I was bored so..... I decided to make a attempt at rendering a bit [ and I was a bit burnt out on working on my comic so I decided to make this and yea I wanted to explore more of my au James past.]
James first time killing a bull in his hometown, Córdoba Spain. He was younger (16 to 17 years old) , and was heartbroken when he realized that it was one of the bulls he raised when he was a little humanoid that he killed.
I was supposed to do the Entire boulder segment + the terrence one which is why he’s doodled in the title caed but my will to do anything more dissipated so here’s what I ended up doing!!
Gong Xi Fa Cai! I know the start of Lunar New Year is still about a month away, but I wanted to make sure I got this done early. ^^; I was inspired by @shikariiin's Dragon!Edward that she drew for New Year's. And as a fellow Year of the Dragon, I knew I had to do something too!
Originally I was thinking about drawing Thomas (as a reference to "Thomas, Percy, and The Dragon"), but in the end I decided to draw James because:
Favoritism RULES ("Somebody has to be the favorite... 🎶")
Red is a lucky color in Chinese culture (and I think in other Asian cultures as well, but Chinese is what I'm most familiar with)
So here's James all decked out in red (symbolic of good luck) and gold (symbolic of wealth). The leaf and branch pattern on his cheongsam is meant to be a subtle reference to "All in Vain", while the clouds on the lining pattern are meant to reference steam (cause he's a train lol). Also the character on his chest is his engine number 5. Numbers are among the only things I remember how to write in Mandarin. ^^;
This piece took me 24 hours to finish! I hope you all enjoy it! Happy New Year! 🐉
I DUN GOOFED REAL HARD!!! Why’d you do this to me Edward?!?! 😅😅😅😭😭😭
This was literally the first scenario that my brain thought of and I couldn’t fucking sleep till I got the rough draft done! My brain had an impulse and I couldn’t shake it! Where’s my fellow Duck simp fans at?! Come and get him while he’s still hot right out of the shower!!!
And I bet this didn’t help you at all sweetheart, so sorry about that! (Not really 😈)
Since ttte is my main hyperfixation rn I might as well share my human designs! (I have a whole lineup that I’ll try to remember to post soon). So here’s the strike trio first! I absolutely love how this turned out!!