That's really cool. Feels like you're going up the interstate at twilight, minus the Furbys.

Yep, that drawing was inspired by Arizona interstate at sunset and Newgrounds a tiny bit.

Here's another one I did today to cheer myself up:


Full version: http://mamamia64.deviantart.com/#/d5o5n7u

It's pretty pointless but I did it for fun. Here's my 2 refs.

Blue is my good side, red is my bad side.

SSG. Nova & Rouge Yoshi is my current refs. The other 2 is pretty much fan characters.

Does the penguin say KFC on his chest?

The sunny desert is really neat, although it would've been better to give the cacti (trees?) more detail so they'd blend more comfortably with the mountains and sky - unless that was the effect you were going for.

KGB in Russian. But is pretty original too.