#environment description

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Use Environment Description To Do More

Sequel to old post of mine -> [x] Use Character Appearance To Do More

Similar to character appearance, environment description holds more power that author's can often fail to estimate. You can easily use environment description to not only ground the characters in a scene and world, but also dish out world building, in-world history, and even character personality

Things you can use environment description to do (but not limited to)

Tell the weather, seasons, and time of day

Bring out the world's architecture

Hint at what's happened in this environment before

Show world built cultures

Detail the condition of the place

Describe the economic state of the area and its people

Reveal the types of inhabitants

Reflect on how characters feel about the place

Hint at the place's amount of safety towards characters

Apply Red Herrings, Chekhov's guns, or similar

Display the world's uniqueness or even blandness

Perhaps show how the events of the story are affecting it

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Character and Environment Description

I have designed a character that looks like an ordinary kitchen toaster from first glance, but goes into the human world and society on a quest, which has given him human characteristics. Some of the characteristics that my character has include, nervousness resulting in him sparking electric currents out of his plug, popping his toast when he is excited and shrinking/hiding his toast when he is scared. These characteristics advantages my character in terms of being staunch but also disadvantage him as he would come across weak when showing the scared characteristics.

Though my character is an ordinary toaster, his body does not look ordinary as he is made of shattered glass. This makes him stand out and shows his uniqueness.  I have used an image of shattered glass for the body of my character as I found it really hard to make a plain material look like glass. I have changed the transparency of the body to help emphasise the materiality of how glass is see-through and shiny.

The environment that I have chosen for my character to exist within is a quiet but busy area that looks similar to a park. I feel that that this is an appropriate environment for my character to exist within because my aim for my character is to look like he lives in a legit human society without being human. The environment that I have chosen helps the storyline to make sense and relate back to the human world as in real life people bump into new people and situations in park like situations and environments. I feel that the environment I have chosen represents a social environment, which is what I am aiming for my character.