12 Sites To Create Cartoon Characters of Yourself

If you are not comfortable using real photos to represent yourself in any online profiles and avatars, why not create a cartoon characters of yourself? It’ll definitely be fun and unique to others when you are representing yourself in a cartonized way in any online profiles and avatars, anywhere from Gravatar to MyBlogLog, blog profiles, Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, etc.

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Thanks to many free web services, you don’t have to pay an artist for your cartoon illustrations. All you have to do is upload your photo, or perform some mix and match. Here’s 11 websites that allows you to create a cartoon character of yourself.

Portrait Illustration Maker

Portrait Illustration Maker is a service which provides character icons completely free of charge! They are available for your blog site or SNS. If you’d like to save the completed avatar, right-click on the icon. And then select "Save Picture As… " from the menu.
WeeWorld

Create an cartoon character to represent yourself in WeeWord games (WeeMee) or just export it for anywhere else.
Meez

Social entertainment website that allows users to create their own animated avatars, or "3D I.D." graphics, for the Web, to play casual games with their avatars, and to use them in customizable Rooms on social networks like Facebook.

Simpsonize Me

Turn yourself into a simpson character.
Yahoo! Avatars
BeFunky
Buscar Messenger
Cartoon Me

Cartoonize yourself as simple as uploading your photo, Cartoon Me will do the rest.
Joystiq Mii characters

Think of it as creating Mii characters, but online so you can use it anywhere.
MyPlay

By far, one of the most sophisticated cartoon character creating free service. However this Taiwanese site is only for those who are able to interpret chinese words.
South Park Studio

For south park fans, now you can become one of them.
Moonjee

Virtual makeover and Make a face.

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Comments

Jusdy J. February 28th, 2008

nice entry…i’ll link back to your post….
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vickie February 28th, 2008

erm I’m interested on CartoonMe that vector a real phone of myself
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gaTO February 28th, 2008

hey hong kiat..nice blog here la..i’ll support u man..really cool to get updates about tech stuff..
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Edward February 29th, 2008

Been playing with Simpsonize Me for some time, hehe kinda hilarious when u see yourself transform, feels like you are one of the character in Simpson :P
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Carbono February 29th, 2008

Very nice… i’ll test.
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Reza.R February 29th, 2008

hi,
very nice post
i will translate it to Persian for my blog.
tnx again !!!!
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Josh February 29th, 2008

Cool links! Thankx
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Steve Yu February 29th, 2008

Wow, love it so much.
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Craig March 1st, 2008

Hi!
You might also like to try http://www.toonlet.com.
Toonlet places the emphasis squarely on character creation, and features a powerful avatar tool so you can make characters that look authentically hand-drawn.

From there, it’s easy to build out a library of moods for your characters to use in their comic strips.

Swing on by and check out the site, or take the toonlet tour:
http://www.toonlet.com/tour

Let us know what you think!

Thanks!
-Craig (from toonlet)
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摩摩诘 March 2nd, 2008

another site: MSN cartooner

http://cartoon.msn.com.cn/
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Krika March 3rd, 2008

Very nice, cool links.Thanks.
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Syahid A. March 3rd, 2008

Cool list HK. I am going to try one of those.
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WeLovePenang March 6th, 2008

thanks a lot for the sharing.. among the 12.. i like the WeeWorld.. the best among all…

for cartoon me also good.. but need to pay…. wat to do.. everyone is looking for freelunch….
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petnos March 11th, 2008

thanks…
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Mandi March 11th, 2008

I love this post – I use the Southpark studios all the time, but you had a few one’s I’ve never seen. Thanks for sharing!
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johannz March 18th, 2008

Is cartoonme free ?Isurfed the site it seems they charge us forthe service. Something around 3.5 euros
Just for addiitonl info I hav made my cartoony photo on Cartoonized (link: http://cartoonized.net/cartoonme.php) prviusly. I luv the look.
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anonymous March 25th, 2008

some of the want to charge costs. maybe you cold add a $-symbol where it costs money…
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Rim March 25th, 2008

Nice list, thanks for making me discover the Simpsonize me. :)
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Katie March 26th, 2008

…or….you learn to draw :/
http://katie.blogsite.org
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Free Buttons by Bill March 27th, 2008

Funny and cool post! Clever idea for an article.
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webtutes March 28th, 2008

Very nice stuff here ! Thank you !
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Maura Welch March 31st, 2008

Great post – and thanks for adding WeeMees.

