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I wasn't gonna post this, but it turned out better then I expected

Haha silly light practice go brr

Idk, I think they turned out really nice, I just wanted to practice drawing in different settings with different techniques cause I tend to draw in the same lighting a lot, so I wanted to play around with unifying colours as well as lightings and overlays. The unifying colours were really fun to do, and I definitely wanna try it again, though I do worry it muddied some skin tones...

It was fun! Though I do mildly regret drawing them all on the same canvas 😭

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Some clearer views of them all

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I couldn't sleep, so I drew this

I want to warn you, this post gets sad.

And I'd scroll if you don't wanna hear sad things today.

This is my cat. (I don't usually draw animals, please excuse any wonky proportions. I'm also not running on a lot of good sleep)

Her name is Angelica, she was adopted by my family, and I grew up with her by my side.

She was born in 2004, and was put to sleep a few days ago.

She made it to a whole 20 years old, she was such a sweet old lady.

I love her so much, more than words, and images can describe.

I'd known her my whole life, she was my everything.

My sweet angel, my baby girl.

I miss her so much. I'm just glad she's no longer in pain.

I just wanted to share her, share her legacy, and make this post a memorial to her in a way. I want her to be remembered.

I think you all would have liked her very much, she was so sweet and loving.

I'll put some stories and photos of her under the cut.

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I believe she came from the RSPCA?

My dad saw her first, she was with her sister Faith, they had no mother, and we adopted them both basically as soon as they were able.

I never met Faith, at least not while I was a conscious human, but I hear she was a lovely kitty.

They would both charge throughout the house, thudding up the stairs and shooting through their cat flap.

Faith would walk gracefully along the fences, picture idea of a cat, while Jelly would stumble and flop off.

She was never very stable on her feet. She fell off window sills and chair arms, and occasionally our knees if the fabric wasn't grippy enough.

She was a sweet thing, she never bit or scratched us, the most she ever was a warning hiss once in a while.

She would always greet us when we came home at the top of the stairs, and always greeted me when I woke up.

She had the silliest meows too. Think closer to a sheep, and sometimes she'd meow and no words would come out, she'd just mouth it.

And god her purring would shake the house.

The only way I can describe it is she had such a smiley face, it was adorable, and the softest fur. There was a little patch next to her ear that was like kitten fur almost.

She would always join us for meal times, and activities.

She'd sit on you/your book while reading, your keyboard while writing, ect.

She would cuddle the remote control to the TV while you were sitting on the couch, and I used to have to give her a "sacrificial pen" if she was in my room while I was drawing so she could guard one.

If we went away on holiday she would be right next to us for weeks after.

She had her own designated spot on the couch, marked by her heat pad which she was almost always laid on (even if it wasn't turned on), if she wasn't there, or on you, she was probably sleeping on a warm patch of floor caused by the heating pipes or the sun.

She wasn't too adventurous, but she was territorial, I think she definitely protected us from a lot of things, Late at night I usually found her sitting at the top of the stairs (or sleeping).

Whenever I was out in the garden with her in the summer she would often be jumping up, like a good few feet in the air, and catching moths.

She once caught a mouse, and while playing with it accidentally threw it into the chicken coop, and watched on in horror and disgust as she realised she couldn't get it back off them.

She was also scared stiff of our laptop charger wire, she would sneak past it and if you so much as breath she pretty much launched, she got over it but for a while if my dad so much as shimmied you'd see her wizz up into the air.

I miss her so much, she was my world, I knew her all my life. Id give anything to stroke her, hear her little meows, and kiss her forehead.

She was a good girl, she was such a good girl, and I'll miss her forever.

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I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT SOMEONE UPDATED THE WIKI idk when, but there's sections for each station and engine on the stationmaster and driver/fireman wikis and whoever you are I love you so much, I downloaded SO MANY

So I thought I'd draw my lil guys over them, didn't draw the fat controller cause... Bro I couldn't be arsed with that angle 😭

Originals under the cut :)

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I did a redraw of this old drawing from 2021

I'll put a comparison thingy under the cut, but I think I've improved a lot since then! I'm honestly surprised how recent it was? I feel like I've been drawing these guys for about 10 years LOL

Also here's one without the speech bubbles cause I'm proud of that background damnit!

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Yeah it's a lot better in my personal opinion.

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Trick or treat!

OH hullo!

You can get a treat!

Lil gummy carrots, I don't know what they taste like I assume carrots!

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Traintober day 8!

Bird

He's totally faking his annoyance

I wanted to work in a limited colour pallet for this one. Because I'm constantly using a shit tone of different shades. I feel like that only really comes across in the running board/face, buffers/roof, and the bird beaks/buffers, however.

It was fun though!!

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Traintober day 7!

Refreshments

I skipped yesterday cause I didn't feel brilliant, and I'm still not feeling great today, but I really wanted to draw Thomas' crew again, I haven't drawn them in ages I love them.

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Traintober day 5!

It's only me

Is it too blurry? Idk I winged it LMAO

Painting stuff isn't my forte, but it's so FUN

Also my first time drawing my boy Hiro :D

.. He'll be okay.

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TRAINTOBER GAVE ME THE TOP POSTERS BADGE LETS GOO

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Traintober day 4!

Devious

It's scary cause it's AEG /j /lh

Idk I think Diesel and aeg!diesel would get on well.

It was fun trying to ensure the two different styles came across. I wasn't sure if the soft shading + cell shading would work but I think it did!

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Traintober!! Day 3!

Twins

Percy was stalling on the tracks while his fireman chewed out James' driver, paint dripping down his boiler. Thomas puffed up next to him and laughed "Now you look like me Percy! Maybe I ought to let you pull Annie and Clarabelle!" Percy weeshed at him annoyed.

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Traintober day 2

Bridges

I knew immediately:

Rusty's ghost engine. R.I.P in piece lil buddy

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Traintober day ONE it counts it's still day one in like America or Australia

Free day!

My first thought was immediately Henry's forest.

I wanted to do something with halftones, cause I think in the original inktober you're not supposed to colour? but fuck that everything else I'm doing is coloured cause while I love the look of halftones they are a ball ache LMAO

I went into this not knowing how to draw Henry, and came out not knowing how to draw Henry.

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My traintober list is here! Please feel free to skip days or combine prompts, this is meant to be fun :] Im posting in advance so that people will have time to prepare in advance if they would like! Have fun everyone and don’t stress out.

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My traintober list is here! Please feel free to skip days or combine prompts, this is meant to be fun :] Im posting in advance so that people will have time to prepare in advance if they would like! Have fun everyone and don’t stress out.

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I'm back, college has been kicking my ass recently, but I'm back!

I'm obsessing over Joshua Jones rn

It's made by the creators of Fireman Sam, which I think makes Joshua its sister show, and it's just so delightful!? Like, idk I leave every episode happy, I love everyone (expect Cashmore fuck him).

I was messing around a bit with a new colouring/shading style and I like how it turned out!

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I wanted to try my hand at those fancy fake screenshots I've seen around. Idk if I pulled it off, but I like how it turned out!

I don't think I've ever drawn Hatts office before either so that was interesting.