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They have taken almost a year to arrive, but they are here. We refer to Facebook avatars. A way to represent yourself in two dimensions, as if you were a drawing, to be able to express yourself in a more emotional, simple and fun way. Something like those stick figures of ourselves that we can create on an iPhone, but accessible to everyone through the Facebook application. If you want to create your own and generate stickers to use on Facebook and Facebook Messenger be sure to follow this tutorial.
Step by Step
The first thing will be to update your Facebook application. The social network has begun to launch this function in stages during these days in Europe, so you may still have to wait a few days to have it available on your mobile. The best way to make sure you have this feature is to update the app to its latest version. Visit the Google Play Store if you have an Android phone, or the App Store if you have an iPhone, to get force this feature.
The next step is to know if you already have it with you. It is very simple since you will only have to go to a publication on your feed or wall and click on Comment No matter what publication it is, the question is to open the bubble to write the message, since that is where we will find the function.
Here you will see, on the right side of the space to write the message, a smiley or smiley face It is intended to display emoticons, stickers and other drawings with which to answer. However, it also gives access to the feature to create your own avatar. You will have to click on the purple emoticon that appears smiling at the beginning of the bar and, later, on the blue button that says Create your avatar
This will start the process to, first, create your Facebook avatar, with a picture similar to yours or whatever look you prefer . And then create custom stickers with that look to comment, communicate or share content.
The first thing is to choose the skin tone from a wide variety of options. Then it is the turn of the hairstyle, with the corresponding color. You can navigate through the bar to also choose the shape and color of your eyes, eyebrows, accessories such as glasses, the shape of the nose, the color and thickness of the lips and many more aspects. They have not forgotten the beautiful facial, and accessories of all kinds. You can spend a few minutes if you want to create a really flashy character or alter ego that really looks like you. You can even choose a hat and the complexion of the avatar. Although we already told you that what we we miss the most here is a variety of clothes and outfits Where the service remains quite brief.
It is interesting that, in the mirror icon, we can activate the selfie camera of our mobile.In this way we will have a better reference of those features that we seek to imitate in the avatar. Wow, we'll have our face in front to see if we look alike or not. And, once ready, we just have to press the tick in the upper right corner.
Avatar and custom stickers
With this process you will have already created your own Facebook avatar. But the interesting thing begins now, and it is that the reactions of the comments and the stickers of Facebook Messenger already appear with your face.
You can edit your Facebook avatar as many times as you want. And, once created or modified, you can click on the stickers icon to see all the expressions that have been created from this avatar.
When you want to use them, you only have to go to the comments of a Facebook post to display the collection of stickers.Among them will be those starring your avatar. And the same happens in Facebook Messenger chats or conversations, where you will also have these stickers available to write to you with your friends.
