Picrew.Me

About

Picrew.Me is an online avatar maker, which allows artists to submit their own presets, so other users can create their own avatars based on the attributes and designs submitted by the artist. The site is popular in the anime, Hollow Knight and LGTBQ+ communities.

History

On July 15, 2017, the site was released in its alpha version, but it didn't start to get major popularity online until late 2018.

Features

Picrew is a Japanese website made by the company Tetrachrome, Inc. The front page of the site shows a selection of brand new images made by other users, popular images and designs and recently added avatars. After one of those presets is chosen, the user can select a number of options to change the style and color of the avatar (eyes, hair, nose, etc.) and design their character.

After the character is completed, the user can share their creation on other social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook alongside a link so that other people can create their own (examples below).

Highlights

HELLomurice's That Girl Is Looking Editor

On January 24th, 2020, Twitter^[1] user HELLomurice shared their own avatar maker (shown below, left), garnering more than 760 likes and 400 retweets. The avatar's preset grew in popularity on Twitter, inspiring others to make similar avatars. For example, the author of Komi Can't Communicate ooodaaaatooo/ ^[2] shared their own creation of Komi-san, which received more than 1,900 likes in a day (shown below, center). Another example, created by the author of "Magical Senpai,"^[3] received more than 4,300 likes in less than one week (shown below, right)

Various Examples

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