At WeeWorld WeeMees download millions of FREE items from WeeWorld every week – cool clothes, great gear, pets, food, accessories – you even get your very own room.
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Penang Tua Pui April 5th, 2008

thanks for the sharing and we had made our own avatar for our web… thanks…
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Jason Bates - Lushable.com April 8th, 2008

Awesome post, i love online avatars!
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Shreemani May 18th, 2008

I will definitely try these websites for myself as well. :)
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Song May 24th, 2008

Very interesting. But the characters are not very well drawned.
Another site like : http://www.imvu.com
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eddi May 27th, 2008

Interesting post.definitely useful stuff. You can also try out quicktoons.com or read about this here .
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Wing Loon June 2nd, 2008

I am finding a site that allows to create a caricature. Anybody know it?
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hongkiat June 2nd, 2008

@Wing Loon Maybe you have to try offline, Central Market perhaps. Haha.
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Ashfame June 15th, 2008

Good post again.
Will try it.
Stumbled again.
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Luni June 20th, 2008

Very very cool of you to postthis!I’ve been searching for free cartoonizer since 4 ever!I realy just want to create a avatar based on my pic…the myplay seem very interesting..i realy hope there will be an english version very soon!Or if someone can help me with it pls let me know:-D
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Samardeep July 9th, 2008

Very cool information you have given. I’ll try many of them. Thanks a lot.

http://funmania.awardspace.com
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Kate July 9th, 2008

cartoon me is not free!
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Andy August 7th, 2008

ty for the links
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Just Saying August 7th, 2008

This is awesome!
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lie fung August 9th, 2008

Nice post…:)

That’s very informative and helpful

http://liefung.callrid.com
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Ooty Tour August 13th, 2008

Let me Tryout.

http://www.ootytour.com
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Kiqlo August 16th, 2008

If you want a place to store, download and sell your cartoon you can try http://www.kiqlo.com
We just started but we are day by day populating it with content.
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owel September 4th, 2008

http://www.faceyourmanga.com

really popular avatar maker here.

nice post btw.
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AnggaRifandi September 14th, 2008

wow, great site. thanks for your info. from your list, site that I’ve visited is yahoo avatar. by the way, nice post.
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Kazelrjb September 21st, 2008

Hi webmaster!
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Kazelvsu September 21st, 2008

Hi webmaster!
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Kazelwxf September 21st, 2008

Hi webmaster!
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jnm September 22nd, 2008

this is the most dumbest website ever
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man October 1st, 2008

who can make classic cartoons characters?
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ambien October 8th, 2008

Hi webmaster!
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shafar October 8th, 2008

Nice post..
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cialis October 9th, 2008

Hi webmaster!
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Freddie Quinn October 21st, 2008

Another cool cartoon making site that’s so easy and free to use is http://makemeacartoon.net
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Criação de Sites October 28th, 2008

Thanks for the tips!!! Interesting blog!
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Sandra November 5th, 2008

Yeah I used that site yesterday, they have an awesome free program!
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ParityCheck November 8th, 2008

Thank u 4 sharing .I tryied all of themm . I like the cartoonized.net ’s cartoon best . Cartoony ? how do u call them ? .Just like those characters in comic books .
1 additional thing to mention. cartoon me and cartoonized.net are not free .I paid USD 15 for my cartoon photo at cartoonized.net
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Kendra November 13th, 2008

@Freddie yeah I got the free program from http://makemeacartoon.net yesterday and it is so easy to make a cartoon I’ve already told my friends to download it too!!!
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Jennifer November 13th, 2008

omg i totally love http://makemeacartoon.net

so easy to use and free!!

i told all my friends to download it!!!
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Maggy November 14th, 2008

have tried meez, not so satisfy, will try cartoon me
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Hussein November 19th, 2008

Cool Sites
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Pattaya PG November 20th, 2008

Oh Thanks for advise cartoon making I will try and put my blog
Thanks
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mikayla December 1st, 2008

cool
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Cartoon December 2nd, 2008

The best site out there is Make A Cartoon You.

They blog at http://www.makeacartoonyou.com
and have cartoon stuff at http://www.makeacartoonyou.com/make-a-cartoon-you.

Anyway, lots of info and cool stuff. My favorite.
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Sanny Rizky Jatnika December 5th, 2008

haha u must be kidding ;) really cool stuff
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Cupid Blogger December 6th, 2008

Funny character..wondering what cupid blogger character..cartoon version

Check out the blog about love i recently launched -
Cupid Blogger Dot Com
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dan london December 22nd, 2008

pretty funny stuff.

