Calling workspace items from variable

[chilly beacon]

How can I call a players avatar from the workspace?
If I link a variable called player to the players username and I try
workspace.player
it looks for a item called player, not one called the players username
How do I work around this?

[frail leaf]

player characetr u mean?

[deft fable]

im pretty sure you are supposed to use player.character if you are changing physical properties

[chilly beacon]

ooooohh