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Ross.Toasty
@rosstoasty.bsky.social
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Ross and/or Toasty | 30+ | He/Him | ENG | Bi
Hobby artist | I draw anything and everything, work will always be tagged for content
Human made art only here (🚫ai/🚫nft)

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CW: Loud as Fuck

Look, I'm not much of a "post my gameplay" kind of guy, but I absolutely love Peak. It's just always possible to do SOMETHING funny... like blowing out our eardrums!
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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It's uh... been a while since I posted art. What better time than Halloween? Here's a Diego, eating birria tacos, somehow and for some reason. #art #OC
(Illustration) A high angle view of a skeleton man with two-tone hair (a dyed-blonde mop of hair on top, with a darker ponytail hanging over his shoulder), hunched over in a booth at some nondescript taqueria. The skeleton, Diego, stares up at the viewer while biting into a juicy birria taco. The juice drips down into his styrofoam tray, all over his other tacos, his onions and lime wedge.
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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We're busy people and don't get to do a whole lot to celebrate... but we did go to our LGS (local being the next city over) and got nerd stuff. She got a Neku. I got an Oxnard.
A statue of Neku Sakuraba, released to commemorate The World Ends With You anime series. A still/currently boxed Nendoroid of Oxnard, a hamster from Hamtaro.
September 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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My turn. Busting out the PS2 to play one of her favorite games.
The cover of .Hack Infection
September 12, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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ArtFight #7: Zig-Zap by JesusCrab

This person attacked me out of nowhere, so I did a really last minute revenge drawing. I need y'all to understand, I am a slow artist.

Anyway, that's the last one.
A digital illustration of an alien named Zig Zap. They're a typical little green alien, with large black eyes and a toothy smile. They have pink headphones on, and wear a rich pink shirt with the words 'Cosmic Girl' written on the front. They have a plaid skirt over top of black bike shorts, and a gray croptop jacket tied around their waist. They have on pink sneakers.
August 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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ArtFight #6: Betty, Luna and Pepper, from @nerdigrey.bsky.social 's comic Fray in the Veil

Alien girl? Cyborg woman? ROBO-RAT? Yeah, this checks like half of my interests. (I can't wait to read more of their story, so everyone nudge Nerdi with a stick until he makes more.)
A digital illustration of three characters. Starting from the back left, we see Betty Blackheart, a bounty hunter cyborg woman. She wears a brown, wide-brimmed cowboy hat over her long graying hair, with is tied back into a flowing ponytail. Her face is aged, with sharp cheeks, a curled lip, and two scars over her eyes where her eyes appear to have been replaced with cybernetic implants. She has a tattered poncho that was probably a duster at one point, and underneath we can see her metal body with glowing orange LED strips. In her robot hand, she holds a gun bearing the inscription 'Excalibur'. In front of her is Luna Wilder, an interdimensional alien(?). Luna has green skin with a few darker scales, and fins for ears. Her eyes are entirely consisting of black irises (or sclera, I don't know how eye parts work,) and she has a wild, messy shock of orange hair pulled back into a ponytail. She is grinning wide enough to show off her sharp teeth. She wears a black-and-red jacket with a fur interior and a wide collar, over top of baggy black pants, and we can see the hint of her brown boots in the corner. In her hand, she holds a robot rat named Pepper that translates her inaudible language into words humans can hear/understand. The rat is very cute.
August 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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ArtFight #5: Mym-Mym, who belongs to @kakkorelocated.bsky.social

This character is too cute, and I was so ready to try my hand at brighter colors in a piece. I was admittedly unsure if the eyes were like... holes in the mask or the actual eyes? And you can't ask without ruining the surprise!!
A digital illustration of Mym-Mym (she/her), a chimera pretending to be a sheep. She is mostly a humanoid sheep in appearance, with a light golden fleece, a blue shawl with a cape, a pinkish ribbon around her neck, and two more ribbons in front of her sheep ears. She also has a scaly green lizard-like chimera tail that she will deny exists. She is sticking her tongue out, and her eyes are possibly open holes in her sheep mask, but again, she will deny that there's a mask at all, so pretend you don't see that. Mym-Mym is throwing pink rose petals around her fantasy village, and holds a flower basket full of roses in her other hand. (How is she throwing handfuls of petals around when they're still attached to the flowers? I dunno, she's just silly like that, don't worry about it.)
August 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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ArtFight #4: Veluthe and Astarion in Cazador's Palace, for @torrent-empress.bsky.social

