Full Steam Ahead!

We're a physical, for-charity zine about nerdy female and nonbinary original characters in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics).

[fullsteamzine]

🚀Full Steam Ahead: Donation submitted!🚀

We've donated a whopping $819 to @malalafund to support girls' education!

Thank you truly all for your support! Don't forget to Full Steam Ahead!

Love,

Ada and Steambot⚙️🤖

P.S. We will be monitoring this account for another week, and then will log off to close the project!❤️

[fullsteamzine]

Thank you so much for all your support! We will be back soon with the final donation and post!

[cereovo]

Here’s the full illustration I made for @fullsteamzine earlier this year, ft. my botanist OC (Mars) and her cat (Tap) :^) 

I also made a technical error in this drawing, please click the readmore if you would like to learn a bit about microscopes

Keep reading

[pinceauarcenciel]

Here’s the collaborative comic I did with @ladyofthelake666 who wrote the script while I did the art, for the @fullsteamzine​~! Meet our baby Lola who’s determined to pursue her dream 🔭🔥

🚀 Leftover sales are open until Dec. 9, last chance to get your own (digital) copy or some very cute merchs!

💥 Only some hours left to benefit from the special holiday discount! Use this code to get 50% off your ENTIRE order -ends on Nov 28, 23:59 PST!! 🤖 Code: STEAMHOLIDAY

[planetsandmagic]

discovery, curiosity, family

my full piece for @fullsteamzine! leftover sales are open till dec 9, check em out!

[pinceauarcenciel]

Full page illustration featuring my chemical engineer magical girl Carol x Cure Jasmin, for the @fullsteamzine​! This zine is sooo pretty, full of fabulous OCs, and love for women in STEAM 💙

🚀 Leftover sales are open until Dec. 9, last chance to get your own (digital) copy or some very cute merchs!

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[keymintt]

excited to finally post the piece i did for @fullsteamzine !! pyrithaea here is my astrophysicist dragon and i always have a lot of fun drawing her :>

[cavalierious-whim]

Juni is a tinkerer who decides to make a clockwork heart to save a young boy. Written for Full Steam Ahead, a Women + NB in STEM zine.

Thanks @fullsteamzine for having me! Leftover sales are now open, which can be found here. Be sure to also check this piece out here on AO3.

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Juni is a woman who likes to tinker. 

Clocks or machines—she doesn’t discriminate. Her days are spent with her head inside of cogs instead of the clouds, fingers stained black and brown, eternally slick with grease and grime. Her life is quiet and quaint, and she doesn’t quite dream of excitement, perfectly happy with her rosy cheeks smudged with lubricant instead.

At the end of a long day of learning how things work, she sits on her porch and watches the sun fall against the horizon. The sky is splashed with purples and pinks, and she sighs contently, fingers curled around a warm mug of tea. 

There is one other thing that she loves to watch. A tiny boy, just a slip of a thing. Young little Yuan, the sickly son of her neighbor. He has not been dealt a good hand of cards. Born weak of the heart, though strong of the mind, he struggles through the day to do even the simplest of tasks. 

But when he smiles at her, it's as wide as the bright sky. Juni’s heart soars as she returns the grin fondly, reaching out to ruffle his soft brown hair. 

He does not have long, say the doctors, and Juni’s heart falters because where is the fairness in that?

One day, whilst enjoying a nice blend of jasmine and rose, the clock on her porch strikes the usual evening’s six o’clock. Tick, goes the second hand. Tick tick, it clicks as she watches it turn. 

And then, Juni has an idea. 

#

The issue with Yuan’s heart is that it doesn’t beat correctly.

So, Juni thinks, the answer is obvious: if it could beat like a clock, then it would function perfectly fine. Clockwork bits are used for plenty of things, so why can’t they be applied to the body? As long as the heart is kept properly wound and its cogs well-oiled, then it would beat for an eternity. 

She is aware that the idea is absolutely absurd. On paper, it looks bad but when explained, it sounds even worse. Juni is a thinker, a woman of ideas but this just might be the wildest she’s ever thought. 

