Using the internet is no longer a simple line of communicating with others to send photos and plain text messages. Instead, the internet is for some, a business realm and for others, a form of communicating and also a hobby. Using the internet in today's world allows users from around the world to socialize, play games and even launch their own websites and blogs with the help of free online
. services. For others, the internet is a gigantic creative platform and a useful medium for art, computer graphics, video and even music production. When going online to get creative or to play games, creating a digital persona is most often requested when registering on an online social network, online community or when playing games online. Users are generally able to upload their own photos from the computer's hard drive to use as an avatar. However, for those who do not have photos or prefer using digital characters and images, creating one's own character is possible by using virtual applications available to use for free online. Making a character online only requires the user to have basic internet plugins installed to begin making a virtual animated face or full-body character. One website, Pimp the Face (http://www.pimptheface.com/create/), features a full application built into the browser that allows users to create a full face using specific noses, eyes, eyebrows, haircuts and even face shapes. In addition to having galleries of options to choose from, users can also scale and move specific parts of the face to make it as accurate to reality as possible. Another website for making a free virtual character to use on message boards, websites and as avatars on social networks is Wee World is a free chat and virtual world that allows kids, teens and adults a chance to create free "WeeMee" characters, virtual avatars that can be saved as images or used to walk around and meet others in the virtual world of Wee World. http://www.pimptheface.com/create/ or http://www.weeworld.com/
