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drawing reference sheet
Martin Hunter
Scott "Scotty" Valente
They encompass quite a few different themes (many being based on my own experiences) some of which I have collected here:
Mainly regarding Scott. He is intersex, his body producing a higher than normal amount of estrogen for a guy. He used to hate the way he looked, especially in primary school: he was short, pudgy and didn't look as tough as he felt, and he kept getting picked on by other kids, which he attributed to his appearance. It got to the point where he would constantly be scrutinising his reflection in the mirror and refusing to put on any clothes even slightly hugging his body. In the past he had had a couple girlfriends, but most of the time it had been girls just enjoying that he wasn't a misogynist prick or just feeling like they needed to have a boyfriend. There wasn't much of a friendship there, especially with Scotty's now late diagnosed autism making itself more apparent. There was one person he was always interested in, though, that being Martin, also on the spectrum. (He often told himself that said interest did not extend beyond the man's transition, though that would be a big lie as he still went all red in the face with knees weak over the guy so much as putting a hand on his shoulder.) The two had originally become awkwardly acquainted at a school camp after tipping over a canoe with the two of them in it, and not really minding all the splashing at each other with it being so funny. Thus, also being a bit of a messy soul, Martin had always been very supportive of his interests and style, and shot him down at any negative mentions of his appearance. It did help a lot, especially when they had started dating some years later. Martin was good at shitting on backhanded comments about some "great hugs" and Scotty "being automatically funnier" or whatever. Any time they hugged or cuddled with Martin actually thinking of him as handsome, the interest coming from his best friend who he actually had a deep connection to felt more genuine. On top of that, seeing the guy wince and wrap his arms around himself at the negative comments about appearances and what not had Scotty reconsidering how he affected others. From there Scotty viewed himself consistently better, be it through artwork or fashion that actually complimented him. During his last years in secondary school, he had done a bit of a 180 when it came to body image, being extremely positive about it. It did start as subconcious coping with his still existent dissatisfaction, though over time it had developed into actual enjoyment of the way he looked. It also helped that he could use his potential for a feminine appearance in crossdressing, which he does for fun every now and again.body image
Scotty grew up catholic, though it was never enforced upon him. His parents only suggested that he pray or come with them to church when they went maybe once a month, and often ommitted details about sin and hell. He liked the stories and morals that he would be shown in books and television, though growing older he found himself less and less at peace with the teachings. Leaving the church was easy for him, with his parents only nodding and discussing such things with interest. The comfort that religion might have brought to them was very personal, of course, and they understood that it wouldn't translate to everyone. Martin, on the other hand, was not given much freedom with religion. His mother, an anglican priest, taught him very conservatively about christianity, gender roles and relationships. Ms. Hunter wanted him to also become a priest like herself, and encouraged him to look into it especially since he still identified as female back then. He did and still does think that it would be great for the very male-dominated world of priesthood to have more women among it, though for himself he always found the thought scary, and was conflicted by his mothers conservativeness towards many other things involving women. Scotty became cemented in Martin's mind as a sort of angel, or a savior, when the two eventually ended up discussing religion in secondary school. Scott had encouraged him to consider his freedom, something that he didn't think existed, when it came to religion or the lack thereof. Morals and ethics were a big topic, as Martin felt like he was a constant embodiment of sin, whereas Scott was a freeing presence of anything such. Martin did eventually leave christianity behind, though it took him a few years of consideration and the unlearning of many harmful habits. It was also pretty bad that religious delusions were especially prevelant in his world, before he began taking medication for such things as well as his occasional hallucinations. Thankfully he did notice the count of such things going down by a lot after leaving and before the medication.personal religion
They partly revolve around dependence, the navigation and acceptance of it and the shared goal of independency for the dependant party. Especially through ages 20 - 22. I wanted to explore how that would be handled in a way that is healthy and kept equal between two people... In this case it is mainly the help that Martin needed while recovering from depression, declining mental health and an addiction during his earliers years of adulthood. The help that Scott offers Martin during this time comes from a place of friendly love and admiration, as well as wanting to repay Martin for helping Scott get through life at school and such when he didn't have many friends. He also knows that Martin would help him the same.dependence and healing
They love each other soooo much but like not just romantically, even if they weren't in love romantically (which they are) they would still be married from just the sheer amount of platonic love they hold for each other. They are as best of friends as two people could ever even BE...queerness, gender and the many forms of love
Creation
I made Scott and Martin in early 2022. Always a pair!!! They originally came from an art exercise I did while I had just begun to properly learn drawing humans, where I took some inhuman characters (especially ones without much development) from games and such and drew them as human interpretations. They specifically were two of the personality spheres from the final boss fight of portal 2...
It's a bit funny to think about, as they bare no resemblance to the canon characters, and I guess that was kind of the point of the exercise. I liked these two enough and noted the previous statement, thus I changed them into my own original characters pretty soon after. I still think about it with humour, hehe...
