Abstract: A method is provided for creating human characters by virtue of partial image synthesis. The method comprises displaying a basic character body form, displaying a plurality of face shapes as images and synthesizing a selected one of the displayed face shape images with the basic character body form, displaying a plurality of hairstyles as images and synthesizing a selected one of the displayed hairstyle images with the basic character body form, displaying a plurality of eye shapes as images and synthesizing a selected one of the displayed eye shape images with the basic character body form, displaying a plurality of mouth shapes as images and synthesizing a selected one of the displayed mouth shape images with the basic character body form, and displaying a plurality of nose shapes as images and synthesizing a selected one of the displayed nose shape images with the basic character body form, whereby a desired human character is created.