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Hey!! Long time no see! :D
The design is currently in the works at the moment but have a sketch of a suave ocean man. š

- For my brother!
(Another old request for my friend)
TUGS STAR FLEET DOG AUš¾!!!
but not all the characters are here, and maybe it was a really very stupid idea. oky, let's go:

O.J - Samoyed
Sunshine - Parson russel terier
Ten Cents - Wirehared foxterier
Top Hat - Greyhound (or english hound)
Hercules - German short-haired pointer
Big Mac - English mastif
I drawn some another humanized TTTE, TUGS and Theodore Tugboat characters in seven pieces of papers in last January and February. I hope you would love it if you feel free to see.







TUGS and Theodore Tugboat humanized characters no. 1


IT'S THE OCEAN MAN HIMSELF.
Hercules is, lowkey, that one crush I have and never admit to having, HE'S JUST SO DAMN F I N E.
Chapter 2 for Human Machines has been posted, be warned, it gets rather dark.
My design of a young Hercules in my fic Human Machine
https://archiveofourown.org/works/33014332/chapters/83251183#workskin

Introducing my own fan-child of Hercules and Zebedee, I plan on maybe having this guy show up in the distant future of the Human Machine!AU I have writing.
Real name- Jormungandr Axol I-AĀ
Nickname/Code name- ZeusĀ
The number 6 of the Z-stacks also being their ocean tug, heās rather soft in personality but sturdy in build willing to be his loved ones shield. He calls Hercules his father and he calls Zebedee his dad. Like his father he has a silver animal on his hat except his is a snake after what his namesake is, he also has a lightning bolt pin on his vest in gesture to his nickname. Heās currently in his 30ā²s in this picture.
Trivia:
- He has a pet central American boa constrictor with an IMG morph (IMG- increased melanin gene) Named Hades.
- He got permission to use the nickname Zeus from Hercules when he told him the Zās want him to basically be a mirror to him except more devious. Hercules laughed and said heād like to them try to change his boy and said it was okay to use just to show the harbor how desperate the Zās now were to copy the Stars.
- He was called Zeus before he decided to join the Zās because- A; Heās Herculesās and Zebās kid. And B; his actual name is a mouthful and you canāt really give it a nickname.
- He has two brothers, a nephew, an uncle, and a great-grandfather, though I wonāt be revealing who they are. Props to anyone who can figure it out.Ā
Cinder Scribbles - TUGS Giant!AU tib-bit
Lucky leaned the ladder against the side of the poor tug. As he let the piece of equipment rest in a safe spot, when he climbed up the mechanic couldnāt help but notice the top of the ladder actually indented into the tugs side, like if someone poked the cushion of a chair and the indentās youād see would be the same ones here. Lucky looked up towards the tugs face that was still faced away from him but he could see the uncomfortable expression made by the mussel of his eyebrows. The tug could feel this, and it looked like it didnāt feel nice.
He cautiously stepped onto the tugs deck and the second his boots touched the surface he knew the deck wasnāt made of wood anymore.
Ā The floor sank under his weight and it looked like Hercules wasnāt enjoying the sensation at all. He squirmed his head slightly like he really didnāt want Lucky to be there but the mechanic pressed on. āIām sorry Hercules but I gotta find out whatās wrong with you.ā The tug only grunted.
Ā Lucky pressed his hand down on the floor and it felt rather leathery but as if it had fat under it, the mechanic got up and continued to walk up to the tugs entrance to his interior. When Lucky opened the door, the first thing that hit his nose was a strong metallic odour, and not in the kind of normal metal like what the mechanic was used to, in the sense that it was like what blood tasted like.
Lucky immediately held his nose and stepped back out, he grabbed a gas mask off from his belt and placed it on. āLucky?ā Hercules asked after hearing the mechanic gag loudly. āWhatever is now in your interior stinks of blood, so Iām putting a mask on.ā āPlease be careful. Iād leave my doors open but I havenāt been able to feel them along with my ropes for a while.ā āEasy fix.ā Luck said walking over to Herculesās closest tow rope and dragging a bulk of it over to the door. He dropped it in front of the door to stop it from closing. āNow your door wont close. Iāll be back out in a bit, if you feel uneasy Iām sorry in advance.ā āA little to late for thatā¦ā Hercules mumbled as Lucky stepped into the tugs interior.
Ā Hercules was beyond sleep deprived as evident by the bags under his eyes, heād been throwing up black tar for two weeks and heād been feeling pains and general sickness for longer, and while all thatās been happening heās been running slower and slower until two days ago when he finally couldnāt move at all aside from his head. He couldnāt animate his own body anymore and he couldnāt even start up his engine now. Ten Cents pulled him into Luckyās yard where he was now in dry dock being inspected by the mechanic.
