How to create avatars on Facebook

Those who do not want to use their own photo to use as their profile picture can certainly make use of an avatar.
An avatar is a virtual representation of us, usually comic and funny.
Facebook, after launching Rooms the convenient function for group video calls, has also added the possibility, for each user of the social network, to create an avatar and use it not only for the profile picture but also to have pleasant stickers custom to use in post comments and chats with your friends.
In this article we will see how to go about create an avatar on Facebook and Messenger, how to modify an avatar already created and how to use it both on Facebook chat and on other chats.

How to create an avatar on Facebook

On the desktop version it is not yet possible to create your own avatar, but you can do it simply using the Facebook application on Android and iOS (iPhone and iPad).

If you don’t have the Facebook app you can download it for free from the Play Store and the App Store.

So to create your avatar just:

• open the Facebook app and log in with your credentials (username and password);
• then press the menu button at the top right (it is characterized by three superimposed lines);
• press on the other button and then on the item “Avatars“.

At this point you will be faced with the procedure for creating the avatar. It is really intuitive, to do a good job and achieve a result that really resembles you, you can press the icon of mirror function. It is located at the top right of the interface, and will bring up your image taken via the front camera of your device. So you can choose from among the many options available those that best represent you.

There is really spoiled for choice, you can customize every part of the avatar, from the color of the skin to the hair, through the shape of the eyes, to the build, and finally to the clothing.

When you are satisfied with your avatar you can save the result by pressing the V-shaped button at the top right of the app interface.

After creating and saving it, you can have a complete preview, here we can decide to return to the editing mode by pressing the button with the pencil, or we can see how our avatar will behave in the different stickers. So when he is happy, sad, angry, or with a smile.

If you want to set your avatar as a profile picture, you can do so by pressing the appropriate button with the arrow on this screen.

Create an avatar within Messenger

It is also possible to create directly within the application Messenger your Facebook avatar. After installing the app, available for Android and iOS (iPhone and iPad), you need to:

• open the app and log in with your credentials;
• then open any conversation;
• in the writing box (and not on the keyboard) press the key with the smiley face;
• then instead of choosing a Sticker, press the button characterized by the smiley face with the tongue out;
• at this point you will have entered the avatar creation mode;
• finally, after waiting for the loading, you can press the blue button “Create your Avatar“.

Here you can create and save your avatar exactly as we described in the previous paragraph.

How do you use the Facebook avatar?

Once you have saved your avatar you can use it in Facebook comments and conversations (on each platform also on the site), doing it is simple, in the text fields in both cases just press the button featuring a laughing face (in addition to the buttons that allow access to GIFs and stickers).

To use the new animated stickers based on avatars also on the desktop version of the Facebook site, for example when you want to make a comment, just click on the comment box, then press the stickers button, inside, between the categories, you will notice a laughing face that contains the new and funny stickers.

How do I edit the avatar?

Of course it is possible to change our avatar, Facebook must have thought that if we can change we must be able to do it too. For now the editing menu is present only on the Facebook app (per Android o iOS).

To reach the screen you need to open the app, on the main screen press the menu icon at the top right (characterized by the three lines); then press the “Other“To show all the options and finally on the item”Avatars“, Then to go to the actual modification press the button with the icon in the shape of a felt-tip pen.

Use Facebook avatars on other chats

If you want to use the fun new custom stickers on other chat platforms you can do it, just:

• to open the Facebook app on Android or iOS;
• on the main screen, press the menu icon at the top right (characterized by the three lines);
• then press the “Other“To show all the options and finally on the item”Avatars“;
• here press on the text of the stickers and then choose one;
• finally press on “Other options”You will access the sharing menu and you will be able to send the chosen sticker in the chat we prefer (eg on WhatsApp).