Faceclaim Preference?

Discussion in 'Character Development' started by hatchaplan, May 18, 2019.

  1. hatchaplan

    hatchaplan Newcomer

    I'm curious if most people prefer animated or real life faceclaims these days. I've noticed that, maybe... 60-70% of Jcink sites are real life/model playbys, while Proboards sites tend to be animanga. It's an interesting divide, isn't it?
     
  2. SithLordOfSnark

    SithLordOfSnark Resident Game Owner

    I prefer real life face claims. I'm not a huge fan of anime and for the sites I play on, for the most part anime pictures wouldn't work.
     
  3. tophermr
    Amused

    tophermr Newcomer Game Owner

    I prefer real life face claims, animated face claims are just so weird to me.
     
  4. theeflamehead

    theeflamehead Newcomer Game Owner

    A lot of the Novas I use are solely RL faces. If someone creates a 3D model, we automatically consider it unique, and don't worry about it as much.
     
  5. Elena
    Arthritic

    Elena Resident Game Owner

    Real life faceclaims only.
     
  6. RachD
    Caffeine Fix

    RachD Resident Game Owner

    We use both in our boards (since it's in a comic verse). When I write, I usually have real life face claims in the back of my mind. Both on the hobby boards and in my own writing. I would like to get someone to actually draw my original characters, keeping in mind the face claim as the basic idea... I will do this someday.
     
  7. Yona Carlin

    Yona Carlin Newcomer Game Owner

    Definitely real people.
     
  8. Legends Are Lessons

    Legends Are Lessons Newcomer Game Owner

    I think if a celeb face isn't used, a "mood" pic better suits.
     
  9. callielizz

    callielizz Fresh Blood

    I prefer real life people for face claims. It helps me to get into the story a lot more.
     
  10. Dabony

    Dabony Newcomer Game Owner

    Usually, I have a vision of my character in my head, and will just take any faceclaim I can get that fits. Sometimes I can't find anything and have to get my friend to sketch them for me. Usually, I prefer artwork to real-world images.
     
  11. Melusine

    Melusine Newcomer Game Owner

    First I'd like to point out that proboards isn't strictly animated face claims - there's a lot of proboards sites that use real life face claims, too. And the same goes for jcink.

    I generally prefer using real life face claims, but don't mind using animated either. My issue with animated face claims is that I feel like the characters become a lot harder to relate to, than if they were portrayed by someone who looks more realistic.
     
  12. writerlimn

    writerlimn Newcomer Game Owner

    Real life face claims all the way for me, but also if I can't find a suitable face - stock images?
     
  13. Star Army
    Spaced

    Star Army Resident Game Owner

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    Lately I've been getting a lot of realistic character faces by generating them on Artbreeder.com - all the images there are CC0 "Public domain" so they're free to use, and I can customize them however I want by changing the ethnicity, age, gender, and many other characteristics. It's all AI-based. The image above is one of the ones I made there. I think as we go forward and AI gets better and better at making faces, it might be a good option to use instead of taking actor photos to use as playbys.
     
  14. RottenEmu
    Cynical

    RottenEmu Newcomer Game Owner

    It's always Real life faceclaims for me, even for the slightly more obscure races in Star Trek (Saurians, Denobulans, Caitians), I just like to pretend I'm casting the roles with real actors and actresses.
     
  15. Matsu

    Matsu Newcomer

    So, 90% my OC's I draw. I do "realistic" and animeish styles.
     
  16. Zozma
    Unlucky

    Zozma Spider Demon Game Owner

    I use both, but not on the same site. I don't feel like I can get into the story if it's mixed face claims.
     
  17. Elzeothis
    Devilish

    Elzeothis Newcomer Game Owner

    I like the idea of generating your own PB face claim - but the issue is, at least for me, that players these days like to combine the written word with visual references, so having limited pictures to reference or imagine with makes things challenging.

    On the other side, using drawn PBs means you can present your (and other people characters) in any circumstance you want - if you have someone with the talent.

    It's a conundrum, to be sure.

    Personally? I prefer realistic PBs simply because I do real life roleplay, so in my mind, it makes more sense to use real people who really exist.
     
  18. Always real life face claims. I feel like the aesthetic gets messy with a mixture of real vs. illustrated.
     
  19. Jessieberu

    Jessieberu Newcomer

    I have always used real-life FCs, truthfully.
     
  20. soar

    soar Newcomer Game Owner

    I far prefer creating my own faceclaims (i.e. using art of OCs), there's a lot fewer grey areas with own faceclaims.
     
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