2023 Compilation of Programs to create characters

Dec 2, 2017
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Mention in the comments to add. Last update: 8/April 2023.

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Metahumans by Unreal

No anatomical parts. Released around 2 years ago and with continual updates, great animation tools, great rigging and topology. Requires Unreal Engine 5 (even to export to Blender) which is quite heavy to download and install. Limited hair and clothes options.

VROID
No anatomical parts. Available on Steam. Easily create anime characters. Plenty of customization options. Ability to create hair. Decent amount of hairs, clothes, eyes/iris and other built in assets. Easy to export models.

Blender

Weather creating models from 0 or changing models produced in other software, this is a must install.
Blender3.5 has a new very helpful feature that allows you to "paint" topology (great for quickly adding anatomical parts).


PAID