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So you need an avatar, or a character for your comics, and are a little confused by the controls? No worries, this is your handy-dandy guide on how to get through the process. {linK!} To the left is a link named "character" under the heading "create." If all goes well, I am pointing to that link right now. If not, you should still find it fairly easily on the left. click on that to begin. Kat's Korner today's question: 10:45 Because of this, the generic avvies probably won't stand you in good stead. Just like you dress a certain way before leaving the house, you also need to "put on some clothes" here. We can tell a lot from your avvie, like how you see yourself, how you see the world, something of your art skills, your personal style, your sense of fun, and more. So get out there and get creative! show us the best "you" that you can! Avatars are your face to the world. in a very literal sense, they are who you are, and how we will see you. why is how my avatar looks so important? Gender fine tune your design with more artwork and options advanced builder when you click that link, you'll pull up a page that looks like this. this is the character builder. character wizard gender skin tone build height head Hair nose eyes eyebrows mouth clothing your character is ready! the more unique your characters, the better your art will be. as a bonus, you will be more recognizable as well, which will help you make friends quickly and easily. So what are all those little boxes at the bottom? Each are a step in making your characters unique. The boxes are as listed below: character wizard Gender fine tune your design with more artwork and options advanced builder choose carefully, you don't wanna get this one wrong. choose carefully, you don't wanna get this one wrong. Gender just basically means: "are you a boy, or a girl?" skin tone means just that; the shade of your skin. Build is body type, whether the character is: skkm sm slim sjkkm sjkkm sjkkm average above average or bodybuilder, plus sized buff or bodybuilder (not shown here) Height is...honestly, do I have to explain this one? Short stuff. beanpole. Head is head shape, and there are lots of them. Hair is hair style. there is no possible way to show all your choices. eyebrows eyes nose mouth These should all be pretty self explanatory. yes, you have choices. Clothing is just that, you can mix-and-match what your character wears. your character is ready! From here you can edit further, save your design, start over, try out their expressions, and name your character. finished res ult finished result "But," you say, my character didn't come out as well as that one. And there's a button you didn't cover." You're right, on both counts. join me the next time I want to spend several hours putting together a comic as we cover the "advanced buil advanced builder

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