Eventually, someone is intrigued and pays a visit to her shop, an old and cantankerous woman with a face split by a mean scowl; the stern sort that would govern children’s minds with sharp-handed wit. 

“If you’re here to gawk and chide, then do me a favor and leave,” says Juni as she pours over her plans. She doesn’t look up from her drafting table, fingers curling deftly over straight rules, making marks. 

“Gawk and chide?” The old woman scoffs, offended. “And to think I came here to offer my services.”

Juni pauses in her work, finally looking up. “And what can you possibly offer me?”

The woman’s face is craggy, lined heavily with age. She’s prim and proper, put together exceptionally well, and she leans ever-so-slightly on the folded parasol in her palm. 

“I’ve heard of your idea for a clockwork heart, as well as your skill when it comes to mechanics. However, brilliant as you may be, your knowledge only lies with those screws and rusted cogs.”

“And so?” Juni regards her coolly, turning to lean against her table. 

“And so, I am a doctor. I’m curious as to your plans and I think that together we just might make it work.” She doesn’t seem to be joking. She watches Juni back with a gaze as severe as a Sunday morning service. 

Juni cocks her head to the side, raising an eyebrow. “A doctor?”

“Admittedly retired, but with plenty of free time.” The woman smooths out the wrinkles in her walking skirt. “So, can I see the drafts or not?”

Juni’s mouth curls into a smile as she steps to the side and motions to her work.

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Hours, days, and weeks go into building a prototype. 

Juni mulls through equations and dreams of numbers. She tinkers and fiddles with metals and mechanics. All the while, Agnes talks nonsense in her ears. The old woman was right, of course. Juni might know her clockworks but she knows nothing about veins and organs. 

“The aorta—here—” Agnes points to her human schematics spread across the drafting table. “As long as the tubing is sturdy, we should be able to sew it and the other vessels together for adequate blood flow. Barring infection, the skin should heal around the metal decently enough.”

“Decently enough isn’t enough.”

Agnes blinks. “Have you forgotten the worst case is the only case at the moment?”

No, Juni hasn’t. 

And so, the plans are set and a model is made. Juni starts on a miniature scale with pliers and tweezers and pocket watch parts. She solders and sands, and eventually, the mock-up is crafted. 

“Is it crooked?” asks Agnes, her nose turned up stiff.

Yes, just a bit, but Juni polishes the tarnished metal. A crooked first try is better than no try at all. 

The next goal is simpler, just a little bit. Get the pocket watch gears to turn cleanly. With a good and proper oil, they squeal against each other as they move and Juni lets out a heavy sigh of relief.

Tubings and gaskets, the construction of the artificial heart chamber; time goes by quicker than not. Juni and Agnes don’t sleep nearly enough, wholly engrossed in their labor of love. 

The scientific process, thinks Juni, feeling marginally accomplished. Little by little is better than the alternative, which is worse.

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It is only a matter of working out the kinks. At least, that’s what Juni tells herself with every experiment that seems to fail. 

But then the rat lives to see a few weeks post-implantation and the cat fares far better, though it’s rather annoyed by the delicate heart. Better than expected, to the relief of Juni and Agnes.

“My life’s work, all down to this,” says Agnes one night. She pokes and prods at the cat, checking for any potential infection. All the cat does is yowl in return, entirely vexed.

“Is that a complaint?” asks Juni with a grin. 

“Of course, not.” Agnes drops the cat’s paw and turns back to Juni. “Think of the future of medicine, think of what we’re doing for women! Men have come up with lesser ideas that the public clings to.”

Juni chuckles. “All these late nights—absolutely worth it.”

And Agnes, in rare form, smiles right back.

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“It is risky,” says Agnes with her usual severity. “There is no use in lying, or sugarcoating the truth.”

Yuan’s mother smiles sadly, brushing her fingers through her boy’s hair. “Yes, well, as it stands there is nothing to lose, is there? Just do your best and give us a shred of hope.”

Juni assists in the surgery and nearly hurls when she sees the inside of the boy’s chest cavity. 

“We’re on borrowed time,” says Agnes, watching as Juni holds her brilliantly built invention. The clockwork heart is sturdy in her hands despite its tarnished appearance and pilfered clock parts. 

