User blog:Binkatong/Avatar Makers for Characters

Need to make pics for your characters? But you can't draw (or just don't want to)? Well, here are a few options for avatar makers online:

Gaia Dream Avatar
This maker is a really good one. It has lots of options for hair, eyes, and clothes, good for both human and humanoid alien characters. The one issue is that the picture are small and very chibi-ified, and can get a bit busy.

Link: http://www.tektek.org/dream/

Subeta Wardrobe Wizard
Subeta is another good one, still anime but not as short and the Gaia type. There are still quite a lot of options here, not as much as Gaia but still impressive. The one issue I've found is that the hairstyles are a little lacking.

Link: http://arvee.org/sofetch/

Crysandrea
This isn't the most well known avatar maker, but it's quite a gem. The fact that you can only see the bangs in the hair selection is sort of annoying, but the fact that you can make pretty much anything any color makes up for it completely.

Link: http://dream.crysandrea.com/

eLouai
Now, eLouai is a toughy. The results are absolutely gorgeous; rather sparkly and girly, but this can be a good thing for some characters. The issue is that there are so many choices, and each choice has an incredibly amount of detail, it's really hard to make a character who has a set (simple) design in your head already. But it's so pretty... (Another issue is that not all hair styles and eye shapes are available for all colors, but if you have photoshop or something of that ilk, this can be fixed.)

Link: http://elouai.com/candybar5/dress-up-girls.php