Character 'software' (avatar??)

[Laerten]

Does anyone know of any software out on the market that would allow me to enter my characters details e.g. hair and eye colour, height, build, and then produce a picture/avatar that I could print out.

I keep finding that as I write my story I sometimes incorrectly put down a detail and I think having a picture in front of me would remember what all my characters look like!

[jezelf]

There are a couple. Aimed at 3D artists that spring to mind.

Poser and FaceGen

Poser has been on the market for a while now. It's not perfect, but is a decent solution. You can change body types and faces, though it's a bit fiddly to get used to.

You can probably shop around, but this is the product (at $250 ) - probably cheaper if you get an earlier version.

software3D.de :: Poser Pro (developer)
software3D.de :: Character Design - Character Design
Poser

to see what others have done with this program and if suits your needs check out sites like

Poser World has thousands of Poser, Poser 7, Poser Pro, Poser 6, Poser 5, Poser 4, DAZ Studio models, Poser clothes, poser props, poser meshes, poser content, poser textures, Poser 4, Poser 5, Poser 6, Poser 7, PoserWorld - Poser World - Poser 7 Mode


The other is

http://www.facegen.com/

If you're new to the whole 3D thing or just want to play about there's this handy FREE download for a face generator. It produces some fairly decent results in no time. You can 'Print screen' your results (you can save them too)

Out of the two the face gen will give you more immediate results, you can give the heads expressions and more. But it's just the head, and they dont have hair - though you can give them beards. Poser will do the body, hair, animals, children as well as male/female and you can give them props and cloths.

I would recommend trying FaceGen out first to see if the 3D thing is for you. Face Gen demo wont cost you anything, and with this new 3.2 version you can save your work (couldn't do that with older versions) the downside is that they all have the deveoper "SI" on their forehead, but it's a small detail that's not vital considering what you need it for.

Hope it helps.
good luck.
Jez

[Hilarious Joke]

Well who knows, maybe Laerten's story is all about a race of bald people that have SI tattooed on their forehead anyway! That would be a fortunate coincidence, would it not!

[jezelf]

he he , yeah !lol.

BTW Laerten, there is a downloadable Poser7 free trial available..

software3D.de :: Poser 7

[Laerten]

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunatley at the moment I don't have any bald characters!

[Hilarious Joke]

Baldist!