First things first, I'm unsure if this is truly the correct place to post this kind of thing so I apologize in advance if it's not.

Now, to the actual problem and what this humble brazilian requires the guild's aid for: Descriptions. To be more specific, character descriptions. 

Ever since I first started roleplaying back in World of Warcraft, describing characters were never something I did actively as most of the apparel was done with the right gear and the character's model itself, I'd only ever describe things that weren't shown in the model such as scars, a tattoo, a rune, or anything else that was... "extraordinary" in a sense. However, that was... a few years ago, and up to this day I still struggle whenever I have to describe a new character. My problem, from what I can tell, is that I repeat too many words and it feels like a boring read, an uninteresting description. Generic, even. 

I use pictures to get an idea of my characters - more often than not, they are illustrations that fit within medieval/high fantasy themes. So I go from elves to dwarves, yet stay most frequently on humans.

As I said at the beginning, I'm brazilian - so english is not my first language. This may be a source of my little issue here, but I like to think that I've been dabbling in english for far too long for it to be it all. I think that it's more of a lack of know-how itself, the lack of the skill required to write these things, perhaps I've not done it enough, perhaps I've not seen it done right enough.

I'm willing to accept any sort of help, really. Even a "here, look at how I've done it" would help a lot. I mean, references and examples are certain to help - especially from more skilled writers than me. 

Whelp, that'd be all. Once again, sorry if it's the wrong section or if I'm just being an unbearable fool - and thanks for anyone out there that takes their time to read this and help me out. :3