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I had to make this for my Planes OCs a little while ago because I didn't realise how big the Tu-160 is.

Over twice the wing area of the Lancer... yeah, you don't say—

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I'm so sorry for not posting art in forever. I've been struggling with a lack of motivation and uncomfortable physical issues that make drawing a real challenge, but I am slowly working on a few reference sheets for new OCs. In the meantime, here's some older Dexter art.

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My side of an art trade with @blade-ranger-301 of her 737 OC Amy. I don't draw commercial aircraft very often, so this was a fun one. I hope you like it! Your girl was a lot of fun to draw. ^^

Amy belongs to @blade-ranger-301

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Clay Nilsen is an Airbus H160B born in Norway, eventually moving to the United States. He was born with an unspecified congenital deformity that required amputation and now uses a prosthetic landing gear as a result. Orphaned at a young age, Clay was forced to provide for himself until he was taken in by a very rich family who cared more for his intelligence than him as a child. Terrifyingly smart and good at analysing others, Clay is a witty, cynical realist who prefers not to sugarcoat things. With a desperate need to prove his worth, work is his entire life, and he rarely has time or a desire to socialise.

I'm unsure what his profession is yet, but it does cause him to constantly cross paths with ex-USAF bomber Ricardo Torres (they met as young teens which ended poorly but haven't seen each other in decades). Now, they didn't necessarily start out liking each other when they met again as adults, and tended to argue a lot, but Ricardo was the only one in Clay's life who treated him like a living being, even if that meant he had to witness Ricardo's drunken shenanigans and attempts at flirting, sometimes directed at himself. He's a closeted gay man as a result of his adoptive family's intense homophobia and doesn't know how to react to Ricardo affectionately calling him "Peaches", let alone doing nice things for him. Neither of them like to show it, but they do care about each other, as much as they bicker.

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Vivien Wolfe Seacrest, mostly just known as Wolf, is a Eurocopter MH-65E Dolphin born in rural British Columbia, Canada. She grew up with a sister and single father, who tried his best to raise his daughters. Wolf has a love for the wilderness and is generally reserved and aloof with a wry sense of humour. She doesn't like to rely on others to fix her problems and doesn't trust anyone easily.

Due to unknown circumstances, Wolf travelled south to the United States as an adult and for many years flew for the United States Coast Guard in either Washington or Oregon. She somehow ends up working at Piston Peak Air Attack. Oh, and there's something between her and Blade, though neither of them are willing to admit it.

I only have a basic outline for Wolf's story, so I may add more later.

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Sorry for not posting much new art in 2024, but I've got some new characters to make up for it.

This is Ricardo "Rick" Torres, a B-1B Lancer. I'm still working out his story, but he was born in Australia to Mexican/Australian parents but currently resides in New Mexico, USA. He was in the US Air Force at some point, and as you can see, he's quite the flirt.

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This drawing came about while looking for information on C.H.R.O.M.E on the World of Cars Wiki page. If you scroll down enough to affiliates, you'll see the inclusion of the CIA on that list. While not surprising, it did give me an interesting idea.

As some of you may know, one of my characters, Stella McCarthy, works for the CIA. Although she initially found a job in the medical field, caring for agents and their injuries, through a series of events she ended up on a covert operation deep in Siberia that had her collecting information on a "highly advanced UAV", known to many as the Arctic Ghost.

With C.H.R.O.M.E being an intelligence agency, you'd expect that their agents would find themselves all over the globe and would've likely known about the existence of the Arctic Ghost during the later decades of the Cold War, even if information on her was almost nonexistent. Up until Stella found her, anything said or written about the Ghost was considered a myth, though many did come to the conclusion that she might've been an advanced drone - something that did turn out to be partially true.

It's unlikely Stella would've met Finn McMissile prior to the events in Siberia, though she would've known about his existence.

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This one has been a long time coming. I started this artwork in early 2024 but gave up halfway because I wasn't liking the results. Eventually I came back to it and now decided to finish it. So yeah, here's Lance's updated human design.

Sexy hunk of cowboy. ;3

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Steel

Gender: Stallion

Breed: Friesian x American Paint

Height: (to be decided)

Colour: Blue roan

Markings:

Blaze

Sock (front legs)

Stocking (hind legs)

Reverse dapple

Tobiano

Rider: Lance Griffiths

Mancha

Gender: Mare

Breed: Appaloosa

Height: (to be decided)

Colour: Palomino

Markings:

Star + broken stripe

Fetlock (front legs)

Stocking (hind legs)

Blanket

Rider: Dexter Dias-Sherwood

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I've finally got some art to share that I started in late 2023, left for almost a whole year, then finished recently. I'm sure it's obvious that Lance, a cowboy, would have a horse. Being as big as him, of course. Mancha is a fairly new addition to my OC collection, being ridden by Dexter, but she's kept on Lance's family ranch.

They definitely mirror their owners in temperament lol.