Online Avatar

According to Wikipedia, an avatar is An avatar 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 (picture) used on Internet forums and other communities.

There are several web based avatar creators that let's you conveniently make your avatar without the need for any photo editing knowledge. To mention a few is Yahoo Avatars, Dopple Me, and the South Park Studio that lets you create a south park version of you. I posted a south park version of me and my officemates a few months back here.

Anyway, the highlight of this post is the FaceYourManga avatar creator. FaceYourManga basically allows you to create a mangatar their argot for avatar. You are presented with a basic avatar which you can customize to your liking. You can choose different hairstyles, customize features, eyes, nose, garments and apply some makeup if you are inclined to do so. There are plenty of choices for each of them and if you spend some time on it, you will get pretty close to what you were looking for when you started.