30 Days of Writing: #26, 27, 28
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lathriel26. Let's talk art! Do you draw your characters? Do others draw them? Pick one of your OCs and post your favorite picture of him!
I have only a few sketches of my characters, all that I've sketched myself. I don't consider myself tremendously talented when it comes to drawing (I'm not bad with paints though, if I may say so). Here is one of the patchwork girl from TPaL, as a child:
27. Along similar lines, do appearances play a big role in your stories? Tell us about them, or if not, how you go about designing your characters.
Depends on the character. For the most part, people are just people. Yeah, they're generally attractive, or at least not terribly ugly. I try to throw in more than just white folk all the time, but not for any particular visual reason or literary device. However, the patchwork girl is covered in stitches, has white hair, and mismatched eyes, which makes her stand out visually from my other characters. In the Lotus Children series Malcom has a birthmark on his head which makes red streaks in his blond hair. Are those considered "big roles?" I don't know.
28. Have you ever written a character with physical or mental disabilities? Describe them, and if there's nothing major to speak of, tell us a few smaller ones.
I've written some characters with odd phobias that prevent them from functioning properly in the world; also a few who go blind or develop something like dementia. I'm actually working on a story in my head currently wherein the MC has a mentally disabled younger brother, possibly something like down syndrome. I think the disabled are highly under-represented in all genres of literature.
I have only a few sketches of my characters, all that I've sketched myself. I don't consider myself tremendously talented when it comes to drawing (I'm not bad with paints though, if I may say so). Here is one of the patchwork girl from TPaL, as a child:
27. Along similar lines, do appearances play a big role in your stories? Tell us about them, or if not, how you go about designing your characters.
Depends on the character. For the most part, people are just people. Yeah, they're generally attractive, or at least not terribly ugly. I try to throw in more than just white folk all the time, but not for any particular visual reason or literary device. However, the patchwork girl is covered in stitches, has white hair, and mismatched eyes, which makes her stand out visually from my other characters. In the Lotus Children series Malcom has a birthmark on his head which makes red streaks in his blond hair. Are those considered "big roles?" I don't know.
28. Have you ever written a character with physical or mental disabilities? Describe them, and if there's nothing major to speak of, tell us a few smaller ones.
I've written some characters with odd phobias that prevent them from functioning properly in the world; also a few who go blind or develop something like dementia. I'm actually working on a story in my head currently wherein the MC has a mentally disabled younger brother, possibly something like down syndrome. I think the disabled are highly under-represented in all genres of literature.
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Date: 2010-09-27 11:32 pm (UTC)