How to Cartoon Yourself

Today, the trend of creating a cartoon of your image is catching up, and many people seem to put up these cartoon pictures as their profile pictures. If you are wondering how you will look after creating a cartoon of yourself, then there are many ways to do this. Given below, are four different ways on how to cartoon yourself, which will help you to create a cartoon picture.

How to Turn Yourself into a Cartoon?

The first thing you need to do before you start looking at different sources to create a cartoon character of yourself, is to take a neat picture of you. This means you take a good portrait of yourself, before uploading it to create a cartoon. Make sure your picture is properly lit, and not too dark or burned out. Take care for the composition too, and if you want your cartoon to be smiling, then shoot your smiling picture. If you wish to create different expressions cartoon pictures of yourself, then shoot multiple pictures. Once you are satisfied with the picture you have, use the above ways on how to cartoon yourself.

How to Make a Cartoon of Yourself Online?
This is one of the best method of cartooning yourself. Also, this doesn't require any software downloading. There are many sites on which you just need to upload your picture, and the site processes it to create a cartoon picture which resemble you. There are some paid sites, and some free sites. Sites like zwinky allow you to cartoon yourself for free, and help you to create a cartoon of yourself, change your clothing, shoes, and other accessories.

How to Make a Cartoon of Yourself in Photoshop?
A similar way to create a cartoon character of yourself, is by using photoshop software. Just open your picture in Photoshop, and then go to filters in photoshop. There are filters which help you digitize your picture, which makes it look like a cartoon. You can also add some more filters to make your image look more cool, like neon effect, motion blur, portrait, etc. Make sure you compress the picture created in photoshop, by saving it as for web in jpeg low format for faster uploading.

How to Quickly Cartoon Yourself for Facebook?
If you have no time to do the above methods, but want to still put a cartoon picture for Facebook or other social networking site, then consider going through pictures of various famous cartoon characters. You can go through classic Disney characters like Donald, Goofy, Pluto, etc., or Looney Toons characters like Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Tweetie Pie, etc., or go with any of your favorite cartoon character like Homer Simpson, Spongebob, Batman, etc. You can also pick up an already existing cartoon character which resembles you.

How to Cartoon Yourself by Drawing?
Thinking, how to make a cartoon character of yourself by sketching? Then you will have to take your picture, observe it and then draw a simple cartoon by watching your picture. However, if you have average drawing skills, then upload this picture in photoshop, and lock the picture layer, on top of that create another layer, and on this picture using a medium-sized brush, draw your face outline, hair outline and your facial features outline like lips, nose, eyes and eyebrows. This way you will have a more genuine looking digital cartoon image of yourself.

These were the tips and tricks on how to cartoon yourself, with different ways. So, use any of the above methods to create a cool looking cartoon of yourself. Apart from using the cartoon as your profile pic, you can also use it to get it printed on a mug, T-shirt or create cards for various reasons.