YourLocalShipNerd

The workshops of Iron Horse Studios lay abandoned and decrepit. The trains are still, their boilers silent, tanks empty, and their fireboxes cold. One could imagine the thriving enterprise this place once was, but all that now remains are some ruinous buildings, rusty engines, and broken rails.

But the business hasn't entirely died. While the enormous studio complex crumbles to dust, the new, smaller studio by the sea still operates on a much more specific topic: the navy. Here the tales of great ships, their travels, tragedies and triumphs, come to life.

Iron Horse Creations will never be what it once tried to become, but thankfully it has started anew as a much smaller and more manageable enterprise.

As of October 2025, I'm rebranding myself from Iron Horse Creations to Lime the Shark, but the former will still be kept here as a little note of how I started - a simple nerd with a bunch of stories.

I'm also working to improve my craft regularly, so keep an eye out for new pieces and stories!

If you have any helpful feedback, please comment on the deviation and keep your message respectful.

Bear in mind as well that I am not an artist for monetary profit. While I love the attention that comes with putting myself out there, I'm posting my art purely because I enjoy creating as a hobby.

Author’s Notes: @NorthaDawn was a big reason I wanted to post my ship-human characters here to begin with, and - as cliché as it may sound - without the ups and downs I had in his art community over the past two years or my eventual exile, I wouldn’t be where I am now.

Thank you Northa, @smolnoodlekitty, and the rest of the Heartslash team. I owe a lot to you guys for the recent journey I’ve had as a creator. I hope this message finds you well and doing what you love. Writing notes like this is still a challenge for me, especially considering the emotional chaos I put all of us through. I now genuinely appreciate what few good times we had together, but I understand you'll still need time to warm back up - take as long as you need, and my DMs are always open.

Even if it was only for a little while,

Thanks for sticking around.

-James, your local ship nerd.