| One of the really neat things that new technology | | | | work its magic tricks to turn your photo into a cartoon. |
| allows us to do is to have fun. And one of the things | | | | However, not just any photo will do. To create a truly |
| that is extremely fun and easy to do is to create a | | | | great animated picture of yourself, you will need a |
| cartoon of yourself. | | | | good picture of just you without anybody else in the |
| The other day I was on Facebook and I received a | | | | photo. Ideally, this picture will be very clear and |
| message from a good friend of mine. The meaning | | | | up-close. If it is not, the photo may blur too much. |
| of the message was trivial but I was fascinated by the | | | | For example, if you want to create a Facebook |
| picture that sat along side the message. | | | | cartoon photo, you will want an up-close face picture |
| It was a picture of my friend Jeremy but as a cartoon. | | | | similar to that which you would find on a passport |
| Knowing Jeremy, who is not too technically adept, I | | | | photo. This is not difficult to achieve. In fact, with |
| figured this might not be too difficult to do. After all, I | | | | today’s best digital cameras, it can be |
| already found a way to put your face on a dancing | | | | accomplished in a snap. |
| body so this could not be that hard to do either. | | | | To accomplish this feat, you will also require a |
| I immediately began searching about how to create | | | | computer and Internet connection. |
| cartoon pictures of yourself. It turns out that there | | | | The computer does not have to be super powerful. |
| are many sites that allow you to make cartoon | | | | If you have the ability to view and modify photos |
| pictures of yourself. Obviously, though, some are | | | | already, this computer will be powerful enough to use |
| better than others. | | | | on these websites. |
| There are a few things that you need before you can | | | | Finally, you will want an Internet connection that is |
| create cartoon pictures of yourself. | | | | suitable. Though a dial-up service might suffice, I |
| The first thing that you need to make these photos is | | | | would suggest some sort of broadband connection. |
| a good photo of yourself. The way that these sites | | | | That way, you’re photos can be uploaded without |
| work is that you upload a photo and then the site can | | | | waiting forever. |