Spectrals and Geckos

Other Blogs:

@sqarletsworldlesswandering - Various shenanigans about the gorgeous indie game Worldless (100/10 recommend it - Steam has a free demo here).

@sqarletgecko - A separated blog for more original stuff and official stuff. Dormant for the time being (also, my apologies for the confusion with the deactivated version of the account - I needed to rearrange, and now it's all confusing)

@bugfablesampedau - A designated blog for all my Bug Fables Amped shenanigans.

General Tags:

SqarletTalks - any and all rambles from yours truly

Sqarlet'sArt - my art tag

SqarletWrites - my writing tag

OC tags are "[fandom] OC: [name]" Ex: TSBS OC: Ekleipsis Triplex

AU tags are "[fandom] AU: [name]". I will also often have a shorter version that's just "[abbreviation] AU". Ex: TSBS AU: Everything is Fine; EiF AU

Fandoms:

While by no means a comprehensive list, here's some stuff you can find on my blog at the moment. The gist is "indie games and some youtube shows."

Stuff I've made content for:

The Security Breach Shows: Mostly TSAMS, LAES, and rarely MGAFS. Some of that is more tangential and AU related, so those don't have show tags besides "tsbs au." The one that's currently got an actual AU tag is "Everything is Fine"/"EiF." Bunch of OC and concept designs. There's also the Hyper Light Drifter/HLD AU. I'm not very active in this community anymore. I will maybe finish the astral designs sometime.

Worldless: I occasionally reblog Worldless content here, but that mostly stays over on my other blog, mentioned above.

Black Resin: A small game currently looking to be published. It's a neat lil' game! You can find the demo here.

Portal: I've got some crossover stuff with that so far.

Minecraft/Steve Saga: Yes the Steve Saga is... quite old by now. But I rediscovered some old art I had for it, so that's going here. There's an AU/Speculative Worldbuilding project for it that's tagged "Worlds and Wonders"/WaW.

Bug Fables: I finally made art for this! Lots of miscellaneous stuff and AU stuff. The main AUs I have are the Dead Lander Hoaxe AU and Bug Fables Amped. Acolyte is in progress.

Other stuff I've not made (much) content for yet but enjoy:

Rainworld

OneShot

Hyper Light Drifter

Solar Ash

Sky: Children of the Light

Hollow Knight

Just Shapes and Beats

NERVE

OCTAHEDRON

Gris

Journey

Abzu

Ori and the Blind Forest/Will of the Wisps

Outer Wilds

Undertale

The Lineup:

"First Trial" - I.e. when he first arrived. The outfit should reflect the basic bluecollar feel with little fanfare. He's factory fresh and ready for work.

"Back and Forth" - I haven't quite got the timeline sorted, but this is also the start-point of deviation from the series as far as Diesel's timeline. After he's sent away the first time, he's got a stretch of going back and forth from the Mainland to Sodor, staying in different places for different lengths of time, and changing hands between owners a whole bunch. During this time, he also goes through a few different livery changes. Between being hauled on and off of Sodor, and constantly having his livery stripped off (badly) and repainted (also badly sometimes), he's more than a little the worse for wear both visually and in terms of his own identity. (The correlation between being on Sodor and being "awake" is. a whole thing to try and explain in this AU, if I try to do that here, this post will be way too long XD). TL;DR Diesel is Not Doin' Too Hot.

"Permanent Return" - The point at which he's permanently on the island and actually owned by Sir Topham, rather than being borrowed/loaned/etc. One of the first things Sir Topham takes care of is getting him a fresh coat of paint (and making sure it's done properly and not a hash job). It doesn't fix everything, but it certainly helps. Identity and awareness issues persist, but at least Diesel has something to stand on.

"Settled" - "Settling" in this AU is a phenomenon in which an engine settles into a stable sense of identity (age, gender insofar as it applies, general disposition, etc). There's still some malleability, but it's steadier than it might be for a human. Here, Diesel has finally clicked and feels properly himself. He has also figured out an outfit besides The Overalls. (The overalls still appear frequently, but he now has something more relaxed as well.)

Not pictured - he has a standard working jacket that he typically wears overtop when it's cooler out.

The Sketches:

The jacket, for reference. Also just a headshot for practice drawing him.

The shot with the hand includes a small braided bracelet made by Sophie, his (eventual) main driver. (Timeline is TBD, but right now I have her meeting him on the Mainland during his final couple stretches there, and for Various Reasons she moves to Sodor when he does for the final time.)

In the middle is a rough height reference. Still undecided on how tall the engine golems are going to be.

The full body is a rough reference for his layout as a golem. It varies from engine to engine, and diesels have different specifics than steam engines. Of particular note: the vertical air whistle slats, the vents on his cheeks, the braces and rigging on his forearms and shins, and grated rib-vent layouts.

Also, small headshot of Sophie as I'm currently imagining her, and some topside chatter between the two.

Bonus: the aforementioned gif, probably something that occurs on the mainland, and what you might see should you walk into the shed with all the lights off.