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Description Description change on Jun 12, 2014 - because the overly fannish ones were a bit much.

NOTES FOR VIEWERS - Tex's name is wrong, I pulled the name from a wiki that had the wrong information. Additionally, I know Doc is not a "Freelancer" ... though I guess he is a freelancer. Anyway, he's not part of the group, I only added him here because he's on neither red or blue teams and I wanted him in one of the pictures. This is an older image and and a lot hadn't yet appeared in canon when it was created. I made the decision not to correct things as they are a reflection of when I made them.

To see this without text, go here.

For more of my RvB fanart, go here.

I had an interesting dilemma on this one. I was using Luke McKay’s designs, but he didn’t design either York (understandable, he had only appeared in the “Out of Mind” mini series to that point) or Wyoming (I later found he DID design Wyoming, it just wasn't in the pic set I was using for some reason). I didn’t want to use my own designs because…well…my character designs suck, and even if they didn’t they wouldn’t be in the same style. He had designed some other RvB characters, but they seemed to be either fan characters or OC’s.
…my solution? Well, he’d made two different designs for Tucker, one white and one black. I preferred the black one for him, but the white design was pretty cool too. It didn’t really seem to suit Wyoming, so I aged him up a bit (though you can’t really tell…oops ) and made him York, then just made Wyoming face away from the camera…though for some reason, I think he has facial hair, so I gave him that.

In hindsight, this is all kinds of wrong, given what we now know about the freelancers, but it stays as is, a product of the time in which I created it.

The designs were by Luke McKay, the drawings were by me. Don’t blame him for my horrible scratches. Source Pictures are here.

View the process here.
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dragonsong12 In reply to ??? [2018-11-18 04:03:25 +0000 UTC]

Based on designs by Luke McKay: www.fanpop.com/clubs/red-vs-bl…

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DrPringles [2017-01-16 14:31:49 +0000 UTC]

Wash is a blonde

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dragonsong12 In reply to DrPringles [2017-01-16 15:05:29 +0000 UTC]

This was made before that was revealed and was based on Luke McKay's (the guy who did the RT comics) designs: images2.fanpop.com/images/phot…

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crossfire778 [2016-05-12 01:16:23 +0000 UTC]

Who else thought doc in this picture was north at first glance

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dragonsong12 In reply to crossfire778 [2016-05-20 20:37:41 +0000 UTC]

Haha, well, this was drawn before he revealed himself. Luke McKay just about nailed it, though. Accidentally, of course.

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SoveriegnofTruth [2015-11-13 23:37:04 +0000 UTC]

I don't remember Doc being a freelancer

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dragonsong12 In reply to SoveriegnofTruth [2015-11-14 03:46:50 +0000 UTC]

From the description: "Additionally, I know Doc is not a "Freelancer" ... though I guess he is a freelancer. Anyway, he's not part of the group, I only added him here because he's on neither red or blue teams and I wanted him in one of the pictures."
(And what I meant by "though I guess he is a freelancer" is that the more general use of the term does kind of fit him.)

The freelancer program would have been in dire straits indeed to bring Doc in.
...unless it was something like: "Operation: Admit the Dumb"

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Blazing-Saint [2015-06-03 02:34:22 +0000 UTC]

This is an amazing pic little nit pick however about Tex I'm pretty sure her first name is Allison not 'Beth' just saying other than that great job

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dragonsong12 In reply to Blazing-Saint [2015-06-03 13:03:17 +0000 UTC]

Check the author's notes.

Admittedly, I'm just to lazy to edit this. I'd post the versions without the text if I didn't have so many comments about the text already. Then everyone would just be confused "what are all these comments even talking about?"

...I probably should though... ah well..

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SweetLiLiNekoKnight [2014-12-08 05:16:12 +0000 UTC]

I'm a Medical SUPER Private, First Class!

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dragonsong12 In reply to SweetLiLiNekoKnight [2014-12-09 20:00:52 +0000 UTC]

The best rank. Ever. Of all time.

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SweetLiLiNekoKnight In reply to dragonsong12 [2014-12-09 22:10:17 +0000 UTC]

"Since when was THAT a rank?"
"Since I mailed HQ every day for six consecutive years asking it to be."

