Descriptions. I aways come up sort and have to run the internet for help so my characters won't all look alike. So I made a list. Of course it can be revised and added to, but here are the basics. Feel free to add to the list.
Age:
Height:
- I'm six feet tall and I had to look up at him."
- Shorter than the height requirement at Disney Land."
- As tall as he is wide"
- She seemed taller than her five foot one inch height"
- Average height might be a stretch as she only came up to his shoulders."
Build:
- His neck seemed not to exist as it sat on his shoulders like a Mr. Potato
head. His bespectacled eyes and bulbous nose added to the illusion and his body was as round as the potato. He had stick legs and feet like a hobbit's. - He was well built, long legs, long torso, and pecs that would shame Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Thin and muscular like a dancer.
- So average, she would disappear in a crowd.
- Built like a test tube.
- Bent like a question mark.
Hair color
- Blond
- strawberry blond
- dishwater blond
- yellow as the sun
- gray
- brown
- dark brown
- black
- blue black
- light brown
- red
- carrot red
- crayon red
- streaked
- highlighted
- white, gray
- salt and pepper
- pink
- blue
- blond over black
- bottle blond
- bald head surrounded by a half circle of gray
- Bald on top with a skirt of tight red curls around the ears
Hair style, type"
- long
- straight
- curly
- short
- spiked
- limp
- Punked
- bald
- mostly bald
- receding hairline
- ponytail
- pigtail
- braids
- Bun, bob
- buzz cut
- ringlets
- back combed
- parted
- bangs
- swept over
- bangs
- shaved
- wavy
- pompadour
- bushy
- course
- shiny
- like wire
- kinky
- lustrous
- scraggly
- weaved
- sculptured part
- dreadlocks
- Afro
- bee hive
- tresses
- bouffant
- flyaway
- pixie
- ratted
- center part
- side part
- fluffy, choppy
- layered
- permed
- French twist
- funky
- shag
- surfer
- sun kissed
Nose:
- Horselike
- bulbous
- straight
- hooked
- flared
- red
- pointed
- like a ski jump
- broken
- pug
- big
- small
- sharp enough to pop a balloon
- nostrils wide enough to accommodate car,
smashed
Eye color:
- blue, brown, chestnut, green, gray, red, periwinkle, sapphire, chocolate, light brown, dark brown, black, charcoal, albino, mud
Eye shape, etc:
- almond, round, big, small, beady, wide, deep set, dark, large, small, expressive, sad, sparkly, bright, concerned, troubled, gentle, kind, mean, mischievous, cruel, cold
I don't want to drag this out today. There's so many others out there. A person just has to use their imagination, and if you're writing a fantasy or paranormal fiction, the sky is the limit. Your character could have wolf eyes. Like I said before, contribute some of your favorites in the comments. I'll continue this on another post.
Happy hump day.
I will let you have my personal statement revised...she is short but taller than her dogs LOL
ReplyDeleteWow, I never realized there could be so many different types of hair styles! I was thinking curly and straight and windswept. That's it! Whew. What a great list of things!
ReplyDeleteShe had poker straight hair and a button nose. Thanks for sharing the list. Appreciate you sharing it.
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