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that way we know we’re from tumblr without revealing anything

I’m just going to say this to strangers until i find a tumblr person

must keep reblogering!! Im going to be so suspicious if any one tells me this now!

Remember the answer is: I stole them from the president.

Awhh first of all thank you!<3 

I think with book characters it’s the hardest because as distinctive as description can be, people still can imagine them however they want and it can be very different from what you see in your head. I do know the struggle of drawing similarly described characters (like both are blond, both have blue eyes etc) differently…I’m kind of same face syndrom here no matter how hard I try;_;

But, generally speaking. Try taking not only the visual, but also the essense of character into play. 

Say, Luke is that slightly angry, slightly “evil”, slightly lost and kind of impulsive type of a character.

Jason is more…subtle, kind and more steady with things he believes in. Like, the main characteristic, it can be as basic as evil/good.

With that in mind, Luke’s features can be more anglular, somewhat sharp, generally slimmer build, whatever you associate with angry anti hero.

For Jason it’s something softer, something if not round than square, more steady features? If Luke is sharpness, then Jason is more..balanced. 

I don’t know if I explain this good enough, and I definitely couldn’t quite portray them as differently as I’d like, but it’s something that can help with basic features. I always think about the character itself when I give someone their features. It can be so much easier to make differences between one “good” and one “evil” character, than it would be for say, two good ones. Like, the appearance I associate them with is already “taken” and you have to consider more of the characteristics.

I guess it’s something that comes with a lot of human understanding, and generally empathy in a way…And also lots of practise, because with all understanding some people still won’t be able to transfer it on paper because it’s something they don’t yet know how to do.

Percy Jackson & the Olympians | The Heroes of Olympus

Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Piper McLean, Hazel Levesque, Nico di Angelo, Reyna Avila Ramirez-Arellano, Leo Valdez, Jason Grace, Frank Zhang. Finally finished the set.