Post by Shelby on Oct 23, 2016 2:25:40 GMT
BASICS
Name/Nicknames ||
Ace Jacob Harrison. As far as he know, Ace has no real nicknames, though occasionally he'll get called 'Acey' or some other weird shit like that. He doesn't pay much attention to people who call him out of his name, mostly because he doesn't realize he's being spoken to, and also just because... Well, he's Ace; he doesn't pay much attention to a lot of things going on around him if it doesn't deal with art.
Age/Birthday ||
Nineteen years old, and his birthday on May 25th.
Reputation ||
Ace hasn't really made a name for himself around school, not that he really cares to, and, honestly, he'd rather keep it that by. By association, he's know by being close friends with Max Carter, Amy O'Neal, and Todd Bennett, but he's known as the quiet one of the group, the one who overlooks the situation one with a blank stare until he's able to sneak away--which he's usually unsuccessful at doing. With his teacher's he's been known to be a slacker; if they remember him at all. With his laid back and horribly lazy tendencies, often times he'll skip a class if it isn't art, but even in those classes he's considered a bit of an oddity because of how quiet he is yet he always paints such vibrant paintings--landscapes, backgrounds, animals, and sometimes even people.
Job ||
He does some freelance art commissions when he feels like it, but because of his laziness he'll often turn down a job depending on what his class schedule is like, as well as just how he's feeling during the time of the request.
SCHOOL/SOCIAL INFORMATION
School and Class ||
Ace attends Metric College as a sophomore.
Major ||
Art
Friend(s) ||
Amy O'Neal, Max Carter, and Todd Bennett are Ace's closest friends and though they give him hell, he wouldn't trade them for the world. Without them, he'd likely be even more of a loner than he probably already is at the school, lost in the sea of students and his own laziness. He's leaned a great deal from them, from being a little more social since he never learned those skills being cooped up in an RV the majority of his life, but he's also learned that people can be overbearing. Namely Amy and Max. They're the ones who give him hell the most; always dragging him places against his will, always causing him to look after them when they're out at a party, but he doesn't say no to them. Not that they'd take no for an answer, anyway, but still. He sticks with Todd a lot, having more in common with his almost as equally quiet friend, though Ace wouldn't deem himself necessarily "shy"--he just doesn't have much to say--but he sympathizes with the guy, and the two have bonded over that fact over the years. Besides, he needs a good comrade Amy and Max and what better than to have someone be tortured right along with him.
Enemies/Rivals ||
Ace doesn't really have enemies, and if he does they've probably become a product of his laziness. Otherwise Ace is just the type of guy who doesn't like to get in people's way or get on anyone's bad side, though he will protect those that he cares about.
Sexuality ||
Heterosexual.
Relationship Status ||
Single. Yeah right; he's too awkward and aloof to care to have a girlfriend.
APPEARANCE
Height/Body Type ||
Ace has a pretty regular figure for a guy. He doesn't work out, doesn't do... Anything, really. The only thing that keeps him from getting over weight is the fact that a lot of the time he's too lazy to over eat, so there's no trouble there. Just make one portion of a meal and he'll be fine. He stands 5'9" from the ground.
Hair color/Style ||
His hair color is, like him, a bland brown sort of color. Half the time it'll be in a mess and the other half he might find the energy to fix it and do something with it. Along with that he'll usually be sporting some sort or stubble across his face; he'll never go full baby face again because of the constant teasing he'll get from his parents, but it'll be too bothersome if he lets it grow out. Still, sometimes his facial hair gets a little long until it irritates him.
Eye color ||
Blue
Clothing style ||
Ace has no type of fashion sense what so ever. For the majority of his life his mother has been clothing him, and once he made it to the Academy she decided it was time for him to start picking out his own clothes, so he did; v-necks and jeans. That's all he needs, and he doesn't care what anybody else says!
Ethnicity ||
White
Playby ||
Matt Lanter
PERSONALITY
Likes ||
Art, drawing, painting, sitting outside, sleeping, tea, his friends, being in a stable environment, peace and quiet,
Dislikes ||
Loud noises, being woken up, alarm clocks, having to babysit anyone,
Positive traits ||
Analytical, calm, good-natured, patient, quiet
Negative Traits ||
Quiet, lazy, aloof, awkward,
Hobbies ||
Ahh, does sleeping count?
