Identity

=Identity=

There a host of ways to explore identity when making art. Social media has brought new ways of doing this. People now create avatars or online 'versions' of themselves to use on a wide variety of social media sites such as Facebook and as part of their profile on many other web 2.0 sites. Your students can explore notions of how they protray themselves in a range of ways with these tools and many more like them.

Avatar Creation Sites

 * [|Be Funky] Includes digital media tools such as Cartoonizer and Unvatar that let you become an instant artist. Great for creating alternate avatars.
 * [|Otaku Avatar Maker] Make character icons or avatars for your blog, wiki and other web 2.0 sites completely free of charge
 * [|Voki] - Voki allows you to create and customise your very own talking avatar.
 * Snap turn your webcam into a photo studio (requires download of software)
 * [|Build yourself Wild] avatar creator allows you to add animal body parts to your fictional self to become part human, part beast.
 * Create ourself as a [|Wii Mii]
 * [|Mangatar]
 * [|South Park avatar creator]
 * [|Mad Men avatar creator]
 * [|Make yourself a lego character]
 * [|Doppel Me]
 * [|Scott Pilgrim Avatar creator]