infinitysmashed | Found Wanting character ref sheets

Character reference sheets for the Found Wanting characters. Some of the notes are illegible, so I just transcribed all of them.

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Bob Doshi, a 47 y/o pear-shaped fat guy with glasses, a headset, and a laptop tucked under his arm. He's dressed in business casual, khakis and and a polo shirt, with an extendable lanyard with his ID on it. He looks like approximately half my old man's coworkers, back in the day.

Bob Doshi, a 47 y/o pear-shaped fat guy with glasses, a headset, and a laptop tucked under his arm. He's dressed in business casual, khakis and and a polo shirt, with an extendable lanyard with his ID on it. He looks like approximately half my old man's coworkers, back in the day.

Comboy Bob Doshi, 2020. His design has barely changed at all since 2006.

pencil sketches of Bob in various clothes, including his comparatively svelte 1976 self in a tank top, hot pants, and leg warmers, his story-current self in a paisley bathrobe, a peacock silk shirt, and furry cheetah ears and gloves. There are copious notes, including that he doesn't own a full fursuit because that's a LOT of money for a casual hobby, even for him, that he's proud of his legs because why wouldn't he be, and that when he's not in butch closet mode he prefers jewel tones and bright patterns. There are other doodles of him in his business casual camouflage crying in despair, When did I get so SQUARE? And also a sketch of him in full leatherman gear, with the note that he doesn't do that scene but still owns the outfit. There's also ref for his body hair, because he's the hairiest guy in Infinity Smashed, the kind of guy who can NEVER skip a shave day.

Bob came from an upper-middle class family and blows a LOT of money on clothes that nobody ever gets to see him wear, especially while he's in closeted malaise in Vago and desperate to express himself somehow. He's also a casual furry, but a full fursuit is a bit too much, even for his retail therapy ways.

Notes, transcribed: "The most svelte Bob ever got in 1976 [because he was on the verge of burnout and going full-bore into dancing]; only got hairier as he aged. Hot pants! Okay, I admit it, I just wanted to draw him in leg warmers. Bob's proud of his legs; why wouldn't he be?

There has to be an easier/better way to draw paisley.

Colors (when not in butch closet mode):
* sapphire
* emerald
* magenta (sparing)
* yellow (sparing)
* patterns > solids
* NO BLACK.

In butch closet mode, he's all white, brown, tan, blue. Maybe he dares pink. All solids, business casual, but he kinda hates it.

Still has a weakness for 70s peacock paisley, colors, and patterns.

doesn't own a full fursuit ($); (pointing to cheetah gloves) fingerless on bottom

Closeted in Vago, he buys a shitload of stuff just to express himself somehow. I can't see Bob going for the super-butch leather scene, but I guarantee you he has the outfit anyway.

Bob is the hairiest person in Infinity Smashed. He can't skip a shave day.

Yes he flags right, he's East Coast, not west. He probably still wears his keys on the right even though Vago's west coast, out of nostalgia."

Bob's expressions. He's a round East Indian guy with glasses and a moustache, and he's way more emotive than Grey, though he's butched up considerably since the '70s.

Bob's expressions. He's a round East Indian guy with glasses and a moustache, and he's way more emotive than Grey, though he's butched up considerably since the '70s.

Bob's expressions, drawn as a reward for getting through Grey's.

More pencil sketches of Bob making various faces.

More Bob (and also a Momo Usagi that failed). He was more fey as a college student in the '70s (his Sarcastic face, despite the caption, dates more from the early '80s), but then he ended up in a macho line of computer science, cut his hair, and took to fidgeting with his glasses to try and give himself something acceptable to do with his hands. Never did manage to axe the cattiness though, which was his defense mechanism as a fey fat brown kid in a mayonnaise sea.

A very old pencil sketch, done on lined paper, of Bob in profile. Our art has improved, and his hair is slightly more pompadoury, but he's otherwise unchanged. A handwritten note reads, 2/16/06: first successful Bob doodle. He doesn't look like a smart-aleck, does he?

Case in point. The first ever successful drawing of Bob, from 2/16/06 (the sixth anniversary of Infinity Smashed). It took us two years to draw him right, but then we basically had him down, while Grey was much easier to get the basics of, but to this day is a royal ass to draw the details of.

A pencil drawing of both Bob and Grey, just from the shoulders up, in their work clothes. Grey is giving the wooden laser beam stare that she uses at work, while Bob has a smug, impish look on his face.

A pencil drawing of both Bob and Grey, just from the shoulders up, in their work clothes. Grey is giving the wooden laser beam stare that she uses at work, while Bob has a smug, impish look on his face.

Drawings from roughly 12/12/2006. We still like that one of Bob; even after all these years, it still conveys his personality great. Grey, as usual, comes out just off enough to drive me crazy. She's so understated that the slightest error makes everything go wrong.