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JohnPeacekeeper [2014-11-03 16:45:33 +0000 UTC]

As badass as Wash looks...

It's hard to unsee him eating a banana through a helmet.

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dragonsong12 In reply to JohnPeacekeeper [2014-11-04 18:04:00 +0000 UTC]

Haha, it's true.

Wash always manages to straddle that line between serious and silly quite well.

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JohnPeacekeeper In reply to dragonsong12 [2014-11-05 02:03:07 +0000 UTC]

Which is why he belongs on Blue so well XD

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FuyuStorm [2014-08-04 07:47:23 +0000 UTC]

Doc  to be badass?

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dragonsong12 In reply to FuyuStorm [2014-08-06 19:11:21 +0000 UTC]

Haha, probably not, but he didn't fit in with the Reds or Blues either, so he got stuck here.

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FuyuStorm In reply to dragonsong12 [2014-08-06 19:15:27 +0000 UTC]

So what happen to Wash? He look like he been to hell

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dragonsong12 In reply to FuyuStorm [2014-08-06 19:26:31 +0000 UTC]

Well, knowing what we know about him, he has!

But in seriousness, the designs were based on those done by Luke McKay: Like this one here , so I can't take any credit for how any of the characters look.

...I actually went out of my way to avoid designing any myself, since my design skills are kind of awful.

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FuyuStorm In reply to dragonsong12 [2014-08-06 19:35:25 +0000 UTC]

Hehe x3

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metalshadowinsanity [2014-04-15 00:12:18 +0000 UTC]

Tex: real name, BETA

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dragonsong12 In reply to metalshadowinsanity [2014-04-15 00:50:35 +0000 UTC]

Haha, I really should put when this was made in the description. A lost of things weren't revealed then - like Sarge's name.

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metalshadowinsanity In reply to dragonsong12 [2014-04-16 00:01:36 +0000 UTC]

Sarge's name is actually Sarge... Right?

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dragonsong12 In reply to metalshadowinsanity [2014-04-16 00:06:42 +0000 UTC]

Yep! But these were done before that was revealed, so Sarge's name is listed as N/A. Haha

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Crazy-Cat-Mayonnaise [2012-09-15 17:21:44 +0000 UTC]

Doc is a free lancer?

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dragonsong12 In reply to Crazy-Cat-Mayonnaise [2012-09-15 20:04:57 +0000 UTC]

I recognize that the author's notes are a bit long, so I definitely don't blame anyone for not reading it all. But I did address this in the author's notes, so I'll quote the relevant part here: "Before we start, yes, I am well aware that Doc is not a freelancer. “Luke McKay’s Neutral People” just didn’t have the same zing."
Sorry for the confusion!

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Crazy-Cat-Mayonnaise In reply to dragonsong12 [2012-09-16 16:29:29 +0000 UTC]

lol it's okay, he technically is one.

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dragonsong12 In reply to Crazy-Cat-Mayonnaise [2012-09-17 19:28:17 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, it's a little hard to know where to place him sometimes. Poor Doc.

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XSpriteyX [2012-06-05 20:35:44 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

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dragonsong12 In reply to XSpriteyX [2012-06-08 19:59:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

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Aniphine [2012-03-09 00:35:41 +0000 UTC]

Awesome.

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anstent [2012-03-08 21:00:45 +0000 UTC]

wait wheres C.T.

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dragonsong12 In reply to anstent [2012-04-04 15:31:48 +0000 UTC]

(Sorry for the super-late reply!)

C.T. hadn't been revealed as a freelancer yet when I drew this. It's a little ou of date overall since South's hair is all wrong, haha!

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Seltro [2012-01-13 17:54:37 +0000 UTC]

So's you know, Yorks real name is James

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dragonsong12 In reply to Seltro [2012-01-13 19:21:53 +0000 UTC]

So I've been informed, haha!
Do you know where that comes from, though? I don't remember it ever coming up in canon, is it in supplemental information? I've heard some people say it's on the wiki, but they're nto the most reliable things...

