriday #holidayrelease #smallbusinesssaturday #scottc
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The November Great Showdowns Prints are coming to The Scott C Shop at 9 am EST on Friday, November, 28th.
TheScottCShop.Com (link in bio)
#greatshowdowns #scottc #blackfriday #holidayrelease #smallbusinesssaturday #scottc
TheScottCShop.Com (link in bio)
#greatshowdowns #scottc #blackfriday #holidayrelease #smallbusinesssaturday #scottc
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We’re just normal men
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
We’re just normal men
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Natty new tie & matching socks. Signal flag on the old trunk. Rust coming through the running boards. His father's pale forehead. One last pack lunch from Mom. Books full of bits of paper to mark his progress. If you need to understand what art is, there is no better place to start than Rockwell.
The subject was revisited by Norman Rockwell in 1954, with a starker contrast between the generations, fewer heartstrings, and much more optimism.
Rockwell's painting was also hugely popular. Like Hovenden's take, it was widely reproduced, and got the movie treatment too.
Rockwell's painting was also hugely popular. Like Hovenden's take, it was widely reproduced, and got the movie treatment too.
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Natty new tie & matching socks. Signal flag on the old trunk. Rust coming through the running boards. His father's pale forehead. One last pack lunch from Mom. Books full of bits of paper to mark his progress. If you need to understand what art is, there is no better place to start than Rockwell.
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