Do you ever base characters physical features on celebs?

Aimless Lady said:

Sometimes, but it's musicians.

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I've only ever done musicians.



Wait. That didn't come out how I meant. (But it's almost true, too.)

I love to use regular people I know as physical models. A beta copy of my last book ended up (quite coincidentally) in the hands of the girlfriend of the person I used as the body-model for the male romantic lead. She is absolutely gushing over how great the book is. (And no, I will never tell her who that one character's bod is based on.)

I wish she was a literary agent.

Hmm, that might be an approach come to think of it.

Kitty27 said:

I have met him at my job. Take me higher,LAWD.

I do it all the time! Check my siggy's,lol.

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You met him at your job???! OMG...lucky you! I wanna work where you work...lol

The man is SMOLDERING!

EDIT: ok, I just realized you have The Rock in your sig...help me God...

Creative_Solitude said:

You met him at your job???! OMG...lucky you! I wanna work where you work...lol

The man is SMOLDERING!

EDIT: ok, I just realized you have The Rock in your sig...help me God...

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He is inhumanly fine and so nice to fans. I was quite beside myself. I've met Tyrese,too.
He's very nice and gives hugs to fans which =MY.GAWD.

My coworker almost forgot her marriage vows.



My friend Aysh makes my banners. I have a serious crush on The Rock,lol and used him as inspiration for my character.

IdiotsRUs said:

I may base their personalities off people I know

But their looks...

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I thought we never described anything any more. It was up to the readers to base the looks on/off of whomever.

My most recent attempt at a novel, (which I've just scrapped), the MC's twin brother was based [looks-wise] on Luke Pasqualino. Yes, I have a large obsession with him, to the point that I sent a fan letter and got myself a hawt personalised signed photo, but I wrote the MC as of italian descent just so her brother could be like LP. It was shameful.

All the time. I don't say the character looks like actor so-and-so, but I use photos of them to describe them. And once, a guy I saw in a coffee shop became a drug dealer.

I guess you could say I base my character's off the physical features of the characters from Sailor Moon. I am fond of giving them weird features like gold eyes and blue hair. When I think about my stories being made into a flim I often daydream about them being made into an anime film. I love that old school form of animation. I think my stories would work best as an anime film/or show because of my character's weird hair/skin/eye colours. When I think about them being made into a live action film I shudder.

Kitty27 said:

He is inhumanly fine and so nice to fans. I was quite beside myself. I've met Tyrese,too.
He's very nice and gives hugs to fans which =MY.GAWD.

My coworker almost forgot her marriage vows.



My friend Aysh makes my banners. I have a serious crush on The Rock,lol and used him as inspiration for my character.

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Lol...after seeing The Rock in your sig, I had thoughts of basing my next hero on his looks and charisma...

Sweet Jesus the man is hot!

No, because I don't describe physical characteristics of my characters, other than a quick phrase or short sentence. Never facial features.