Charlotte

[ithildin]

A few months back, strangevisitor7 asked who my OFC Charlotte Sparrow looked like. I had no answer for her since my OCs just look like themselves in my mind's eye [g] Bu over the last few months, I'd noticed I used the icon on this post a lot when posting Charlotte stories. So I took a closer look at the original image, and discovered I had two pictures of the same woman from when I was collecting images for the vintage icons I did a while back. Apparently, she was an opera singer from the turn of the last century. So I figure these are as close as I get to what Charlotte looks like.


Though if you stick her married names on that it's Charlotte Amelia Black de la Fuente Sparrow.

Comments

[dejla.livejournal.com]

She has a terrific face. I like the expression and the bone structure.

I cast my characters usually because it gives me a reference point. I realized that I see Jehanne in my head differently than I thought--she's a cross between Gabrielle Anwar and Genevieve Bujold. Jordan Connelly Bodie looks a little like Vanessa Redgrave and a little like Rene Russo, and Kate looks a little like Peta Wilson and a little like Traci Lords. I think it's due to the face that frequently I write because I can't draw.

Looking at the pictures again, I like them because they're animated. She isn't really just sitting there--she's responding to the camera. A difficult thing for the old pictures, since you had to hold a pose longer than you do today.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I know we've talked about this before, but the idea of using a photo of someone else as a template for an OC never occurred to me till I saw people doing it on LJ. In this particular case, it was sort of accidental :) And in my head, I'm still not really seeing the woman in the photos, but it's close enoughish to use as an example for readers. Or something like that!