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I had a dream a few nights ago where the freights were a bunch of Gyaru girls so I decided to draw them into reality…

Here’s Lumber

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what’s up tumblr :) this is my first post and idk how this site works but!!! I’ve been dragged in here (by myself) because instagram hates me and I love these gay trains :3 here u go

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Excuse us. Electra asked for no pickles.

Left to right, Volt, Killerwatt, Joule, and Wrench!

Also fun fact, their eyes can switch from the glowing state to a “normal” state.

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Writing Hydra is so weird because I can’t bring up the fact that he has insecurities without feeling like this

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Link to Part 3 of Carrot since I made way too many pages for tumblr

Yes, I made part 3 before part 2, it was an accident I swear… 😅

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Hey, I hope you don’t mind me shooting you an ask! I really loved Carrot, and I’m a fic writer, so I was wondering if you would be okay with me writing a fic based on your comic? I will credit you and link back to your work very clearly, just let me know if you’re not comfortable with that! - Pebs (itsnotamatterofif on tumblr - I can’t send asks from side blogs I’m so sorry to be awkward 😭)

Oh my god yes!! (Big fan of your fics btw) anyone’s welcome to make content of the comic I will go nuts over it hehe

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WHY WERE THE CHAMPIONS LOWER THAN THE HYDRA X RUSTY KISS HELLO

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i am here to request one (1) hydra doodle 🤲

It took me way too long to finish this but HERE HE IS!!

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Trying to make sense of my Train Skates cause I know for a fact they’d HURT to skate on in real life

Also thank you so much for the support on the comic :3 it makes me so happy to look through the reblog tags

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was briefly possessed to draw some wembley art again, featuring hastily redesigned freight! notes under cut

i tried to keep the futuristic vibe and make their designs more individualized. i also kept with slade's design prompt—no train resemblance, and little/no napier design language

why is lumber green? because trees are green and he's into sustainable logging. i was aiming for a casual park ranger/forestry outfit. he wears his suspenders properly when he's working, but they're otherwise down. he has climbing gaffs (insp by @/honey-dont) and wears high top skates w/ the tongue down for ankle mobility

porter is a woman because when i first heard of her i thought she'd be female. so my version of porter has transitioned (she/her)! i intended her outfit to suggest welder or mechanic. she has lots of minor burn scars! she also wears low-cut derby skates because she likes to be FAST. she zips up her jumpsuit when working

slick is relatively unchanged because i think the bulky athletic costume fits her quite well. it's slightly modified to more resemble a hazmat suit or oil rig uniform. she & hydra are both tankers, so they share some outfit similarities

hydra is blue because 1) they swapped colors w/ lumber, and 2) they're a cryogenic tanker, and cryogenic aprons are blue. also blue just works better because he's cold. he has the tail for balance and because he thinks it looks cool. they're hi-vis because they want to show off, and for safety, because you would NOT want to crash into a hydrogen tanker. also he's nonbinary (they/he)

thank you stex artists & writers discord because thats where i got the idea for green lumber & blue hydra from!!!! it is genius!

also idk if they still have their backpacks. probably only when they're working?

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AU of starlight express where everything’s the same plot wise but Rusty and Hydra talk more than once

Exposing myself as a terrible comic artist ahhhhh

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Can’t stop thinking about this theory so let this be a reminder to future me for a Prusty comic idea.

I love how (in the starlight express 2024 revival) Control (2024) acknowledges Rusty as their dad’s old steam engine, which got me wondering if this is possibly hinting that Rusty is a hand me down from Control (1984)

And then shortly after, Control gets Pearl the observation car for their birthday. Now i’d like to head cannon that this is the same Pearl from the first show. Which would be one reason why her and Rusty are so drawn to each other, ANND WHY PEARL IS DRAWN TO HIS WHISTLE.

BECAUSE SHE REMEMBERS HIM. SHE REMEMBERS HIS WHISTLE AND THEY FEEL THIS SHOCKING FEELING OF ECSTASY BECAUSE THEY FEEL SO FAMILIAR WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEYRE SOULMATES!!!! THEYRE SOULMATES YOUR HONOR

Also because it would be funny if Control’s dad was like “Hello son here’s my old steam engine and the first class car he’s hitched with. Never separate them.”

“Ew dad I only want the lesbians.”

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Humanized Electra sketch + plus Porter, somewhat

Not too happy about the outfits but I’ll think of something cooler later

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Freight is not so great when the new guy makes you late

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When ur weird but bro is lowkey weirder

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All my doodles of the stex crew so far