How to Make Your Own Avatar + 9 Inspirational Designs [2024]

There’s no magic formula to create an avatar, because avatars are art. A few subtle details make all the difference between a legendary avatar, and the hundreds of others we see daily and instantly forget.

Unless you have major artistic muscles that you exercise regularly, it’s probably best to hire a designer – and YES, you can afford it! If you want, you can skip ahead to learn my trick to get a custom avatar designed for as little as $5 US, or read on to learn how to design an avatar of your own.

To help you imagine the possibilities, I’ve also collected some amazing avatar designs from around the internet. Jump down now for some avatar inspiration.

9 Best Avatars

Avatar by theartofbren (hire theartofbren for $5)	Avatar by Bonographic from 99designs	Avatar by itahacortes (hire itahacortes for $10)
Avatar by mipsee (hire mipsee for $20)	Avatar by obicatlia from 99designs	Avatar by Orovor from 99designs
Avatar by richardibrahim (hire richardibrahim for $5)	Avatar by riorivaldi (hire riorivaldi for $30)	Avatar by tuananh_cong (hire tuananh_cong for $5)

How to Get a Custom Avatar for a Great Price

Think of all the decisions that went into making the great avatars above – choosing colors, balancing realism with cartoon stylings, establishing a personality, and many more. If you want to give your online presence a memorable flair, you can’t beat hiring an experienced avatar artist. Fiverr gives you that chance, at prices that will make your cartoon self’s jaw drop.

Freelancers on Fiverr offer their services (“gigs”) for as little as $5 US. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of work you can get for that minimum price (more on that below). And if you’re able to spend a little more, you’ll have access to very talented artists with a lot of experience producing stunning avatars.

Before you get started, check out the best deals for 2024 on our Fiverr coupon page.

Fiverr’s Best Features Include:

• Tens of thousands of designers. With so many to choose from, you’ll surely find someone on the site with a style that’s right for you, and prices that fit your budget.
• An active community of creators and customers. If you need help or just want to share ideas, you’ll love Fiverr’s large, active, and welcoming community forum.
• Easy to use. Browsing designer portfolios is simple, and connecting with artists is easier still, thanks to a desktop messaging system and a handy mobile app.
• Much more than avatars. If you want a logo designed, music made, videos edited, marketing copy written, or your car washed, you can find what you need on Fiverr. Okay, maybe not the car washing. That’s kind of hard to do online.
• Guaranteed professional design with Fiverr Pro. It’s not a cheap option, but if your budget allows you to invest a little more in your avatar, Fiverr Pro connects you with artists whose work quality is guaranteed.

Getting started finding your avatar designer couldn’t be easier – just go to the Fiverr homepage. The Logo Design category (under Graphics & Design in the main menu) is a pretty good place to find artists who create avatars. Or you can just enter “avatar” in the search field.

You can filter your search by designers’ level of experience, prices, number of revisions allowed, and delivery time.

Once you’ve found some Fiverr artists that look like a good fit for your project, take the time to review their full portfolios and customer reviews. Make sure you go with someone who not only creates great designs, but also has a reputation for being easy to work with.

When you settle on the artist you want to hire, you’ll need to grab your credit card and send Fiverr some money. But don’t worry, your funds will be held in escrow until the designer completes the project and you download your finished avatar. If you have the bad luck of running into an artist who disappears without finishing the work, you’ll get your money back.

After submitting your payment, you’ll be put in contact with your designer, so you can tell them what kind of avatar you want. At that point, just keep checking your messages in case your artist needs more information, or you need to provide feedback and request revisions. Soon enough, you’ll have a brand new avatar, and a lot of money left in your wallet.

Fiverr’s Performance in Website Planet’s Logo Design Contest

I’ve told you that you’ll be surprised by what you can get for a very low price on Fiverr, and I should know. I recently hired a bunch of designers from various services, in a competition to find Website Planet’s new logo. The winner was chosen by a vote of the whole Website Planet team. And to be clear, this competition was 100% real.

You can find out who made the winning logo, and all about the contest, by reading my rundown of the best and cheapest logo design services.

Now full disclosure, the three Fiverr designers I hired did not get the votes needed to win. But as you’ll learn from my in-depth Fiverr review, every design I got from a Fiverr freelancer impressed me, even the one that cost only $5.

Make Yourself a (Minimalist) Avatar with Wix Logo Maker

If you want to try creating your own avatar, an online logo maker is actually a great tool for the job. You won’t be able to do anything really complex or intricate, but minimalist avatars can be very effective. And in any case, you can play around with designs for free, so it’s a great way to get ideas to bring to an avatar artist if you decide to hire one later.

I’ll walk you through the process of creating an avatar with Wix Logo Maker, one of the big names in the DIY logo business. It’s a fairly advanced app powered by artificial intelligence (AI), with lots of icons you can use. You can design your avatar and download a small preview image for free, but you do have to pay to get high-resolution files and full usage rights. You can get a logo for as little as $20.00.

Oh, and I hope you like flat design. A 3D logo isn’t really a possibility here.

When you click Start Now, Wix Logo Maker begins by asking you several questions, which are supposed to help the AI create a logo that fits your needs. Since we actually want an avatar, not a traditional logo, we’ll be mostly ignoring the questions, and doing our real design work in the logo editing window.

Here are the questions that you can either skip over, or just answer with some keywords that match the general idea of the avatar you have in mind.

For this next one, if the interface happens to throw out a logo that captures some of the mood you want in your avatar, click on it. Otherwise, just skip the step.

The next screen is where our work really begins. Pause here and click Replace Icon.

You’ll be taken to a pretty large library of icons to choose from. Most of them are minimalist, but if you invest some time browsing through them, you’ll find that there are some nice ones.

Once you pick the icon you want, you’ll return to the Choose a Logo to Customize screen. Just pick one, and you’ll be taken to the editor, which is where we’ve really wanted to be all along. In the editing window, you can change colors, switch your icon, and/or add a background shape. There’s also a decent typeface library, in case you want your avatar to include text.