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[theflyingkipper]

A redo of my Edwards Exploit drawing from ages ago, now in traditional mixed media!

I felt like I didn't capture the mood I wanted last time when I looked it over again (to the horror of everyone who got to see this early. Thank you for gassing up the old one, and keeping me motivated through the making of this)

this version is much more directly studied off the Peter and Gunvor Edwards' illustration, because I've grown into the opinion that the model adaptation of exploit was really weak (technical limitations!!! what a shame) and i want to get back into studying these illustrations, there's a lot to pick apart in them.

Here's a bunch of perspective lines i drew over it when I was sketching. (I don't normally do that when I redraw, but that's usually because I'm drawing from model era screencaps and I can rely on those being proportional, most of the time) Edwards face breaks perspective here just a bit to add more drama to the scene, everything else is proportional.

some in-progress pictures, during which I absolutely HATED how it looked and wanted to switch to digital because I feared I'd messed it up irreconcilably 😭 good thing I was able to look at it with fresh eyes after staring at it for like four hours, the first session of drawing ended at 1am. Believe me, if you hate how your drawing is turning out, put it down and come back to it later!!

Edward is also more referenced off a real K2 here because I really like how they look. Unfortunately they have painful geometry.

something frustrating about my traditional drawings is how they can't be viewed from multiple angles online. I use silver gel pen to highlight some parts (here it's Edward's handrails and the damage) but it doesn't show up well when I photograph it head on. I hope this picture shows a little bit of how it shows up in real life!

(if you can't see, look at the bottom of Edward's boiler bands)

Hopefully you enjoyed reading under the cut :] I like explaining my process and I appreciate it immensely when someone shares my enthusiasm for it.

[edwards-exploit]

Faces! Faces!!

[konnosaurus]

Hello Konno! It's Te~ May I request Skarloey and/or Rheneas as tiny trains? I don't think you've done either of them yet!

HI TE!!!!! IT'S YOUR LITTLE GUY!!!! i picked rheneas cos i just loove his orangey colour and got quite excited to to the colouring on him hehe. took quite a lot of adjustments on this guy cos i just kept feeling like the proportions were wrong but i really like how he's turned out :3

[mwolf0epsilon]

In which Guy Sand, second eldest son of Charlie Sand, somehow becomes a popular Youtuber by virtue of working with Sodor's very useful (albeit sometimes cheeky) engines. It helps that he knows his stuff and also gets a few VIP guest appearances that certainly spark some curiosity and laughs...

— ☕️ Ko-fi | 🧡Commissions

[beumdi]

"I can't say that my memories of Sodor are so wonderful that the idea of going back sounds much of a prize."

read @meanscarletdeceiver 's small world fic instantly started malding ughh ughh i hope i drew the interpretation of duck correctly here.

[choc-ice-on-wheels]

Gordon: I’m always saying that, aren’t I, Henry?

Henry: I honestly couldn’t care less, Gordon.

[synthetic-rust]

Doing some thinking about how I want to draw Skarloey n Rheneas

Rheneas… he’s so goddamn difficult to get right for me but I will figure it out

I want them both to look similar but still distinct (I am thinking too hard about this probably)

The culprit of all this (ignore the guy to the left he’s for perspective reference)

the above image is still a wip

[mgose-39056]

We draw both of them. Mavis and diesel (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

[tam-o-shunter]

@traintrainingmontage Got me onboard the Neilloey Express

[thefluffyrailway-official]

𝕋𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝕣𝕖𝕗 𝕓𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕝𝕖

𝚃𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚜 👁𝚠👁

𝙰𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙳𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚗, 𝚑𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝙷𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚠 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚕. "𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜" 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜. (𝙰𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎.) 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝙱𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚕.

(𝙰𝚄 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚘 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚜: @steam-beasts <𝟹)

[ladychandraofthemoone]

Rusty’s my beloved!! They’re my fav (though all the NG are lmao)

[b1anketplask]

OMG THE TUMBLRVERSARY AND FANNIVERSARY!!

Around this time a year ago, I first entered this fandom!! damn, I didn't knew there was a Thomas fandom Until I join XD So here's Thomas giving U a #1 Cupcake :3 I'd like to thank my followers for watching me since I was new at Tumblr!! I'll try to draw more pieces from now on 🫵

[dragons-and-magic]

So I had this funny idea of a bunch of race cars coming to the island of Sodor, for Idk a rally or something. And the engines are learning about race cars, their temperaments, how they work, etc. They learn that typically, the louder the engine, the more impressive the car seems to the others. And guess who has the LOUDEST diesel engine on Sodor?

BEAR.

So picture this. A cocky young race car drives up to Bear and revs it's engine as a challenge. Bear, not really sure what is going on, revs his back. CUE THE LOUDEST MOST EARTH SHATTERING ENGINE REV ON THE PLANT, LITERALLY SHAKING THE AREA SURROUNDING THEM.🤣

The young punk car, SHOOKTH. (⁠☉⁠｡⁠☉⁠)⁠!

The other cars, IMPRESSED.🤯

Bear: ??????

Anyways, after that Bear has accidentally became legendary among the race cars. The younger ones would continually try to challenge him, impress him with their tricks, or just chill next to him while resting. And all this time Bear is feeling very awkward but also doesn't want them to feel sad, so he's just like;

:) *Internally: Henry, please come save me again. Halp*

And meanwhile Henry is laughing his tender off at this whole ordeal.🤣

JUST TO BE CLEAR I don't know how diesel engines work on locomotives. I just thought this would be funny. Please be nice. :)

[konnosaurus]

and there are enough for a second (YES, A SECOND!!!!) compilation of the teeny tiny engines!!! another fun selection of colours- a little more variety this time as well! i'm so happy to be able to share these little guyswith you all- they really are just so fun to draw for me, and i'm so pleased you all seem to enjoy them so much!!

FIRST SET HERE!!!!

[mwolf0epsilon]

Oh yes, I'm making more of these. Are you ready for some more wholesome parody youtube channel shenanigans?

[mintchocochip0543]

Here's a page in my sketchbook of Eddie :3

There are also headcanons for my AU, if you're interested, but no spoilers!

Have a nice day/night!

• Edward was born in England on 2/2, 1938

•By the age of 7, sir Topham Hatt recognised his bright mind and asked him in 1945 to come to Sodor. Not a month later, Edward's family moved to Sodor

• Before meeting Henry and Gordon, Edward rebelled by acting out and wearing a red jacket

• Eddie wanted to fully transition at the age of 14, but due to complications in those days, he was happy with just changing his name.

• When the Sodor Rebellions of the 50s started, Edward, along with 3 others, were put in a bunker. In Edward's case, to hide him and to give him space to write out plans to save Sodor once more.

• Edward was in the bunker from the ages of 14 to 16...

...He did not survive