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Hadrian Reference 2014

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A favorite character of mine I draw a lot, but rarely post. I drew this ref sheet, and then forgot about it. Hadrian was part of my Novel writing month project last year, I managed to type onehundred pages into it, then got distracted. Go figure. 

Name: Hadrian Jackson
Age: 33
Species: Gastonia
Occupation: Bouncer/ Apartment repair man
Height: 6'8"
Build: Muscular Strong, thick core. This is the build of a guy who flips over cars for fun
Orientation: Straight. Sorry, while most of my characters have some fluidity, Hadrian's one of the few where I can say he's 100% straight, it just go with his personality. BUT he's very accepting. 
Relationship: Dating, but it's complicated 

Likes; Most music, vegan food, strong beer, bitter greens, pineapple, back scratches, vinyl records, tea, flipping cars

Dislikes; Punk assed kids, new country music, new rap music guns, dubstep, McDonald Fish sandwiches, bean bag chairs, 


Noticeable features: Piercing in left nostril (and another somewhere else). Occasionally legs are covered in thin scars as a result of competing with other male Gastonias during the breeding season (it's a kicking and shoving match). Scar on hip after being grazed by a bullet. 

Biology: During times of stress Hadrian goes through a phase known as "Musth". Back in the days of predators and much competition, it allowed male Gastonias an edge. Now it's more or less an annoyance, and Hadrian gets cranky, smells horrible to everyone but a female Gastonia (in his case he smells like burning peanuts), and has terrible migraines. This last a few days or a week. It has no set schedule, and usually pops up when he's under a lot of distress. There's many way to shorten or lessen the effects of musth. Hadrian usually resorts to smoking pot. 

Hadrian's physically strong, enough to flip over a two door sedan with effort. Despite his appearance he is nimble on his feet and faster than would be expected for someone of his size and species. He pulled the door off a car and knocked the driver out before the driver got a chance to shoot at him a second time. 

During bouts of anger or lust, Hadrian turns a beautiful shade of blue and yellow. This last a few minutes or a few hours. 

Family: Traditionally Gastonias live in matrilineal society. They are polyamorous with males and females taking multiple partners during either one of the two breeding seasons. It IS NOT A GIANT LOVE FEST. There's strict rules and regulations in order for this to work. Since the children's paternity is difficult, the lineage goes through the mother, and families are comprised of the females and their descendants. Upon adulthood, males do usually separate from their families, but stay close by to help out with rearing the kids and other tasks. Hadrian's fathered a lot of children, but if you ask him about them he'll show you a picture of his nieces and nephews. These are the children is his energy, love, time, and money are devoted to. On his days off he's often seen with at least one of them. 

Personality: Hadrian is the epitome of the Taurus personality. He is a man of action, not words. Initially people may find him unemotional and cold, but that's very far from the truth. He's easy to irritate, slow to anger. If you want to interact with him, don't tell him about your adventures, buy him a beer. He's seen a lot in his career as a bouncer, so very little shocks or scares him. Just don't ever pull a gun out on him, it will trigger a very bad response.

He prefers quality over quantity, purpose over appearance etc. Cooking wise, he's very creative and loves adding layers and color to his meals. He's a vegan for the most part, during musth he may eat meat. He is lactose intolerant, like most dinos. 

Surprisingly, despite being a health nut (he was raised by one), Hadrian smokes a lot. He's been known to smoke pot on occasion, but more as a coping mechanism. 

Hadrian's very loyal to his friends and not beyond helping them out during tough times or even helping complete strangers. He's let drunk patrons crash at his house. He's a very good guy and knows how to treat the ladies. 

Hadrian works as a bouncer for a very popular night club. He hates the job, but he gets paid well and does it well (he doesn't believe in doing things half assed). He does do some side work for the apartment complex and townhouses as a repairman. He does not do it for the money, but just to keep from getting rusty (he went to a vo tech school). 


EXTRA: Hadrian doesn't have a beak. I have drawn and commissioned work of him with a beak. It makes him more expressive, and considering he's a fav character of me, it is a bit essential. 

He is also one of the few species of plantigrade dinos. Adds to the lumbering brick sh*thouse build he has going on there. 
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WhIppIng-b0y's avatar
My guess would be around 380-400lbs

Would make for a big boi either way tho XD