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Description This is a serious picture and to understand it please read the description. thank you.

NOTE: A lot of time was spent watching various documentaries to help broaden my ideas in my Living Machines.

You all remember my character Gary who's a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 theangryfishbed.deviantart.com… well if you do know him he's one of the few living airliners that once lived and worked alongside humans before the Apocalypse. (Actually thinking of making a few more characters)

**Note: This information goes for ALL Airliners not just the Boeing 737 that's shown in the image above. I just drew it because I wanted to draw it and I like the 737. But it's also one of major survivors from the 2015 Apocalypse in the Wild Skies series.

FACTS: Airliners are probably the most abundant species on the planet, varying in different size and shapes. They're so abundant that humans domesticated them and made them a primary form of transportation to get from place to place. Later variations of Airliners and even new sub-species were created from humans that started selectively breeding them.

Diet: They're primarily Herbivores and due to the immense size of some airliners they have to eat tons of vegetation everyday to maintain that bulk, this means they're on a constant search for food. They'll eat any type vegetation from tall grasses, shrubbery, and Foliage from low hanging trees. On some cases they're capable of doing so they'll use their size and weight to knock trees down to get to the fresh leaves on the top. They don't chew, they just tear off the leaves and swallow it whole but they do swallow small stones called Gastroliths to help break up the vegetation in their gut to aid with digestion.
**Humanity took advantage of this by placing major airports very close to primary feeding grounds around the world.
Social Structure: In the wild they're a species that travels in vast herds of up to 30 individuals, but they're not exactly that social. They mainly travel in herds for mutual protection since they're a major prey item for more predatory aircraft. This does not mean they wont protect a member who's in trouble but that determines the threat at that moment. Their sheer size and grouping together is their best defense.
Breeding: Like majority of the aircraft living throughout the world airlines lay eggs which are the size of a watermelon. unlike most aircraft however, airliners don't nest they just lay a clutch of 12 to 15 eggs and hope that one survives. So when they hatch the hatchlings have to fend for themselves right away but they grow quickly as they eat and bulk up, though the life expectancy for hatchlings are low out of an entire clutch only one will be lucky to survive.
After the Apocolypse: The airliners were the hardest hit due to the fact that their main food supply practically disappeared, Most of all the Captive airliners are gone except for a select few, and the numbers of wild airliners were drastically weeded out. of all the airliners around the world the largest ones went extinct, there's just not enough food to support very large herbivores. For the survivors they're a lot smaller than their ancestors and can go a lot longer without food or water.  (Example: normal size of a Boeing 737-100 is length: 94 ft/28.65m, height: 36 ft 10in/11.23m, weight: 62,000 lb/28,100kg, The surviving 737-100s would be half that size)
the airliners do somewhat make a come back as the Earth recovers and surviving humans begin getting involved with them again.


**Majority of the facts used are true and have been used by different animals species now and in the past, so it's only natural that living machines would adopt something similiar if they're suppose to be "living" creatures that were not created by man. Oh and before I forget, Living Aircraft are warm blooded.

Anyway I am pretty happy how this came out even the description I find appealing and hope you enjoy it too. Not sure if I'll make this 737 a character but I might, and I still don't know what inspired his color scheme. But do note that my Living Machines are more like animals than humans, there's a lot of problems with them if they strictly acted like humans. 1. Generic and overly used. 2. It would just be another knock-off of Cars and Planes.


PLEASE DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE, COPY, OR STEAL ANY OF MY ARTWORK OR CONCEPTS!

Concept/ArtTheAngryFishbed

Please comment if you favorite, I would appreciate the feedback. Danke~ 
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Comments: 36

BlueWhaleCreations [2023-11-24 18:08:33 +0000 UTC]

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BigBlueJake [2019-05-25 14:35:05 +0000 UTC]

Glad to see extensive thought put into the background of your living aircraft. I didn't see this writeup until today (5/25/19) but of all the living aircraft yours and mine may be most similar.

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boeingboeing2 [2014-01-12 03:39:24 +0000 UTC]

Nice

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SergeanTrooper In reply to boeingboeing2 [2014-01-12 03:43:19 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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boeingboeing2 In reply to SergeanTrooper [2014-01-12 04:13:57 +0000 UTC]

no problem

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sharkplane77 [2014-01-11 05:39:01 +0000 UTC]

what would their naturally occurring skin color patterns be? cuz i know some of your fighters have natural camo patterns on their skin, which would make sense for predatory animals i just wonder what, if any, pattern the wild airliners would have

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SergeanTrooper In reply to sharkplane77 [2014-01-11 05:46:28 +0000 UTC]

Mainly neutral colors nothing overly bright.
Ex : Gray belly, White upper half with Black(or other color) ascents.

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sharkplane77 In reply to SergeanTrooper [2014-01-12 01:43:46 +0000 UTC]

ahh so pretty much what this guy has now, kewl :3

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Silverwyng1059 [2014-01-11 04:38:27 +0000 UTC]

I like your take on airliners, they're big lumbering aircraft that act similarly to big lumbering animals and the apocalypse theory of the biggest ones dying off fits, if humans disappeared a lot of livestock would die because they can't survive in the wild. I just wonder how a wild aircraft could evolve windows, seats, and a cockpit? And where the heck did jets and helicopters come from? They weren't widely used until after World War II, were humans just not able to capture them?

