Have you ever wondered what you would look like with a turban, or even a facelift? Do you want to produce fabulous text without resorting to Word Art. Do all this and lots more with these 10 fatastic, fun, and free online applications.
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Word Clouds
There are hours of fun to be had with this application. With Wordle, you can make your own word clouds. You simply type in the words that you want and click submit and you get a beautifully random piece of word art! It will also do it for the contents of your blog. There are more serious applications of course – you can use these pictures for posters or your own internet site. You can print T-Shirts, business cards, brochures, anything that takes your fancy. The word Triond above is larger than the rest because it was entered three times, the others only once, so you can determine which word gets priority! Wordalicious!
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Give Yourself A Facelift
Who could resist this one – even if the results are a little suspect! You can upload a photo of yourself to this application and see what you would look like if you had a cheek lift or a nose reduction. The makers of this site are at pains to say that this does not and should not replace a proper consultation with a professional surgeon but it’s a whole heap of fun in any stead. Can you resist putting your own picture in to see what you would look like? I couldn’t – and the results are above. I rather liked my drinker’s nose to be honest!
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What’s Your Problem?
If you are not getting along with people, then you may want to find out why. Forget about an Analyst; get an abrupt Tony Soprano style one line response. All you do is type your full name in and press submit and then you get the answer that everyone else has been too afraid to tell you all these years. Apparently, I am a mentally unstable beatnik who’s eternally looking for “Ms. Right! I had been wondering. This can be used for your friends too, of course. My boss at work is a mentally unstable b*****d who”s a workaholic married to his job. A lot of mental instability going around at this website!
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The Turbanizer
I was a little concerned about this site first of all, what with the recent cartoon of Barack Obama et cetera. However, in for a penny, in for a pound (as they still say here in the UK, at least until we get the Euro). You can choose who you want to tubrnanize (I chose myself again, for the sake of consistency on this page and because I am a complete narcissist). Then, you get to choose the turban – and there are lots of shapes, sizes and colors to choose from! Turbantastic!
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Celebrity Face Match!
Have you ever been told that you look like a certain Hollywood A Lister? This is you r chance to find out whether your friends have been flattering or for real. Upload your photo, choose your gender and in a few seconds you will be matched up with a row of celebrities. So, I tried it. Apart from the guy at the end (from the TV show “Heroes”) I don’t have a clue who any of them are! Still, it might work for you! Go on, try it – you know you want to! -
TV Guide Front Cover
Let all your friends know that you have finally made it to the front cover of TV Guide. Again, upload your picture and hey presto! The difference with this application is that you can then send your friends a message to listen to, a rather over the top announcement that you have made it (at last!). The message can be cleverly personalized so your friend will be left in no doubt that the message is from you and for them! Fame at last!
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Logo Maker
There comes a time when you have to put away childish things. That time hasn’t come yet and if you are fed up and tired of Word Art (that should have happened when you were about three), then why not generate your text in a way that will make people sit up and take notice. There are over six hundred designs for you to choose from here, so whether you are making a poster for a yard sale or a notice to put up on your bedroom door, you will find something appropriate here. Oh, and you may just spend hours making up silly logos for things that will never have any use whatsoever. -
Make Your Own Trading Cards
If you have way too much time at work to mess around, what better way to idle away the hours by creating trading cards of you and your colleagues. You will need digital photos of everyone and a slightly better imagination than me. Upload the photo, choose the skin and icons for your trading card, give each a title and subtitle and you have the beginnings of a new series of cards. Your colleagues may think you are a bigger waste of space than ever, but at least you will have a record of your (short) time at the organization.
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Create Your Own Harry Potter Doll
If you are a fan of the Harry Potter books and movies then this may well press a few of your buttons. You can create your very own Harry, Hagrid, Ron, Hermione – anyone you want really – or a variation of your own creation. A word of warning – you can spend a long time at this site without realizing that you haven’t gone to work, fed the baby or attended your mother’s funeral. Just so you know. -
Make Your Own Coat of Arms
Another great time waster, this site allows you to create your own Coat of Arms. There are thousand of combinations here, so you are guaranteed to create something original for you – and your family. You can go for the serious or the downright silly – it’s completely up to you! Something perhaps you can do with the kids, who love this sort of thing, or own your own (you’re big kid enough for anyone in that case!).
July 31st, 2008 at 5:22 am
You can find a zillion and one of these applications at
http://generatorblog.blogspot.com/
One of the best of its kind, this blog should not be such a well kept secret!
July 31st, 2008 at 6:15 am
This looks like you had a lot of fun!
July 31st, 2008 at 6:19 am
Oh yeah! Loads! ALmost didn’t finish writing this! (someone will probably now say that they wish I hadn’t)
July 31st, 2008 at 4:02 pm
I wish you hadn’t. (Actually, some fun links there, but hey, you asked for it.)
August 1st, 2008 at 2:35 pm
This is a fun article. Thanks for sharing this. I would love to see who the machine thinks I look like.
August 19th, 2008 at 8:12 am
What a fun article!
August 29th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
i am doing all these in photoshop but it might be easy with these tools i want try these tools ,may i will get something new and easy