It's the feeling of the moment: if you don't have an avatar on Facebook (Meta) you're totally out of the loop. Mark Zuckerberg's social network has launched this new function that allows you to create a animated type character with your features to use as a sticker in your conversations with your contacts. Its creation is quite easy but at first you may be a little lost and do not know exactly how to do it. Don't worry, that's what we're here for: sit back and aim.
Facebook Avatars, what are they?
If we look at the definition made by the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language about what an avatar is, it clearly states that it is the “graphical representation of the virtual identity of a user in digital environments. So, effectively, what we are going to do with the Facebook editor is precisely that: a duplicate of ourselves that will be in charge of showing itself to others. So we have to leave it nickel plated.
And if you move through other social networks or platforms, the idea may already be more than familiar to you. This type of format has been used by Apple, for example, through its Messages app and with Facetime for a long time (they are the famous Memojis) and they are nothing more than animated stickers that represent us. As? Well with traits we can choose to go customizing the appearance until it resembles us as much as possible – well, that is the intention, then each one can “design” himself as he sees fit.
Even though it seems quite a bit accessory, the truth is the Memojis had a lot of pull when they were presented and even launched apps that were in charge of making replicas to be used on Android. Now it is Facebook that follows in the wake of stickers in the image and likeness of its users, offering so-called avatars, like the one you can see just above these lines.
With them you can have your own package of personalized stickers, an animated collection of reactions in which the protagonist is you: love, sadness, joy, laughter, tears, anger... all with your newly designed face through the social network.
And creating it is as easy as following the steps that we detail below.
How to Create an Avatar on Facebook
The first and most important thing that you should take into account (and that not everyone knows) is that Avatars are created through the Facebook app. They cannot be carried out via the web (neither in the PC nor in the mobile browser), so yes or yes, you will have to have the application installed on your phone (either an Android terminal or an iPhone).
With this clear, what you should do is the following:
- Enter the Facebook app on your smartphone.
- You have two ways to enter the Avatars editor:
- If you see someone's Avatar In any comment, you can tap directly on the blue button "Create your avatar" to access the platform.
- If that is not the case, don't worry: just enter a post to comment and instead tap the smiley face icon in the bottom right corner. You will enter an options panel (it is where all the stickers are saved). Tap on the second icon, pink-purple, and you will see that a blue “Create your avatar” button appears. Tap on it to access the platform.
- You will enter the Avatars editor. Tap next to get started.
- You will have to choose your skin tone. Select it and tap next.
- Now you will have to customize the rest of the features: hairstyle, hair color, face shape, eyes, etc., until you get the look you want.
- Once you have all the details chosen, tap on “Done”. Your Avatar will be generated. Wait until the blue “Next” button is active.
- Tap on “Done”.
How to create stickers from your Facebook avatars
You already have your Avatar ready to use. In the panel that will appear with your "mini me", once the creation process is finished, you will see that there is an icon of Window Stickers (it is the second in the upper right corner), where you can see all the reactions that have been generated from your Avatar and that go from crying to laughter, going through affirmations, celebrations or farewells (they are in English, yes ).
Once you have generated your avatar, you can use personalized stickers with your character. They work in all these situations:
- Comments- When you want to use your avatar to express your thoughts in a post, just tap the comment button and then the emoji button. There you will be presented with your own avatar stickers, as well as the option to also use the emojis of a lifetime.
- Messenger: You can also do the same with chat messages on the web version of Facebook. When you have a chat window open, click on the stickers button, which will present a set of stickers to use. Next, click on the icon displaying your Facebook avatar, which will serve up a menu of custom avatar stickers to use. Reaction stickers also work in the Messenger app. Just tap the emoji button in the chat bar, then tap the sticker menu and swipe right to access your Avatar stickers, and you'll have plenty of them to use however you like.
How to modify an already created Facebook Avatar
In case you want to make any type of modification to your Avatar, you have it as easy as accessing the editor whenever you want to modify the hair, the nose, change its clothes or add accessories. The steps are very similar to creating it:
- Enter the Facebook application on your phone.
- There are two ways to enter the Avatar Editor to modify it:
- Or by tapping on the blue "Create Avatar" button on someone's Avatar you see in any comment or conversation.
- Or instead, entering any post to comment and instead, tapping in the lower right corner, on the Avatar icon – the first one that appears in the lower right corner, next to GIF. Your sticker pack will open directly and you just have to tap on "Edit avatar".
- Once inside your Avatar editor, tap on the third icon (the one with the pencil) in the upper right corner.
- Edit all you want.
- In case you want to delete it, you can tap on the trash can icon as well.
- Once you finish, tap on “Done”. Wait for the changes to take effect and tap "Next."
- You will return to your Avatar panel. Tap on the cross in the upper left corner when you want to leave the editor.
Now all you have to do is add creativity to the matter. All yours.
Can I use my Facebook avatar on WhatsApp?
Well yes. After so much effort to give an aspect, a shape, a style and a personality to our digital clone within the social network, we can take advantage of that work with another application that you surely use many times every day. Indeed, we are referring to WhatsApp. So, do you know what you need to do to use this avatar in your conversations?
Below you have all the steps that you must complete to transfer that character to the chats of the messaging application. Aim:
- Go to menu Configuration within the Facebook application.
- Now select the option Avatar and when you access, you will see all the sticker options that were generated after designing your character.
- Now you have to select the avatar that you want to transfer to WhatsApp.
- A pop-up window will appear with More options, where you will see the WhatsApp icon.
- Select it and from that moment you will have it available to use both in the States and in any conversation.
What is the Meta Avatars Store?
At the end of 2021, Facebook was renamed Meta. Mark Zuckerberg's company went from being an emporium of social networks to clearly betting on the famous metaverse. Zuckerberg used his avatar very well to show us his vision of what social networks would be in the future. And soon after, the 3D avatars of Meta arrived at the virtual reality.
In mid-2, the Menlo Park company introduced its 'metaavatars' shop'. A marketplace dedicated so that we can customize our avatar with accessories from the world's leading brands. Three renowned firms such as Balenciaga, Prada and Thom Browne quickly joined this project.
Meta's objective with this store is that users can customize our avatars At the same time that the world of brands experiences a new revolution with the sale of assets digital:
Your avatar is a digital expression of your personality (or personalities). It can convey how outgoing or introverted you are, your sense of humor, and even your sense of fashion. It allows you to be your authentic self, and that in turn can help you connect in a more meaningful way with your friends, family, co-workers, or anyone else you meet along the path of the metaverse." Eva Chen – Vice President of Meta Fashion Associations.
With the Metaverse on the horizon
Do not be deceived, this movement of Meta (Facebook) around the avatar of our account directly connects with that strategy announced by Mark Zuckerberg of wanting to create a kind of digital twin of the real world, through which we can move freely and do anything and that they have defined as the Metaverse. And it is evident that to move around this environment we will have to have our own appearance, so if you want to show off in the virtual world, you will have no choice but to design one of these characters and give it a touch of originality that, We are very afraid, it will be mandatory to go through the box.
Now, you know everything you need to create your character and be able to use your own characters on this social network. custom stickers.