#steamcrew

[steamcrew]

i've been so steamcrew-ing it up recently but i do have finals. my baka life? fucked

[lamplighterr]

ID: A ref of all four members of Steamcrew- Melanthe Munderson, Cali Harpeman, Carrie Harpeman and Hope Ryndoll, standing in that order from left to right.

Melanthe is a cool dark-skinned fat air spirit wearing a night sweeper uniform. One side of his hair is free clouds and the other is in cornrows. He’s looking to his right nervously.

Cali is a skinny tan person with dark, straight hair in a ponytail wearing a night sweeper uniform. Their arms are crossed and they’re looking at the ground angrily.

Carrie is a tan dark-haired person with short, choppy hair. They look with no expression at Cali, clasping their hands together, in a night sweeper uniform.

Hope is a brown-skinned ram imp with blue-grey horns. Xe are also fat. Xe are wearing a nightsweeper uniform with heart-shaped glasses over xyr eyes.

The other four pictures are stand-alones of each crewmate, with color palettes next to their heads. End ID

DO NOT SEPARATE THEM!

[berylliumliumite]

I'd like to hear about your ocs if you'd like/can come up with something to say! Whatever you've got, I'm interested

sp!!! thank u anon,,,, 

Steamcrew (placeholder name) is a story I’m working on w themes of recovery, found family, and overthrowing the government! It takes place in a steampunk dystopian city in the clouds and it has a fantasy genre/ characters. It takes place in two major arcs, which I like to call part/stage one and two, which I might refer to by name in drawing descriptions or when answering questions. The difference I’ll highlight rn is that in part one they are all working together as night sweepers, whereas in part two Cali, Hope and Melanthe have joined a rebellion led by Jupiter. Carrie is isolated elsewhere.

(Night sweepers: a job created by the city for cleaning their often crowded and dirty streets at night. During the day they sleep under the city in complexes and during the night each team gets a small section of the city to clean. There’s a whole thing abt what ring of the city they’re working in and pay and stuff but, not gonna get into there here)

Carrie and Cali are missing after running away from their home and stowing away on a rail to the city. Instead of being as far away from their home town as possible, like they thought, the city turns out to have more of their familial ties than they realized. 

Melanthe and Hope have been friends for a few years and start as night sweepers because they both need money. Melanthe can’t get work and Hope needs a place to stay since Melanthe’s family is having a hard time supporting xem. Cali and Carrie end up joining after getting caught sneaking into the city- having nowhere to go, they get sent to sign up for a sweeper team.

Found family !!

Fun facts:

Carrie has sectoral hetrochromia (dark brown-black/dark green) but since they’re both very dark colors it’s really hard to tell.

Carrie and Cali are twins! Cali is the older one.

There are three main species I’ve been focused on: High angels/angels, imps, and spirits

[steamcrew]

hey <2 steamcrew. don't cry okay?

[steamcrew]

HEY WAIT. it's primobius pmonday

[steamcrew]

Wooooo year of the Steamcrew book 1

[steamcrew]

As Primobius- the grand city in the skies- nears it's 100th birthday, Melanthe and Hope get a job. This seems simple, until it isn't: the mysterious siblings who have joined their nightsweeper team need to get out of the city, and fast. What starts as a simple annoyance becomes something much more sinister, and as the city-state marches on toward the new year, questions begin to emerge. Primobius's secrets start to reveal themselves one by one, and as the bond between the four nightsweepers grows, the danger they are in becomes more and more clear. What would you do, if immortality was on the line? "Steamcrew" is the WIP name for the world of Primobius (book 1) and the second book, which has not yet been named. Melanthe, Hope, Cali, and Carrie have to work together as nightsweepers, a task force that keeps the city clean and functional. There's so much to explain about the world of Steamcrew, and I worry that I'm giving away too much while also leading with too little. The most important parts of Steamcrew are what lies in Primobius, a religious city-state and the only floating city in on the planet (of which I am still deciding a name). Steamcrew is, at it's core, a story about corrupt governments, religion that deems you inherently wrong, recovering in a place that deems you lesser, and, on top of all that, is also an abused kids story about cycles and familial trauma. We are very excited to share our silly guys with you all, and to share in our process of finally writing down the story that's in our head (and has been for around 6 years now). We'll post some character intros soon (designs are still changing!), and if you have anything you want to see or know about this world, never hesitate to ask

[steamcrew]

happy birthday cali and carrie