#subway train

[imaginal-ai]

"The Commute Home"

[anonlinger]

Coffee

[therobotwig]

One year ago today I posted this miniature TMNT photo I created using real lighting, figures and a fudged together tube train made from random bits of crap.

[thunderstruck9]

Mikhail Starchenko (Russian, 1965), New York City Subway, 2020. Watercolour on thick paper, 54.4 x 75.3 cm.

[originalwinnerfanfish]

I feel like I should finally make some train oc's

Actually, my idea of this trio wandering in my head since last April. I was immediately interested in the idea of subway train characters. I mean, yes, they not like the coolest and biggest engines of all time. But the potential of their designs and setting with all of these grungy/punky metallic vibes and life in almost dystopian underground is huge!

So Blacktrack is the big, tuff old-school man and "boss" of the group, born and raised in this subway world, becomes total professional of surviving in this place and holding trio together

Swift is snazzy sweet-talker and literally the "face" of the group, being the newest type of model. He was working on the upper city lines before and was transferred to the subway later

Spark is the youngest and the most unfortunate among them all, being exiled from his own line after causing big train crash in the tunnel. He is quiet (mostly because he is mute), a bit skittish and often holding on his own

And they are a rock group!

And here's the first (and only😅) close up

It's kinda old, so some things have changed

[enablesomething]

The train opposite always seem to empty, come fast, and comfortable.

When words became foggy, I chose pictures. Now I wonder if I should choose silence.

[toast-dude]

Ingo's Return

An unexpected surprise appears on the singles line. A huge pokemon, so tall it has to crouch inside the tunnel, appears without warning during rush hour. The portal it steps out of glows brightly with golden light, illuminating the dark tunnel. When the pokemon steps fully out, it the portal winks out, forcing the train driver to blink the after-images away.

The pokemon has the most peculiar things. A wooden bracelet on its arms, a tattered coat on its back, and in its claws, an old but familiar hat. Ingo hasn't been seen in several years, so how did this pokemon get his clothes?

Ingo is finally home. He's a bit taller than when he left, and his hair a bit longer too. Emmet won't mind though; Ingo is finally home.

I had a vision come over me the other day. In that vision was the general layout of this piece: Ingo stepping into a tunnel, framed by the driver's window of an approaching train.

There are a decent number of stories on Ao3 featuring Ingo being transformed into a Hisuian Zoroark and then taking the quick route to reunite with his brother. I can't remember the titles of any of the top of my head, so this is a fanart to all of them. If you wrote a Zoroark Ingo story, this art is for you.

After about 16 hours of work, I've realized my vision. I did a lot of experimentation with compositor nodes, some of which ended up in the final version and some that got thrown away because I found an easier way to do it.

I'm pretty pleased with the results, what do you think?

[locomotive-paws]

Halloween Subway

Spirit Halloween store display this year, it has a functioning driving cab and seats you can sit on. I asked about buying it as a joke, but now I'm on the list to purchase it after season. It might be fun to use at the railway museum as a Halloween program/promotion or use for charity/fundraising.

It was really cute; as I was taking pictures an autistic young man came and started talking to me about real subway trains. We just sat in the seats and talked. His parents came by and told him to stop bothering me and I told them: no they have a wonderful young man and it was quite delightful to chat with him. (I'm autistic too).