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Describing human appearance sounds simple at first, but when you do it, it is not as easy as it seems. Whether you want to describe a new person or report a suspect to the police, it is crucial to highlight your main features and distinctive features. On the other hand, if you're portraying characters for your story, it's equally important to dedicate some details to your imagination to convey directly to the reader.

Steps

Method 1 of 3: Describe general characteristics

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   Recognize if the person is male or female, if possible. In many cases, this feature is very obvious, and is almost the first thing you notice.Not everyone fits these two types of sex, though, and it's best not to make an unnecessary assumption.
   • For example, if you're describing a suspicious person to the police, you could say, "In my opinion, that person is a man, but I'm not sure."
   • In other cases, you can simply omit and move on to describing the other features.

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   Pay attention to skin color and guess race or ethnicity if necessary. As for this part, too, there is a difference between a police description and a description for other purposes. In the first scenario, you may have to make guesses - for example, "He looks like a white man" or "I see her as Korean." In some cases this can be quite emotional or offensive.
   • Maybe you just need to describe their skin color with phrases like "olive skin", "white skin", "honey skin", etc. and let others guess if they want.

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   Estimate your age in 5 or 10-year increments. In many cases, you can guess someone is "about 25 years old" or "over 60". Consider your speculative narrow age estimate - so it will be easier for the listener to imagine the person you are describing.
   • For example, the person's image will be clearer if you say that the person is between the ages of 30 and 35 instead of 30 to 40.
   • This is especially important for young people — it is clear that 10 year olds will be far from 20 years old!

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   Refers to height by description or estimation. If you only have a chance to look at it, it is probably very good that you just state the height generally as "very tall", "tall", "size" or "very short". This ambiguous expression is a little more helpful when the person is identified as male, female, or child.
   • If you can give a more specific estimate, try to describe in 5 cm increments - for example, “She is about 1.6m to 1.65m tall or“ He is about 1.8 m to 1 , 85 m. ”

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   Describe your weight with adjectives like "thin", "fit", and "big."” Often it is much more difficult to estimate one's weight than to estimate height. Therefore, you should rely on general classifications to describe a human's "body", such as "She is very thin" or "He has a big body".
   • Sometimes describing someone's size and / or weight may sound a little insensitive, so unless it's as precise as possible (for example, when describing a missing person) you should stick to the description. "Body" - "thin", "fit", etc.
   • Some words described in one dialect seem less subtle than in another. For example, the word "plump" used to describe a woman in English - English has a more polite meaning in American English that people often use "large" or "curvy" (yes rounded curves).
   • If you need to describe a specific weight, try to estimate 10 kg increments, if possible.

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   Describe the person's general appearance as cleverly as possible. After all, beauty depends on the eye of the person looking at it, so your conception of a "beautiful" person may not be the same as that of another. You can describe according to your feelings, but be skillful, for example:
   • Call an unattractive person "normal" instead of "bad".
   • Use the word "nonsense" or "messy" instead of "dirty."
   • Use the word "good looking" to describe someone with good looks instead of "pretty," "gorgeous," even "handsome".
   • The word "soft" is not very accurate, but it may be the best way to describe a person whose body is as opposed to "fit", "toned", or "solid".
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Method 2 of 3: Describe facial contours and feature details

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   Pay attention to the hair color, length, hairstyle, and properties of the hair. Use generic words that almost anyone can imagine. Eg:
   • Color: brown, black, golden, red, red, gray, gray
   • Length: shaved, short, long, medium, shoulder length, etc.
   • Styles: straight, curly, wavy, curly, ponytail, rope braid, bun hair, etc.
   • Characteristics: messy, sparse, ruffled, clean, shiny, sleek, etc.

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   Describe eye color, eye shape, eyebrows and eyeglasses. As with hair, you should use simple words that most people can imagine. For example:
   • Colors: black, brown, gray, blue, green, light green
   • Appearance: big eyes, narrow eyes, bulging eyes, sunken eyes, squint eyes, etc.
   • Eyebrows: colors with properties such as dense, thin, intersecting, etc.
   • Eyeglasses: color, shape, material, thickness and color of glasses.

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   Note facial contours such as nose, ears, and lips. Words like "big", "medium" or "small" are often used to describe ears. To describe your lips, you can use words like "thin", "medium", or "berry". The nose is often described by the words "short", "long", "big", "small", "pointed", "round", "curled", "crooked", etc. The face can be described as "long. "," Round ", or" flat ".
   • If you are writing a police report, you should include features such as "rosy cheeks", "puffiness" or "chuckles". If not, be delicate and ignore those details!

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   Identify individual features such as scars and tattoos. These traits are extremely important if you are describing a person's appearance to the authorities - for example, in missing person searches or in search of suspects. Notice such permanent features and detailed description.
   • Instead of saying, "He has a tattoo on his arm," you should describe "He has a black and red heart tattoo with a cursive" Mother "on his upper arm."
   • If you say generic descriptive words like "tattoo", people will picture a tattooed person full of tattoos.

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   Find your own characteristics such as posture and habits. Do they have a "hunchback" or a "hunchback" posture? Do they tilt their heads to the side or blink their eyes when they talk? Do they often shake their thighs while sitting? Such small details can make it easier for the listener to visualize the person you are describing.
   • Some of these traits help connect your appearance with the personality of the person you're describing, in addition to helping to paint the person's fuller portrait.

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   Describe their outfits, or at least the "appearance" or style. If you describe to the authorities, try to be as detailed as possible about everything they wear - pants, clothes, coats, shoes, hats, etc. For a more general description, you can Generally speaking about the general costume style or style.
   • Many places use the word "face" to describe people who are well-dressed and groomed.
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Method 3 of 3: Be creative in descriptive writing

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   Use hieroglyphic language when describing details. Use hieroglyphic language to describe the person's appearance as much as possible with expensive descriptions. This is the creative part in composing!
   • Instead of writing "She has long red hair", you can write "Her hair is fluttering in the wind like flickering fire".
   • The sentence describing a person "standing like a proud oak" conveys quite a lot about a person's appearance in just a few words.

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   Describe the character to suit the style of the article. For example, if you write with a funny voice, use funny language to describe your character. If it's a stressful and dramatic scene, don't use comical metaphores in character descriptions.
   • Consider, for example, the difference between "a sharp glance like a knife" and a "eye squint like Thi Mau."

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   Descriptions of actions can reveal physical characteristics. By using your character's actions to evoke details about their looks, you can cut down on direct descriptive sentences. Let's incorporate visual language to help readers visualize the characters.
   • Example: "He passed through the crowd like a wave licking over a sand castle at low tide."
   • Or, "She quietly slipped through the crowd like water running through cracks in the pavement."

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   Leave something for the imaginary reader. You don't have to describe the smallest details of the character! Outline the main features of the character's appearance and let the reader fill the gaps with their imagination.
   • Characteristics that contribute less to the character should be less mentioned. If your character is tall or short, black hair or brown hair doesn't really matter, let the reader decide!
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Advice

• Follow the order consistently as you identify a person's features, and that will make it easier to remember.
• Try to identify the most prominent feature of the person you want to describe. Take a step back and notice the first thing you notice about the person: for example, brightly colored hair, striking height or something they wear on your body that you find odd.
• Be discreet when looking at someone, because staring is rude, and head-to-toe gazing can trigger a brawl - especially if that person's partner is watching you too!
• Description add color. The color of clothes, shoes, eye color, hair color, skin color, etc. can help support your memory.