Martine G Ræstad
@mechamarty.bsky.social
artist 🎨 gamer 🎮 DM 🐲 academic in scifi/fantasy stuff 📚🎲🚀 UofG alumni 🏴🦉 lvl27 she/they AuDHD chaos queer 🏳️🌈 mechamarty.com
currently slowly putting out art I've done over the years with some new, whittling down my perfectionism in posting
currently slowly putting out art I've done over the years with some new, whittling down my perfectionism in posting
Just now saw this because someone sent it to me, so flattered at being mentioned as a highlight for you, Terri! ❤️✨ I had a great time at the panel!
I've enjoyed the first day of GIFCon talks sponsored by the U of Glasgow & the Centre for Fantasy, especially @mechamarty.bsky.social on Mirrlees' Lud-in-the-Mist. I'm particularly looking forward to @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social's talk this morning. Perhaps I'll see some of you there in the chat?
It’s finally here!
Make sure to join us at 12:30pm today to kick off GIFCon 2025: Queering the Fantastic
#fantasyevents #fantasyfiction #queerfiction #literaryevents #conference #gifcon #fantasyconversations #universityofglasgow #centreforfantasy
Make sure to join us at 12:30pm today to kick off GIFCon 2025: Queering the Fantastic
#fantasyevents #fantasyfiction #queerfiction #literaryevents #conference #gifcon #fantasyconversations #universityofglasgow #centreforfantasy
May 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Just now saw this because someone sent it to me, so flattered at being mentioned as a highlight for you, Terri! ❤️✨ I had a great time at the panel!
I was already planning some cat art as one xmas gift and then entirely separately, a friend slipped in art of her cats as a point on the wishlist she sent me 🐈🐾🎨 apparently it's the year of cat art gifts, so you're not free from sketches yet! #catart #artsky (first draft)
December 18, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Today's entirely unnecessary but fun project: Made a tutorial poster in case my roommate ever needs to feed the sourdough starter 🥖👨🍳 #sourdough #artsky
December 16, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Today's entirely unnecessary but fun project: Made a tutorial poster in case my roommate ever needs to feed the sourdough starter 🥖👨🍳 #sourdough #artsky
and so 8th of december strikes again... and here's what I ended up doing with it - inspired by JL's "Watching the Wheels", one of my all-time favourites of his ❤️💐
December 8, 2024 at 10:25 PM
and so 8th of december strikes again... and here's what I ended up doing with it - inspired by JL's "Watching the Wheels", one of my all-time favourites of his ❤️💐
I have accidentally achieved some very satisfying symmetry 😩✨
December 3, 2024 at 10:59 AM
I have accidentally achieved some very satisfying symmetry 😩✨
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Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
November 29, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
Anyone else have this weird hangup/hesitation with consuming new content about their special interests or is it just me? big Beatles doc is dropping today and everyone expects me to watch it on launch but honestly I feel like I have to take a deep breath and brace myself, even if it looks great
November 29, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Anyone else have this weird hangup/hesitation with consuming new content about their special interests or is it just me? big Beatles doc is dropping today and everyone expects me to watch it on launch but honestly I feel like I have to take a deep breath and brace myself, even if it looks great
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Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
November 29, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
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Video games let us live out common power fantasies like carrying 20 swords and 200kg of food in a singular ergonomic backpack.
November 29, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Video games let us live out common power fantasies like carrying 20 swords and 200kg of food in a singular ergonomic backpack.
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sometimes your art is literally fine, you’ve just been staring at it for too long
November 29, 2024 at 3:17 AM
sometimes your art is literally fine, you’ve just been staring at it for too long
so my roommate's gaming headset was falling apart, but in this household we persevere 🎧🧵🪡 I've got 99 problems I can't fix with needle and thread but this bitch ain't one
November 29, 2024 at 2:28 PM
so my roommate's gaming headset was falling apart, but in this household we persevere 🎧🧵🪡 I've got 99 problems I can't fix with needle and thread but this bitch ain't one
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Make art that you think is fuckin sick as hell. Make the shit you never thought you could that you always wanted to see. Beat your insecurity to death and fight to become your own favorite artist.