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SergeanTrooper In reply to Silverwyng1059 [2014-01-11 05:21:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks I am glad you like my idea, though my take on living machines are a tad more organic there are still a lot of mechanical aspects so they're still considered bio-mechanical. This is primarily about airliners the other aircraft will be explained later in the near future.

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nightprowler2 [2014-01-10 03:05:31 +0000 UTC]

One very cool two after reading the bio I don't suppose these things have a long lifespan

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SergeanTrooper In reply to nightprowler2 [2014-01-10 07:24:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, living machines do have a long life span much like how old a tortise could get.

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BlueWhaleCreations In reply to SergeanTrooper [2023-11-24 18:26:14 +0000 UTC]

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PlaneEngie [2014-01-10 00:45:06 +0000 UTC]

Well this would make more sense. How long have these airliners been on the face of the earth, according to the info?

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SergeanTrooper In reply to PlaneEngie [2014-01-10 00:51:51 +0000 UTC]

Mhmm, I am still working out that part of the timeline but they've been around for a long time. Probably have it trace back to the age of dinosaurs or the Ice Age, Although their ancestors wouldn't exactly look like what you'd expect a prehistoric aircraft would look. I will draw the first ancestor some time soon don't worry. 

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phantomrobin80jet [2014-01-10 00:18:21 +0000 UTC]

I love this character, partially because I am fond of early 737s.  You're approach to the behaviors and history of the jetliners is also very interesting. I do have a question though, if the aircraft are living does that mean later models of 737 such as the NG series are evolved versions with a lineage traceable to 100s?

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SergeanTrooper In reply to phantomrobin80jet [2014-01-10 00:40:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. Yeah i do like the early 737s as well, I need to reintroduce an old OC of mine named Autumn she's an early 737 with Aloha Airlines (old livery)
And to answer you're question, Yes they are. Later variations of 737 were brought upon by selective breeding much like how we created the variety of domestic dogs and cats.
That's also how the 757 and up were brought into the world. Though they're considered extinct but can be reintroduced by starting all over again it'll just take a long time.
Hardest ones to bring back are the 747s due to them being natural species and not a subspecies.There is 2 survivors a breeding pair but it does not ensure a stable reintroduction.

derp! went overboard

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phantomrobin80jet In reply to SergeanTrooper [2014-01-10 00:44:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks I was curious. 

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SergeanTrooper In reply to phantomrobin80jet [2014-01-10 00:57:25 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome. ^^ Hope I quenched your curiosity.

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Thomasthe747 [2014-01-09 21:35:02 +0000 UTC]

I like your 737,and I feel sorry for all those airliners that died.

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SergeanTrooper In reply to Thomasthe747 [2014-01-09 22:51:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, yeah but life isn't always fair. sometimes size can be a handicap

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Thomasthe747 In reply to SergeanTrooper [2014-01-09 23:00:19 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. ( Using this information, My Gordon is among the last of the giants. 140m long, 110m wide (wingspan, body width is a little wider than the average 747) , and at least 90m tall with 11 engines I know he sounds impossible to fly but his wings can fold/ slide inward to make his wing span smaller and is solar charged for 7 of his engines) I know life isn't fair, One day being me isn't too good. Size can be a handicap for sure*

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OwenConcorde [2014-01-09 20:44:49 +0000 UTC]

That sounds sad that the large airliners went extinct in your story, but I do like your 737.

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SergeanTrooper In reply to OwenConcorde [2014-01-09 21:23:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, yeah I know it is sad and I almost didn't want to do it. But I am going for realism and logically the incredibly large would not survive. But like I said I may try and reintroduce some since I might make more captive survivors. I just need to do more research to work out the kinks.

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Hy3naVoid [2014-01-09 17:19:04 +0000 UTC]

Cool, love the facial expression.

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SergeanTrooper In reply to Hy3naVoid [2014-01-09 18:22:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Pinniplane [2014-01-09 13:44:55 +0000 UTC]

Very nice job, the 737 looks great in your style, i like how you draw the eye and mouth

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SergeanTrooper In reply to Pinniplane [2014-01-09 13:57:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I hope you enjoyed the facts of my concept as well besides the art. ^^

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RedTheDog [2014-01-09 13:25:19 +0000 UTC]

This is great!

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SergeanTrooper In reply to RedTheDog [2014-01-09 13:33:53 +0000 UTC]

thanks, I am glad you like it.

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LancetheB1 [2014-01-09 13:16:28 +0000 UTC]

Very cool idea

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SergeanTrooper In reply to LancetheB1 [2014-01-09 13:20:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you I'll be doing more like this with the other species.

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LightConcorde [2014-01-09 13:01:11 +0000 UTC]

They're so lame at parenting... XD But I like the entire idea.

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SergeanTrooper In reply to LightConcorde [2014-01-09 13:03:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks,  and yeah but not all creatures are great parents past or present.

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LightConcorde In reply to SergeanTrooper [2014-01-09 13:08:08 +0000 UTC]

I know :c Poor baby turtles come to my mind...

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SergeanTrooper In reply to LightConcorde [2014-01-09 13:09:29 +0000 UTC]

survival of the fittest.

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