How do people get the cartoon person?

[Cupcake Girl !]

some people have this cartoon person as their pic i was wondering how

[Barkley Hound]

You can upload a photo, use a Yahoo! cartoon, or use one from Facebook or Twitter as your avatar.

STEP 1.
Your profile is currently visible.
In order for your avatar to appear you may have to make your Yahoo! Profile visible. Try the other steps and come back here if it does not appear.
Go to: http://profile.yahoo.com/y/settings/privacy/ and make sure the profile is not hidden.
There is no reason to hide your profile. Nothing appears unless you enter it and turn a switch on. The name can be anything you want.

STEP 2.
If you want to use your Facebook or Twitter avatar be sure to link the sites in the Profile options.
http://profile.yahoo.com/y/settings/linked-accounts/

STEP 3.
To create a cartoon avatar first go to http://avatars.yahoo.com and create one.

STEP 4.
You have 3 choices of where to choose the photo to use.

✔ While at http://avatars.yahoo.com click on "Yahoo!" under "Export your Avatar".

✔ Go to your Yahoo! Answers settings at http://answers.yahoo.com/my-activity/edit/about and click on "Update photo or avatar"

✔ Go to your Yahoo! Profile at http://profile.yahoo.com and click on the current avatar.

Upload one or choose an existing one. The same avatar is used throughout Yahoo!.
[The cartoon avatar from step 3 is does not appear as a choice in the Yahoo! Profile. Use one of the other 2 methods.]

NOTE: Procedures on a portable device may be different. I can not help you with that.

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[Bingalee]

Further to what Barkley Hound says;I don't know if it affects cartoon avatars but at the moment you cant upload a picture for your avatar.It is probably a glitch but the upload option is missing from both Edit My Preferences & your pulse profile.After several members complained of that I investigated & found it to be true.Hopefully it will return to normal soon.

[Peter Perry]

Go to http://avatars.yahoo.com/ from Internet Explorer.

You need to have these requirements first
1. Microsoft Windows

2. One of these browsers:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher,
or, Netscape Navigator 7.2,
or, Mozilla Suite 1.7.6 or higher,
or, Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 or higher

and Adobe Flash Player 8.0 or higher

After fulfilling these requirements create your own personalize avatar and set it as your profile pic on yahoo. Its done! xD
You can even use it as your facebook profile pic by llinking your facebook account with your yahoo profile at http://profile.yahoo.com/y/settings/linked-accounts/

I hope it works!

Its pretty easy, the more you get into it, you can figure it out at your own. Have a great day!

[Ooops]

For a pic or avatar.See the yahoo help here.http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/pulse/p… look under public photo and follow the instructions and job done. Make an avatar at http://avatars.yahoo.com Make sure your pulse is not set to private as that stops it from appearing,