Ā The ocean tug hated being in dry dock with a passion and it also wasnāt helping him that he was angry and bitter to boot, they even removed his shades and hat making him feel rather bare. He hissed through his teeth sharply when he could feel Lucky walking around in his interior, it was like salt was trickling into a huge wound. He rasped out a silent scream in pain as tears slided down his cheeks but he also didnāt want to make a proper audible sound because he knew he could deafen anyone close by if he did scream.
Ā As Lucky stepped into the tugs interior he felt like he stepped into a Lovecraft book. Up on the ceiling of the corridor was the structure of a spine and the floors and walls were coated in veins, the floor twitched and shifted under him and turned red as if it was becoming irritated. Lucky swallowed his vomit back down and through sheer determination pressed on down the hall to the trap door that lead to Herculesās engine room.
Once he got to it after dodging and weaving through veins he opened it and not even the gas mask could block the smell that suddenly rocketed into Luckyās face. It smelt like the worst mouldy kitchen or farm heās ever been on, and the floor suddenly started throbbing in tune with a thumping coming from the engine room. Lucky couldnāt even head down as the stairs were gone and the first thing he was greeted to aside from the smell was a pink wet wall of something.
Ā He placed his hand on it and his ears were suddenly assaulted by a blood curdling scream from outside, apparently whatever this thing was, was really sensitive to Hercules. The walls and general area of the trap door suddenly became red and inflamed at the door slapped shut in front of him and the hall suddenly began to swell around him.
Lucky ran out of Herculesās interior and when he stepped back out onto the deck he could see the inner side of the door begin to grow veins. Lucky pushed the rope he left out of the way and shut the door. He then looked up to Hercules who had tears running down his face and he looked to be hissing in pain.
Ā Lucky took off his gas mask and hung it back on his belt before walking up to the tugs front deck which was stained black from all the tar like substance heād been throwing up. āHercules? How are you feeling?ā āI was sore and tired before, now Iām in pain and exhausted and rather annoyed.ā Hercules said with a lot of restraint but Lucky could tell he was pushing a lot of buttons right now so he made it quick. āOkay, well aside from that, I have some news.ā āDonāt make a pause, what is it?ā āYour entire insides look like human insides, thereās nothing but veins and a steady pulsing. When I got to opening youāre trap door to youāre engine room the first thing that I was greeted to was what looked like a massive organ, and when I prodded around a little the area grew irritated and began to swell so I had to get out.ā āOh so thatās why it really hurt all of a sudden.ā Hercules said looking a little cross with the mechanic. āIām going to obviously have to tell Captain Star about this. And along with your inside, your outside is rather flimsy to, itās like Iām walking on a whale instead of wood. Iāll put you back into the water for now since I know you hate dry dock but youāre staying the night here.ā āReally?ā āYes really.ā The ocean tug sighed but relented. āFine. But donāt be surprised if you find me covered in tar in the morning.ā
Hercules is the first one to transform and it takes him nearly a month of being sick and sore before he fully transforms into a giant, so hereās his conversation with Lucky maybe about a week before he breaks through his hull with arms and legs like an egg shell. Maybe this will be in a fic but... ehh... happy reading!
SPOILERS! So while writing the first chapter for the Human Machine Swap!AU (Iām going to be calling it the HMS!AU from now on) Iāve officially made it so that, that worlds Hercules is completely smitten over Zebadiah and is competing with his twin sister Goliah for his affection. The guy is basically a high school girl with a crush, unlike my OG HM!AU Hercules who knows how to talk with people he likes. Thatās honestly all I got, but the mental image of someone with Herculesās face struggling to get a confession out is rather funny to me.Ā


Guess what I'm doing for a school project and also going to be submitting on here, yep, pokemon Hercules. He ain't done yet, and I Wil be doing a digital version after I've done the others.
Update!

Started off with water colour and did the skin in acrylic, gonna round it off with gouache.

I have an official design for giant Captain Star in mind, this is just a little sketch and ref. And yes, Hercules in comparison is tiny to him.
(WARNING!!!) 18+ Content! And Spoilers!!
This is baby's first time posting art like this, so please don't hate me.



Herc and Zeb in my human machines AU actually get together after around the events of High Winds. Zeb has a condition where his body is male but the only part not is his privets, this is the effect of how non-converters machines are often referred to as feminine pronouns. Basically after the two start dating for a bit Herc eventually wants to bed him only to find that not the right parts are there. Zeb is really nervous about how Herc will view him going forward but Herc still loves him all the same. But Zeb does end up pregnant and when he's in the last trimester I imagen this sort of a convo could transpire.