| Turning your photo into a cartoon web face is one of | | | | of yourself is to use an online image editor like Lunapic. |
| the hottest online trends throughout the social | | | | It's really simple...first I just go to the Lunapic website, |
| networking world today. Cartoon avatars serve as a | | | | then I choose an image file for my web face and click |
| unique way of branding your personal identity in a | | | | "upload now". After the image has uploaded to their |
| variety of online communities like Facebook, MySpace | | | | server, I can create the cartoon picture of myself by |
| and many others. There are many different ways of | | | | going to the "effects" drop down menu at the top and |
| creating a cartoon picture by digitally manipulating a | | | | then click on "cartoon". Right after the effect is applied, |
| photograph of your face. Methods range from | | | | I always save my web face cartoon by clicking on |
| professional graphic image editing techniques using | | | | one of the "save to" links below the image. |
| Photoshop or Illustrator to fully automated online | | | | Similar cartoonize photo results can be obtained by |
| website systems. | | | | using Google's online image editing tool at Picasaweb. |
| Since most people do not have access to professional | | | | This service is a little more complicated than the |
| image editing software like Photoshop nor the skills to | | | | Lunapic method above but it can produce similar |
| use such a complex program, we will just look at | | | | results. One of the difficulties with Picasa is that |
| some of the automated cartoon yourself for free | | | | Google will insist that you have an account with them |
| methods available. So if you're still wondering how to | | | | before you can use the service but they do have |
| make me a cartoon then keep reading. | | | | more options available in their interface. |
| Perhaps the quickest way to make a cartoonize photo | | | | |