If you like manga/anime-style characters and want to create one but lack artistic talent, here is an excellent alternative. It is a website called MakeGirlsMoe, where the neural network generates infinite anime characters.
Two weeks ago we showed you a gallery with the unsettling photorealistic faces generated by Nvidia's neural network of non-existent celebrities. A website called MakeGirlsMoe does almost the same, but instead of celebrities, the neural network generates infinite anime characters. While Nvidia's photorealistic celebrities require some graphic power to generate faces, if you head to MakeGirlsMoe you can easily generate your own female anime character tailored to your preferences, including hair style and color, eye color, and other identifying features. Below, the video showing the transition and processing capability of MakeGirlsMoe's neural network to generate infinite anime characters.
In the community there are already several pioneering works in anime image generation, such as ChainerDCGAN, Chainer, and projects like IllustrationGAN and AnimeGAN that have their code available online. However, the results generated by these models are often blurry and distorted, and standard facial image generation for anime characters remains an unsolved problem. As a step to address this challenge, MakeGirlsMoe proposes a model that produces high-quality anime faces with a promising success rate.
Using Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) algorithms, MakeGirlsMoe is capable of generating an original female anime character following the user's specifications. While it is not perfect, the generated images handle well the different attributes and visual features you assign. An interesting detail is that the image is not generated on a server, as the site's creators built a more accessible interface using the user's own browser via WebDNN. If you lack artistic talent, MakeGirlsMoe is an excellent option to consider.
Official website: MakeGirlsMoe
