Character Physical Description List

What do your characters look like?  It might sound silly, but it does help to write down the little details of what your characters look like.  Even if you don’t think you need to describe everything about how your character looks, it will help you know them better.  After you get down all the physical characteristics, you will be ready to continue with their personality traits.

Name: ___________

Sex____________

Age _____

Height______  Tall?  Short?  Average?

Weight_____  Fat?  Skinny?  Pot bellied?  Athletic?  Muscular?

Hair color_______

Hair Length______ Crew cut? Short? Ducktail? Ponytail? Bald?  Wig?

Hair Style_______Messy?  Neat?  Greasy? Well groomed?  Hair sprayed? Straight? Thick?  Wavy?   Frizzed? Natural curls?  Permed?  Curls? Dreadlocks? Faux hawk?  Spiked? Pig Tails?

Hair Texture__________ Course?  Fine?  Kinky?

Facial and body hair_________ Sideburns?  Bangs?  Beard?  Mustache?  Back hair? Arm hair?  Nose hair?

Eye color________

Eyes ___________  Too close together?  Crossed?  Lazy?  Large?  Popeyed?  Bloodshot?  Almond?  Glasses? Eyelashes?

Eyebrows_________ Full?  Thick?  Thin?  Fair?  Dark?  Bushy?  Wide spread? Connect in the middle? Pierced?

Skin color________

Skin_____________ Flabby?  Wrinkled?  Acne?  Scaly?   Soft?  Shiny?  Birthmark?  Tattoos?  Scars? Body piercings?

Ears __________ Small?  Large?  Stick out?  Ear rings?  Hairy?

Brow ___________ Broad?  Small?  Wrinkled?  Furrowed?

Cheeks_______ Rosy?  High bones?  Hollowed out?  Dimpled?  Pimples?

Nose____________ Does it turn up?  Is it broad?  Flat?  Skinny & straight?  Hooked? Crooked?  Nose rings?

Lips _____________Narrow?  Full?  Pale?  Painted?  Pierced?

Teeth___________Missing?  Bucked?  Yellow?  Scummy?  Straight?  White?  Gapped?  Crooked?  Rotted?

Chin_____________Does it jet out?  Doubled?  No chin?  Square?  Does it have a cleft?

Legs_______ Fat?  Skinny?  Long?  Short?  Bowed? Fat at the top?  Dimpled?  Knock knees?

Hips_______ Round?  Bony?  Tight?  Fat?  Flabby?  Wiggly?

Stomach________ Flat?  Flabby?  Rolls?  Pudgy?  Protruding?  Jiggles?

Chest ________ Flat?  Muscular?  Large?  Hairy?

I am sure you can come up with more to add to the list.  Let me know.  Kathy