Character Sheet

witterprompts:

//Witter here with a character sheet that I use. I hope it comes in handy!

“A quote from or about your character.”

     - Book, Chapter, Thought, Etc.

   General Information

Name: [The name you call them and they call themselves mainly; but if it isn’t their real biological name, make sure you note that information down somewhere]
Name Meaning: [Self explanatory]
Pronunciation: [Self explanatory]
Other Names: [Nicknames? Aliases?]
Titles: [A title they might have earned? Like ‘The Trouble Maker’ or ‘General’?]

Sex: [Self explanatory]
Gender: [Self explanatory]
Age: [Can add what they look like in terms of age]

Birth Date: [Were they born on Earth with our terms of years?]
Birth Place: [Self explanatory; where were they born?]

Species: [Human? Shape shifter? Alien?]
Home-Planet: [Earth? Mars? Completely made up planet?]
Nationality: [I think this goes without saying]
Occupation: [Space janitor? Mortician? Artist?]

Dominant Hand: [Ambi? Left? Right? Third Hand?]
Astrological Sign: [Leo? Cancer? Virgo? A completely new one?]
Blood Type: [Might come in handy]

   Appearance

Main Appearance: [Here’s where I put a detailed paragraph or two talking about the general description of my character, from skin color, to facial shape, to height/weight, hair color, birthmarks, scars, skin conditions, eye color, etc.]

Alternative Appearances: [This refers to other forms your character might have. Like, say they have a disguise or they’re a shape shifter]

   Image

Wardrobe: [Self explanatory]

Accessories: [Self explanatory]
Musical Instruments: [Self explanatory]
Piercings: [Self explanatory]
Hygiene: [Self explanatory]
Makeup: [Self explanatory]
Perfume / Cologne: [Self explanatory]
Scent: [Natural]
Tattoos: [Self explanatory- I usually put this and piercings up in Appearance, but if it’s feeling cluttered to you, this is fine]

   Health

Diet: [Self explanatory]
Exercise: [Self explanatory; how frequently?]
Fitness: [Self explanatory; Are they ‘in shape’?]
Posture: [Self explanatory]

Abnormalities: [In their health]
Aids: [Medicines, coping habits, Glasses, Hearing Aids, etc?]
Allergies: [Include their severity]
Diseases: [If they have any]
Illnesses: [If they have any]
Disorders: [If they have any]
Broken Bones: [If they have any]
Reason for Health: [This is a general explanation of how they might have come to have what they have, hereditary or if they fell from a tree and got a broken bone]

   Voice

Accent / Dialect: [Self explanatory]
Voice: [Self explanatory; rough/delicate/raspy, etc]
Laughter: [Self explanatory; is it breathy? Bubbly? Almost too soft to hear?]
Impediments: [Self explanatory; stutters, etc.]

   Psychology

Languages: [Languages they might know]
Personality: [Self explanatory; this usually gets really long]

   Philosophy

Outlook on Life: [Self explanatory]
Philosophy / Motto: [Self explanatory]

   Character

Priorities: [Self explanatory; goals they have in mind?]
Self Confidence: [Self explanatory; how they outwardly show it]
Self Control: [Self explanatory]
Self Esteem: [Self explanatory; this is how they feel deep inside]

Quirks: [Self explanatory; like, do they rub their neck a lot? Always fiddle with stuff?]
Hobbies: [Self explanatory]
Closet Hobbies: [Self explanatory; stuff they aren’t too keen on sharing]
Guilty Pleasures: [Self explanatory]

Habits: [Self explanatory]
Nervous Tics: [Self explanatory]
Soft Spots: [Self explanatory]

Most Prized Possession: [Self explanatory]
Collections: [Self explanatory]

Regrets: [Self explanatory]
Secrets: [Self explanatory]
Darkest Secret: [Self explanatory]
Pet Peeves: [Self explanatory]

Phobias: [Self explanatory]

   Preferences

Likes: [Self explanatory]
Dislikes: [Self explanatory]

