068:Hero

An 100 themes challenge piece.

This is Aviator.

This picture is CRAZY old. I started it a LOOONG time ago and soon got bored... finally found it today and changed some shading on his face, but ultimately, I'm still bored and unhappy with it. I might edit if I ever get inspiration.

If you haven't figured it out already, Aviator is based upon Howard Hughes, my favorite lover. (I have a list of lovers, including Johnny Depp*he has a house in the next town over*, The drummer in Taking Back Sunday*his parents live next to m friend IN our town*, Leonardo DiCaprio*He's just awesome*, Jack Thayer *passenger on the titanic who was HOOOOTTTTTTT*, Richard Nixon*there was no actual sexual relationship there. I just liked the peace signs he made. That makes me laugh so hard*, The casualties from the Revolutionary War in our town*our town had a battle fought in it, and there are a lot of graves in an old cemetery from then and no one visits them anymore. So this weekend I'm going down there to give the poor guys some flowers. And it's so sad, because some tombstones are broken or cracked or knocked over. They need the love*, and Louis XVI*....he was the fucking king of france*). But my FAVORITE lover of all my lovers is Howard Hughes. Dude, we would have been SO good together.....except he would have been....87 years older than me. STILL..... we would have been awesome. Howard Hughes.

So yeah. The plane in the picture is a plane Howard flew (YES, we ARE on a first name basis) and broke the speed record. Late 1920's I think....wait no. Mid thirties, actually. Called the H-1 Racer Plane (Hughes-1 Racer)
So yeah. Howard and I= BUDDDIES.... and my favorite lover.