How to create Avatar from Photo (free and online)
What is an “Avatar”?
An avatar is an image that web users can use on their social media profile, online games, forum or blog to show themselves, without having to share a real photo.
Avatars are widely used on websites and in online role-playing games to represent people. It is the best way to identify yourself, just as if it were an identity card on the Internet.
Until recently it was thought that the avatar was no longer in “fashion” and instead Facebook has denied this by launching the “Avatar” service within its application in order to allow users to reproduce themselves through a avatar, avatar that can then also be used in comments or in Messenger conversations as stickers, as is already the case with Apple’s Memoji.
How to create an Avatar?
On the Web there are several FREE online services that allow you to create your own avatar by choosing “manually” everything you need to draw an image of your face (for example this free avatar maker).
Usually these applications allow you to choose skin color, face and body shape, eyes, hair, mouth, eyebrow shape, clothing and more.
While all of these options might be able to create an avatar that looks quite like your face, it must be said that the result will never be perfect. In addition, you have to spend a lot of your time looking for the best combinations in order to get a decent avatar.
One thing is certain that if you want to create a perfect avatar, the ideal would be to convert your photo into an avatar. But is there a way to make this conversion? The answer is yes. Read on to find out how!
How to create your Avatar from Photo for free
If you want to create your own avatar from photo, the best service to use is to PhotoCartoon.net.
It is a free online service (also available in a PC software version) that allows you to convert images and photos into cartoons and even avatars.
Below we will see the steps to follow to turn your photo into an avatar. In the example image below you can see how a simple photo can be transformed into an avatar, avatar in “cartoon” format and completely similar to the original photo!
Interessante vero? Prova subito a convertire una tua foto in avatar seguendo questi semplici passaggi.
Step 1. Open PhotoCartoon.net on your browser
Step 2. Click on “Browse File” and select your photo from your device (PC, Mac, smartphone or tablet). Be sure you select a photo portrait where your face is well visible.
Step 3. Click on CARTOONIZE button and your photo will be converted in a few of seconds.
Step 4. From the left of the page choose the effect “Cartoon REAL1”. The cartoon avatar version of your photo will appear in the center of the screen
Step 5. Click on Download button to save the avatar on your device.
In the latest versions of the PhotoCartoon service, in addition to the CARTOON REAL effect, other effects have been added that will allow you to create an avatar from your photo. Here are some other new effects you can use.
Source image used for our tests:
Here are the effects we used and their result.
3D DISNEY EFFECT: create a “Disney” style avatar from your photo
Woman Full Body: Click on the “Woman Full Body” or “Men Full Body” effect to get a full body avatar.
MAGIC CARTOON effect: with this effect you can create a truly magical avatar!
How to free make an Avatar from Photo with PhotoAvatar.net
Another new and interesting service that you could try to create an avatar from your photo, is the one offered by Photo Avatar.
Unlike other “Avatar Maker” sites that allow you to create the avatar manually by choosing the shape of the face, hair, cut and color of the eyes, etc …, PhotoAvatar.net uses the technology of neural networks to automatically detect the features of your face and associates them with the most similar avatar possible.
Once you have accessed the home of the service, all you have to do is press UPLOAD PHOTO and upload your photo from your PC or phone. The system will automatically search and eventually show the resulting avatar
Here is an example of the conversion we achieved on this platform.
Both PhotoCartoon.net and PhotoAvatar.net do not require any registration and it is 100% FREE to use!
