l have used skyrim to make my gold dragonborn (the race menu mod was used to change a argoinan scales to yellowish) but l also plan on useing sims (3 is the version l have,but l might get 4) and fallout 4. all that said,what tools do you use (other then drawing/hireing someone to draw your character)
If I had a character I truly wanted to invest in, and could not find anything to match, I'd save up and commission something.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Click ✨ HERE ✨ For My Youtube Videos featuring Guides, Tips & Tricks for using D&D Beyond. Need help with Homebrew? Check out ✨ thisFAQ/Guide thread ✨ by IamSposta.
Heroforge will be launching a colour version of their 3D character creation tool and that's going to have a portrait designer. I'm not 100% of the specifics, but it's looking interesting.
reroll.co is both a character sheet app and a character creator, looks like pixel art from a game
Lots of Options, there's free accounts with limitations, for a one time purchase 10$ you get unlimited acces to all the content.
Hero Forge is an app, that lets you make a 3D model of a character, you can then simply use the screenshots, or order the model that will be 3d printed and send, or just get the file to make yourself if you have a 3d printer or knows someone who have one.
You have a really huge freedom on the poses that the character can have, and there's a lot of options, for now the end result is just grey, but they're doing a KS campaign to make Herfo Forge 2.0 where you can also have colours and order models that are colored or hand painted.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
"Normality is but an Illusion, Whats normal to the Spider, is only madness for the Fly"
You don't have to be an artiste. If you want to draw your character, start drawing. You might not like what you get at first, but keep at it and you'll get better over time.
It'll be fine. :D
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong. I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲 “It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Everyone beat me to it but I still want to throw hero forge out there, especially with their new color and portrait modes coming soon. It's a godsend for those of us who dump statted art as kids.
I use DAZ Studio, but to get a look you want is either time-consuming, non-cheap, or both. I have thousands of dollars of DAZ resources over the years (I did a webcomic about a superhero for like 3 years before finally stopping due to the expense/time investment). Then photoshop for post-work. Example, my half-elven female bard:
Honestly I sorta just described my character and then found an image that more or less fit much later. I find that people often forget how a character is supposed to look and just associate your character with you as a person anyway, so I don't put too much value in images ect, but I can understand why people might think otherwise. If I really care about a character I'll sculpt it in zbrush, did that for my cyberpunk character.
l have used skyrim to make my gold dragonborn (the race menu mod was used to change a argoinan scales to yellowish) but l also plan on useing sims (3 is the version l have,but l might get 4) and fallout 4. all that said,what tools do you use (other then drawing/hireing someone to draw your character)
ps l would use spore to make monsters.
Google Image Search to find close matches.
Failing that, Hero Machine.
If I had a character I truly wanted to invest in, and could not find anything to match, I'd save up and commission something.
Click ✨ HERE ✨ For My Youtube Videos featuring Guides, Tips & Tricks for using D&D Beyond.
Need help with Homebrew? Check out ✨ this FAQ/Guide thread ✨ by IamSposta.
Heroforge will be launching a colour version of their 3D character creation tool and that's going to have a portrait designer. I'm not 100% of the specifics, but it's looking interesting.
Find my D&D Beyond articles here
reroll.co is both a character sheet app and a character creator, looks like pixel art from a game
Lots of Options, there's free accounts with limitations, for a one time purchase 10$ you get unlimited acces to all the content.
Hero Forge is an app, that lets you make a 3D model of a character, you can then simply use the screenshots, or order the model that will be 3d printed and send, or just get the file to make yourself if you have a 3d printer or knows someone who have one.
You have a really huge freedom on the poses that the character can have, and there's a lot of options, for now the end result is just grey, but they're doing a KS campaign to make Herfo Forge 2.0 where you can also have colours and order models that are colored or hand painted.
"Normality is but an Illusion, Whats normal to the Spider, is only madness for the Fly"
Kain de Frostberg- Dark Knight - (Vengeance Pal3/ Hexblade 9), Port Mourn
Kain de Draakberg-Dark Knight lvl8-Avergreen(DitA)
Either Google, or you know, words.
You don't have to be an artiste. If you want to draw your character, start drawing. You might not like what you get at first, but keep at it and you'll get better over time.
It'll be fine. :D
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Everyone beat me to it but I still want to throw hero forge out there, especially with their new color and portrait modes coming soon. It's a godsend for those of us who dump statted art as kids.
Full of rice, beans, and bad ideas.
Google Image Search, or video game character creators.
Site Info: Wizard's ToS | Fan Content Policy | Forum Rules | Physical Books | Content Not Working | Contact Support
How To: Homebrew Rules | Create Homebrew | Snippet Codes | Tool Tips (Custom) | Rollables (Generator)
My Homebrew: Races | Subclasses | Backgrounds | Feats | Spells | Magic Items
Other: Beyond20 | Page References | Other Guides | Entitlements | Dice Randomization | Images Fix | FAQ
I’ll add my Hero Forge recommendation to the list.
Creating Epic Boons on DDB
DDB Buyers' Guide
Hardcovers, DDB & You
Content Troubleshooting
I use DAZ Studio, but to get a look you want is either time-consuming, non-cheap, or both. I have thousands of dollars of DAZ resources over the years (I did a webcomic about a superhero for like 3 years before finally stopping due to the expense/time investment). Then photoshop for post-work. Example, my half-elven female bard:
Singing at an Inn
In leather armor
WOTC lies. We know that WOTC lies. WOTC knows that we know that WOTC lies. We know that WOTC knows that we know that WOTC lies. And still they lie.
Because of the above (a paraphrase from Orwell) I no longer post to the forums -- PM me if you need help or anything.
Art is not a stat, it is a skill. A lot of us are just not proficient in it.
Yep. Hero Forge. Totally recommend it!
erm. hello there, 'tis i. not that you know me.
You could try art breeder and use it to manipulate images
Baldur's Gate 3.
As you can see by my avatar, Hero Forge 2.0 works well (and is available to everyone.)
Helpful rewriter of Japanese->English translation and delver into software codebases (she/e/they)
Honestly I sorta just described my character and then found an image that more or less fit much later. I find that people often forget how a character is supposed to look and just associate your character with you as a person anyway, so I don't put too much value in images ect, but I can understand why people might think otherwise. If I really care about a character I'll sculpt it in zbrush, did that for my cyberpunk character.