Character Creating Software

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I think I've found the character creation software. It's 3D. Here's hoping I can actually work with it. Even better, create 3D models of Daniel, Jack, Jason, Adriann, Sam, Teal'c, etc., etc., ad nauseam.

See, back in the old days, before my goddamn carpal tunnel, I drew everything. I have my computer now, and so I have a tablet and pen, and I went about learning it all with glee. Trouble is, the carpal tunnel is bad with that, too. It's the holding of the pen (or pencil) that does it. Numbness, tingling, sharp zaps of lightning up the middle of the wrist... yada yada blah blah blah shit.

So, I've been looking for something that will let me skip all the flat drawing. Give me a generalized face, with the average placements of eyes, nose, mouth, and I'll take it from there, tweaking until I've got it all right. Then let me add hair, makeup, clothing, etc. I just might be able to render pictures of my characters, and then be able to use them for fiction headings and general art rendering pages instead of having to hunt through thousands of screen captures looking for something that looks right---in this case, SG-1 characters and episode pics.

*sigh* So, crossing fingers that the learning curve is for morons. ;)

Comments

[paian]

So I am coming in very late here to say, Woohoo! Did you get a chance to give the software a try? It has a bit of a learning curve, like any program, but there are good tutorials around, and there's a ton of free content at places like ShareCG dot com. Hardly anyone in fandom seems to be playing with it, which surprised me -- I only know one person here at Dreamwidth who uses it (and someone else who made some fun images for Kink Bingo a couple of years ago), there are only a few 3d images at AO3, and there's only a scattering of fanart around deviantART and some other sites. I'd love to see what you do with it, and if I can answer questions or help in any way, please let me know!

I've been working with the Michael 6 model to make Jacks and Daniels, but if you haven't committed to any particular figures yet, I'd recommend the Genesis figure. It's got a lot of flexibility, there are some great free morphs for it, and it works with FaceGen, a program that can shape faces and heads for you using photographic references. The free version includes a kind of watermark on the output, but it's not too hard to clone out with Photoshop or the Gimp. Here's a site with downloadable examples: relativitybook.com/CoolStuff/facebank.html.