Favorites: [Self explanatory; general things, such as favorite food, movie genre, music, etc]
Least Favorites: [Self explanatory]

   Combat

Ability: [Self explanatory]
Position: [Self explanatory; position they find themselves when in combat, defense or offense, as well as if they’re leader, etc]
Weapon: [Self explanatory]
Element: [Self explanatory]
Martial Arts: [Self explanatory]
Strengths: [Self explanatory]
Weaknesses: [Self explanatory]
Restrictions: [Self explanatory]

   Home, Work, and Education

Abode: [What kind of place do they live in? Apartment? Duplex? House? What does the interior look like?]

Pets: [Self explanatory]
Roommates: [Self explanatory]

Sleep Patterns: [Self explanatory]
Eating Habits: [Self explanatory]

   Social

Mother: [Self explanatory]
Father: [Self explanatory]
Guardians: [Self explanatory]
Siblings: [Self explanatory]
Children: [Self explanatory]
Best Friend: [Self explanatory]
Close Friends: [Self explanatory]
Friends: [Self explanatory]
Team: [Self explanatory]
Acquaintances: [Self explanatory]
Rivals: [Self explanatory]
Enemies: [Self explanatory]

   Romance

First Love: [Self explanatory]
Love Interests: [Self explanatory]
Significant Other: [Self explanatory]
Sexual and Romantic Orientation(s): [Self explanatory]

   Reactions

(Optional; but generally, this is how they react to what they’re feeling)

Angry:
Anxious:
Conflicted:
Criticized:
Depressed:
Embarrassed:
Excited:
Frightened:
Guilty:
Happy:
Humiliated:
Nervous:
Offended:
Praised:
Rejected:
Sad:
Stressed:
Thoughtful:

   Biography

Background: [Self explanatory, but basically how they’ve grown up- their past, etc. that leads up to their story]

Earliest Memory: [Self explanatory]
Fondest Memory: [Self explanatory]
Worst Memory: [Self explanatory]

   Miscellaneous

  • [If you’ve missed anything, you can add it here! Fun things to add: MBTI types, temperament, Hogwarts House, Pokemon Team, etc.]

Q

Anonymous asked:

How do you create characters? Or do they come find you and tell you their stories?

A

writeinspiration:

I’m afraid it varies! It really depends on the situation. It feels too pragmatic to sound creative but too creative to sound pragmatic.

On the creative end, sometimes the characters do come to me. But they usually aren’t presenting their stories outright.

In a literal sense, a character idea will pop in my head, so I’ll write up a little about them—the things I feel to be true—and sometimes give them a piece of flash fiction (or something else short) so I can get a feeling for how they are and if they fit my initial assessment.

I prefer character-driven media, so I focus on what the character is like and figure out what they want. For example, my second NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) was a story about a writer. (Wow, yes, I know. So original. Writing about a writer. Yeah.) I didn’t know what the writer wanted, but I knew what she was like. I knew her base situation as well. If you know their base situation (where they are at the beginning of the story or slightly prior to it), you can figure out what makes them unhappy about it.

After all, stories are about journeys, whether they are emotional or physically moving to a different place or whatever.

My writer character felt like she didn’t have the life experience to be a good writer. Summer comes, and she chooses to take that time to travel to different places and meet new people. One conflict is that her parents don’t really want her to go, especially by herself, because she was only 17 or so.

I evaluated the character (she was an ambitious writer) and calculated in what she didn’t like about where she was (she was an inexperienced writer). So the plot/story came to me from there: she decides to leave so she can travel and get life experience.

In that sense, they don’t always exactly tell me their stories. I focused on what made the writer who she was and what kind of growth she needed to take, not necessarily the growth she wanted.

The idea was that, by the end, she had gained experience but that she didn’t feel richer for it, so she was going to struggle with trying to realize what she had actually learned by leaving. I never really got there, but that was the idea.

So I didn’t say to myself, “I have a writer character, and I want her to travel.” I said to myself, “I have a concept of a writer who is inexperienced. She wants to travel to get that valuable experience. I guess the story should be about her travels.”

