Toaster Strooder

@toaster-strooder.bsky.social

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The mind of an old man & the soul of a young boy in the body of whatever comes between Big fan of the arts, music, and gaming in both tabletop & video formats i am he, have been he, and will continue to be he (sometimes him)

JOE MAMA Gengar Pokemon stares forward with two silly googly eyes over their normal eyes, a wide toothy grin on their face. A bright golden moon looms behind them, backlighting them in a manner that is very ominous and scary. On the top & bottom of the image, the following ominous portent is enscribed in all-capital letters: “DON’T ASK WHO JOE IS”
A simple drawing of someone with a Spider-Man brushing some cylindrical object on a cheese grater. Squiggly lines emanate outward from the grater to indicate that noise is being created from this action.
Video Games director Hideo Kojima peeking out from the right side of the screen, giving you a thumbs up of approval while he smiles. The background is a grassy field with rocks - it’s low resolution because this is a crop of a KinoFabino post: https://bsky.app/profile/kinofabino.bsky.social/post/3lkyvihzgw223 Keep it up, friend!
A brown horse stands upon a sandy beach, looking towards the waters, beholding the horizon. The word "MAN" in all-caps looms above in a white-text font with thin black outlining. In the end, the horse is much akin to all of us. We all stand upon the edge of a beach of sorts, beholding the shifting tides whilst gazing upon a horizon out of reach, yet extending right to our feet. We have things we can do to respond to the shift in the waves, but sometimes, one must simply stand, watch, and proclaim upon the sights. Man.
The Virtue, an enemy from the video game ULTRAKILL. The Virtue is a translucent blue orb with two golden chains wrapped around it & some more shattered golden pieces floating around it. It also features a thick golden ring above it. Holographic, bright blue wings float by its sides, and two more pointed vague shapes of a similar manner are positioned below it. The Virtue in this image floats in a blank, medium-grey void with a faint grid of white lines below it, giving the impression of a floor. This image is sourced from tvtropes.org. This Virtue is named Patience. :)
The disembodied screaming head of Dynamite Anton “ANTONBLAST!”, floating in the lined void that is a tiny Drawtectives notebook, courtesy of Drawfee’s DFTBA store. Anton’s head features a green tongue, green cap on his head, bright red skin, rectangular, white teeth; and spiky, jet black hair that surrounds most of his head. Anton’s hair is colored with a brush marker, his teeth have been left uncolored, and the rest of him has been rendered with colored pencil. Also, you can’t see this in the image, but the words “Let’s F&$%ING BLAST” are written on the next page in cursive with the same marker used to render Anton’s hair. I actually haven’t bought “ANTONBLAST!” yet. I just wanted to manifest him onto paper using a meme that I think fits the game’s vibe to a T.
A squashed tomato with spikes on its head stares to the side, squinting with its one green eye. It wears a skeptical, irritated look upon its face.
A pencil drawing Abraham Lincoln's face, staring to the viewer's right, with a solemn look on his face. There's a fairly low amount of detail.
The face of a man who has come to realize that he did not bring food for the potluck and is about to be called upon to make his offering to the table
A drawing on paper of a character with a toaster for a head. He stands in a very neutral position. He is shown in two views: from the front, and from the side. He wears a yellow hoodie, orange mittens that go over his forearms, somewhat poofy blue pants, & pale silver slippers. His head is the same pale silver, and he wears a set of thin black-frame glasses. His face is little more than some silly little dots for eyes & a curved line for a mouth. At the top of the page, the name "Toaster B. Strooder" is written in cursive script, in black ink. An orange spiky splash with the phrase "It's the goober himself!" written within, also in cursive script & blank ink. Yep, it's him... me! Yeah this is more or less what I look like in real life. You didn't think that was just a silly The hoodie was actually a Birthday gift from Danielnew1 on DeviantArt: https://www.deviantart.com/danielnew1/art/toasterstrooder-bithday-gift-790324772 Yeah that's right baby, it's another DeviantArt plug because I'm too clingy to let go of some things that I really shouldn't care about >:3