The simpsons stuff is really cool.
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retrogaming December 25th, 2008

Someone above posted http://www.faceyourmanga.com, well, that’s just the one I was looking for. Thank you! I think it’s above the competition.
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Dan January 4th, 2009

Cartoonish little avatars: http://www.messdudes.com
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Winwab January 6th, 2009

i could try some of these… Thank for the cartoon tips post.
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beaulife January 11th, 2009

Hong Kiat, I am getting addicted to your blog site, as I could see that you have great sharings all the time. I get only surprises and practical tips here. This is one of the best topic that I enjoy very much. Thanks.
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ahmad January 24th, 2009

awesome…i luv cartoonme
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vj January 27th, 2009

really cool !!
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Emily Lamoureux February 7th, 2009

Adult version: This is no help at all!
Kid’s version: this iz no help @ al!
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tamara February 7th, 2009

this is fun and cool i love it :)
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kunal February 28th, 2009

I am getting addicted to your blog site, as I could see that you have great sharings all the time.
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kunal February 28th, 2009

addicted to posting blogs here……………..
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kunal February 28th, 2009

post your blogs here……………..
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PuntoGris.tk March 5th, 2009

Entren a PuntoGris.tk si les gusta el rock o la electronica! es bravazo!
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CrapsBlackJack March 13th, 2009

Cool programas, thanks!
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Make A Cartoon You March 15th, 2009

You’ve got to admit- Make a cartoon you- http://www.makeacartoonyou.com- is the best out there.
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45 March 21st, 2009

its cool
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jfjdfn March 24th, 2009

heuhfuehf
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jfjdfn March 24th, 2009

sick man
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Pri March 26th, 2009

hats off to the makers of yahoo avatars
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jfjdfn March 27th, 2009

i know cool
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Imad March 28th, 2009

► Send your photo & Get a nice Cartoon
at http://www.cartoonstylist.com
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Ehsanul Haque April 6th, 2009

Very nice article and also very helpful. Thank you very much for the article.
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Mentpeaph April 17th, 2009

nice, really nice!
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kedai-lelaki May 1st, 2009

cool!
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Eugene May 3rd, 2009

Thanks for very useful info.
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kulagi May 4th, 2009

Hey great news, guys! The cartoonized.net is offering a free cartoonization service for 8 photos. For this month only though.
Check http://cartoonized.net
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Rich Naran May 5th, 2009

Another excellent resource post.
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Jo May 6th, 2009

Voki animated/speaking avatars: http://www.voki.com/
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Mastablubba May 22nd, 2009

Hellow Boys and Girls

just watched this hot prat Shaking Video on youtube…

check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsoHCukkeUo

May you can share something similar.

happy watching
mastablubba
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Tom Duong May 26th, 2009

Very cool! Another way of branding yourself. Thanks for compiling this list.

-Tom
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Terence Namusonge May 27th, 2009

Please for goodness sake don’t use cartoonme its a scam. I paid for a gotchi and even after almost two weeks of emailing them am still waiting on my gotchi. Has anyone used this service?
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KYRA May 27th, 2009

YAYYYYYYY I GOT A MEEZ HER NAME IS BEYONCEL
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jop May 31st, 2009

if you really want to cartoonize urself for free dont go to cartoon me,they are asking money.
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april June 3rd, 2009

hi i dont no who you are but hi my name is april im 10 i no im probley young but im bored so reply
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Johny June 5th, 2009

really very useful info. thanks
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rolldover June 7th, 2009

myplay does not work.
someone posted katie’s blog.
it’s BLOCKED. i mean u hav 2 b invited.
anyway, thanks 4 the websites.
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jeefababy June 19th, 2009

Your link in incorrect. Should be http://cartoonized.net/cartoonme.php
Without parenthesis
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Jen Lovee June 25th, 2009

Thanks for this!! I wish the one I wanted didnt cost…
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DAKING143 June 26th, 2009

http://www.imvu.com
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foo June 26th, 2009

well ! this is really helpful info, thanks for sharing.
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sports July 6th, 2009

really very useful info. thanksDogruTahmin
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AndersonZ1 July 7th, 2009

Great, now i can to be a member of family Simpsons!

But… I already Know, I already write about this websites in my weblog!