The story fell flat and unfinished, of course, by virtue of how I intended for her to go cross-country when I had not done the same. It felt inauthentic, and I bailed. I jammed out some nonsense so I could say I had “won” NaNoWriMo that year.

My more pragmatic view on characters is that I have a basic concept (like, very basic, as in “I want to write about a character that worships unicorns”) and then go through my personal questionnaires to determine the rest of their traits and what they’re like.

  • Where does this character live (mountains, valley, riverbed, beach, etc.)?
  • What surrounds their home (what kind of buildings, what landmarks, what roads)?
  • What is the climate like?
  • How many moons and suns does that world have?
  • What is the time period?
  • What kind of city/town do they live in?
  • How many people live there? What kinds of people?
  • What plants (fruit, trees, spices, vegetables, etc.) do they produce?
  • What animals/wildlife do they have?
  • What is the character’s role in that place?
  • Why do they have that role?
  • What are their goals? Are they happy with their current role?
  • What is the one thing they most want to change?
  • What are their hobbies? What interests them?
  • What is their family like? Any siblings? Parents alive? What relationships do they have with their family members (MC to father, MC to sister, etc.)? What relationships do the family members have with each other (mother to father, brother to sister, etc.)?
  • Do they have any current love interests? What has their love life been like?
  • What are they good at?
  • Do they have any religious beliefs? If so, what are they? If not, why?
  • Do they perform any rituals (religious or otherwise)?
  • What body type do they have? How do other people perceive their appearance?
  • What is their view on gender roles?

I then check out what I said about their goals and roles.

  • What would they need to do in order to achieve their goals?
  • Is it feasible?
  • Would it be an interesting story? Why or why not?
  • Who would try to stop them?
  • What obstacles are in the way (giant wall, overbearing parents, lack of money, education necessities, etc.)?
  • Why are these goals and roles so important? Who are they most important to?

After all that, it feels like a good time to start plotting the story out. And it’s straight-forward from there! (Usually.) When I start plotting, I generally go with a general idea of where things start and where things end. Then, I can figure out what would happen in between.

Story-plotting is about way more than waiting for the right inspiration. Being a writer is about dedication and writing, even when inspiration is nonexistent. But you have to write to find inspiration. You can inspire yourself simply by working. You can’t let a blank page let you down. You have to create stories and not just wait for them to come to you.

Inspiration, though, is awesome. If you get inspired, run with it—with all of your ability, run with it. But you won’t feel inspiration every single day, so you have to learn how to create characters and stories on your own.


I actually have some resources already on my blog. :) For reasons of convenience, I include them below.

First up: my personal character questionnaire.

http://writeinspiration.tumblr.com/post/109315588144/character-creation-form

  • Name:
  • Gender:
  • Age appears to be:
  • Appearance (clothing, body type, tattoos, piercings, etc.):
  • Back story:
  • Where their story begins in this story:
  • Theme song:
  • Strengths:
  • Weaknesses:
  • Job(s):
  • Idea of a perfect day:
  • Where they’re going:
  • What would they change about theirself, and why?
  • What would they change about the world, and why?
  • Most valuable possession(s):
  • Favorite food and drink:
  • Nickname/pet name:
  • Hobby(ies):
  • What makes them happy/sad/angry:
  • Deepest desires:
  • Secrets:
  • Regrets:
  • Something that changed their life forever:
  • Scars:
  • Sleep schedule:
  • Favorite animal(s):
  • Special features (different forms, type of immortality, magical abilities, etc.):

Here are tags you can look at for more stuff:

And here are some specific posts:

30 questions:

Creating a character and writing a bio:

Character checklist and questions:

Random orientation, culture, etc.:

Random character traits (includes fears and goals):

Quirks:

Character flaws and questions:

Master list of writing and character resources:

A different master list:

Personality form:


It gets better.