November 26, 2024 at 5:18 AM
Make art that you think is fuckin sick as hell. Make the shit you never thought you could that you always wanted to see. Beat your insecurity to death and fight to become your own favorite artist.
was originally gonna wait to post until digital was done, but spotted that I drew it exactly one year ago today.... so, anniversary + procrastination limbo, oops ✏️ made in the timeframe of exactly one @piratesoftware.live stream, feat. our goblin king as mysterious D&D NPC u meet in the forest #art
November 26, 2024 at 7:17 PM
was originally gonna wait to post until digital was done, but spotted that I drew it exactly one year ago today.... so, anniversary + procrastination limbo, oops ✏️ made in the timeframe of exactly one @piratesoftware.live stream, feat. our goblin king as mysterious D&D NPC u meet in the forest #art
Today's entry from the art archives! 🎨 keeping with the gaming theme in honour of my gamer mutuals, here's a study of Overwatch's Widowmaker that I did in 2022 🎮🕷️ she was just so shiny, I couldn't resist (ref./sketch below)
November 26, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Today's entry from the art archives! 🎨 keeping with the gaming theme in honour of my gamer mutuals, here's a study of Overwatch's Widowmaker that I did in 2022 🎮🕷️ she was just so shiny, I couldn't resist (ref./sketch below)
This is the most wholesomely offended response I've ever gotten and I'm kinda living for it - thank you so much! ✨❤️ sweet ppl on here are really refueling my energy to post/share instead of just putting my art into storage like I have been - gotta remind myself there might be people who'd wanna see
Excuse me, how do you have less followers than me? You are so talented and I need more people to recognize you immediately.
Flipping through my art backlog... 🎨 Found this piece from early in the year - a portrait of my Baldur's Gate 3 character at the time, Bill the satyr ⚔️🐐 (watercolours on pencils)
November 26, 2024 at 3:33 AM
This is the most wholesomely offended response I've ever gotten and I'm kinda living for it - thank you so much! ✨❤️ sweet ppl on here are really refueling my energy to post/share instead of just putting my art into storage like I have been - gotta remind myself there might be people who'd wanna see
@refinedzero.com foolishly made a wish into the aether for chibi art of his profile pic, not knowing there were art gremlins in the void - always on the prowl, and seeing an opportunity to make someone smile today 😈 mwahahaha
November 23, 2024 at 2:56 AM
@refinedzero.com foolishly made a wish into the aether for chibi art of his profile pic, not knowing there were art gremlins in the void - always on the prowl, and seeing an opportunity to make someone smile today 😈 mwahahaha
Flipping through my art backlog... 🎨 Found this piece from early in the year - a portrait of my Baldur's Gate 3 character at the time, Bill the satyr ⚔️🐐 (watercolours on pencils)
November 22, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Flipping through my art backlog... 🎨 Found this piece from early in the year - a portrait of my Baldur's Gate 3 character at the time, Bill the satyr ⚔️🐐 (watercolours on pencils)
I truly can't remember the last time I scrolled through any social media and felt cheered up by the end - and even been motivated to post and join in! This space seems neat. ✨
So anyway, here's some fresh art ✏️ Inspired by my favourite Galadriel monologue. "All shall love me and despair." #art
So anyway, here's some fresh art ✏️ Inspired by my favourite Galadriel monologue. "All shall love me and despair." #art
November 21, 2024 at 11:13 PM
I truly can't remember the last time I scrolled through any social media and felt cheered up by the end - and even been motivated to post and join in! This space seems neat. ✨
So anyway, here's some fresh art ✏️ Inspired by my favourite Galadriel monologue. "All shall love me and despair." #art
So anyway, here's some fresh art ✏️ Inspired by my favourite Galadriel monologue. "All shall love me and despair." #art