Character Artist - Overview

Synopsis

by Michael Tresca

Character Artist, an add-on for Campaign Cartographer 2, allows gamers to create anything from a full-length portrait of their character to infantry counters for war games. With Character Artist, players and game masters alike can build characters from a basic race template (human, elf, half-elf, dwarf, halfling, half-orc and gnome) or use monsters to create non-standard combinations. With the click of an icon, you can choose from over 17,000 symbols to add gender, body parts, clothing and weapons. This very flexible product provides a wide range of colors and dimensions for creation of virtually any fantasy character type with its easy to use point-and-click interface.

Once created, characters can be transformed into portraits, silhouettes, .JPG files or stand-up card figures and be annotated with armor types and hit points. Character Artist comes with a series of pre-generated characters, monsters and objects that can be combined to created truly unique beings. The special symbol catalog can be edited, renamed or reordered to allow enterprising creators the ability to manufacture any alien being conceivable. All character symbols can be imported into Campaign Cartographer 2 for additional flexible options.

Whether it's a portrait for a character sheet, an avatar for a chat room, a figure for a war game or a symbol for a map, Character Artist provides a fast means of generating character art. With the product, even the less artistic finally have a means of making their ideas come to life.