Alex Ries
@alexries.com
Concept Artist and Illustrator
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Other Worlds: The Art of Alex Ries: Now Funding on Kickstarter! https://bit.ly/403C70b
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Contact: alexriesart(at)gmail.com
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Alex Ries
@alexries.com
· Mar 11
News for my art book 'Other Worlds', which releases in August; pre-orders are now available!
Here are some purchase links :)
Non-Amazon Retailers: bit.ly/3FwsC18
Amazon: amzn.to/3QYsn1s
#conceptart #illustration #scifiart
Here are some purchase links :)
Non-Amazon Retailers: bit.ly/3FwsC18
Amazon: amzn.to/3QYsn1s
#conceptart #illustration #scifiart
Also if you think making quality art is fun and not work; try it.
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Also if you think making quality art is fun and not work; try it.
I found it genuinely useful. Then I found out they stole everything and powered it with methane burning turbine generators to make it work and it became rather less appealing.
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I found it genuinely useful. Then I found out they stole everything and powered it with methane burning turbine generators to make it work and it became rather less appealing.
Designing birrin planez.
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Designing birrin planez.
Prompters discovering there isnt a shortcut to sayisfying art, in real time.
There is only... the Way of Pain.
There is only... the Way of Pain.
I cannot stop laughing. This is so indicative of what's wrong with these AI people and how they view art
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Prompters discovering there isnt a shortcut to sayisfying art, in real time.
There is only... the Way of Pain.
There is only... the Way of Pain.
Its been a wild ride for people who followed Cheryl Hines career.
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Its been a wild ride for people who followed Cheryl Hines career.
An illustration of the hydro-dynamically actuated robot 'Whitesides' for Zoobots by Helaine Becker.
Glowly.
Glowly.
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
An illustration of the hydro-dynamically actuated robot 'Whitesides' for Zoobots by Helaine Becker.
Glowly.
Glowly.
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Flying machines collection.
How about yours?
How about yours?
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Flying machines collection.
How about yours?
How about yours?
Any authors have tips for making writing tolerable?
Working at libraries? Music?
How much time a day do you spend writing, etc?
Working at libraries? Music?
How much time a day do you spend writing, etc?
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Any authors have tips for making writing tolerable?
Working at libraries? Music?
How much time a day do you spend writing, etc?
Working at libraries? Music?
How much time a day do you spend writing, etc?
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Crunchy timelines burn people out. Low page rates and advances burn people out. Give a cartoonist a living salary and the time to work, and you are investing in a long-term CAREER. Books get passed around. Audiences grow over TIME. Books don't have to be first-day bestsellers to be successful.
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Crunchy timelines burn people out. Low page rates and advances burn people out. Give a cartoonist a living salary and the time to work, and you are investing in a long-term CAREER. Books get passed around. Audiences grow over TIME. Books don't have to be first-day bestsellers to be successful.
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P.A. Pearson (Pepper Ann).
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
P.A. Pearson (Pepper Ann).
From my research trip to Lake Mungo. What was once a great lake dried out tens of thousands of years ago, and is now a great baking basin and dune formation strewn with fossils, and signs of human habitation.
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
From my research trip to Lake Mungo. What was once a great lake dried out tens of thousands of years ago, and is now a great baking basin and dune formation strewn with fossils, and signs of human habitation.
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&: zine cover comm im pleased with
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
&: zine cover comm im pleased with
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And here the results from the Solnhofen #paleostream! This image depicts large parts of the terrestrial fauna of the Altmühltal Formation, the best understood part of the litographic limestone formations of Germany. There were several reasons for gong onto land despite...
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
And here the results from the Solnhofen #paleostream! This image depicts large parts of the terrestrial fauna of the Altmühltal Formation, the best understood part of the litographic limestone formations of Germany. There were several reasons for gong onto land despite...
A new creature completed for the Birrin book for my Patreon supporters.
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Nil and the Trundler | Alex
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November 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
A new creature completed for the Birrin book for my Patreon supporters.
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It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
So much for the AI bubble bursting.
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
So much for the AI bubble bursting.
My Discord where I chat while working. Mostly discuss art, TV, cartoons and critters. discord.gg/2r5zeUy2hg
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November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
My Discord where I chat while working. Mostly discuss art, TV, cartoons and critters. discord.gg/2r5zeUy2hg
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Not to get all Sun Tzu on it, but when the enemy is weak and divided amongst itself, you do not relieve the enemy by allowing their partisans into your camp. You drive them closer together, force them into tighter company, and intensify their conflict.
November 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Not to get all Sun Tzu on it, but when the enemy is weak and divided amongst itself, you do not relieve the enemy by allowing their partisans into your camp. You drive them closer together, force them into tighter company, and intensify their conflict.
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here's today's #Paleostream sketches!!!
today we sketched Vampyronassa (i drew mine eating a Siriella), Allodesmus (i drew mine playing with a slender mola), Papiliomaris, and Pterodactylus
#paleoart #sciart #alttext
today we sketched Vampyronassa (i drew mine eating a Siriella), Allodesmus (i drew mine playing with a slender mola), Papiliomaris, and Pterodactylus
#paleoart #sciart #alttext
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
here's today's #Paleostream sketches!!!
today we sketched Vampyronassa (i drew mine eating a Siriella), Allodesmus (i drew mine playing with a slender mola), Papiliomaris, and Pterodactylus
#paleoart #sciart #alttext
today we sketched Vampyronassa (i drew mine eating a Siriella), Allodesmus (i drew mine playing with a slender mola), Papiliomaris, and Pterodactylus
#paleoart #sciart #alttext
Among my more unusual earlier commissions; Post Rock album covers for local Melbourne band Mu Theory!
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Among my more unusual earlier commissions; Post Rock album covers for local Melbourne band Mu Theory!
I dare you to check the state of Twitters ‘For You’ feed
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I dare you to check the state of Twitters ‘For You’ feed
What do ya'll think conspiracy theorists love AI so much?
Why do they trust it, but not people?
Why do they trust it, but not people?
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
What do ya'll think conspiracy theorists love AI so much?
Why do they trust it, but not people?
Why do they trust it, but not people?
Would tons of leftists joining the Democrats allow them to develop a power bloc able to fire Schumer types?
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Would tons of leftists joining the Democrats allow them to develop a power bloc able to fire Schumer types?