Indie Portrait Wizard - Make your own character portraits.

[Nipslip]

Portrait Wizard is a tool for creating custom hand-drawn like character portraits.
You puzzle together your portrait by choosing from a wide selection of parts,
and manipulate them to create your own unique custom portrait.


The UI is pretty simple and easy to use.

Some example pictures.

The portrait is saved as a BMP(bitmap) picture file, and an Ini file which can be loaded into the software,
so that you can load up a portrait later and continue working on it.

*IMPORTANT*
The minimum screen resolution required is 1280 x 960.
Requires Windows 7 or higher.

I am the sole developer, so developement is pretty slow, but steady.

Portrait Wizard is available on Steam Early Access.
If you are interested, I invite you to check out the videos and more example pictures on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/685300/Portrait_Wizard/

 

[PrettyDeadman]

Uncanny valley between human and anime / art for mobile game.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

 

[Nipslip]

Nuke it from orbit?
lol
Nothing like a warm welcome..

 

[Tito Anic]

Nuke it from orbit?
lol
Nothing like a warm welcome..

Willkommen to Codex!

Upper right, looks like:

 

[Jermu]

18 euros huh

 

[felipepepe]

Bitch, please...

 

[Nipslip]

Well, that is a beautiful man..

I guess I signed up for roasting when I posted here huh..

 

[Sigourn]

Sorry man, I don't like it much. I also think it's awful to see people criticize a project like this.

 

[Nipslip]

No problem.
It is not obligatory to like it.

 

[TT1]

 

[Nipslip]

lol

 

[luj1]

Not a fan of the infantile style and strong colors, but maybe that's intended. What can you do with these portraits once you make them, anyway?

EDIT: 20 euros holy shit

 

[Nipslip]

People use them for various roleplay stuff, some use it for concepting characters for stories and there is a commercial license included so some people use it for indie game making..
20 might seem a lot, but it is less than one portrait of similar quality, from an artist.

 

[luj1]

of similar quality

*cough*

 

[Nipslip]

Art is generally not cheap.
Even on places like Deviantart, you will have a hard time getting a portrait for 20.. At least not of the same quality.
I get it that you do not like the art style, but the assets have a decent quality and there are quite many assets, along with the software which makes it possible to modify them, so I think the price is fair.

 

[Bocian]

I'd rather have Prosper make a portrait for my character.

 

[Nipslip]

Yeah it is not for everyone..
Anyway, thanks for checking it out nontheless, even tho I feel that people in general would be nicer if I sat face to face with them, but that is what you get on the web..
And that is how it is supposed to be I guess..

Alright, have a good evening everyone!

 

[Kev Inkline]

Could we celebrate the acquisition of inXile by Microsoft by finally implementing the Times of Numenera Collector's Edition portraits?
(see pics attached)

A friendly reminder, you don't need alot to produce high quality portraits. The artistic skill dictates the results rather than all these fancy program.

 

[JarlFrank]

I don't mind programs like this, but the issue with it is - it's just massively overpriced for what it does when you can get the same for free elsewhere.

Like: http://www.rinmarugames.com/playgame.php?game_link=mega-fantasy-avatar-creator

Programs like these are super common and 99% of them are free, so charching 20 bucks for something like this is a little... excessive.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

even tho I feel that people in general would be nicer if I sat face to face with them

 

[Haba]

Please don't make the faces perfectly symmetrical, that's what makes them look uncanny.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_symmetry

 

[Radech]

Please don't make the faces perfectly symmetrical, that's what makes them look uncanny.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_symmetry

Interesting, maybe add a distortion layer and keep the symmetry for simplification/asset flipping etc.

But yeah this artstyle makes me uncomfortable, not sure if it's from bad memories or something deeper

 

[HeatEXTEND]

Portrait Wizard is a tool for creating custom hand-drawn like character portraits.

Does it feature ballgags?

 

[ItsChon]

I think the first post sums it up pretty well, it just doesn't strike a good balance between realism and cartoony. As for how people are treating you, posting the kind of shit you just did essentially begging for pity is about as bad. You're right, it's the internet, and your product was not only subpar but comically so. People are going to make jokes. Laugh it off, and either change your audience or fix your product.