I think right after that I was gonna put them into a story I was making with my fiance, from which they acquired the whole animal hybrid thing which I don't really even draw always these days.
Loose synopsis
I like playing around with lore/timelines here and there. Sometimes I draw art or comics that don't align exactly with "canon" and other times that morphs into the canon. And sometimes I just like making self-indulgent AU junk...
As mentioned under "body image": The two had originally become awkwardly acquainted at a school camp after tipping over a canoe with the two of them in it, and not really minding all the splashing at each other with it being so funny. Scott and Martin's friendship was kicked off by a sort of comfort they seemed to sense in each other. Both had felt othered in their own respective ways, Scott being without any meaningful friendships at school, and Martin feeling uneasy and wrong in the vicinity of his home. This comfort that they found in each other was of course their shared neurodivergence.
Through out primary and secondary school, they often spent days hanging out, playing video games and talking about their preferred genres of music. Scotty also introduced Martin to the idea of subcultures, through which the other found out his preferred music was considered gothic. Scott on the other hand had always been into emo stuff, having access to many fashion and teen magazines showcasing the music and culture.
The two had dated, being girlfriend and boyfriend. At the back of Martin's mind there had always been this nagging feeling of wrongness, and later he had found this to be his gender. Dating Scott was lovely, of course, but he did not have the heart to tell the man that he also wanted to be a guy, and that he felt troubled by being the feminine one of the two. He knew that Scott probably would feel heartbroken, and wouldn't feel interested in him anymore.
He had disappeared from people's lives and from certain places before, and even Scotty had seen this happen and considered it normal for Martin. Thus he hadn't been too surprised to see Martin missing from the last of their classes, and from their library meet-ups and cute movie dates. It sting no matter, enough that when Martin eventually showed up at his door with his hair cut short and voice having dropped some hertzes, Scott felt only relieved and happy.
Scotty had actually kind of suspected Martin's whole gender debackle, from the way that the man would react to things like terminology, his previous name, and the way he was treated. They remained best friends, letting the silence about their romantic relationship speak for the matter.
Martin had a very poor upbringing with an overbearing and somewhat bigoted mother. Thus, he ended up being pretty ill and unwell in his early adult life, when he had managed to move out to live on his own. He could live decently, so far having ran on mainly survival instincts and coping, but doing something like working, studying and taking care of his household at once would be too much for him and end in a mental crash any time he would try.
Scotty had noted the dramatic decline and stepped in to help out with anything he could under the guise of just being a roommate of sorts, either to save up on his own heating bills or later rent entirely. Before this, the two had drifted apart after graduating secondary school, and it had initially seemed normal to Scott. This drifting apart of course turned out to be Martin's continued poor health, and his inability to upkeep relationship too well anymore. It had all been the years of caution and stress at home crashing down on him now that he was alone.
The way Scotty wanted to help Martin might have parallelled his university studies. He wasn't really sure about how formal things should be kept, so instead he opted to remind Martin constantly that Scotty could always back off or have someone else help him, or that they could just hang out instead, whatever it be that Martin preferred. In truth Martin just felt very quilty for letting Scott spend so much time taking care of the house, dishes, et cetera, and even having to bathe Martin at times. At some point Scotty began to just consider himself and Martin proper roommates, and better yet best friends again, even if that was what they had been during that time. Some months after having moved in, Martin began to be able to work a bit again, starting mainly with just 20 hours a week and building back to what he had originally tried to do.
He thankfully had a nice job as a kindergarten assistant and occasional teacher, where his absence hadn't been too big a problem. That, and the kids he taught were actually quite calm and nice, since he often helped out kids who preferred smaller groups in their very minimal english and math lessons. He actually got the job through his mother, who had previously been an important worker at a christian orphan home/childrens centre of sorts.
This goes a bit beyond the current scope of what I'm focusing on, but the two actually end up having a stinky little woke baby named Elli in their 30s !! IDK they prob found her in like a dumpster or something (or fostered her originally)
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Misc. lore
Scott and Martin are both extremely similar yet very different in many aspects. They both understand each other deeply, yet accommodate each others differences. The root of their differences can probably be traced back to the upbringing that each of them had.
Scott was born to a very loving middle-class family with a little retail business in the northeast of London. His parents (Ryota Valente and Lourdes Valente) had immigrated to England from Campinas, Brazil around 10 years prior to his birth, mainly in search of more work and something a little different, as pretty as Campinas could be. He was raised with a couple different languages*, though with English being his language in education. Thus he can be a bit cumbersome with words, not always remembering each word in English. He's very smart either way, having done pretty well in school without having had to put that much effort into it.
*Scotty's parents did not have the time to sit down and teach him writing either Portuguese or Japanese, their respective native tongues. He did take up some classes for BZ Portuguese in uni, though, finding it easier to map down based on phonetics.