Grey, a 43 y/o white trans gal with the size, shape, and personality of a refrigerator. Unlike Ebony further down, she has her double-breasted suit buttoned all the way up and in peak order, despite the Arizona heat, though she cheats and wears shoes she can actually run in. Underneath, she has to wear knee and back braces because her body's starting to crap out on her. She also wears aviator sunglasses and an earpiece. Off-panel, Bob says, This is why everyone thinks you're my bodyguard. Grey just goes, what?

Ref sheet from 2020 for Specialist Grey, who has a terrible case of resting serial killer face and would speak in nothing but ten-code and SGSL if she could get away with it.

Pencil sketches of Grey's clothes, with the note "he wears your granddad's clothes and don't look incredible." Collared shirts, cable knit sweaters, argyle socks and sweater vests--he looks like a 50s dad, dresses in boring neutral colors and long sleeves and pants because his scars show in shorter wear and he's self-conscious of it. He's built an insane heat tolerance out of body consciousness, but after being with Bob a while, he loosens up a little and starts wearing short sleeves more often. The closest thing he owns to flirting clothes are his gym wear, because that's the only time he wears shorts and T-shirts, which lucky for him, Bob is into. There are also smaller doodles of the janitor's jumpsuit Grey works in in high school, shoes he wears, hasty scars references, and him in gym clothes and a strap-on harness.

More of Grey's clothing references, these her off-the-clock clothes: cable-knit and argyle sweaters, slacks, and collared shirts to hide the scars at her neck.

Grey really does just have the world's most boring wardrobe of her natural accord--she was stodgy even as a teenager, and she hasn't updated her fashion since then. Bob probably starts wearing stuff again just because he realizes in horror that he's dressing almost as blandly as Grey.

Notes: "Grey wardrobe. She wears your grand dad's clothes and don't look incredible. Hasn't updated her fashion since the '70s--and was stodgy then. (pointing to sweaters) ribbed or cable knit, brown or cream; (pointing to collars) always buttoned up

Should look like a '50s dad. Super staid colors, neutral, BORING. Argyle vests & socks, brown, gray, maybe some pink come B2 [book 2]. Has built an obscene heat tolerance out of self-consciousness. With Bob, wears more shorts and short sleeves; before, she was more self-conscious about her scars, tried to cover up.

* no jeans
* slacks
* sweats (exercise)
* shorts (only exercise or casual)
* collared shirts to cover scars

(with gym clothes) Closest thing Grey has to flirting clothes--it's also the skimpiest outfit she owns so she doesn't die of heat stroke in Vago summer. But then she figures out Bob's into it.

No ass; belly and chest starting to soften

There's a reason she only wears this to sleep in or run at dawn--no one sees her in them. (Or at the PIN gym, where she's more at ease)

(super self-conscious about her scars; he thinks they make herlook scary, gangstery)

Major scars: Yuki, Plazora, pulse rifle, forearms from herPIN hire, bad knee (not from work; got hit by a car while running one morn), knees and elbows from falls.

High school work clothes.

good luck getting her into a swimsuit or sleeveless shirt or briefs because the "mess" shows.

Has the gaydar of a box of pasta, since she doesn't have a life."

Pencil sketch with copious notes of all the scars and wear and tear Grey has. He's a barrel-chested, no-waisted, looming slab of a man, and pretty beat up, though all his scars can be covered in long sleeves, button collar, and pants; anything less than that and he looks rough. He has claw marks on one side of his neck; the other side has the top of the weld job scar that goes all the way down his front, across his chest, down his gut, through his genitals, and down one thigh. The scar itself is numb, but the borders are hypersensitive, which Bob likes to play with. There are a couple big craters in his left shoulder, which has less mobility despite physical therapy and is prone to dislocating; Grey cranks and pops that shoulder habitually when alone, since it never feels quite right. He also has a round little scar further down that shoulder, from all the vaccinations his job required. He has a couple normal bullet scars in his right bicep, and both his forearms are a corrugated gashed-up mess from the circumstances of his hire; they got infected before his vaccinations and he still has patches of numbness on his forearms due to it. His elbows and knees have ordinary scars from too many falls, and his right knee also has a long scar down the shin--not from work, but from when he got hit by a car while jogging one morning and needed a steel rod put in; said accident also fucked up his back. Both his knees are bad, but that one is especially crummy; if he has to drop to one knee, he chooses the better one, but forget kneeling on hard surfaces. If he has to stand for long periods, he idly stretches to keep his knees from stiffening up.

Better cheat sheet for Grey's scars and wear and tear, because I needed a ref to keep track of it all (and I still forgot the burn scars on her shins). She's over forty and held together with physical therapy and career zealotry; there's a reason people take her for a gangster, especially in short sleeves. Her body is breaking down, she knows it, and she plans to work herself to death until Bob gives her something else to care about.