BACKGROUND/FAMILY
Family ||
Mom - Amanda Harrison || Plain and simple, Ace's mother is a brash woman, and he has no understanding of how his father can deal with her sometimes. Back when he lived with his parents in their RV and when being back with them during the summer since he doesn't have an apartment in Salem, Ace had to deal with her constant nagging, yelling, and exciting jabbering when ever something came up. She was the primary teacher when it came to the beginning of his education; he learned math from her, English from her, Science, and just about every subject other than history since that was always left up to his father. And when she wasn't doing that she was hooting and hollering about something else. So loud, so demanding, so... Loving.
Yes, despite how overbearing of a person his mother can be, he knows she's only like that because of the love she has for her family--it's only made worse since they live in an RV, and most times Ace is glad to be out of the situation. But he loves his mother, despite the constant phone calls he still gets from her, trying to either pimp out her makeup products that she sells through him and trying to make him more social over all since he has the opportunity to be around so many amazing people.
Dad - Brock Harrison || Ace takes after his dad a lot personality wise; they're both relatively aloof, and they're both generally quiet with not much to say. They let the women in their life rule over things and sit in the back to watch how things play out. Brock is Ace's hero of sorts despite how they aren't really that affectionate with one another--never had been and never will be, Brock's just not that kind of guy--but Ace still appreciate the wisdom that his father has imparted on him, even if it had nothing to do with art. At least his father knew how to stay quiet when sitting out in the woods so that he could get a good look at some wildlife and take in the scene before everything turned sour with the sound of Amanda's voice already coming in, wanting to start a conversation about something or other.
Backstory ||
Born on May 25th, Ace was born in a small little hospital in Savannah, Georgia, despite his family not living in the state. It had been more of a surprise, so to speak, for him to be born there. You see, he was born into a traveling family- one that never really stays in one place but travels around the country for the fact that they want to constantly have experiences, and they just so happened to be in Georgia when his mother started going into labor. Why she was traveling when she was that far along with her son, who knows. It was a good thing, though, that they still had an apartment in Alabama, which they resided in after Ace was born since they stopped their traveling ways and settled down for a while. It would be too much of a hassle to travel with a new born baby, so they waited a while to continue back with their travels.
When Ace turned three, that was when they packed up the RV and started back on their journey. Ace was home schooled, so he was never able to indulge himself with idle chatter among other children his age, not that it mattered anyway; he never spoke much as a child, and on more than a few occasions his parents worried about his mental stability. After he started picking up on how to talk, and walk, quickly they figured that there really was no problem.
He was just a quiet kid who liked to do his own thing.
If he ever had to admit anything, it was the fact that living out of an RV, occasionally booking a hotel room if they felt like the RV was just a little too cramped, sucked. He always did his class work and homework quickly, and usually having nothing better to do, he would always draw. After watching all of his creations come to life did he actually take an interest in the art, something that actually interested him more than anything else had been able to.
And this soon lead on to him actually taking his sketch book with him when his parents would venture out into the wilderness, or some of the world’s most peaceful places in Ace’s opinion. He would memorize every detail of nature, every leaf and creature that he saw, and continue with his creations once they were back on the road. Coloring them, painting them out… Whatever he could do to make it seem as he was actually there again. That was when he figured out that this was his calling; creating and drawing things.
They found out about Metric Academy while taking a little detour through this little town called Salem, California and stumbled upon a pamphlet for a fine arts academy, catering to some of the most talented high schoolers in the world. It interested Ace when he saw it, but his mother wasn't happy about it in the beginning. In the end, however, his father was able to convince his mother to come around to the idea months later after seeing Ace continued to be cooped up in the RV well into his freshman year of high school, still being taught by his parents. It was time, they figured, for him to get the proper education he needed while being able to fulfill his creative spirit if he was able to get in. And he was able to get in with his art portfolio, and by the time he was a sophomore and took a test to prove that he was up to that level, he started attending Metric Academy and came back to attend Metric College.
OOC NOTES
Ace has a photographic memory when it comes to looking at something and then later being able to paint and draw it. He loves that fact that he can actually do that, and if he actually put the same thought into his school work for test, he'd be able to have that same memory recall as well. He thinks it's simple, or as simple as it can get, to just remember something that he looks at.