Here’s a character drawing for Mutilator: Survivors of the Wasteland. Jay’s character Arrrgh is a mutated human.
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Post Apocalyptic Melissa
Based on a pose from a friend of mine during Zombie Walk a couple of years back. Painted in Photoshop on a Cintiq using a variety of cool brushes. The gun is based on a toy gun she was really holding. The crossbow was added based on a real image from the web, the rustybackpack thingy was not modelled after anything.
Here’s the original: 
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The Dark Octopussycat Returns
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Octopussycat, as a kitten, showed some psychokinetic powers and was taken by the government to be groomed as an assassin. Later, through the help of one of the scientists working on the project, she escaped. After exacting her revenge on those who created her, she became a vigilante in the streets of Zoopolis. This led to a series of run ins with World Wildlife Federation of Justice members such as Go-Rilla and Shaolin Monkey. Eventually they convinced her to join the team.
Powers: limited telekinesis and fear projection. Camouflage cloak. Ninja-oriented skills and octopus-related gadgets.
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Scribble
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UPDATE! Colour version:
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Since I started my new job at Atomic Cartoons I haven’t done any artwork that isn’t for them. So after work today I decided to do a sketch on the cinteq tablet I use there. Here it is – a post-apocalyptic warrior.
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Toren’s Guide to Enjoyable Podcasts
TOREN’S GUIDE TO ENJOYABLE PODCASTS
In case you don’t know:
Podcasts are like radio shows in mp3 format, great to listen to while you draw, etc.
Podcasts have websites where you can download episodes.
They also have RSS feeds which you can drop directly into iTunes (or similar audio programs) and the program will automatically download any new episodes as they’re released.
All these podcasts are free unless otherwise noted.
MY PODCAST!
Caustic Soda
http://www.causticsodapodcast.com/
feed: http://www.causticsodapodcast.com/feed/podcast/
Weekly podcast featuring me and 2 friends. Each week we talk about a different morbid, disturbing, or just plain weird topic and examine it scientifically, historically, in pop culture and current events.
For example:
Tentacles http://www.causticsodapodcast.com/2010/08/02/tentacles/
Bears http://www.causticsodapodcast.com/2010/12/05/bears/
Jehovah http://www.causticsodapodcast.com/2010/06/20/jehovah/
Not for the squeamish or easily offended!
COMEDY
Doug Loves Movies
Comedian who talks about movies and has famous actors and comedians guest.
http://douglovesmovies.com/
http://dlm.libsyn.com/rss
Never Not Funny
Comedian Jimmy Pardo & cohost interview actors & comedians. Only the first 20 minutes of each episode is offered free.
http://pardcast.com/blog/
http://pardcast.libsyn.com/
The Bugle: Audio Newspaper for a Visual World
Very funny take by two Brits on current events.
http://www.thebuglepodcast.com/
http://podcast.timesonline.co.uk/rss/thebuglemp3.rss
Comedy Bang Bang
Similar to Never Not Funny but with occasional skits.
http://www.earwolf.com/show/comedy-bang-bang-podcast/
http://feeds.feedburner.com/comedydeathrayradio
GENERAL INTEREST
Stuff You Should Know
Josh & Chuck talk about interesting things in a casual yet informative half hour.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/stuff-you-should-know-podcast.htm
http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-you-should-know.rss
Stuff You Missed in History Class
What it sounds like.
http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/category/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class/
http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class.rss
This American Life
“each week we choose a theme and put together different kinds of stories on that theme. We’re not a news show or a talk show or a call-in show. We’re not really formatted like other radio shows at all. Instead, we do these stories that are like movies for radio.”
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/podcast
http://feeds.thisamericanlife.org/talpodcast
(see also RadioLab)
Useless Information Podcast
Author Steve Silverman tells strange but true stories.
http://uselessinformation.libsyn.com/
http://uselessinformation.libsyn.com/rss
BrainStuff
Very short episodes about 1 topic. Host’s voice kind of annoying but if you want to find out stuff like how colour blindness works or how does someone become a saint, it’s decent.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/brain-stuff-podcast.htm
http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/brainstuff.rss
SCIENCE
Quirks & Quarks
CBC’s weekly science show, you’ve probably heard it on the radio.
http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/
http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/includes/quirksaio.xml
Science Friday
Very similar to Quirks & Quarks but less Canadian.
http://www.sciencefriday.com/feeds/about/
http://www.sciencefriday.com/audio/scifriaudio.xml
Skeptics Guide to the Universe
Casual & funny rogues gallery of skeptics debunk bigfoot sightings, 2012 hoaxes, vaccination deniers, etc. For serious nerds.
http://www.theskepticsguide.org/
http://www.theskepticsguide.org/feed/rss.aspx?feed=SGU
SEX
Savage Love
If you’ve ever read Savage Love in the paper, you know what this is about.
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLovePodcast/Page/
http://savagelove.savagelovecast.libsynpro.com/rss
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Toren’s At Comix & Stories 2011
Comix & Stories is Sunday Aug 28 @ 3102 Main St Vancouver
Toren Atkinson will be sharing a booth with his Caustic Soda Podcast co-host and creative cronie Kevin Leeson of Critical Hit Comics at Comix & Stories on August 28 2011, 3102 Main St, Vancouver BC.
Come on by and say hi to Toren and check out his comic artwork plus merchandise for The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, Caustic Soda and The World Wildlife Federation of Justice.
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New WWFJ Story Written by Futurama Author Ian Boothby
Thanks to Toren Atkinson’s ongoing Birthday Fundraising Project, multiple Shuster Award nominee and Eisner Award–winning comic book creator Ian Boothby, best known for his work as one of the main writers on Simpsons Comics and Futurama Comics, has completed the final draft for the next installment of World Wildlife Federation of Justice comics.
Without giving too much away, the tale features multiple heroes and villains who must join forces to fight a new threat unlike any they’ve ever faced! It’s a nine page story to be illustrated by Toren Atkinson and, if all goes to plan, a very special guest artist.
Stay tuned to this space for further details!
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World Wildlife Federation of Justice: Mach Turtle
Mach Turtle! Click to embiggen
Partially inspired by Cecil Turtle of Warner Bros cartoon fame, Mach Turtle not only is fast, but he flies…like a jet! His jet stuff pops out of compartments in his shell, of course.
This is the first draft. I’m actually not great at drawing the mechanical techno-military stuff so I’m hoping to make him cooler looking in the next iteration.
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WWFJ Computer Desktop Wallpaper
Here by special request is the World Wildlife Federation of Justice desktop wallpaper at 1280 pixels wide. If you need a different size, let me know and I’ll make another jpeg.
Right click on THIS LINK, and select “open new tab” then right click on the image…
or just cut and paste the following URL into your browser window:
http://www.thickets.net/toren/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/1280-pixel-wide-WWFJ-wallpaper.jpg
Then select “set as desktop background” and you can stare at the WWFJ battling their various foes every time you log on to your computer! Can you name them all?
Share it with your friends!
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