Look, this character DOES NOT EXIST without Astarion, but ArtFight doesn't allow copyrighted character, so the left is the variant I had to make to appease the Overlords (respectfully).
A digital illustration of Veluthe Alt Tel Shanta (she/her), an original Baldur's Gate 3/D&D character (wild magic sorcerer, wood elf). She has mid-tone brown skin, red side-swept hair with a braided undercut, green eyes, a scar over her right (our left) eye, and red lipstick. She is wearing a form-fitting emerald dress with a sheer material for the center cut, held up by a black collar, with the same sheer material extending to be shoulderless sleeves. The dress has a waterfall slit cut with a bow tied at the top, and a golden fabric interior. She has a golden ornament at her hip, and emerald heels to match her dress. She sits atop a coffin (Cazador's, to be exact), and wields a magical fire in her hand. She is cast in an ethereal green light, with an orange light emanating from her magic fire. A digital illustration of Veluthe Alt Tel Shanta (she/her), an original Baldur's Gate 3/D&D character (wild magic sorcerer, wood elf). She has mid-tone brown skin, red side-swept hair with a braided undercut, green eyes, a scar over her right (our left) eye, and red lipstick. She is wearing a form-fitting emerald dress with a sheer material for the center cut, held up by a black collar, with the same sheer material extending to be shoulderless sleeves. The dress has a waterfall slit cut with a bow tied at the top, and a golden fabric interior. She has a golden ornament at her hip, and emerald heels to match her dress. She sits atop a coffin (Cazador's, to be exact), and rests her hand on her man Astarion's head. Astarion is a pale-skinned vampiric high elf (he/him), with slicked back white hair, pointed ears, and red eyes. He wears a brown fantasy leather top with an open back, which reveals the ring of scars on his back. He has a silver fabric belt over tight pants cut to mid-calf, and sensible shoes with no socks. He drapes his head and hand over Veluthe's lap, his free hand around her waist. The two are cast in an ethereal green light.
August 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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ArtFight #3: Effie and her family, @pinsterwglasses.com 's OCs

Okay, so Pin is a great friend, so I 100% went overboard with characters on this one. He said "draw Effie with one of her family members," and I chose all of them. (ArtFight credited me for a single character on this.)
A digital illustration of four different characters. The main character, Effie, is sitting side-ways on a blue chair with metal framework, leaning on the back of it while resting her head on her hands, and looking at the viewer. She has dark skin, brown eyes, and black hair and she is wearing some light purple make-up on her eyes and lips. Her hair is twisted into beautiful box-braids. She is wearing a blueish purple, long sleeve shirt with a white accents on her collar and end of her sleeves, blue jogging pants with white and yellow stripes on the side, and a white sweater wrapped around her waste. Behind her in square comic book style cut-outs are her adoptive father Jaques, her biological father Cid, and her gender non-conforming auntie Ashe. Jaques and Ashe are siblings and share similar dark skin tones. Jaques' eyes are caramel colored and his hair is black. He is wearing a green scarf that slightly covers his chin, a black coat, and red undershirt. He is standing in a library and looking slightly down at the viewer. Below him is Cid who has medium skin, black hair, and his one visible eye is brown while his other eye is covered by an eyepatch. He is wearing dark colored jacket with brown shirt underneath. He is stranding outside with clouds and birds in the background and he has his hand settled between his neck and shoulder. Below him is Ashe. He has purple hair and striking blue eyes. He had prominent eyelashes and bold red lipstick. He is wearing a black coat and purple shirt underneath. He is out in the city somewhere, slightly looking upward and offscreen. (Pin wrote this alt text for me. Thank you, friend.)
August 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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ArtFight #2: Rozan and Vivian, belonging to @seren-vulcan.bsky.social

This was the first one where I really wanted to push a sort of tankōbon cover art vibe for my artfights submissions. I think it came out pretty close to that. Add a title up top, you're golden.
A digital illustration of two characters facing the viewer. On the right, and closer to the viewer, is Rozan Dawnweaver (he/him), who has bright pink hair mostly tied back in a ponytail, with bangs hanging over his forehead. He has intense golden eyes, a little like fire. He wears a fairly monochromatic outfit consisting of a maroon trenchcoat, a white undershirt, and a burgundy vest and matching pants, with deep purple gloves. He also wields a sword pointed forward, with a glass hilt filled with flower petals, and a matching glass orb around his neck. Behind him to the left is Vivian Dawnweaver, (she/her), who has red hair and a ruddier red skintone. Her hair is tied back, but her ponytail is made of fire, and she has a small flip of hair, also made of fire. She wears a white and yellow strapless top with a brown corset laced overtop. She has deep red pants, and a tasset skirt that has a red gradient that gets brighter as it descends. (The skirt has a bright yellow interior because I FORGOT TO SHADE IT!!! But we're calling it an aesthetic choice.)
August 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Artfight #1: Frey, @andrewdoingart.bsky.social 's OC.

I adore cosmic vibes. I will say originally, I wasn't sure if the character leaned more femme or masc, so I made a guess, but since then I've put a quick edit together with a less pronounced chest to play into a more ambiguous look.
Frey, a youthful person (they/them) with darker skin, BRIGHT pink hair, blue eyes, eyeshadow and lipstick, and a soft purple robe(?). They have a star-shaped hair ornament with a blue jewel in it, and they are extending their hand forward, showing off their sparkly blue nails. This version has a more femme-leaning figure. Frey, a youthful person (they/them) with darker skin, BRIGHT pink hair, blue eyes, eyeshadow and lipstick, and a soft purple robe(?). They have a star-shaped hair ornament with a blue jewel in it, and they are extending their hand forward, showing off their sparkly blue nails. This version has a more gender-ambiguous-leaning figure.
August 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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How many characters did I bookmark for artfight? 25!
And how many did I actually draw? 6...
Spongebob and Patrick unable to not laugh at the number 25 Spongebob devastated by the number 6. Mrs Puff is there too.
July 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Here's the OCs I have on offer. There's more individual art on the ArtFight page, along with lore if that gets you going.

