#quatroctus

[dwollsadventures]

I didn't spend my childhood re-drawing Dragon Ball Z. Given recent events, I thought it was time to rectify that. Dwoll and Quatroctus are in Toriyama's squat chibi style, which I find my favorite of his.

RIP to a legend

[dwollsadventures]

Haha wow who takes three months to make a single page

[dwollsadventures]

A drawing response @dragonbuildingprompts that didn't start out as OC stuff I swear. The original prompt can be found here, basically asking what if dragons but small. I had the original sketches for this done a week ago. Then stuff happened. My doctor put me on an antidepressant for the first time. It started out fine but now I feel like shit. I can't tell if I'm actually sick or if it's just aggravated anxiety. There was a point in time where I convinced myself that I had rabies. I don't (probably) but still am looking to get vaccinated for it. Just in case. So, this gradually morphed into the TDG for brain healing purposes. It occurred to me while drawing it that almost all the guys have dragons specific to their heritage and thought it would be fun. Dwoll has two for his mixed parents: a Persian dragon and a German/Swedish lindworm. Both are tricky for beginners in the trade. Like most dragons, lindworms need to get their venom removed at a young age. Because they're small it can be irritating but not life-threatening. What you really have to look out for is over-feeding. A lindworm will grow in proportion to how much they eat, how much territory they have, and how many possessions they have in their "hoard". A simple reptile tank will keep them at a manageable size. Persian dragons, though they look an awful lot like East Asian dragons, are far more temperamental. The easiest method to distinguish them is their snouts; persians have a pronounced camel-like snout with feline jaws beneath. In addition, adults have decorative fire around their shoulders and eyes (non-flammable, thankfully). Similarly, Q has a Japanese dragon. Compared to the persian they are much more calm and docile. Not entirely however. Ryu have been known to be aggressive when confronted with lesser water spirits, like kappa and shachihoko. It's best to keep them away from rivers and ponds just in case, no matter how much they want to swim. Always keep in mind that eastern dragons require a lot of maintenance in regards to their facial hair and antlers. Angel has the biblical Leviathan. The most popular of the chaos-serpent breeds, even more so than midgard serpents and apep. Even in a world of tiny dragons it is financial suicide to underestimate their size. Leviathans can grow to almost twenty-five feet in length, regardless of their container. If they live in too small of a container leviathans have been known to get themselves in tangles. Tangles can be very detrimental to their health and well-being. It's not uncommon for people to renovate pools into new tanks for them. Just make sure to remove any pool-cleaner or chemicals. Normally leviathans are content to swim. Angel just... well, Leviathans aren't particularly known for being subservient to heavenly forces, to put it lightly. And Rabbit... Rabbit isn't really from anywhere. And a dragon would probably just go right through him. But he wanted to join in on the fun so he made a shadow-puppet dragon.

[dwollsadventures]

Dwoll is not normally one to show his anger. This is mostly due to his timid (and submissive) nature. He has one very hard sticking point, however. Back before the antiocalypse, he became fully aware of the other world and wrote extensively about everything he could find. When he went to present his findings, his college revoked most of his honors and sent him packing. Dwoll then went on his world-wide journey with only his savings to fund it (which ran out in the first year). 

Flash forward a few years and boom, now there's ghosts and goblins and Geryons out and about and no one knows how to deal with them, aside from the Heroes popping up. But they're too infrequent to solve most problems, so what's a person to do? Well, lo and behold some of the professors found a half-deteriorated manuscript in an old drawer. Sadly the cover letter, containing the author's only signature was too damaged to make out. Not wanting this useful information to go to waste, the professors and administrators gathered it together as best as they could and published it (presumably) posthumously as "A Guide to Household & Garden-side Pests". It details all the monsters and spirits and such that might plague a suburban household in Britain or the States, where many different culture meet up and collectively dump their demons. There it assigns them a rating of 1, 2, or 3, with 1 being the simplest and easiest to handle alone. 2 being a bit more difficult, calling for someone with more experience and probable caution in case of danger. Finally, 3 being among the more dangerous. A specialist would need to be called in. An addition to the manuscript, as Dwoll believes all creatures are dangerous and should be left alone whenever possible. Even the smallest can be unpredictable and deal far more damage than a mere scar. 

But for a post-antiocalypse society in need of a quick and easy solution, it flew off the shelves and did little to curb the actual problems at the root of such hauntings. The author is listed as anon, followed by a long and detailed list of the compilers. Needless to say, when Dwoll got back to civilization he was a bit miffed. Though he went to the compilers (as well as the publishers and the owners of the bookstore he first saw it at) he could not prove he was the one who wrote it. He also may have caused a scene. To this day it is the one thing Dwoll absolutely cannot hide his hatred for, and as soon as he gets his identity back and his feet on the economic ground he will publish a revised, scathing second edition. The other affect this has had on Dwoll is that he signs absolutely everything with his own clearly stated signature. He's not going to let it happen twice.

[dwollsadventures]

"Meet the team! Quatroctus, or Q if you prefer, runs the business-side of the company. In addition to the financial-side, the legal-side, the technical-side, the PR-side, the customer service-side, the logistical-side, and the marketing-side. He's very busy! As the only one of the four employees able to hold a normal conversation, his face is probably the one you'll see the most of when requesting our services, as well as handling all of the internet and phone communications. It was Q's idea and drive for notoriety that brought the TDG together and using his money they started the fledgling operation. In addition to a good business acumen, he's also quite charismatic when he wants to be and will never pass up an opportunity to further the brand. Any assertions that Mr. Quatroctus bears any resemblance physically, nominally, or otherwise to the late CEO of Pachipachipachi Industries will be met with legal action." This guy has probably shown up the least in my galleries. He's not too keen about the ghouls and goblins, but he's the only one keeping the business running. The image gave me a little trouble, especially with all the shadows and colors. Originally I wanted to do a "Balance: 00.00" reflected in his eyes, but that would be pretty hard considering the way his eyes are stylized. C'est la vie. Hopefully you'll be able to read about him and the others soon...