If you prefer a more #instagram presentation when following #photography or #art accounts, it's easy!
Create a #pixelfed account like you did for #mastodon https://pixelfed.org/servers
Then, if you find an artist that you want to follow from there, due to the nicer layout for that type of content, just copy and paste their account
ex. @nicetriangle into the search bar and voila ... you're following from there (where you can also comment)