Avatars for Blogs and Gmail

Graphic representations such as avatars or photos in Blogger profiles or as Gmail pictures can help establish your online identity, and help your peers remember who you are when you chat with them and comment on their blogs. Online sites can enable you to create individual avatars that you may be able to use in a Blogger profile:

• View Blog
• View my complete profile
• Edit your profile: Photograph;

or as a Gmail picture:

• Settings: My picture.

For example, I assembled the avatar above at the Dream Avatar site. It took little more than ten minutes to browse and choose elements (body, hair, clothing, shoes, accessories):

• pausing the cursor over interesting selections to reveal their names,
  
• mouse clicking to toggle them on and off for automatic previews, & then
  
• saving satisfactory results.
  

I'm wearing: an Anti-Fashion Aqua Hoony Tee, Anti-Terror Forest Camo Pants, a Celestial Wrap, an Angelic Sash, another Celestial Wrap, and Black High Tek Sandals. It is possible to edit a Dream Avatar after you have saved it.

If you know or hear of any other sites like that - that you, your friends and classmates can use to create personal avatars; please let us know in comments on this post, with links to the sites and notes on how to use them. If you need help getting an avatar that you've already made into your Blogger profile or Gmail settings; ask a classmate who has one already, or ask a lab assistant or your instructor for help in class.

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