Thanks!

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Seltro In reply to dragonsong12 [2012-01-13 19:29:31 +0000 UTC]

I think it might've been in a sponsor episode or something, they put alot of exclusive stuff in sponsor episode, like Donut's revival in season 8.

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dragonsong12 In reply to Seltro [2012-01-13 20:31:48 +0000 UTC]

See, and I DID see the thing with Donut (I'm still kinda mad that they didn't include it on the DVD...isn't that scene kind of important?) but I must've missed the one with York...Ah well. Thanks though!

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AgentNewYork [2012-01-03 01:41:54 +0000 UTC]

lol ik everyone is saying this but the names James its on Wiki...at least thts where i got it lol. but i don't remember the York and Tex scean can ya tell me which one is it in?

p.s Wash scares me alittle in this pic lol i can't see him looking like that at all lol but all in all awsome pic

--
-well there's no 'u' in team either. So if I'M not on the team and YOUR not on the team then no ones on the god damn team! The team sucks!
-Hold on i got it. Wash was impregnated with alien babies and South said she wouldn'd help because they are gay....is that it?<--long(funny)story

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dragonsong12 In reply to AgentNewYork [2012-01-03 02:07:00 +0000 UTC]

That's interesting, it was NOT on the wiki when I checked.
...though the wiki is not %100 percent accurate, since that's where I got the "Beth Alison" thing from which everyone is yelling at me for.

Haha, I kinda like the design for Wash, but it's not mine. None of these are mine. I took the designs from Luke McKay, who drew everybody sans helmet long before season 9. Here's his drawing: [link]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, though. Thank you!

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AgentNewYork In reply to dragonsong12 [2012-01-03 02:21:24 +0000 UTC]

Beth Alison is in the song A Girl Named Tex so tell those ppl to lay off lol

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Karashou [2011-12-12 17:38:28 +0000 UTC]

don't patronize me.

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dragonsong12 In reply to Karashou [2011-12-12 22:02:10 +0000 UTC]

Um...sure thing!

I do try to not be patronizing, so if I do something that bothers you, let me know, and I'll try to correct my behavior.

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Karashou In reply to dragonsong12 [2011-12-13 15:17:17 +0000 UTC]

no remember that's wash's thing!XD

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dragonsong12 In reply to Karashou [2011-12-13 18:18:16 +0000 UTC]


You caught me off gaurd there!

You get all the high fives, though, I have so much love for poor Wash.

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Karashou In reply to dragonsong12 [2011-12-13 19:59:12 +0000 UTC]

Yes we love our recovery 1 now don't we?

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dragonsong12 In reply to Karashou [2011-12-14 21:05:39 +0000 UTC]

Completely!
It was really bizarre seeing him in season 9 all optimistic and not broken. haha!

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Jhony117 [2011-11-20 18:58:44 +0000 UTC]

Um...i bet you wont read this and yet i want you to know that south doesn't look like that.In season nine you see her face.You probably know this now.

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dragonsong12 In reply to Jhony117 [2011-11-23 20:43:35 +0000 UTC]

I read all my messages, friend, of course I was gonna read yours (though it may be a bit late, as I am slow )

Yeah, I was a bit sad when we saw South in Season 9, but in my defense, this was drawn well before Season 9 started and was based on Luke McKay's designs for all the characters. [link]
His designs have been proven wrong, so sad...but season 9 was epic, so I can't really complain.

I also got York wrong, and I can't blame that one on Luke McKay, since he never drew him. *dramatic fist shake* I REGRET NOTHING!

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xSkySkyx [2011-11-18 01:17:17 +0000 UTC]

I never ever imagined Washignton as having gray hair i think of him as a more younger reserved person with black hair

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dragonsong12 In reply to xSkySkyx [2011-11-23 20:40:07 +0000 UTC]

To be honest, I was using Luke McKay's designs, so I stuck pretty close to them:
[link]

Though I like the look myself. I feel like all the crap he's been through has aged Wash beyond his years. Though until they show us what he looks like in canon, my image (or Luke's) are no more "correct" than anybody else's. We all win!

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