Ask anyone, and they'll say they got their inspiration for their character from someone elses or from something else. I'm no exception.
musclewolf was someone I found very early on in my exploring into the fandom and I acctually based part of my characters looks after his character of Lou. I did get a pic from him a long time ago. But this is the first one I've ever gotten in one of my books.
Yes the scan sucks ass because of a large shadow on the page. I tried to fix it as best I could but you can tell where I did it and how crappy that one side looks. I need a new scanner