I like to imagine people in lists.

Largely inspired by one of my favourite quotes from E. Lockhart's 'We Were Liars'

"He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee"

I began to imagine the people I talked to online in lists, building images in my head.

In my experience I have found I judge people heavily on the music they like, since music is such a big part of my life and inspiration. I find myself looking for pieces of people in the music they recommend me especially if it is particularly atmospheric.

I'm not naive. I know I cannot possibly have imagined these people correctly from the tiny glimpse of them I got, but nevertheless I'm sure these characters will come in handy.

The Hipster The Artist The Romantic The Worrier

Serious Aesthetic K- pop Music

Architect Photography Enthusiasm Stationary

High class art Calm Anime Autumn

Composers Retro Summer incense

Red Wine Late Nights Art Purple

Aged Steak Vibes Work Animals

Alt rock Film Emotion Forrest

Dark Yellow Humour Tea

Mystery Sunflowers Honest Sweaters

I think of it like a mood board or collage of pictures creating an overall feeling or sense of who the person is. I can see myself finding this very useful for creating characters in the future as I used to almost always start with setting rather than a character.

How do you imagine new people / strangers? How do you create characters?

Kaitlyn x