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@pastelrake.bsky.social

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John, He/They, Bi. 37. Artist, 70s fashion enthusiast, Occasional mildly risqué art. Frequent typing errors. https://linktr.ee/pastelrake?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=08693f15-71c4-4c06-989c-9763f5e685ae

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Rake @pastelrake.bsky.social · Oct 18

Hi there gang, now that we have pinned posts, I'm Rake.
I'm a queer, hobbyist artist from the UK.
I love the design trappings of 1970s p*rnochic but without any of the hangups. So if you love comics, disco, fashion & gay stuff then say hello & maybe chuck me a tip? Tysm 🤠

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A mock magazine cover featuring a self portrait of the artist wearing shades and a blue denim jacket over a white tee, whilst holding a red drinking flask. The phrase "Meet The Artist" is atop in large font as the magazine title.

A mock movie poster depicting a stylish black woman with a blonde afro, a bikini top and orange flares standing over a cityscape with flames behind her. The Title "Chewing Toffy is overlaid in a retro font".

A mock western style movie poster featuring a woman in cowboy/western attire standing over a desert environment. The title "The Mirage" is overlaid. This is technically fanart of an X-men character.

A mock erotic, pulp book cover displaying a muscular man in his underwear, wearing a brown cowboy hat and suggestive belts. The title "Raw Hide" is overlaid.

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Rake @pastelrake.bsky.social · 2h

My new tattoo! 🦈✨

Still healing, but ever since I saw @cgpgrey.bsky.social explain the rebelliously playful SHARKS! floating art by London collective, Antepavilion, I was so charmed.
Initially removed in an ongoing dispute, I was delighted when I went to London & saw one of them still afloat.

A tattoo on my thigh of the front half of a shark, benevolently floating atop the water's surface with yellow water lilies & pads around it.

The real art piece, a sculpture of a great white shark, on a flat platform, floating on a river's surface before a dock wall.

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ratatoskryggdrasil.bsky.social @ratatoskryggdrasil.bsky.social · Apr 29

David Ardinaryas Lojaya
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david.lojaya.com
#merfolk

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Rake @pastelrake.bsky.social · 1d

If I were to summarise the flaws of Krakoa it's that it never got to/wasn't allowed to do everything that it had the potential to. That said as a collective body of work/era there's a lot to enjoy that I'd recommend.

Rake @pastelrake.bsky.social · 1d

Ugh, typos. You get me right?

Rake @pastelrake.bsky.social · 1d

Also shout out to the beautiful femme sat across. Killer lashes & bone structure, I could never.

Rake @pastelrake.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you to the nsfw bars artists, whose art I've inadvertently shown to the guy peeking through the chair cap behind me on this train.

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Max the comics guy who does comics about comics @waitingforthetrade.bsky.social · 14d

Last of The Summer Wank

Ranch Devereaux @thejacko.bsky.social · 14d

Great British Wank Off

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Rake @pastelrake.bsky.social · 1d

Listen to The Hu, they're brilliant! 👇

Gritmonger 🔵 @gritmonger.bsky.social · 2d

This is what you get with diversity - cultural remix, exchange, new riffs - this is the polar opposite of AI slop which is instead an empty, navel-gazing self consumption of bland same-ness. Clearly one is awesome. And it ain't AI.

Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 3d

The Hu - This Is Mongol, 2023, Mongolia! #TheTwen2ie5 day 7

What I love about folk metal is that almost everyone has something new to bring to it. In this case Mongolian instruments: morin khuur, tovshuur, and of course, throat singing. Folk metal really feels like a thriving, growing subgenre.

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The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 1d

Sanctiphage of the Burning Blood

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Rake @pastelrake.bsky.social · 1d

So pleasing ☺️

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Adam 🪿 @vexnir.bsky.social · 2d

Cozy and stylish ✨

#art #cuteart #gouache

Gouache illustration of a black cat wearing a scarf with various geometric patterns on it. The scarf is in warm shades with some green accents.

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Emil L’Amour @vireosy.bsky.social · 2d

leopard among the forest

(Swim On 7, 2021) #art #sciart 🎨🦑🦈

Illustration of a kelp forest in a teal ocean, rays of golden sunlight streaming in from above. Fish are swimming about, and near the bottom of a prominent kelp strand, a partially obscured leopard shark leisurely patrols the underwater forest. The palette predominantly features warmer teals, red violet, and gold.

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Rake @pastelrake.bsky.social · 2d

This is really good Nola 👍

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 2d

There is so much to take in here:

- Link's sword and shield have bones
- Samus' skeleton is a Cryptid
- k i r b y

Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 2d

In Super Smash Bros., the skeletons visible when characters are hurt by electric attacks are not tied to specific animations, and instead are a form that can be toggled on and off at any time, including in cutscenes. Below are excerpts of the game's intro, with skeletons.

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Rake @pastelrake.bsky.social · 2d

She's stunning, 😍 I love how alive her hair is.

Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 2d

love goddess

fanart of Aphrodite from Hades 2, wearing a modern days outfit - purple micro jean shorts, pink crop top -, lots of jewelry (necklaces, rings, earrings, ankle bracelet), her hands joined on her knees, sitting, her luscious hair floating behind her, her eyes shining pink, smiling
also flower & heart tattoos on both her arms

Rake @pastelrake.bsky.social · 2d

I remember this coming out and being intrigued, I think it's set in the utopia era?

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Gaith @gaith.bsky.social · 4d

If u enjoy my art and would like to help me keep making it, please consider tipping me on Ko-Fi

ko-fi.com/gaith

Support Gaith

ko-fi.com

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SSTArtwork @sstartwork.bsky.social · 3d

Ghost Rider! 💀 🏍️

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PTX💀🖤🔪🔞 @pitoyatux.bsky.social · 3d

#wisptober2025 Day 8: Eat

You made that dish you always talked about

A skeleton in a dress and apron holding a roasting tray laden with a hollowed out pumpkin full of soup. She looks pleased with herself. Behind her is a fireplace, a small tapestry on the wall - featuring a pheasant - woodpile, and a table held up by books.

This piece is done in black and grey

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Rake @pastelrake.bsky.social · 3d

Ofc it's fucking Clegg 🤮

Noone is pretending to be even a shit lib in UK politics.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Jonathan Edwards @jontofski.bsky.social · 8d

My poster for City of the Dead (1960) for @hireillo.com’s Video Shop project. Ink and pencil. More info here - www.hireillo.com/announcement...

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Rake @pastelrake.bsky.social · 3d

@louiscarrizo.bsky.social your thicc boys and detailed faces are excellent 🤌

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 3d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Rake @pastelrake.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 4d

have been desperately looking for this old erotic Spanish comic I stumbled on almost 10 years ago called "El secreto de Frankenstein" and I'm so happy to report I finally found it

black & white comic panel depicting a sexy, thicc Frankenstein's monster disrobing in 3 different poses - pulling his shirt of his shoulder, seen at an angle; from the front, shirtless, beginning to take his pants off; then almost totally nude as seen from behind. the words at the top read "Strip-tease de Frankenstein..."

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