HOW TO – Create your own avatar or comic character

NOTE: This post is under development as of 2/16/15. My WRTG 3020 students will find the same info (minus my sample avatars) on their Class HUB.

AVATAR MAKERS

Cartoon Style

• ToonDoo Comic Maker
• Bitstrips
• Southpark Style Avatar

Anime/Manga Style

• Xiibi (Chibi) Maker
• Doll Divine’s Chibi Maker
• Avachara’s Anime Avatar Maker

PHOTO TO CARTOON CONVERTERS

• BeFunky (multipurpose photo editor with “cartoonize” effect)
• Cartoonize Me
• PicJoke (has lots of photo effects)
• SnapsTouch (several paint/sketch effects)

OTHER RESOURCES

• How to Draw a Caricature of Yourself

AMY’s AVATARS

Here are some of the avatars I’ve made with the avatar makers listed above. The one I drew myself (using the vector drawing tools in Anime Studio Pro) is clearly based on the avatar I first made in Xiibi.