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“Extremely detailed character sheet template”

anakinskyloser:

Character Chart
Character’s full name:
Reason or meaning of name:
Character’s nickname:
Reason for nickname:
Birth date:

Physical appearance
Age:
How old does he/she appear:
Weight:
Height:
Body build:
Shape of face:
Eye color:
Glasses or contacts:
Skin tone:
Distinguishing marks:
Predominant features:
Hair color:
Type of hair:
Hairstyle:
Voice:
Overall attractiveness:
Physical disabilities:
Usual fashion of dress:
Favorite outfit:
Jewelry or accessories:

Personality
Good personality traits:
Bad personality traits:
Mood character is most often in:
Sense of humor:
Character’s greatest joy in life:
Character’s greatest fear:
Why?
What single event would most throw this character’s life into complete turmoil?
Character is most at ease when:
Most ill at ease when:
Enraged when:
Depressed or sad when:
Priorities:
Life philosophy:
If granted one wish, it would be:
Why?
Character’s soft spot:
Is this soft spot obvious to others?
Greatest strength:
Greatest vulnerability or weakness:
Biggest regret:
Minor regret:
Biggest accomplishment:
Minor accomplishment:
Past failures he/she would be embarrassed to have people know about:
Why?
Character’s darkest secret:
Does anyone else know?

Goals
Drives and motivations:
Immediate goals:
Long term goals:
How the character plans to accomplish these goals:
How other characters will be affected:

Past
Hometown:
Type of childhood:
Pets:
First memory:
Most important childhood memory:
Why:
Childhood hero:
Dream job:
Education:
Religion:
Finances:

Present
Current location:
Currently living with:
Pets:
Religion:
Occupation:
Finances:

Family
Mother:
Relationship with her:
Father:
Relationship with him:
Siblings:
Relationship with them:
Spouse:
Relationship with him/her:
Children:
Relationship with them:
Other important family members:

Favorites
Color:
Least favorite color:
Music:
Food:
Literature:
Form of entertainment:
Expressions:
Mode of transportation:
Most prized possession:

Habits
Hobbies:
Plays a musical instrument?
Plays a sport?
How he/she would spend a rainy day:
Spending habits:
Smokes:
Drinks:
Other drugs:
What does he/she do too much of?
What does he/she do too little of?
Extremely skilled at:
Extremely unskilled at:
Nervous tics:
Usual body posture:
Mannerisms:
Peculiarities:

Traits
Optimist or pessimist?
Introvert or extrovert?
Daredevil or cautious?
Logical or emotional?
Disorderly and messy or methodical and neat?
Prefers working or relaxing?
Confident or unsure of himself/herself?
Animal lover?

Self-perception
How he/she feels about himself/herself:
One word the character would use to describe self:
One paragraph description of how the character would describe self:
What does the character consider his/her best personality trait?
What does the character consider his/her worst personality trait?
What does the character consider his/her best physical characteristic?
What does the character consider his/her worst physical characteristic?
How does the character think others perceive him/her:
What would the character most like to change about himself/herself:

Relationships with others
Opinion of other people in general:
Does the character hide his/her true opinions and emotions from others?
Person character most hates:
Best friend(s):
Love interest(s):
Person character goes to for advice:
Person character feels responsible for or takes care of:
Person character feels shy or awkward around:
Person character openly admires:
Person character secretly admires:
Most important person in character’s life before story starts:
After story starts:

found here

(via simplyoriginalcharacters)

i made an oc questionnaire

bunnles:

