how to make those cartoon face profile thingies that everybody has on yahoo answers?

[Someone]

i know, im an idiot, but how do you make those? is it a separate website? or is it just on my yahoo page profile thing? they all look like different faces like avatars or whatnot. how do i make one?

[oklatonola]

You have to do that on other websites now. Yahoo is no longer supporting cartoon avatars for the last MONTH.

These are random avatar making web pages I've grabbed and copied the links to.

http://www.starsue.net/game/Make_An_Avatar.html
http://www.dressup247.com/game/1091/Anim...eator.html
http://www.ageofgames.net/en/fantasyavat...vatar.html

Oops! Sorry! Those are avatar making games. I need to make decision about dinner.

http://mashable.com/2007/09/12/avatars/

[echinopsis .]

You can use a photo avatar or a cartoon avatar from another site, and if you have a Facebook or Twitter account, you can also use those avatars.

Go to: http://profile.yahoo.com/y/settings/privacy/ - make sure your profile isn't hidden, because if it is, your avatar won't show.

In case you want to use a Facebook or Twitter avatar, you need to link those accounts in the Profile options.
http://profile.yahoo.com/y/settings/linked-accounts/

You have several options in case you want a photo avatar:
a) go to your Yahoo! Answers settings at http://answers.yahoo.com/my-activity > click edit my preferences near your current pic > click "Update photo or avatar",
b) go to your Yahoo! Profile at http://profile.yahoo.com/ , click on the current avatar.
Now upload a picture or choose one of the pics you've uploaded previously.

Note 1: if you are on a mobile, you need to switch to desktop mode first in order for this to work.

Note 2: Yahoo no longer supports the creation of their cartoon avatars, sorry.