A drawing colored with color pencil. A woman with medium brown skin & mid-length black hair stands to the left of the page. She wears a dark brown leather jacket, medium green pants, rectangular brown shoes, a multi-colored poncho, and a wide-brimmed reddish-brown cowboy hat. Her arms are segmented & silver, and she is holding up one of her hands with the index finger pointed outward. She also has a segmented silver torso constructed out of cylinders. More in the center of the page is another drawing of the woman, albeit much smaller & more cartoony, her face now being no more than two dots on a circle. Her right arm is no longer connected to its socket, instead being held in her left hand, with the right arm having now taken the shape of a shotgun. The words "I have almost none of my organs" and "yeehaw" are written to the right. Further towards the bottom right, another cartoony drawing shows her on a sleek, silver motorcycle. The name "Six Gunner Serena/Selena" is written at the top of the page. Yeah, I couldn't remember whether I called her Serena or Selena.
A marker drawing on a paperboard surface. The drawing depicts an apple with an eye in it, complete with long eyelashes. The apple is faced to the viewer’s right, looking forward to the unseen phenomena that lies in front of it, the eye wide open to all that it gazes upon. When I got into work, there was a notepad there with none of the paper remaining. I decided to use it as a mouse pad and then decided I wanted to personalize it. Ergo, Eye-Apple. Eyepple. Appleye. Apply. Apply yourself to your life, and you too will be able to behold the phenomena before you, much like the apple. Have a nice day.
A pencil drawing of a cross, angled as if you are looking up at it. Some pieces of it are broken off & shattering. Many lines decorate its surface, as if it is made of gemstone.
A colored pencil drawing of iconography from the video game SIGNALIS. Up top, an astronaut in an orange uniform stands on top of a crashed, silver spaceship with red wings, looking toward a grey, rectangular structure in the distance, shaped almost like the opening of a doorway. The scene is set within a blurry white void. Below this, a red void takes up the middle of the page, save for a non-English character in brackets (I don’t actually know what the character is) and the text “THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK” written below. Near the bottom, a pale woman with long, black hair & a black body stands. Three yellow halos hover over her head, and to each of her sides, an angled yellow spear stands. Further off to each sides, pure-black arms reach upwards. SIGNALIS is a very cool, very atmospheric game. Highly recommended if you like a good spooky game and/or intriguing world building.
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A mock up logo for Desert Bus for Hope's Dawnguard Consumer Report segment. The center features an abstraction of the sun (and the Dawnguard logo): a medium-orange half-circle with pale yellow rays spanning out from behind it. On the half circle, there are two pale-green rectangles, angled toward the center of the half-circle, positioned like a set of eyes. A third, curved, much longer rectangle in a pale-red color is positioned below the green ones, making what appears to be a mouth. Below all these shapes, the word "dawnguard" is written in all-caps in a stylish, rounded font, colored with a gradient that goes from pale-green to bright orange. Below that, the words "Consumer Report" are written in a more plain red font. I had a lot of fun making this. I experimented with the Bezier curve tools and alpha locking in Krita, and I'm pretty happy with the results. It's fun to learn more of what Krita can do in the process of making something.
A drawing in a sketchbook, initially drawn in pencil, then inked with felt-tip pen. Two humanoid characters stand, staring at each others' faces. One is a short character in a cloak with a triangular head and tiny dot eyes. She holds a scythe. That character is Kalana. The other is a much taller figure in a long sleeved shirt, with a short, rounded poncho, and small, vertical-line eyes. He holds a polearm with a crescent shaped blade. That character is Bluke. The words "This came to me in a dream" are written at the top of the page in cursive script. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ These are comfort characters of mine. Unlike most people who find their comfort characters in characters who already exist, I up and made my own. The designs have gone through a lot of changes over the years, especially Bluke. Heck, Kalana is traditionally around Bluke's height, but I liked the imagery of her being this tiny triangle lady, so I decided to commit it to paper.