: In Illustrator, Photoshop and other 2D image making software you must paint the face yourself. Of course you have a possiblity to cheat. You can take a photo or sevaral photos, combine and

In Illustrator, Photoshop and other 2D image making software you must paint the face yourself. Of course you have a possiblity to cheat. You can take a photo or sevaral photos, combine and warp them to unrecognizable form and that way generate something which doesn't collect an army of solicitors demanding money from you.

Without relying on existing images you must have the talent and skill to paint it yourself. It's not at all trivial. You must at first be able to imagine it in detail and then output it as curves, colors, lights and shades.

3D sculpting software does not help at all, if you cannot imagine it in detail. But if you can, it gives to you a possiblity to have it seen from all wanted directions without repainting.

The demand of plausible faces is so high that 3D face generating software has appeared. They need a photo to start from. You can also input a list of parameters. They claim to be able to output properly modelled faces in minutes. I haven't used them, only seen the advertisements. Here's a couple of them:

Face Gen Modeller facegen.com/modeller.htm
Facial Studio www.di-o-matic.com/products/Software/FacialStudio/#page=overview
3D software have as add-ons face prototype libraries and also free face prototypes (=meshes) are available. They speed the process, but finally you must be able to sculpt it to have the details that fit together and create the wanted character.

Commercial face generating software and commercial face prototype libraries to general 3D modelling doesn't come out cheap.

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