METHOD OF CREATING REALISTIC AND COMIC AVATARS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

摘要

A method of creating an avatar for use as an online visual representative, which includes the steps of selecting and opening a digital file of an original portrait facial photograph in a photo editing program; transforming the original portrait facial photograph into a realistic avatar image by modifying select areas of the photograph, including the eyes, nose, face shape, and mouth; and transforming the realistic avatar produced into a comic avatar by further modifying features of the facial image, the modifications including, changing skin color, changing eye size and shape, changing nose size and shape, changing hair color, and changing facial shape and proportion.