Character creator

I couldn't tell you why in particular I enjoy this so much. I am constantly on the lookout for good character creators with which I can experiment with different looks and clothing styles, and as I make new things at random I try to imagine why it is that they look the way they do. Why they choose to wear the clothes that they do, or why they might have some kind of scarring on their faces. Things that I simply decide at random to add on, and how they can become relevant.

I thoroughly enjoy making these characters this way, even if the creators I have to use are frequently highly stylized or clearly designed for younger girls to be creating some kind of online persona. It's not very often that I have any kind of idea of what kind of character I want to create before I get into it, though it does happen from time to time. And even when I do have an idea of what kind of character I'm trying to make, the lack of option that are available to me in creators often causes me to improvise, and characters change and evolve and I learn more about them as I go.

Of course, like with most things, you tend to lean towards certain objects or styles as you create your characters. Personally, I love giving my characters swords, whether they're back mounted, on the hip, or held in the hand. Sometimes I give these characters more swords than they could ever practically use or carry. I just love me some good old fashioned swords.

It's also times like these that I notice how very Power Rangers I make my characters at times. Characters related to fire wearing red clothes or having red hair, lightning yellow, ice blue, and so many other examples that I can't even list them all. I match clothing colors, and I either match those to their hair or I invert them to make some kind of contrast. And the eyes are much the same as the hair.

It's funny that I put so much time and effort into creating these visual representations of characters that only I will ever see. I certainly won't ever place those kinds of images into my books - they are both visually lacking and made through the use of outside sources. But they're a nice reference point for me, and they give me something to think about.

But as I said at the beginning, I am constantly on the look out for more. After all, you can only make so many characters on the one creator before you've seen the materials enough times over to know what's available, and you run out of different combinations you want to try. But to be honest, most creators aren't very good. At least not for my purposes. And if you've ever tried googling character or avatar creators, well... You know my struggle.