First design your human self, then choose your favorite animal parts and go wild.

With DoppelMe you can create a cool graphical likeness of yourself for use as an avatar in forums, instant messenger, blogs and almost anywhere else on the web.  It's free and there are no Flash, ActiveX controls, downloads or toolbars needed - just your browser and a few mouse clicks. That's it!
 

Creates a more “Wobble”-head like cartoon with a ton of different stuff to add. Looks quite fun if you’re into all the different movie trends like Star Wars or Vampires theme. Should be quite useful for most people though. Esthetic colors and a easy to use interface. Oh, and the beginning image of your avatar is also funny.

Create your very own cool unique looking avatar. Tons of apparels, combination of hairstyles and different facial expressions to match your mood and personality. It could be what you look like or what you want to look like, it's really up to you.

You can use this site to create a Lego avatar. Just choose your hair, clothes, etc... and then you can save the image by selecting it using Shift-Command-4 (Mac) or a screen capture software/Print Screen (Windows). The directions on how to do this are on the site.

Make yourself a toy and download the image.

 allows you to create a face only avatar, but plenty items for you to mix and match.

This is one of the better ones, if not the best. Creates a really nice looking cartoon Manga styled avatar. Tons of stylized attributes to choose from and the interface is just a blast to use. It is widely used and by that it may be really boring to make yourself one in the crowd. But, still looks great when your avatar is done and finished.

One of the user of manga.com build this flash application for user to create those manga style avatar icon.

A straight up Manga avatar creator with a flawless style. The interface is broad and easy to use however a bit boring in it’s execution. The initial lack of colors makes for a poor first impression but as I started using it and added elements to my avatar I really started to like how it behaved. Only a face maker but super cool for Twitter avatars.

A full body avatar creator for GaiaOnline, the design look like those 2d Japan RPG game style in the old day.

A custom character/avatar generator that you can use for profile pics on social networks, instant messenger icons, wallpapers etc.

This one reminds me of small bad boys dolls with a lot of style. The cute stylized cartoon is more than cool and combined with the ultimately easy to use user interface it makes for one of the better avatar creators on this list for sure. As the name suggests it really feels unique and cool in a lot of different ways.

Avatar generator

This site allows students to create an avatar that looks like a superhero.  It creates a downloadable .jpg file of a comic book cover that can be uploaded to a site (see the image to the right).

Full Body Cartoon Type Avatars,  it’s a full body avatar but the options are quite limited.

A full body avatar creator that really lets you express yourself. Body positions and a ton of great attributes to change your avatar into whatever you want and like. The cartoon style is developed and professional and really shows details so that you can go ahead and represent yourself in the very best way.