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How to make your own Facebook avatar

By Roland Moore-Colyer published 23 September 2022 Here's how to create Facebook's avatars, which have arrived to replace tired emojis (Image credit: Facebook) Getting to know how to make a Facebook avatar is one way to transform yourself online, or at least on the massive social network Mark Zuckerberg built. That's because Facebook Avatars let you create a cartoon-like version of yourself for use on Facebook and in Facebook Messenger. An avatar can either look like you or be used to express the inner person you think you look like. Of course, you could create an utterly wild Avatar to shock and amaze your friends. Once made these can be used to react to posts or express your feelings without words on Facebook. So read on to learn how to make a Facebook Avatar.

How to make a Facebook Avatar  

1. Login or set up a Facebook account The first thing you'll need to do to get on your way towards having a Facebook Avatar is to log into your Facebook account via the Android or iOS app. If you don't have the app, it's easily downloaded from the Google Play Store or Apple's App Store. If you need the Facebook app, or other Facebook apps, you can get them in the Google Play store or Apple's App Store (Image credit: Future) 2. Open the Facebook app menu You'll need to either tap on the three lines that represent the menu options in the Facebook app or swipe right a few times to access the menu option. Swipe to or tap on the 'hamburger' menu to access Facebook's myriad of features (Image credit: Future) 3. Select 'Avatars' Once you're in the app menu, you'll be shown a suite of options. Tap the 'see more' button, and you'll see an 'Avatars' option. Tap on that. You'll find the new Avatars option in the Facebook app menu (Image credit: Future) 4. Start creating your Facebook Avatar Once you're in the Avatars section, the rest of the process to create your Facebook Avatar is a simple case of following the on-screen instructions. These will prompt you to start with your avatar's skin tone, then will move onto hairstyle selection. You'll start with selecting your skin tone and hairstyle (Image credit: Future) After that, you'll then be able to choose your eye color, eyebrows shape, face shape, facial hair and other attributes that define one's face. You can also select whether you want your avatar to wear glasses or lipstick. You can select from a whole range of eye colors and eye shapes (Image credit: Future) And once you're done with creating your avatars head and face, you then have the option to choose your body shape and clothing style. And finally, you'll be able to select some form of headwear if you're feeling hat inclined. You can choose headwear and clothing syle for your Avatar (Image credit: Future) Once you're done, hit next and your avatar will be ready for use. It's really that simple; there's no need to upload photos or give Facebook any access to your data. And you should then end up with an Avatar that's a rough approximation of yourself if that's what you're after; you can create any Avatar you like after all. It's very easy to create a Facebok Avatar that looks (a bit!) like you (Image credit: Future)

How to use your Facebook Avatar  

Okay, you've created a Facebook Avatar and it's grinning at you proudly, whether you've made an approximation of your corporeal self or some grotesque abomination. Or perhaps you've simply made the person you want to be in the waking world. Regardless, now is the time to use it. If you've got bored of using words to communicate, you'll be pleased to know that making use of your Facebook Avatar is petty easy. Initially, you can spread your Facebook Avatar far and wide by sharing it on Facebook where it'll appear in your friends' News Feed. However, that's not all as the social network will create a set of digital stickers for you. These come in the form of pre-determined reaction stickers sets. You can use these to used to express your thoughts and sentiments towards a post or something in your Facebook feed or a chat with a Facebook compadre. From a simple thumbs up to popping a champagne cork or lying coquettishly by an open fireplace with a rose between your Avatar's teeth, these stickers offer a variety of ways to express yourself in quiet digital form. Facebook Avatar stickers vary from simple to a bit odd (Image credit: Future) 1. Use your Facebook Avatar in comments When you want to use your Avatar to express your thoughts on a post, simply tap the comment button and then the emoji button where you'll be presented with your own avatar stickers, as well as the option to use standard emojis as well. It's really easy to comment on a post with a Facebook Avatar reaction sticker (Image credit: Future) In the web version of Facebook, you'll be able to do this a little more succinctly by clicking on the sticker button, where you'll then be presented with your Avatar stickers as well as other more generic stickers. 2. Use Facebook Avatars in Messenger chats You can also do the same for chat messages on the web version of Facebook. When you have a chat window open, click on the stickers button, which will present a suite of stickers to use. Then click on the icon that shows your Facebook Avatar, which will serve up a menu of custom Avatar stickers to use. You can use your Avatar stickers in Facebook chats on the web version of the social network (Image credit: Future) And the Avatar reaction stickers also work in the Messenger app. Simply tap on the emoji button in the chat bar, then tap on the stickers menu and swipe right to access your Avatar stickers, and you'll have a whole load of them to use to your heart's content. Facebook Avatar stickers can be used in the Messenger iOS and Android app (Image credit: Future) That's about it. Facebook Avatars is still rolling out across the world, and there's a good chance the Avatars and the reaction stickers could be used in other Facebook-owned services. But we'll need to wait and see what Facebook does next.

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