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Fun Photo Effects Instantly Created Online

This is too much fun! The picture to your left is my photo, "Brite-Ideas" using a photo technique called "UnderPainting".

There are many wonderful online programs available that you can use to manipulate your photos for fun, or for professional use. The free online service I used for this photo is BeFunky.com. I love it because there are no software downloads required. The only downloading you'll do, is to save your own photo to your computer.

Notice my "Bio" picture near the top right; that's another picture of me, using a technique called "Pop Art". Again, it's available at BeFunky.com.

Below you'll find several other online methods you can use to have fun making instant photo effects.

BeFunky Photo Techniques

10 Funky Photo Techniques by Name

Watercolors - A Technique that Involves Water-Soluble Pigments

Watercolors - A Technique that Involves Water-Soluble Pigments

Watercolors - A Technique that Involves Water-Soluble Pigments
Cartoonizer - Recreate Your Picture as a Digital Cartoon or Comic
Charcoal - Make Your Picture Look Like it was Drawn by a Charcoal Artist
Cyanotype - Puts Cyan in the Spotlight and Rids the Photo of Magenta, Yellow and Black
Gouache - Is a Technique that Mixes Watercolors and Gum
Holgaart - This technique is based on a poor quality old chinese camera called the Holga Camera
Impressionist - Brush strokes that look pretty messy close up but gorgeous when you take a few steps back
Inkify - A Technique that makes Your Photo Look like it was created by a Professional Ink Artist
Line Artopia - Artwork that Looks like it's been Pieced together by several Distinct LInes
Lomoart - Captures the unique Blurriness, Oversaturated Colors, and Odd Exposure of Lomography

Table of Contents

  1. BeFunky Photo Techniques
  2. GoAnimate Yourself
  3. 10 More BeFunky Photo Techniques
  4. Instant Photo Effects
  5. Try On Clothes Online - Upload Your Photo
  6. Simpsonize Me
  7. Your Cartoon Avatar for a Virtual World
  8. Yahoo Avatars are Very Popular
  9. Portrait Illustration Maker
  10. South Park Avatars
  11. Learning to Draw Like an Artist

GoAnimate Yourself

You can Create your own animated characters, and direct your own cartoon. It's pretty popular, even for business. The steps are seriously simple:

To create your own animated cartoon:

1. Create a Cast of Characters on GoAnimate.com

2. Use GoAnimates online studio to create your own video

3. Download your Video in HD Format

4. Start promoting your work!

You can also create your own music video and WIN PRIZES.

10 More BeFunky Photo Techniques

Each Technique is Identified by It's Name

Motion Color - Makes the Picture Look like it was in Action when You snapped the shot

Motion Color - Makes the Picture Look like it was in Action when You snapped the shot

Motion Color - Makes the Picture Look like it was in Action when You snapped the shot
Oil Painting - This Technique can make Your Photo look like an Oil Painting
Old Photo - You can turn any Modern Photo into a Vintage Photo
PinHole - Creates Photos with Blur, Light Flare and More. Pinhole is a special Camera that doesn't have a lens, but rather a small Pinhole on one side.
Pointillism - This is a Painting Technique where a series of Dots come together to create a Single Image
Pop Art - You can simulate the iconic technique used by Andy Warhol
Sketcher - A sketch that looks like you "doodled" it
Stenciler - Turn any Photo into an Artistic Stencil Pattern
Sunburst - Make any Photo look Sun-Kissed
Color Pinhole - Same as the Pinhole Technique described above except it has color

Instant Photo Effects

BeFunky.com
Create Funky Photo Effects

Try On Clothes Online - Upload Your Photo

This is pretty cool too! You can Upload Your Photo and see How You Look in Various Styles and Fashions.

You can try on clothes, masks, glasses, hats, shoes, dresses and more.

This is handy to save time before you shop.

Simpsonize Me

This is EXTREMELY Popular! - In fact, so many are using it, that I couldn't access the site today!

Basically, it's exactly what it means: Create a Simpson character out of your own photo.

NOTE: You can also go to SimpsonMovie.com to Create an Avatar

Your Cartoon Avatar for a Virtual World

Play in a virtual world online and be part of a community at the same time. Meez combines avatars and games in a virtual world where users personalize their identity and socialize.

Meez is also on Mobile iPhone and iPod Touch. With a VIP membership you can create your own pet, get access to super powers, and wear VIP clothes.

Yahoo Avatars are Very Popular

Here's my Yahoo Avatar to the Right!

You can create your own Avatar and embed it onto your website or use it on Facebook, or Twitter.

It's so easy to use, however you have to be logged into Yahoo to get started. There are a multitude of choices you can use to create your avatar; different hair, eyes, background, clothes, and more!

Portrait Illustration Maker

Make Your Own Avatar

With Portrait Illustration Maker you can generate your own Avatar for gaming, blogs, SNS, facebook or wherever you wan to use it.

It's a totally free service that allows you create your avatar with a combination of parts, such as mouth, nose, hair, and so on.

Being a free service, the only thing they ask for in return is that you link back to them.

South Park Avatars

Create Your Own South Park Avatar

Is this ever easy! LOOK----> That's my Avatar.

Honestly, you just go the South Park Avatar Studios and get started.

You can select the "Randomizer" then modify it, if you want to get an Avatar done quickly.

More Places to Create Instant Photo Effects

Cartoon Your Photo
Cartoon Photo! Photo caricatures and photo to cartoon in one click! Want to see a face in a photo change expressions and emotions? Upload a portrait photo and create a gif animated face online. Use picture to cartoon effect to get more fun!
Zwinky.com
This is a program that you have to download as a toolbar to create your cartoon avatar. Personally, I'm not keen on adding more toolbars to my computer, but if you don't mind, then it is easy to use.
CartoonMe.com
This service that is not instant. You have to wait up to 72 hours for your creation to be done. Also, this service is not free. Note: At the time I added this link here, the site was under construction, so maybe they are changing some of these things.
Joystiq.com
Create an Avatar for Nintendo Wii
WeeWorld.com
Create Your "WeeMe"; make it resemble you and use it for Social Networking, Forums and so on.
KusoCartoon.com
Here's another popular site where you can cartoon yourself.

Learning to Draw Like an Artist

With this popular Pencil Portrait Drawing Course

Have you Cartooned Yourself, or Created an Online Photo of Yourself yet? - Comments are Welcome!

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