The Strange Array

After my Twenty Questions project ran its course, I converted my Tumbr into a visual-inspiration board for characters I am developing for a writing project. I take pains to identify the subject and credit the artist-photographer whenever possible.

Characters ideas

1. A conservatively dressed Hasidic woman in her early twenties
2. A woman who stands 6’3″ tall
3. A square-jawed detective of natural beauty with a military background
4. A bearded detective who abandoned the Hasidic community that raised him
5. His supportive and well-dressed husband, the doctor
6. An unflappable man with extensive martial arts training
7. A community leader and counselor
8. An older, female professor of Hawaiian descent who married a conservative rabbi
9. A mother of orphans who owns a bar
10. Her wife, the lawyer
11. A genius, billionaire, philanthropist, and captain of industry
12. The bearded religious leader of a Hasidic community in his sixties or seventies
13. A home-schooled student in her first year at a major metropolitan university
14. A transgender woman, confident in her own identity
15. Another who is not
16. A barista who does not suffer assholes
17. A whip-smart, socially awkward student
18. A tweedy uncle and retired professor who owns the university watering hole
19. Supportive, blue-collar parents
20. Members of a close-knit Jewish community
21. Members of a neighborhood watch
22. The eclectic faculty of a city university
23. The officers and detectives of the local police precinct
24. A young, flamboyant drag queen
25. A bartender who serves as an underworld liaison
26. A dog named “tits”
27. A no-nonsense librarian
28. An overcoat infused with technology that lets it adapt to blend with its surroundings
29. A free-spirited, sexually confident character that balances a conservative and repressed one
30. A female gym rat who refers to her trans friend as “Tiny”

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