(For anyone curious, part of why she's so trashed after Red Roses, Old Horses is because the 107 knocks out both her bad shoulder and bad knee, and she tries to power through it. There's a reason Bob chews her out with, "you can't keep doing this, you're not twenty-five anymore.")

Notes: "Grey scars ref

neck scars should be visible in T-shirt

Plazora goes all the way from neck to thigh; should be visible in gym clothes; habitually cranks/pops her bad shoulder when alone.

Pulse rifle (this shoulder less mobile, even w/PT) (also prone to dislocation?)

vaccines (PIN Ops guys need a LOT)

elbows also scarred from falls

back pain; wear, tear, and too many hits

"normal" gun shot wounds

her forearms are TRASHED from her hire; they got infected before she got vaxxed and she still has patches of numbness there

The Plazora scar is numb but the borders of that numbness are hypersensitive which Bob likes to play with

both her knees are bad but this one's [on the right] worse; not from work; she got hit by a car jogging one morning (also fucked up her back). If stuck standing too long, she starts stretching to try and keep her knees from stiffening up.

(torn cartilage?) falls; if she has to go down on one knee, it's this [left] one. Deep bends still hurt thought, and forget kneeling on hard surfaces."

"Design sketches testing out Grey's expressions. He's very unemotive and wooden, except when relaxed, and there are lots of irritated notes to that effect, among which are 'This man's pan be DEAD.'"

"Design sketches testing out Grey's expressions. He's very unemotive and wooden, except when relaxed, and there are lots of irritated notes to that effect, among which are 'This man's pan be DEAD.'"

"Design sketches testing out Grey's expressions. She's very unemotive and wooden, except when relaxed, and there are lots of irritated notes to that effect, among which are 'This pan be DEAD.'"

"More Grey expressions, more her being the equivalent of that person who looks possessed any time someone pulls a camera on them."

Drawing Grey's expressions. It's the worst; she's so understated that the slightest line wrong ruins everything. It also doesn't help that she clenches up hard at work, trying to perform the cis masculinity required of her and keep everyone at arm's length. It took me years to realize that no, she's capable of emoting, just not at work. She's even capable of smiling, making jokes, and being sarcastic!

The first art ever done of Grey, with colored pencil on computer paper. She stands in her work suit, which is ripped down one sleeve, and holds by the tail an adorable green creature that looks like a cross between a cat, a rabbit, and frog. It looks up at her with big adorable red eyes and goes Myurrrp? but Grey looks unimpressed and just eager to get this over with.

The first art ever done of Grey, with colored pencil on computer paper. She stands in her work suit, which is ripped down one sleeve, and holds by the tail an adorable green creature that looks like a cross between a cat, a rabbit, and frog. It looks up at her with big adorable red eyes and goes Myurrrp? but Grey looks unimpressed and just eager to get this over with.

First art ever done of Grey. 1/25/2004. The uniform changed over the years.

A very rough pixely drawing of Grey from roughly 12/19/2005, showing her lugging a gear bag of very large guns over her shoulder. Her uniform's gold rings have moved to the current position, but her jacket remains single-breasted, not double-breasted the way it is now.

A very rough pixely drawing of Grey from roughly 12/19/2005, showing her lugging a gear bag of very large guns over her shoulder. Her uniform's gold rings have moved to the current position, but her jacket remains single-breasted, not double-breasted the way it is now.

Grey again, 12/19/2005. Was way more into the idea of crazy futuristic sci-fi weaponry back then. Now the PIN is more of a sinking ship everyone's still clinging to.

Sketches of Larkin, a 5'11 35 y/o muscle girl with a flat-top haircut and a uniform that's she's mangled to be more manageable in the Arizona heat. Her sleeves are rolled up, her shirt and tie undone, and her jacket tied around her waist. She has a duffel bag slung over her shoulder and gold studs in her ears. She looks like Grace Jones on steroids. Taneesha is a teeny tiny EMT in scrubs, whose hair I haven't figured out yet. She always looks tired and is glued to her iPod, which had just come out at the time of Red Roses, Old Horses.

Specialist Ebony Larkin and Doc Taneesha Pritchard. They're PIN girlfriends, because by god if Ebony is stuck in her shitty job she damn well gets a happy relationship with her tiny girlfriend watching trashy TV and having bubble baths. I still haven't figured out Taneesha's hair. (Her original 2004 design was yoinked for Jenny.) Since Red Roses, Old Horses takes place on Valentine's Day 2002, iPods are the hottest new thing and Taneesha adores hers.

Taneesha works the second shift (2 PM to midnight). Larkin works whatever anyone puts her on. They have a whole lot of kisses as one comes home and the other goes out and rarely encounter each other at work.

A very old colored pencil drawing of Doc Pritchard, though in this design her hair is shoulder length and she has glasses. She also wears a white labcoat and scrub pants with a bit of blood on them.