ruddyowls:

I have discovered that Seventh Sanctum’s general character generator is a good tool for people who, like me, are just beginning to try and design a wide variety of characters of different appearances and body types! Click generate and it gives you a random character description, which you can then attempt to draw as you see fit, such as these:

“This woman reminds you of a placid lake. She has wide blue eyes. Her fine, straight, chocolate-colored hair is worn in a style that reminds you of a pile of leaves. She is short and has a lithe build. Her skin is cream-colored. She has a high forehead. Her wardrobe is no-nonsense, and is completely green and gray.”

“This woman reminds you of a vicious barracuda. She has narrow blue eyes. Her luxurious, curly, neck-length hair is the color of desert sand, and is worn in a weird style. She has an elegant build. Her skin is pale. She has knobby ears and large hands. Her wardrobe is impractical, with a lot of orange.”

“This gentleman reminds you of a prowling panther. He has almond-shaped purple eyes that are like two amethysts. His silky, wavy, short hair is the color of obsidian, and is worn in an impractical style. He has an angular build. His skin is china-white. He has bushy eyebrows. His wardrobe is artistic.”

You can obviously see that some of the descriptors are a little bit absurd and purple prosey, and some of them don’t even make sense, but that’s the fun part - you, as the artist, get to decide how these silly descriptors would translate into an actual person’s appearance. For instance, I think I got one chick who had “large eyes that look like spots of dried blood,” which was kind of a dumb description, but then I decided, hey, maybe she wears a lot of gaudy red makeup around her eyes, and that became a part of her appearance that told a little piece of her personality.

So there you go! Hope this helps some people.