–
AndersonZ1.
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Fatima July 10th, 2009

LOVED it
thanx!
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Real Estate NYC July 12th, 2009

Cool
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Cartoon Professionals July 12th, 2009

where you can creat a unique cartoon character of yourself
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sherry July 16th, 2009

really very helpful info.thank you
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nazcar July 22nd, 2009

oh cute.. thanks..
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Raba July 27th, 2009

This site should be at the top of these 12 sites where you can create a very nice cartoon character of yourself
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Raba July 27th, 2009

http://www.cartoonstylist.com
This site should be at the top of these 12 sites where you can create a very nice cartoon character of yourself
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rocktherock July 27th, 2009

@kulagi: I visited cartoonized.net but couldn’t find any free cartoonization info there. Can you give us the direct link to it?

Anyway, while on cartoonized.net I found a tutorial, a very detailed tutorial, describing how to turn our photo into cartoon picture. My first attempt on it was quite good, for me at least. :-D
If you are a photoshop-er, here’s the link:
http://cartoonized.net/tutorial-turning-photograph-into-cartoon-part1.php
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cartoon August 1st, 2009

A good list I expect there will be more & even easier tools like this to cartoonize photos. I did only one review of 1 tool so far at my blog.
http://bloggeronfire.com/cartoon

Regards,
Jenny
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Raba August 4th, 2009

The best cartoon you can get ever at
http://www.cartoonstylist.com
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abhitej August 4th, 2009

i my abhitej
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Kat August 7th, 2009

you forgot IMVU
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chris August 7th, 2009

Great links… but can anyone tell me how exactly to get the finished Simsonise (and/or South Park), picture onto my computer?
I’ve tried the email and download options but nothing works :o( Right clicking also doesn’t offer ’save picture’
Confused x Thanks.
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chris August 9th, 2009

Oops… should read Simpsonize above!
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john August 16th, 2009

Thanks…very nice
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bradley dams August 17th, 2009

hi erm i want to know how to create a carton can you reply plz thanks
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vkwave August 21st, 2009

thanks very nice.. Vk impresseed ;)
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brittany jones August 22nd, 2009

hey i love this website.i love some of them pics of boys.
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imane August 26th, 2009

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Meseret Hailu August 28th, 2009

just i need a pan firend and good relation siph plece writh me
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tamjid August 29th, 2009

how are u doing?
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neoma richards August 31st, 2009

hiya im fine thanks wot u up 2 ? :] [:
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Tapasy September 1st, 2009

Cool link, I like it.
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Web Tasar1m - Grafik Tasar1m September 1st, 2009

this, very thank..
Your site full professional…
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Dzinepress September 6th, 2009

that’s really amazing collections which searched from Google, i really thankful you for fulfill me requirements for an impotent task. thanks
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Naendarthal September 7th, 2009

MrsToon.com looks to be the same as cartoonme service – it is paid service (just as cartoonme is). I remember seeing some software somewhere that allows you to ray-trace an outline of your face from your pic, unfortunately I forgot
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brenda September 8th, 2009

o0la
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himanshu manuha September 8th, 2009

your site is very nice
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shaunjudy September 8th, 2009

These are great! Thanks for the share on these sites…
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jgjcl;c September 9th, 2009

it was horible
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naveen kumar September 13th, 2009

really this is a superb way to creat an cartoon of our own pic…thnx a lot,g8t work
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make a cartoon September 15th, 2009

make a cartoon
nice post thanks.
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hypotheekrente September 15th, 2009

Funny finally find what I was looking for
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hypotheekrente September 15th, 2009

Funny finally I’ve got it
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emily September 18th, 2009

im not downloading any thing thats sad they should let you do it for freee!!!
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Chelseey September 18th, 2009

I can’t belive it! The one that says ” myplay” dosen’t wprk but it looks really cool! :(
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cartoon yourself September 18th, 2009

Wow that`s nice
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majo September 19th, 2009

jajajaj
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Gokul September 19th, 2009

chfu
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chris September 20th, 2009

Hi again,
How do you get the Simpsonize pictures on to the computer please?
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beef recipes September 22nd, 2009

I agree, that’s just great! The myplay one didn’t work for me, but the simpson is just so cool! Great food for though to wonder about what will be next for dinner from these amazing website.
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Pavan Somu September 24th, 2009

wow…. thats nice
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ravi September 25th, 2009

have tried meez, not so satisfy, will try cartoon me
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Akshay Sahu September 26th, 2009

Nice Post Yaar. Thanks
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Justimagine93 September 26th, 2009

you guys totally dissed heromachine it has three different character creations, superhero, modelz><, rock stars!
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Clint September 30th, 2009