His father, Ryota, is big into collecting model airplanes and anything else to do with planes, such as t-shirts, posters and movies. This sort of inspired Scotty to start collecting horse figurines for his love of horses. He is big into Star Stable, and especially SSO after it released in 2011. He can recite the lore and drama and all kinds of weird little facts about it like the bible.
Martin on the other hand grew up with a only a mother and multiple sisters. His mother was very good at teaching him things but also very very mean and dislikeable. From "personal religion": His mother, an anglican priest, taught him very conservatively about christianity, gender roles and relationships. Ms. Hunter wanted him to also become a priest like herself, and encouraged him to look into it especially since he still identified as female back then.
Both of their upbringings ended up shaping how they react to other individuals, as well as how they mask any signs of neurodivergence. Scott doesn't mask almost at all. He can be very monotone, though also very toneful or exciteable. He talks about anything and everything that he likes, loves or even hates, because he wants to. He does have many skills in controlling when he talks, though, and can spin his symptoms around skillfully to seem professional at school and work. He will say things such as I would like clear instructions and explanations of what to do and when, in order to perform to the best of my abilities. Online he might seem very exciteable and energetic, despite this not being the case in person.
Martin is, instead, very aloof and careful with showing any signs of neurodivergence. He learned to mask it carefully as a child, and still has trouble opening up to people. He actually has difficulty finding mundane words for people he isn't quite comfortable with, where as with someone like Scott or his good friend Estelle thoughts flow far easier. Because of this masking, he tends to have a small social battery with it automatically being drained by keeping his guard up. Though, curiously, his social battery barely exists at work, be it his kindergarten job in his 20s or his position as a librarian later in his 30s. Somehow children make him feel more comfortable, as 1) they're cute, and 2) they have yet to develop the understanding of society's strict social rules, so he doesn't have to mask. It also helps that he can just say he is entertaining them, if any of his coworkers raise a brow at him. Thankfully most of them are understanding older women who find him to be a nice chap to be around.
Motifs
swans & doves:
Scott is often drawn with the wings of a swan. This comes from the mainly-symbolic hybrid aspect, yes, but it is also entwined with him being a sort of angel or saviour character, as well as a voice of reason and comfort. He himself even feels like he rose to become a nicer person, and keeps that in mind as he consistently puts in thought to be as good as possible to those around him and himself. This angel (and the sign of the dove) imagery is also meant to be a bit ironic, with his saviour attributes often being about the removal of god from one's life.
goats:
Martin is somewhat inspired by Baphomet (the symbol and artwork, I believe in no deity so I don't feel like talking about any beliefs in this image as a deity). While Éliphas Lévi's Baphomet is a symbol of equilibrium, being depicted as an alloy of opposites such as male and female attributes, Martin has often found himself feeling imbalanced and wrong. The cause of this is of course that he isn't at equilibrium with many things, such as gender. He is a male, yet has female attributes. He wishes he was something else, but is still at the point of transition. His goat theming is also mirrored in satanic imagery, that is seen as "evil" when it truly isn't. This reflects how his mother views him, seeing him as a failiure in the eyes of god, when he is simply a man of natural attributes like transsexuality and homosexuality. Also, goats are cute but they buck and ram against everything. Martin is cute but can be a bit of an asshole on accident 
forget-me-nots:
Scorpion grasses often symbolise everlasting love and devotion, ever since the medieval times. Its signifigance with Scott and Martin comes from Martin's disappearance tendency. Scotty always trusts that his friend will come back to him, and even if he were to be gone forever (say, to suicide), Scotty would still be devoted to him and knows that Martin would devote (and has devoted) himself to Scotty too, were something to happen.
Less detailed motifs
herons: for Martin
wolves in media: for Martin
draft horses: for Scott, he once in childhood had a pet horse, who was already getting old when he got her. They did juvenile show jumping together.
Trivia
- If they were to be genderbent (#lesbianism) they would barely look any different. Mainly the one major difference would be Martin's lack of facial hair, and maybe a bit of boob on them
- Scott likes being manly and such, mainly because he's quite short and looks a bit feminine (intersex), and thus gets babied at work despite actually looking his age
- other times Scott likes going full cross-dressing mode, because then it will be obvious that he is not usually like that, while also giving him room to wear cute dresses and have a bit more freedom
- Martin is goth and Scott is emo #breakingthenorms #wokelove #lovewins
- Martin is adopted and has many older sisters
- Scott is bisexual... In his 20s he is 60% in denial, and 40% claiming he is straight for the humour of it
- Martin grows his hair out long and lusterous in his 30s (see here, ignore the incorrect height listed)
- Scott was almost named Neil, half after my fiance and half after Neil Armstrong
Yapzone
Hey!!! Feel free to ask any guestions or mention your own OC's if you see any fun similarities or topics to expand upon ^_^ I also take critisism, especially regarding things that reflect real-life groups of people.