Picrew is a layered
paper doll-style
avatar
Avatar (, ; ), is a concept within Hinduism that in Sanskrit literally means "descent". It signifies the material appearance or incarnation of a powerful deity, goddess or spirit on Earth. The relative verb to "alight, to make one's appeara ...
maker website. It was initially developed by the two staff of the Japanese company TetraChroma Inc from July 2017,
and officially released in December 2018.
The website's concept and interface have some similarities to earlier
avatar editing systems, including Nintendo's
Mii
A Mii ( ) is a customizable avatar used on several Nintendo video game consoles and mobile apps. Miis were first introduced on the Wii console in 2006 and later appeared on the 3DS, Wii U, the Switch, and various apps for smart devices. Miis ca ...
avatars and
WeeMee, and the longer history of digital paper doll games such as
Kisekae Set System
Kisekae Set System (commonly known as KiSS) is a blending of art with computers originally designed to allow creation of virtual " paper dolls". Kisekae is short for "kisekae ningyou"; a Japanese term meaning "dress-up dolls". Unlike "computer ar ...
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Picrew has become popular with audiences outside of Japan,
with the simplicity of the image maker and the potential for users to contribute their own Picrew avatar maker illustrations through a Picrew creator. Picrew sets some restrictions in its terms of use, including the prohibition of re-distribution of the images created through Picrew image makers.
Individual creators control some of the rights to the resulting images from their image makers.
See also
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Avatar (computing)
In computing, an avatar is a graphical representation of a user or the user's character or persona. Avatars can be two-dimensional icons in Internet forums and other online communities, where they are also known as profile pictures, userpics ...
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Mii
A Mii ( ) is a customizable avatar used on several Nintendo video game consoles and mobile apps. Miis were first introduced on the Wii console in 2006 and later appeared on the 3DS, Wii U, the Switch, and various apps for smart devices. Miis ca ...
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Avatar (Xbox)
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PlayStation Home#Avatar
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WeeMee
References
External links
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Picrew guide
Virtual avatars
Japanese websites
Internet properties established in 2018
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