Callum Rakestraw

I write about videogames. Reviews Editor at Entertainium. He/him. Avatar by Gatsby (bsky.app/profile/defiantdrills) and banner by SleepingWoolf (linktr.ee/SleepingWoolf)

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hr. :QueerCat_Ace:hr_bananabird@mastodon.art
2025-06-27
Digital art of a green and pink feathered anthropomorphic bird, and a white and brown furred anthropomorphic cat, at an old train station repurposed in to a hideout with several potted plants and bottled soda. The bird is sitting down on one of the blue plastic seats, while the cat is standing with a bottle of soda in their hand. There are white doves on the station roof and dragonflies flying around, while behind them is a blue sunny summer sky with huge white clouds, and green countryside mountains.
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2025-06-23
people are often confused if "biweekly" means "twice a week" or "once every two weeks." actually, both are wrong: biweekly means you engage in bisexuality on a weekly basis
Callum Rakestrawc_rakestraw@teal.social
2025-06-23

New art from @defiant_drills! Very fun piece from their annual "pick a pose" event. Always a pleasure working with them

A robot dragon seated on a train in a relaxed pose. The sky at dusk visible through the window behind them. A can of oil is held in their left hand.
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Jessica🏳️‍🌈ticky@queer.party
2025-06-23

I put together a tiny userstyle which moves Steam's content note box up near the purchase options so you know upfront if it uses genAI gist.github.com/ticky/a86d1749

Screenshot of a Steam Store showing the "AI Generated Content Disclosure" with text "The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this: This game contains AI-generated content on the game cover." right under the purchase option and before the "Recent Events & Announcements" section.
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My backlog of hydrangea photos from the past few weeks.

And for @moss ~

From walks around Kyoto

Blueish purple hydrangeas with pale blue petal edges.Blue hydrangeas with pale yellow centers.Reddish purple hydrangeas.Light purple hydrangeas with little off-white centers.
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Kat Marchán 🐈zkat@toot.cat
2025-06-22

The Queer Lights in the Darkness bundle, an itch bundle with books and other media by queer/trans/PoC authors has been blowing right past milestone after milestone!

itch.io/b/3065/queer-lights-in

This bundle significantly and materially helps the artists who are participating, and you get to enjoy some amazing fiction told from the perspective of trans folks themselves.

!!Please boost!!

Not only does this help a bunch of marginalized folks cover expenses during rough times, but it amplifies voices that we should all be paying more attention to. There’s a bunch of genuinely amazing works in here by both newer and published queer authors!

An announcement for "Queer Lights in the Darkness," a fundraising bundle hosted by Maria Ying featuring content from 38 creators. The campaign has raised $21,140, exceeding its $10,000 goal by 211%. There are 621 contributors
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GaertanGaertan
2025-06-16

Illustrated another OC to the mix, this time, an icy mage! :>
Should get around to posting the timelapses for these somewhere sometime

digital illustration depicting a scene in an icy mountain/cavern. In the background some ruins and icy mountains can be seen, and, in the foreground, there's an anthropomorphic pangolin, back turned to the camera, with ice-encrusted scales. They are holding a gilded staff with a blue crystal in the middle of its tip, and gilded adornments on the body. Scrolls and some sort of gear can be seen towards the bottom of the picture, but is cut off at the margin.
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2025-06-12

Portrait for peacockluca1

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2025-06-12

"Greenhouse care", oil on canvas, 30x40 cm

A commission from last year I hadn't posted yet, painted for Mango - his character Aelph tending to his greenhouse. I like drawing/painting specific, recognizable plants whenever possible rather than generic or fantasy plants, even though it's a lot more work because specific plants aren't any less difficult to draw than animals.

The scene is set inside a glass greenhouse. It's raining outside and water drops are trickling down the glass. A male anthropomorphic german shepherd dog in a gardener's apron is tending to a hanging pot of strawberry plants. He is surrounded by many other lush plants, including a passiflora in flower, basil, cucumber, dog roses and succulent plants.
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2025-06-12

a bridge and moutains #study #artstudy #mastoart

We can see a bridge between two moutains with some plants.
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2025-06-12

someone was doing a "show off your transgender OCs and tag three people" chain letter post and i had to think for a bit to remember if i even had any cisgender OCs (i do but it's pretty slim). happy pride

various mad scientists holding gender identity pride flags; dr. hyland with a trans flag, dr. frillneck with a nonbinary flag, random with an agender flag, and dr. mutable with a flag that reads AFFRONT TO GOD in rainbow text, saying "and proud of it!"
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Anthony Deandtgeek
2025-06-12
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2025-06-02
A painting of two jays: a steller's jay above and to the left, and a blue jay below and to the right. The are stood in partially lit leaves.
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🌺 Local Area Network 🌈spacekiss@wetdry.world
2025-06-01

This is the best one of these

A rice ball saying "hey guys" and a crowd of people shout "Jelly Doughnut" at it. The rice ball protests with "not what I'm called"
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2025-06-01

You are not alone

#Art #Fantasy #Pride #Furry

An anthropomorphic goat wearing a traditional peasant dress stands in a warm, sunlit scene, holding a large rainbow Pride flag aloft. The flowing orange-and-brown skirt features floral embroidery, and her determined expression reflects a sense of celebration and solidarity. A wooden building and blooming flowers appear faintly in the background, emphasizing the joyful, uplifting atmosphere.
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GaertanGaertan
2025-06-01

Some people get very angry at different people existing.
Here's hoping for a brighter and happier world.

Digital illustration of an anthropomorphic bearded vulture, wearing black shorts,choker necklace and tshirt(with the MlM pride flag, and a demisexual flag pin), leaning back on a coffee table in a coffee shop. The cup has the nonbinary flag on it.The illustration has a classical/painterly feel to it.
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2025-06-01

new banner

a chameleon and a jackalope holding the pole of a pride flag together. they're kissing
Callum Rakestrawc_rakestraw@teal.social
2025-06-01

Happy Pride!
(Art is by SleepingWoolf: linktr.ee/SleepingWoolf)

A fall-themed dragon holding the bi flag
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GaertanGaertan
2025-05-30

Drew just a friendly mantis strolling around ()(; ;)()

Digital illustration of a somewhat anthropomorphic orchid mantis,strolling across some ruins. They are wearing a sleek fantasy cleric/priest armor, made out of curved silver intertwined pieces, as well as some black textured cloth pieces(loincloth as well as some cape-like dangly bits). They are using a black scepter with a silver head, with an encrusted red jewel to walk , since the middle arms are more human-like, instead of being mantis-like. The first pair of arms appear to be semi-closed, but relaxed.
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Manuel Fallmann-KerruttMINDistortionTV@mastodon.art
2025-05-30
Digital painting of a gleaming white fortress surrounded by a crimson sea. A small boat is approaching an open gate at the side of the fortress.

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