it is unlike all(most) others 

1: What is your character’s full name?
2: What is their birth?
3: What is/are your character’s favorite show(s)?
4: What kind of drug(s) does your character do?
5: Favorite brand when it comes to shoes?
6: Where does your OC buy most of their clothes? Who pays for them?
7: Can your character cook anything well? If so, what?
8: Would your character sacrifice a friend for $10,000,000
9: What song does your character always sing in the shower?
10: As a child, what did your OC wanna be when they grew up?
11: Favorite kind of alcohol?
12: Who is/are your OC’s best friend(s)?
13: Favorite store?
14: Favorite book?
15: Most visited website(s)?
16: If your OC was a character from King of the Hill who would they be?
17: Propane or charcoal?
18: Favorite troll from Homestuck?
19: Has your character ever complained about how Invader Zim got canceled?
20: Nintendo or Sony?
21: Favorite video game(s)?
22: What’s the password they use for everything?
23: What was their email in the 6th grade?
24: Does your character tan or burn?
25: What invisible illness does your OC live with?
26: If charged by a swarm of wild animals, what wild animal would scare your character the most?
27: Everybody Loves Raymond comes on but the batteries in the remote are dead. Does your character watch ELR or get up and change it?
28: What was their favorite disney show as a kid?
29: If your character is LGBT+, when and how did they realize?
30: Who are your OC’s celebrity crushes?
31: How does your character want to die? How do they actually die?
32: How does your OC deal with having a crush on someone?
33: Did your OC cry at the end of Balto?
34: What Bands does your character own merch to?
35: Emo, scene, goth, or punk?
36: Does your OC use words or fists to argue?
37: Did your OC read the book The Secret? Did it change their lives?
38: Did you character get deeper into My Little Pony than they let on?
39: Spotify or Pandora?
40: Do they pay for music or download it off the web?
41: iPhone or Android?
42: Most used emoji?
43: Do they get lost on IMDB for hours looking up random movie trivia?
44: Remember when Donnie Darko was about to jerk off in his therapists office that was fucked up
45: Does your character think Elijah Wood’s is hot?
46: Does your character believe in the Illuminati
47: What do you think youtube would recommend your character watch?
48: Your OC stops at a gas station to buy a drink. What did they buy?
49: Does your character have an enemy/rival?
50: What kind of blog would/does your character have?(ie: food, aesthetic, SJW, porn, b&w, anime, etc..)

EDIT: hey guys if you use this please tag me in it so i can check out your OCs!!! 

Character Description Template

simplyoriginalcharacters:

PLEASE NOTE: This is the character description template I use, and have used in varying forms for the past twelve years. I edit it and update it as necessary for different settings, but it’s always worked for me and for my roleplaying groups. However, it may not work for you, and that’s totally okay. I’m posting it here because we’ve had asks regarding generic character profile templates, and I thought folks might be interested. If there’s anything in it you like and want to use, go ahead. Heck, if you want to take the whole thing, have at it! I’m sharing it for a reason.

Bear in mind that this profile template is a starting point, not an end point. I often start by filling in this basic information, and then I spend the rest of the time I’m working on a character adding on to it as I discover more things about them. As characters develop, they grow more complex and more detailed, and there’s no way this template can encompass all of that from the very beginning.

And before anyone gets worried, it is not a requirement for you to use this template for your submissions!

-Kyo

Name:
Aliases:
Gender/Pronouns:
Sexual/Romantic Orientation:
Age:
Birthdate:
Occupation:

Height:
Build:
Skin Tone:

Hair:
Eyes:
Identifying Marks:
Appearance:

Personality:
Motivations:
Current Goal:
Life Goal:
Motto:
Best Quality:
Worst Quality:
Fears:
Hobbies:
Talents:
Skills:

Alignment:
Group/Organizational Affiliations:

Family:
Best Friends:
Relationship Status:
Significant Other:
Other Relationships:


Secret:
Influential Memory:
Role Model:
Crush:
Source of Embarrassment:
Source of Pride:

Backstory:

original character bio template.

ezekielfigueros:

► basics;

Full Name:
Age:
Birthday: 
Sexual Orientation:
Relationship Status: 
Religion:
Occupation:
Nationality: 

► background; 

Place of Birth:
Hometown:
Education:

► physical;

Faceclaim:
Eye Color:
Hair Color:
Height:
Weight:
Tattoos, Birthmarks, Scars, etc:

► relatives; 

Father’s Full Name:
Father’s FC:
Father’s Status:
Father’s Occupation:
Mother’s Full Name:
Mother’s FC:
Mother’s Status:
Mother’s Occupation:
Siblings:

