GreyWulf wrote about HeroMachine – a character portrait generator. ¹ It works quite well for those of us who’re more comfortable with point and click instead of actual drawing. I’m sure it would work even better if I paid the USD 20 to buy it...
Of course, once you restrict yourself to a certain theme such as ancient Japan, there’s not going to be much choice available to you. But perhaps it’s good enough to differentiate you from the other player characters in the group.
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Hey, that’s pretty good!
It’s surprising just how many different characters you can create, even within a single genre. It just takes a little imagination and a lot of fiddling 😄
I’m re-reading Frank Miller’s Ronin right now. It’s a terrific story of ancient Japan meets the 21st century. Here’s my take on the central character, using Heromachine and 10 minutes’ fiddling. Granted, I’m away from my book, and would likely spend more time to get it spot on, but it’s close enough to be recognizable.
http://home.greywulf.net/images/ronin.jpg
Heromachine isn’t perfect by any means (it needs more poses, and a wider choice of eyes and eyebrows, for a start), but it’s much better than my own humble attempts to draw 😄
– GreyWulf 2007-06-11 09:35 UTC