They nestle the heart into Yuan’s chest, connecting all the odds and ends. 

“Well then,” says Agnes softly, nodding to the turnkey. “It’s now or never.”

Juni takes a deep breath as she winds the clock. 

#

Years later, Juni sits on her porch as she does every night. It is Sunday, which means she’s paid a visit from her dear friend Agnes who does nothing but complain about the too-bitter tea and the lack of biscuits.

“A nice evening.”

Juni smiles from behind her teacup. “I bet that just aggravates you.” Agnes huffs but her mouth quirks into the barest of grins. 

“Miss Juni!” A boy trips on the steps, barely catching himself in his haste. “Oh, and Miss Agnes.”

“Yuan,” says Agnes, back to her usual primness.

Yuan turns to Juni with a grin. He pulls at the chain around his neck, holding it aloft. “Can you wind me up?”

“Of course,” says Juni, slipping the chain from around his neck. Yuan pulls his shirt from his trousers, holding it up, and Juni slides the turnkey into the crown. She winds the clockwork heart up until the key doesn’t turn anymore. 

She smiles when she hears the strong tick, tick, tick. 

[kaisei-ink]

Here’s the piece I did in early 2022 for the incredible @fullsteamzine !  It’s of my oc, Alex, trying to fix her computer.  Nothing weird about the background, nope not at all.  

[pinceauarcenciel]

My copy of the @fullsteamzine arrived and I’m in love with everything! Look at  all these cute merch aaaah (๑>∀<๑) And the zine is so cool too!

You can still grab some while leftover sales are open! (until Dec. 9) 🚀

[justabookworm39]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Original Work Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Original Female Character/Original Female Character Characters: Original Female Character(s), Amber Pierceson (OC), Shelley Herraro (OC) Additional Tags: Zine: Full Steam Ahead, Post-Canon, (YES I’m tagging an original work as post canon. shush, it takes place after the main story I’m plotting for them IT COUNTS), Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, Disabled Character, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Physical Disability, Engineering, Short One Shot, References to past kidnapping/imprisonment Summary:

Shelley takes on a new project, and Amber watches the clouds for the first time in years.

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MY BABIES ARE HERE-

*ahem* that is, here’s my story for @fullsteamzine! Leftover sales are open, so you can go grab a zine or some merch if you missed it the first time!

[cysketch]

my piece for @fullsteamzine!

[fullsteamzine]

🚀Leftover sales are now OPEN!🚀

This is it, our leftover sales for Full Steam Ahead is now open until Dec. 9! Get this beautiful collection of art and writing now while supplies last!

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[fullsteamzine]

🚀PRODUCTION UPDATE

All prints, charms, stickers and sticker sheets have arrived to Mod Nisnow's place! Zine books, coasters, and wrist straps are still being shipped out. We're working to finish up our ID cards next week. Feel free to view arrival pictures here!

[fullsteamzine]

🚀 TOTE BAG GIVEAWAY 🚀

We are giving away a canvas tote bag to 1 winner across Twitter, Tumblr, IG!

🧪 An additional bag will be given to one Full Bundle buyer!

Requirements to enter the giveaway:

🧪 Like + RT this post

🧪 Follow @fullsteamzine

📅 Ends: August 1, 23:59 PDT

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Our preorders are still open! This giveaway is also on Twitter and Instagram, if you want to increase your luck!

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[fullsteamzine]

🎉Congratulations bl0ssums for winning the tote bag! Please respond to our DMs within 48 hours or we will pick a new winner.

🎉We've also contacted one Full Bundle buyer for their tote bag, so please check your emails!

[fullsteamzine]

🚀 PRODUCTION UPDATE

Great news! Our suncatcher stickers have arrived safely at Mod Nisnow's home and we have a lot of other merch in production! Our print proofs and acrylic charms have shipped and should come early this week. Stay tuned for pictures!

[fullsteamzine]

We've just sent out emails to all full and book bundle buyers for details about your custom ID cards! 🚀

Please contact us if you haven't received any emails, or have questions!