► relationships;

Ex-Significant Other(s):
Reason for Separation:
Current Significant Other:
What They Look For In Others:

► personality;

Positive Traits:
Negative Traits:

► misc;

Hobbies:
First Book They Read:
Favorite Book:
Favorite Music Artist:
Favorite Subject: 
Pets:
Habits:

so here’s the template i filled out in an rp a while ago, i have no idea who made it, but it’s in-depth af, and i cleared it out so people may use it at their will!

astraofrph:

BASIC INFORMATION

FULL NAME
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING
REASONING
NICKNAME(S)
PREFERRED NAME(S)
BIRTH DATE
AGE
ZODIAC:
GENDER
PRONOUNS
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION:
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
NATIONALITY
ETHNICITY
CURRENT LOCATION:
LIVING CONDITIONS
TITLE(S)

BACKGROUND

BIRTH PLACE
HOMETOWN:
SOCIAL CLASS:
EDUCATION LEVEL
FATHER
MOTHER
SIBLING(S)
BIRTH ORDER:
CHILDREN
PET(S)
OTHER IMPORTANT RELATIVES
PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS
ARRESTS?
PRISON TIME?:

OCCUPATION & INCOME

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME
SECONDARY SOURCE OF INCOME
TERTIARY SOURCE(S) OF INCOME
APPROXIMATE AMOUNT PER YEAR
CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?
PAST JOB(S)
SPENDING HABITS
MOST VALUABLE POSSESSION

SKILLS & ABILITIES

PHYSICAL STRENGTH
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
SPEED
INTELLIGENCE
ACCURACY
AGILITY
STAMINA
TEAMWORK
TALENTS
SHORTCOMINGS
LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN
DRIVE?
JUMP-STAR A CAR?
CHANGE A FLAT TIRE?
RIDE A BICYCLE?
SWIM?
PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
PLAY CHESS?
BRAID HAIR?
TIE A TIE?
PICK A LOCK?

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE & CHARACTERISTICS

FACE CLAIM
EYE COLOR
HAIR COLOR
HAIR TYPE/STYLE
GLASSES/CONTACTS?
DOMINANT HAND
HEIGHT:
WEIGHT
BUILD
EXERCISE HABITS
SKIN TONE
TATTOOS
PEIRCINGS
MARKS/SCARS
NOTABLE FEATURES
USUAL EXPRESSION
CLOTHING STYLE
JEWELRY
ALLERGIES
BODY TEMPERATURE
DIET
PHYSICAL AILMENTS

PSYCHOLOGY

JUNG TYPE
JUNG SUBTYPE
ENNEAGRAM TYPE
MORAL ALIGNMENT
TEMPERAMENT
ELEMENT
PRIMARY INTELLIGENCE TYPE
APPROXIMATE IQ
MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS
SOCIABILITY
EMOTIONAL STABILITY
OBSESSION(S)
COMPULSION(S)
PHOBIA(S)
ADDICTION(S)
DRUG USE
ALCOHOL USE
PRONE TO VIOLENCE?

MANNERISMS

SPEECH STYLE
ACCENT
QUIRKS
HOBBIES
HABITS
NERVOUS TICKS
DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS
FEARS
POSITIVE TRAITS
NEGATIVE TRAITS
SENSE OF HUMOR
DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?
CATCHPHRASE(S)

FAVORITES

ACTIVITY
ANIMAL
BEVERAGE
BOOK
CELEBRITY
COLOR
DESIGNER
FOOD
FLOWER
GEM
HOLIDAY:  
MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
MOVIE
MUSICAL ARTIST
QUOTE/SAYING
SCENERY
SCENT
SPORT
SPORTS TEAM
TELEVISION SHOW
WEATHER:
VACATION DESTINATION

ATTITUDES

GREATEST DREAM
GREATEST FEAR
MOST AT EASE WHEN
LEAST AT EASE WHEN
WORST POSSIBLE THING THAT COULD HAPPEN
BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT
BIGGEST REGRET
MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT
BIGGEST SECRET
TOP PRIORITIES

Q

Anonymous asked:

Michael and Jeremy, Kiss kiss kiss kiss!

