Nothing is free anymore, is it? posted by yhbc at 7:16 PM on August 14, 2008
Sorry. I should have mentioned that it will cost you a grand total of: your SPAM email address. Otherwise, it's free. posted by ColdChef at 7:19 PM on August 14, 2008
my indenty is secret posted by bhnyc at 7:22 PM on August 14, 2008
Sure I'd give 'em an email address, but the real catch here is... YOU GOTTA BE YOUNG! I can't get anything even resembling myself. Somebody over there needs to remember something: hairlines sometimes recede. posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:33 PM on August 14, 2008
Me. ColdChef beat me to the cemetary background, but he's certainly earned it more than I. posted by brundlefly at 7:34 PM on August 14, 2008
Sadly, I even managed to get the worry lines in my forehead right. posted by JaredSeth at 7:38 PM on August 14, 2008
Manga Me. I thought this was going to be one of those things where you could upload your picture and they turn THAT into manga. That would have been cool. posted by liquorice at 7:41 PM on August 14, 2008 [2 favorites has favorites]
Me. I think they need to make a bigger nose for me though... posted by lilkeith07 at 7:42 PM on August 14, 2008
Am I really the first person to complain this doesn't work for Linux? posted by puckupdate at 7:47 PM on August 14, 2008
Worked for me running linux and Firefox. Well, it produced an image, anyway. Of someone not at all resembling me. posted by orthogonality at 7:50 PM on August 14, 2008
Does it have anything to do with this? posted by fixedgear at 7:50 PM on August 14, 2008
I put mine as my profile picture cause I don't have one yet.
Here it is but my nose is actually alot bigger. posted by Pseudology at 7:52 PM on August 14, 2008
Me, although the face isn't fat enough. posted by SuzySmith at 7:53 PM on August 14, 2008
Worked okay for me on Linux too. posted by box at 7:56 PM on August 14, 2008
We're sorry!
An error has occurred
You are using a system based on LINUX platform.
Our service does not support this Operative System at the moment.
We are working to settle this drawback as soon as possible. posted by quonsar at 7:57 PM on August 14, 2008
Mine, though I have more wrinkles and piercings in real life. posted by lekvar at 8:14 PM on August 14, 2008
Me. Needs longer hair. I think I like my cheesy heatmap Photobooth pic better. Manga-me looks like a creepy over-enthusiastic English professor and/or an unrepentant Mac addict. posted by loquacious at 8:14 PM on August 14, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]
You all look like more like Habbo charactoers than manga ones. posted by nudar at 8:21 PM on August 14, 2008
Here's mine, and a comparable shot. That cowlick is the truth, but these doohickies without dimples just can't make a me. posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 8:44 PM on August 14, 2008
Wait, you guys tried to seriously make them look like yourselves? I created my 60-year-old alter ego, Melba. Man, I wish I looked like Melba. posted by bookish at 8:48 PM on August 14, 2008
I had better luck with the boy options. You know there is no way to get a "thumbs up" gesture with the girl options. posted by jessamyn at 8:52 PM on August 14, 2008
Me. Thank god for throwaway emails. posted by aclevername at 8:52 PM on August 14, 2008
mine And I think it works well... posted by symbioid at 9:05 PM on August 14, 2008
Why do sites always require the most current version of Flash? I'll upload and install a new version, and in a few months it'll obsolete, with seemingly every Flash-powered site telling me I don't have the latest and greatest version. posted by elmwood at 9:10 PM on August 14, 2008
So...if I'm reading this right, I should be able to download this for 1,50€, which is about $2.50? Is my math correct? Has anyone tried this? I don't want to be first. posted by ColdChef at 9:17 PM on August 14, 2008
oops, wrong avatar generator. This one's much better. posted by Pseudology at 9:17 PM on August 14, 2008
So much about it isn't right, but this is the best I could do. I think my mangatar needs more work; I had to resist actually mucking with it in photoshop. posted by Stunt at 9:19 PM on August 14, 2008
Here's my attempt, which if you're so inclined you can compare against my profile picture.
I really liked the one that made you into a Simpson character based on a provided photo. It did a fantastic job. posted by Solon and Thanks at 9:56 PM on August 14, 2008
That's a cool idea, Ambrosia Voyeur. I laughed when I noticed that the partner portraits are more sexed up. posted by Solon and Thanks at 10:11 PM on August 14, 2008
You find me alluring with a receding Billy Crystal hairline?
Ambrosia Voyeur, that's a brilliant idea. I wish I had thought of doing that with someone before posting mine!
Solon and Thanks, that's remarkably accurate compared to your profile pic. thankyoujohnnyfever, not so much :-) posted by danb at 11:07 PM on August 14, 2008
Fine, if everyone else is doing it...me. posted by Jimbob at 11:26 PM on August 14, 2008
I was totally dissatisfied with their choice of skin and hair colors so I opened up the screencap in my less-than-photoshop image editor and re-colorized myself (plus a little pixel manipulation in which I raised my hairline) and here is MangaWendell. posted by wendell at 11:55 PM on August 14, 2008
Me. You'll have to take my word for it. posted by eyeballkid at 12:31 AM on August 15, 2008
I also note they don't have a "bathrobe" clothing option, so that part will remain forever inaccurate. posted by maxwelton at 1:03 AM on August 15, 2008
I call racism on this; my permanently tired and bag-ridden Slavic eyes are not represented. I look healthy. posted by monocultured at 4:27 AM on August 15, 2008
Kinda sorta close. I look like my glasses are just one AA battery away from being those X-Ray ones you could get from the back of comic books. posted by willmize at 6:22 AM on August 15, 2008
Inadequate selection of ears (mine are quite pinned back). Range of skin tones is pathetic. Not enough receding hairlines. But still, fun, and pretty close to authentic.
Mine's in my profile. posted by Navelgazer at 8:51 AM on August 15, 2008
I cannot get the site to work- I get to the part where you start building your face, and all the categories are listed as "undefined" and it takes the different pieces a really long time to load. Booo. posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:04 AM on August 15, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]
You find me alluring with a receding Billy Crystal hairline?
Well... uh... um. Of course I was referring to the fact that you're for some reason shirtless in the second picture. Yeah, that's it.
Jonathan Harford, I thought yours was spot-on. posted by Solon and Thanks at 9:08 AM on August 15, 2008
I cannot get the site to work- I get to the part where you start building your face, and all the categories are listed as "undefined" and it takes the different pieces a really long time to load. Booo.
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