hi guys.. i have a question... i would like to know what software can i use to create a cartoon character that looks like a person.... example.. i would like to make a cartoon guy that looks like me... is there anything u can do.. maybe use a picture of the person and the character gets the facial characteristic of the person.... ?????? thanks

Anthony
This is one I done of John kennedy in poser 7

This is tricky, because you probably don't just want to make a Poser figure that looks like someone, you want to make a cartoon figure, which usually involves artistic exaggeration of the original person's features.

Here's an article on using GIMP (the open-source Photoshop) to make caricatures based on photos. Scroll to the bottom and you'll see some good examples of how an actual figure is distorted to make it look cartoony.

http://www.wingimp.org/tutorial/aliens/aliens.html

To my knowledge, there is no software that can do this automatically yet. It involves a certain amount of artistic ability that is difficult to automate. You might try googling "caricature software" and seeing what you get.

You could also try a photoshop plug-in called "sketch designer" it will make drawings out of photographs and images.  Might be worth a shot.  I forget where to get it, but its free.  You can check the photoshop forum, I know there's a list on there that has it.

I found this page of tutorials on how to do various comic book art type things with Photoshop. There are a couple of tuts on turning regular photos into comic book illos. Check it out:

http://www.pslover.com/similar/Comic_Book_style_Graphic_Design

Anthony :D

Anthony

Not sure what you version of a cartoon is but I think that he is wanting a 'toon' version of the character like this:

Where as yoru is a real looking representation.

acidman, that is brilliant.

raymir, can't you do a cartoon exaggeration from within Poser, i.e. once you have saved your look-alike, then start exaggerating certain facial features from within the Poser Face Room.

thanks mathman 

it takes some time to build a person as a cartoon and then you have to render it that takes forever i like the poser 4 render cos it does not take long to render!

Anthony