I don’t know about you, but I read a lot of different forums and blogs. I’m always fascinated by peoples avatars, gravatars, etc. I’ve noticed recently a lot of people have these little cartoon caricatures of themselves. Could they all be that good at art? Not likely.

Then the other day I stumbled across how they are creating them. I’ll show you how here.. and even if you don’t care about having an avatar of yourself, it’s worth checking this free program out.

I mean, who doesn’t want a little cartoon self?

They are called mangatars.. and here’s what the program that creates them for free looks like.

The site has a simple program that lets you choose your sex, face, hair, clothes, backgrounds, etc. It’s worth checking out for sure, and when you’re done with that, why not turn it into a gravatar so it can follow you around the web?

Here’s how to make a gravatar.

Here’s the site that creates your mangatar.

Here is my Mangatar, as you see on the front page of my site, BeantownDesign.com

Here’s an example:

Read on to see how to make your own Gravatar in under 5 minutes:

1- Go to http://en.gravatar.com/ and set up an account with your email. Then upload a picture from your computer and crop it to the size you want. It asks you to confirm, and you’re done!

2- When you make a comment on a post, the important part is to enter the same email address that you used on en.gravatar.com (this is how they pull the info). That’s it! Post the comment and your image will show up.

Have Fun!