Prior to completing this assignment, I had no idea how easy it was to access a website that allowed you to build an avatar, let alone realize how popular the notion of creating one was. I began my Avatar creation experience at DoppelMe and I thought it was a lot of fun to try to create a mini-me. In this site, you were given the basic options such as hair style, clothing style, eye color, accessories, etc. but I found that at times the options were limited and didn't exactly match me all too well. I tried my best to match my physical appearance with the limited options as best I could and my end product seemed to match what I thought was the best possible representation of myself. Below is my DoppleMe Avatar:
After completing this Avatar, out of pure curiosity, I searched through the other websites to see if I could find a forum that would allow me to create a more life-like and realistic Avatar. I stumbled upon TizMe and I immediately discovered a site that was much more advanced that would allow me to create a more appealing Avatar. There were much more options to work with in each category and you were presented with many more means to personalize your Avatar. For instance, I was excited when I saw that I was able to add an IPOD as one of my accessories as well as a basketball. Both of those things were something that I didn't see on the other website, but matched my personality to a tee. I thoroughly enjoyed working on this site and had so much fun messing around and creating my Avatar! It had much more options and I ultimately made a Avatar that I feel fits me better and is much more suitable for what I was expecting. Here is my TizMe Avatar:
Although there is a drastic difference in the way in which the characters look, creating both was a lot of fun, and something that I now realize why people enjoy to do. I really enjoyed this assignment and look forward to perhaps using my Avatar online!
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