I chose to make my cartoon avatar on the http://southpark.cc.com/avatar website. This link took me directly to the avatar creation page where I was only able to use Butter’s body type, but I was able to customize the skin color somewhat. Overall, there were a good variety of customization options. Some customizations had more options than others. I did enjoy the meme phrases they provide as they brought back the laughs from when I watched this series years ago. The process of customization was made easy with simple navigation and clicks that were easy to understand with a good layout and design.

I would like to see more features added to this site for users to have more creative freedom in their avatar choices.  For example, if we had the ability to make a fat Cartman avatar with the meme “Respect my authority” fans could have more fun with the creation of their own cartoon characters. I do believe that more options could be added without taking away from the South Park theme.

Fan sites such as this are a great way to promote engagement by allowing fans to join in on the fun of creating their own avatar cartoon character. I think this cartoon would have been successful even without this feature, but it does keep South Park more relevant than it would have been otherwise.