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Hey I know that guy

Okay I just handed in a thing, I'm back. What have I missed in the past- wait....MONTH? Whoa.

SKREEONK #IDWSonic

Hey #PortfolioDay, I'm Rik! I draw, ink and colour comics! I've worked on Sonic the Hedgehog, TMNT, Transformers, MLP, Miraculous Ladybug, Felix the Cat, Godzilla and more in some capacity or other! Book in a jam? Need someone to help get it to the finish line? Hit me up! 📧Rik@ RikDraws.com 🎨

Hey! Go buy all this sweet swag (after I do, obviously)!

Doing my part to fund the new Tenchi Galaxy pilot. Here's hoping it leads to a series! (my poor wallet) Oh Kickstarter's live btw, GO!

It's not until I try and explain and untangle the knot that is the various Tenchi continuities to others that I realise how unhinged it sounds to outsiders who don't know about the multiple continuities, the light novels, the prequels, spinoffs and side stories. But it is a lot of fun.

As much as I love current Tenchi (last ova was 2023, you did watch it right?) And I'd LOVE a remake/revival of the original Ryo-Ohki OVA continuity like Ranma 1/2 is currently getting, I'll totally throw down for a Universe follow up!

Reminder that the Sonic the Hedgehog 35th Anniversary Special drops TOMORROW! And it is AMAZING. I'm not biased, (I didn't work on it!) it is SO GOOD. The art, the story, the gags, the action. It's one of my favourite pieces of IDW Sonic to date! Trust me, you need this one!

Cast yourself as a villain.

🍁Happy Canada Day Eh🍁

It's Zineday once again and I'm peddling me wares over at www.patreon.com/RikDraws, this time celebrating the EIGHTH YEAR of doin this nutty little mag of mine. You think I'd learn by now but apparently not! It's got comics, sketches, fanart and commissions and all sorts for your perusin' pleasure!

Some days you just need to hear a guitar solo at 7am while the sun comes up

Man. All I want from this life is to make stuff. For my friends to be able to make stuff. For us all to live comfortably & not stress or worry about the world ending. I want to have the luxury of being able to do nothing, & be useless sometimes. Life is already so hard. We gotta lift each other up.

So far my current regeneration is not putting up with any sort of nonsense. I think this is gonna be a fun one. It hasn't even been a week yet but I'm looking forward to seeing what happens.

Very quick doodle to say Happy 35th to the most famous hedgehog in the world.

For my fellow inkslinging brethren out there.

Well that was fun! Now I wanna make something!

I have aged. and as a result I am SO OLD. If anyone wants me I'm gonna either turn into dust or walk into the ocean I haven't quite decided yet.

Okay, I might be a workaholic.

Considering this is social media I haven't been very social so I tellsya what, if anyone has a question or something they wanna ask go for it! Ask me anything! I just finished a thing and I'm antsy for something to do.

Sat down to make a story note and accidentally wrote 500 words of a novel opening? Sometimes I surprise myself. Very tempted to just write a novel first and then back adapt it into a comic instead of being normal and writing a comic script first. HMMMM.

Okay someone won capitalism, good game. Now, shuffle your cards back into the deck and redistribute all the money evenly between all players. Lets go again.

Was just thinking to myself that I really want to make something when a loud bang made almost made me jump outta my chair. A book had fallen over on my shelf; "How to self publish comics: not just create them" (by @joshblaylock.bsky.social). WELL THANKS GHOSTS guess now I really have to make one.

*Sigh.* No GenAI. No Exceptions.

As a huge Castlevania fan and a huge Katsuya Terada fan I am so hype for this you have no idea. This is second only to getting a Terada Zelda game (Zelda II remake in Terada style would probably actually cause me to ascend)

Got a modifier code for kickstarting Mina the Hollower that changes in-game stuff which I can apparently share with people! (Yes me and the missus are known as Mack and Chi, we are one of those terrible adorable couples.) So if you want a code for Mack n Chi's Mina modifiers hit me up!

Absolutely nobody is gonna guess the thing I'm doing with two penguins and cannot wait to reveal it soon.

The last day of the month is Zineday in this house! Comics and commissions and doodles and sketches aplenty! And a secret announcement of a project where I draw not one, but TWO penguins? Oh the intrigue! Find out more at Patreon.com/RikDraws!

Itching to do something. If anyone has any comic stuff they need doing hit me up. Fancy having a dork on your podcast? I'm about! I dunno why I'm antsy, I didn't even get that much sleep last night!

Lookit that gorgeous cover! Also I think #51 and #52 were my first appearance on IDW Sonic so check it out! And if you ever manage to track down my cryptid self (challenge level: impossible) I'll even sign it for you and ruin your copy cuz I'm nice like that! Maybe I should set up a web shop...

If Fleetway's Sonic the Comic was still running this would 1000% have already been a story. And it would have been glorious.

Gang, I have to announce. I've finally moved in. I am however, still unpacking.

I have not been able to say 'besides the point' for the past 26 years.

Still got samples up on my portfolio from 2020, oh wow I need to do some new stuff!

I'm glad they kept the secrets and alternate routes. #starfox

End of the month means it's Zineday once again! A bumper issue this month, full of sketches and comics and doodles and stuff. Catch it over at patreon.com/rikdraws and let me know what you think! I'm looking to improve it so feedback is always welcomed!

As the inker for Endless Fantasia (without tooting my own horn too much) I think I'm doin some of my best work on it! It's very cool to see it all come together and be a part of the team on such a fun project!

I would just like to thank Paul and Dark Horse for bringing back Concrete on my birthday. :)

Psst! If any of the editors of the Sonic The Comic Wiki are out there, you should totally add the 900th squad to the wiki, because it contains a 6 pager written by Nigel and Rich did a cover! And the IDWers are StC-O alumni! It's totally an StC story at heart ;)

I don’t “network,” I make friends. Other artists are not my competition, they’re my beloved peers and sources of inspiration. We all have the same goal; to share our art. I’m not gonna corporatize my human relationships with them. I am in my sandbox playing and I hope they join me.

I love seeing good people win. Especially when I know how hard they've worked to achieve their goals and they deserve it. So many people doing cool stuff out there and I hope they get to keep doin it. Gives me energy. And we all need wins right now.

Poured all my love for those classic Harmony artworks (as seen in Sonic the Screensaver etc) into this one! Hope you enjoy!

Can't believe Marvel are already doing an MCU arc where everyone leaves the company and founds Image so they have some control over their careers. They're really faithfully adapting what happened with the comics!

Post a pic of yourself as a doctor

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Rik, I do stuff on comics! Whatever you need to keep a book on track and shipped in time. Inks, colours, covers, letters! I've worked on a bunch of stuff, Sonic, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ladybug, Felix the Cat, etc! Let me know what I can do for you! 🎨http://RikDraws.com

It's the FINAL countdown. #MakeSongTitlesVaguelyThreatening

ITS SO GORGEOUS! AND IT HAS FISH AND LADDERS IN IT! RIP RotTMNT you were too beautiful for this world.