We are headed for the spring season so here's something to put a spring in your step! A lovely bit of fan art for a locomotive well associated with flowers of a certain kind.
I have always had a great fondness for this particular engine. I had a VHS tape with an episode featuring him, his last major role in the series in fact, and this is how I discovered Stepney. I also used to collect a range of battery operated toys from Thomas and Friends, Stpeney was the first of that collection. So there is quite a sentimental value held to this character and yet I have never met the real deal, I'll wait until he's repainted back into this colour scheme.
I like to draw my trains in the style of the 'My First Thomas' toy line, a style which with a little more detail was used in many of their books for the youngest audience. Stepney has in fact been drawn in this style before, you can find him in the annual story 'Donald and Douglas' but I don't think he was done justice, so here he is how I think he should've looked.
A couple of days work paid off for the most part, I have never actually drawn Stepney before up until this point and I am glad to make such a fine first attempt at him. My only problem is his face, unfortunately the lower half of his face was drawn completely out of perspective and I didn't even realise until I was almost done with the line art, by which point it was too late.
With that in mind, I would do this again and make sure he is without flaws in perspective. But on the plus side the colouring is some of the finest I have ever done! I used my pastel markers for a base layer and then added pencil shading over the top, my favourite method. I only wish I had taken a picture of Stepney while he only had pen ink on him, so you could see how much of a difference it makes. My white pen was used to write his name, number and add his steam effects and shine.
Hopefully you all had a good winter and now we can enjoy the spring. Expect more good quality content coming soon!
I like to draw my trains in the style of the 'My First Thomas' toy line, a style which with a little more detail was used in many of their books for the youngest audience. Stepney has in fact been drawn in this style before, you can find him in the annual story 'Donald and Douglas' but I don't think he was done justice, so here he is how I think he should've looked.
A couple of days work paid off for the most part, I have never actually drawn Stepney before up until this point and I am glad to make such a fine first attempt at him. My only problem is his face, unfortunately the lower half of his face was drawn completely out of perspective and I didn't even realise until I was almost done with the line art, by which point it was too late.
With that in mind, I would do this again and make sure he is without flaws in perspective. But on the plus side the colouring is some of the finest I have ever done! I used my pastel markers for a base layer and then added pencil shading over the top, my favourite method. I only wish I had taken a picture of Stepney while he only had pen ink on him, so you could see how much of a difference it makes. My white pen was used to write his name, number and add his steam effects and shine.
Hopefully you all had a good winter and now we can enjoy the spring. Expect more good quality content coming soon!
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