This is my first ArtFight, so we'll see how this goes.
Pencil sketches for ref sheets for four seperate OCs: The zombie Ashe, the vampire Buggy, the skeleton Diego and his dog Chupa, and the alien Elli.
July 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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I should throw this in here.
An ArtFight card for Team Fossil 2025.
July 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Gonna keep expanding on this, but I wanted to make official refs for my OCs going into Art Fight. #art #OCs
Pencil sketches for ref sheets for four seperate OCs: The zombie Ashe, the vampire Buggy, the skeleton Diego and his dog Chupa, and the alien Elli. (There is no real importance to the fact that their initials form ABCDE. I noticed it afterwards, genuinely unintentional. It's kinda neat.)
June 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Happy 10th Anniversary to the very first Splatoon game. A little fanart to celebrate the reason I bought a Wii U.
#art #illustration #Splatoon
A collage of illustrations based on the first Splatoon game, featuring the main Inkling boy and girl on the right-hand side, and a comic-panel style triptych on the left of DJ Octavio, the Squid Sisters, and Judd the Cat.
May 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Sailor Moon S has a very small but devoted player base.
The box art for Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Jōgai Rantō!? Shuyaku Sōdatsusen
May 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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She begins!
The title screen of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
May 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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We got them A TINY HAT!
Coco, a holland lop-eared bunny with a tiny hat made of edible material Reese, a brown rex/lionmane mix rabbit with a tiny edible hat Reese and Coco, with Reese wearing the hat Coco, yet again with a teeny edible hat
May 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Here's the isolated character art, for anyone that wants it.

I admittedly went a little above and beyond for a DTIYS challenge, but that's because I'd been sitting on a rough draft for the illustration using the original design for a while now. The challenge was a welcome opportunity to finish it.
An illustration of Popuri standing in front of a pink plaid background. This Popuri is based on a design by Pinster W. Glasses, in which Popuri has a predominantly pink aesthetic. She has a ruffled white top, high-waisted plaid skirt, and a pink cardigan. Her hair is very swirly. She carries a wicker basket full of pink roses. An illustration of Popuri standing in front of a pink plaid background. This Popuri is based on her original design in the Harvest Moon games, specifically the Nintendo 64 title. She wears a white blouse with short puffy sleeves, a long red skirt, and a brown front laced corset. Her swirly hair is pulled back by a green headband. She carries a flower basket full of Pink Catmint flowers.
April 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Finally got around to this piece for #pindtiys4k
Belated congratulations to @pinsterwglasses.bsky.social for 4k followers. Onward to 5k.

I do not paint nearly enough, and like I wanna get better at it, but also I don't wanna do it no more, ya feel? #art #illustration #HarvestMoon #Popuri
An illustration of Popuri walking through a sunflower field. This Popuri is based on a design by Pinster W. Glasses, in which Popuri has a predominantly pink aesthetic. She has a ruffled white top, high-waisted plaid skirt, and a pink cardigan. Her hair is very swirly. She carries a wicker basket full of pink roses. An illustration of Popuri walking through a sunflower field. This Popuri is based on her original design in the Harvest Moon games, specifically the Nintendo 64 title. She wears a white blouse with short puffy sleeves, a long red skirt, and a brown front laced corset. Her swirly hair is pulled back by a green headband. She carries a flower basket full of Pink Catmint flowers.
April 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Not much today, have some old practice drawings of flowers, including one I kinda tried to make up(?) #art
Several drawings of flowers, including one fully rendered piece of some lilac flowers growing at an unnatural angle from a curved stem.
April 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Finally done! Here's Elli, the first of the Hellraisins I've actually named. Let this be a lesson, don't do things the hard way like me. #art #animation #oc

🎵Sister Psychic - Smash Mouth🎵
April 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Welp... there it is. 100 blocked bots.
...Do I commit to the bit and celebrate this? Would that be funny?
A screenshot of 100 blocked accounts
March 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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One of the biggest problems was that it unfortunately evolved from the barebones story I initially had planned as just Inktober prompts, into something that reflected my questions about the nature of violence, and its role in life. The concern became that it was a question I had no answer to.
Sketches of the initial redesign of the panthress, circa 2018 Sketches of the initial redesign of the sunbear, circa 2018 A second redesign of the panthress from around 2021, in which her accent color has been changed to a dark blue, and her metal gear was swapped for a more lightweight leather, in an attempt to make her more rogue-like.
March 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM