Developing Asher & Austin

     Asher and Austin are to completely different people in terms of personality and image. Asher shares a more formal and OCD like perspective of life, while Austin struggles educationally and has a more "out there" personality. 

    Asher, is 15 years old, a straight A student, only child, and has OCD which keeps him very organized and clean. He also dresses in a very normal student-like way, by wearing a regular white shirt and khaki shorts. This all builds up to hide his mental and psychological problems that are only seen through actions and not looks. The traits and characteristics portray him as a innocent and timid individual that wants no harm and is the contrary of what Austin is. Another thing that we felt would give this character an idea that something was unusual was his name. Asher's name feels as if this person has an outgoing, fun personality. Which in this case would resemble a weird fixation between how Asher is with people and how he is with himself alone. It helps build up the characters portrayal of a double personality. 

    Now, we have Austin, who is 17, has a single Dad, younger sister, is involved in boxing, well-known, and struggles in school. It may seem that even though Austin is not the main character his representation is not as valuable, but it is. He plays a part that constantly demeans Asher, and through his physical appearance it exemplifies the person he is. Austin wears baggy clothes, that makes him appear bigger to work as a reinforcer of his demeaning personality. His background, adds detail and lore on why he struggles so much in school as his relationship between his dad and sister is very complicated. Which works as a way to inform us on why he needs help from Asher on his school work. Also, this name was chosen to help visualize someone who is innocent, but once seen in person it builds a scary looking person that intends to abrupt the peace where ever he is. 

    Both of these, characters contrast each other physically and emotionally, and helps develop a difference between themselves.