Appearance inspiration for characters you play...

[Yoga Princess]

Like many I draw on TV shows, movies and books for the appearance of characters I play as or against in role plays. I also take things I like or enjoy and incorporate them into some of my characters and plots. I hardly place characters on bicycles because I never rode them when I was younger. Same with motorcycles, which I find to be unsafe and expensive. But my characters do tend to drink "adult" beverages more often and eat more expensive food than I do in my real life.

 

[CharmSnake]

I just do tons and tons and tons of people watching wherever I may go. Often in my head I'll formulate a sentence or phrase that describes the person that I pass on the street.

 

[RedRose]

I do like you ShyRPer, though I definitely include situations I'm not familiar with and I research them. Like, I swear, I was never in a space Shuttle, or a Handmaid, or whatever else I am writing about
Some of the situations I describe, I'd love to experiment them. others, heh. I'm so happy it's just RP.

 

[Yoga Princess]

After finally watching few recently ended TV shows and some movies for the first time, I've been using actresses from them as faces of my characters. I can also see a picture of someone or a GIF showing some kind of act and become inspired to create a character from the picture or GIF that I saw.