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@thedarkmantis.bsky.social

Some goober who fled Twitter. Lover of puns and video games. He/they, demisexual, panromantic. Born August 1st, 1997. NO MINORS ๐Ÿ”ž

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Started playing Megabonk last night

It's an absolutely amazing game that feels purpose built to embrace gamebreaking builds with a profoundly silly, memey sense of humor, with a delightful soundtrack reminiscent of the SNES days

Highly recommend

08.12.2025 04:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Been a while since I've done pixel art.

I'm using pixel studio but if anyone knows a great pixel art app for android, let me know.

#art #pixelart

05.12.2025 05:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I can see merit in the KH and MGS complaints, since those franchises have titles scattered across multiple systems, and nearly all of them are crucial to understanding the plot and expect you to know everything up to that point

For newcomers without those systems, it's gonna be very confusing

30.11.2025 09:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
screenshot of a tumblr post from user โ€œwildmanstersโ€

The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist.

But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building.

I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.

screenshot of a tumblr post from user โ€œwildmanstersโ€ The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.

i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao

28.11.2025 03:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22118    ๐Ÿ” 7510    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hemlo fellow goober

How goes the goobing

27.11.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The absolute cheesiest

27.11.2025 08:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Added one (1) Firebun Nerd to your inventory

26.11.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That just leaves you heavy handed ๐Ÿฅ

26.11.2025 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"So she can sit on me when she's off-duty, next question"

25.11.2025 13:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't think I'd ever leave tbh

25.11.2025 04:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Such a beautiful way with words it makes me cry ๐Ÿ˜ข

25.11.2025 04:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hell yeah, looks super good

Dude's in a REALLY good spot

24.11.2025 07:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He looks extremely uncomfortable

Well, he usually does, but a lot moreso in this instance

Like he really doesn't want to do this but feels a compulsion to

23.11.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Make them afraid of you? Since, y'know, to call someone a chicken is to insinuate they're cowardly

23.11.2025 11:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

holds ur paw

it's going to get better

23.11.2025 04:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1222    ๐Ÿ” 273    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Unironically this is actually Jacob from Mass Effect 2

In trying to be the most put-together and level-headed of the team, he ends up rather boring and plain compared to everyone else, to the point you have to prod him a fair bit to unlock his loyalty mission... which doesn't change much about him

23.11.2025 04:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I realize much later I forgot to put "so hard" after "failed", augh

21.11.2025 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Commission no.14

Another art commission for โœจ @thedarkmantis.bsky.social โœจ

Got to draw some booba and lactation stuff, it's really fun :D

#furry #art #artcommissions #commissions

21.11.2025 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah yes, Crucible, the game that failed that it went back to beta, then died shortly after

Between that and New World also failing, it's really not a great track record

21.11.2025 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It really did have some amazing character designs... if only the game itself wasn't confused about what it was trying to be

21.11.2025 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You could completely anchor someone down with that kind of butt

21.11.2025 12:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"You may have three pisses"

"Wait, don't you mean wishes?"

"Did I pissing stutter?"

21.11.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I watched the clip of that guy
Contrary to what everyone's yelling about, he's actually nowhere near as annoying as they make him out to be
If anything he's kind of charmingly dorky, contrasting with Samus being her usual silent unflappable self

20.11.2025 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I would melt instantly

20.11.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Heck yeah, milking the milkers :3

20.11.2025 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a bunny I suppose it comes naturally

20.11.2025 07:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If there's any kind of log entries written from Samus's POV, I hope she absolutely enjoy Myles.

Like, she spends so much time around stoic, no-nonsense military types and aliens trying to kill her, that a silly, albeit cringe, human is a big breath of fresh air for her.

19.11.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The hatching looks best :3

19.11.2025 15:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Old but still gold

19.11.2025 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What a legend tbh

19.11.2025 09:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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