COOL WEBSITE for Avatar creation- Face Your Manga

Face Your Manga allows you to create a cool looking, free Avatar for yourself or your friends. You can use it with the most common Instant Messaging programmes, such as LiveMessenger, Skype, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, MySpaceIM, and many more. 

An avatar (from the Sanskrit word for "a form of self", commonly used in many Indian languages) is a computer user's representation of himself/herself or alter ego, whether in the form of a three-dimensional model used in computer games, a two-dimensional icon used on Internet forums and other communities,or a text construct found on early systems such as MUDs. It is an “object” representing the embodiment of the user. The term "avatar" can also refer to the personality connected with the screen name, or handle, of an Internet user.

But on the flip side, are people afraid to show what they look like?

I wonder sometimes the very attractive avatar of some people are just a disguise for their true ugliness or something? I guess some people just don't use their true identity or picture because you never know whose on the computer. It can be unsafe. Some members are very young and exposing oneself to the world invites any possibilities of people being followed or stalked by strangers online. Creating the unnecessary anguish one might get.

So this is when Avatar comes in handy!

Using cartoon characters that are an image to represent us, they help to resemble ourselves in a way we deem fit. Could be a form of misrepresentation I guess, but it could be one we could associate with. Some people may identify in some way with another race, who knows? I would not choose to represent myself with an avatar that was that much different than myself because I am comfortable with who I am.

If I could age my avatar by 30 years, I'd do that, too. Create one today!