I got mine at cartoonslinger.com
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pornpictures October 5th, 2009

very beautiful
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mona October 6th, 2009

i really want to do this it looks really fun!!!!!!!!!!
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mona October 6th, 2009

wat does this mean crapee that is
like a monkey chiphle coptre
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Tiffany October 8th, 2009

hey was up
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tony October 9th, 2009

hi whats
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john October 19th, 2009

The cartoonized.net is offering a free photo cartoonization service for 4 (four) lucky photos. Valid for October 2009.
Check http://cartoonized.net
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Julie Stoddard October 20th, 2009

I’m looking for tutorials which show you how to turn a photo into a cartoon. Anyone know of any?
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gaga October 20th, 2009

thanks alot.
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weGIF October 24th, 2009

Those are really cool sites. you can also use this one to create animated gifs of you pictures.Want to do more with your digital camera? WEgif create, view and share animated pictures. Auto align images, animate pictures, photo with similar content with one click of a button.
Gif Photo Animation
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Marko October 25th, 2009

Nice article here bro, I can use some of the toon making stuff from this post for sure!
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Teguh October 27th, 2009

Anyone who need a cartoon sketch from a real artist, please contact me facegaleri (at) gmail for a cheap prize ($12 per face). For example please visit My website http://facegaleri.com , It’s for Indonesian market but We also serve international market…
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nmer October 27th, 2009

moi jomapi imagen dotgavay
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Techguru October 28th, 2009

http://alwaystechnology.blogspot.com .says – Nice article
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Animated Pictures October 31st, 2009

I really like the Cartoon Me girl. The cartoonizing is perfect.
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CAROLINA November 1st, 2009

quiero inscribirme
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Pokemon13 November 4th, 2009

Wierd and how do u work it. Lol. No spanish allowed. CAROLINA is a BAD name. Sucker.
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asfas November 5th, 2009

go to see it
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Gina November 8th, 2009

You could check out Betooned. It is not free but it is very professional.
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Arjuna November 13th, 2009

very nice and cute information, let me start to learn it.
Thanks.
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RwN November 14th, 2009

thanks!! this is a great post!!
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Saahira November 24th, 2009

thanks alot
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Gifts November 25th, 2009

very usefull
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Ali November 28th, 2009

this was good and funny, l will create my own one soon.
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Keith @ My Body Fat November 28th, 2009

Fantastic I’m looking at creating a few cartoons images and this blog post has really helped me out.
Thanks!
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caitlin November 29th, 2009

hi im caitlin some of my friends call me katie or cat
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Taylor Melville December 2nd, 2009

lame. that’s all i got to say is u guys r lame and need a life! jk! i’m not that mean. even though i’m a scorpio i can put it down a notch so watever. i’m bored. u guy an’t alone! piecz to ur niecz and remeber…………. bye.
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Thomesha December 4th, 2009

Hey
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joekid December 4th, 2009

you forgot CartoonJunky.com they are real good at this!
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Adam Martin December 5th, 2009

Awesome list. Thanks!
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DK December 5th, 2009

CartoonMe is not a free site
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Derrick Arvin December 7th, 2009

You must be careful to make sure you do not download spyware when you are looking for new self cartoonizers.
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SmsVar, Sms Gönder, Toplu Sms December 8th, 2009

this is thank you..
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janelle December 8th, 2009

how do u play this game , i tried but it is hard … please help me!!!
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ROCKET December 10th, 2009

YAR IN MA SA SAB SE ACHI SITE KONSI HA?
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Egypt web design December 12th, 2009

thanks very much
I really like it
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ttj90 December 12th, 2009

On the South Park one, read the help section and follow the instructions on saving the work. I’ve done it, it worked and I also learned something brilliant too!
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Bianca December 14th, 2009

i so don’t have one and who ever has one call me at
304395-2252 i’ll be your BFF Forever!!
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Bianca December 14th, 2009

whoever has one call me at 3043952252 And i’ll be your BFF Forever!!
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siteler mutfakdolabi December 19th, 2009

güzel bilgiler
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BS web design December 31st, 2009

Great blog, thank you very much for the inspiration.
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Sally January 1st, 2010

The Buscar Messenger Link doesn’t work.
Another Avatar link is “My Avatar Editor” http://www.myavatareditor.com/
It’s similar to the Mii creator only allows you to save and put a dress on girls.
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