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On my blog recently, I posted the results of my tinkering around with a piece of software called Fuse by Mixamo (which can be downloaded Here. With it, I've been able to play around with their face editor and finally put a close approximation of the mental image I had of some of my girls up on screen, and I figured I'd share that with the website rather than keep them to myself. Here are the 'magnificent seven' I've got so far:
Behold, Miss Jamie-Lee Burke, on what is clearly a bad hair day.
...And here's Charlotte. She KNOWS she's the real star of the show.
Here's young Nikki Thomas, just back from a hard day's work. She thinks she looks better with her hair down, rather than up- though call, but here's a comparison-
This beautiful young thing is Nikki's girlfriend Sarah, who, ironically, thinks she looks better with her hair tied back- again, you be the judge-
Here's Baltimore's finest, the air steward turned stewardess Jessica Tyler, just on her way to (or from) her jet-setting lifestyle all over Europe. Whilst she is bewigged in the storyline (for now), she also prefers to let her hair down: again, feel free to agree/disagree
Here's the woman with whom Jessica fell in love at first sight, and it's easy to see why- say hi to Paige Robertson, yet another pasty Scot!
Last, but not least, is Jessica's room-mate, if not Manchester's finest then certain Manchester's most sarcastic, Natalie Briggs!
Not all of these images are 100% how I always envisaged the characters, but some of them are very close (Sarah is basically spot-on, and Paige is pretty much there too), whilst some are a bit out (Jessica and Natalie could do with a lot more work). The limitation of the software (the precious few hairstyles on offer, for starters) don't help- and I should also say that if you envisaged the characters as different in your mind's eye, don't feel under any obligation to change your mental image- I don't want to tell you how to enjoy my stories, that's 100% down to you.
I'll be posting more images soon, updating this forum thread rather than leaving yet more comments on my blog. If you have any character you particularly want to see, let me know, and if you want to see any further images from me, feel free to check out my deviantart gallery: http://debsxxxx.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=scraps
Thanks for reading/viewing!
Debs xxxx
(Edited 10/6- how could have forgotten about Paige's amazing eyes? :-)
Whoops...
How could I forget the BOY who's also the star of his own story? Say hi to Stuart Milton!
Zoe
Voici Mademoiselle Zoe Renou!
With all four major characters of Soixante-Trois 'got', I suppose I had better get back to actually writing it at some point!
Those Two Girls...
Here are Krystie and Mary, long-time friends of Jamie and Charlotte.
Here's Krystie- who, after I finished, I noticed bears a bit of a resemblance to a young KIRSTIE Alley.
...And here's the Irishwoman!
Hannah and Viks are next, then Dannii, Katie and Lauren.
Those Two Other Girls
Rounding out the Angels, we have...
Hannah, considered in-universe to be the most beautiful of the Angels, and...
...Viks, the girl who, whilst growing up, thought she wasn't even slightly beautiful. How wrong she was. :)
...I wish I wrote as fast as I edited images...
Two More Girls
Before I move onto the 'New Angels', here are two more girls who regularly crop up in 'Charlotte'-
Say hi to Becca Milton, Stuart's baby sister (hopefully there's a family resemblance there) and aspiring singer, and...
...Becca's best friend Adeola, niece of the owner of the Angels' agency. Becca and Adeola are both aspiring singers who are desperate to form their own girl band- maybe along the way they'll hire a transgendered girl to sing with them?
Debs xxxx
Three More Girls
Here's Katie Henderson, Nikki's college mate.
Here's Lauren, Sarah's college mate and business partner...
...And here's Dannii, Lauren's best friend and rival to Sarah for Nikki's affections... And it's easy to see how.
...And that's all my female characters. Now back to actual writing.
I'm still 'painting' my girls...
(I do the final touches in MS paint, so the subject isn't technically incorrect...)
This is a very stylised version of Laura that I've been working on for ages. This is the absolute minimum at which I can set the 'age' slider, hence why Laura looks 14 rather than 12 and has longer hair than she should in-story, so this is a sort-of 'hypothetical future Laura'. :-)
Debs xxxx