For anyone who wants a free pose-able human reference for drawing

cas-watches-over-you:

gilove2dance:

ravesinthesky:

cupcakesandfucks:

nick-nocturn:

thebookskeeper:

piraticoctopus:

The other day I came across this awesome program by accident (I don’t even remember what I was actually searching for, but on the several times I’ve looked for a program like this I’ve had no luck). It’s cool enough that I wanted to share it.

image

It’s called DesignDoll (website here) and it’s a program that lets you shape and pose a human figure pretty much however you want.

There’s a trial version with no expiration date that can be downloaded for free, as well as the “pro license” version priced at $79. I’ve only had the free version for two days so far, so I’m not an expert and I haven’t figured out all of the features yet, but I’ve got the basics down. The website’s tutorials are actually pretty helpful for the basics, as well. 

Here’s the page for download, which has a list of the features available in both versions.

There are three features the free version doesn’t have:

  • Can’t save OBJ files for export
  • Can’t download models and poses from Doll Atelier (a sharing site for users; note that the site is in Japanese, though)
  • It can’t load saved files

The third one means that if you make a pose, save it, and close the program, you can’t load that pose/modified model later. You have to start with the default model. I found that out when I tried to load a file from the day before (this is why reading is important…). Whether saving your modifications (and downloading models and poses) is worth $80 is up to you. 

But, the default model is pretty nice and honestly if all you’re looking for is a basic pose reference it should work fairly well as it is. Here’s what it looks like:

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There’s a pose tag that lets you drag each joint into place and rotate body parts. The torso and waist can be twisted separately, and it seems like everything pretty much follows the range of movement it would have on an actual human.

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Even the entire shoulder area is actually movable along with the joint! See, like how the scapular area of the back raises with the arm:

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The morphing tag is one of the coolest features, in my opinion. It lets you pick and choose from a library of pre-set forms for the head, chest, arms, legs, etc. It has some more realistic body shapes in addition to more anime-like ones. Don’t like the options there? Mix a few to get what you want! Each option has a slider that lets you blend as much or as little as you want into the design. 

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So you, too, can create beautiful things like kawaii Muscle-chan!!

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The scale tag lets you mess with the proportions and connection points of different joints. This feature combined with the morphing feature not only allows more body shape variations, but it also means that you can do things like make a more digitigrade model if you want. (The feet only have an ankle joint, but for regular human poses that’s all that you really need, so whatever.)

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Or you can make a weird chubby alien-like thing with giant hands and balloon tiddies if that’s more your thing.

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The ability to pose hands to the extent it allows is far more than I could have hoped for from a free program. Seriously, you can change the position of each finger joint individually, as well as how spread out the fingers are from each other. Each crease on the diagram below is a point of movement, and the circles are for spread between fingers. 

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And to make it a bit more convenient, there’s a library of pre-set hand poses you can pick from as well, and then change the pose from that if you like. 

In both versions, you can also import OBJ files from other places for the model to hold, like if you wanted to have them hold a sword or something.

Basically, this program is awesome and free and you should totally check it out if you want a good program for creating pose references.

I just wanted to add a little more to this. If you have trouble figuring out how light sources work in your drawings this also allows you to choose where to have a light source.

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That shaded ball on the left is your light source. You can see how moving the point changed the shadow cast.

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Oh and all those other nifty looking things in that bottom bar there, yeah it’s what you think. You can change the model color to one of these presets or even customize your own palette.

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Plus for all you lovely people who want something a little more simplified to use as a pose reference

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You can turn your model into the classic wire frame.

Why reblog this? Because for more visual creators, this will be like the lumberjack discovering chainsaws. “Reblog to save lives” as the saying goes.

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@incaseyouart I have no idea if this is something you would be interested in but I’m over here freaking out!

Where have you been all my life? °^° ❤️

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