Warning: This is just to have more insight to my characters as I see them in my head from physical form to personality characteristics. If that tarnishes what you have worked up already in your head then please read with caution and open minds
Remember those American Girl paper dolls?
Those cut out representations of people that you could use other cut outs for their clothes and accessories? I'm obsessed with them! So much so that I'd write a little story for every new doll I'd get. I'd connect a new personality to every outfit making multiple stories for just one doll.
Of course, since then I've grown, I don't think the ol' American Girl's I read then can keep up with the steamy recesses of my dirty mind. But I've learned to adapt my way of rousing inspirations with outlets like Tumblr, magazines, etc...
Like then, I use pictures that catch my eye to create a world for my stories. Sometimes I may already have something in mind. Sometimes I may be inspired but the them of the photo or what the person represents....
By the end I try to have a character or situation with so much back story that it's haunting...
To Pop off the first post of character dolls, Maizah Winston from Pleasures of Id.
Name: Maizah Pamela James (Winston)
Birthday: 09-09-1985 (Virgo)
Characteristics: Shy, diligent, intelligent, and modest BUT ALSO A worrier, and overcritical of herself.
Occupation: creative research for a cosmetics company (I actually did put this little tidbit in the story but felt it didn't add anything...but now you know:D).
Physical embodiment: A deep Mahogany hued Toccara Jones. I chose Ms. Jones because I've found her pretty in all her forms. I also liked that the weight she lost never made her look sickly. She stayed curvy and cute, just how I imagine Maizy. She was and still is a healthy girl and her photos exude tons of grace and sensuality. This is the duality that I needed for Maizy; a clear line between the two that acts like magnets facing each other in the beginning. They push against each other constantly. In the end, by using an exercise so totally opposite (magnet pun) from her regular demeanor she's able to put her poise and sultriness together to see the voluptuous and elegant woman that Mallory sees.
Style: I think of Maizy's style as vibrantly colored yet clean and chic. She gets "more daring in her attire" as the story progresses but it's basically still the same.
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