the iMadeFace craze

According to the iMadeFace Facebook page the app has become number 1 in; United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Thailand, Indonesia, Honk Kong, Taiwan, Macao, Brunei, Singapore and many more! So when I said it was popular, I wasn’t joking. The main purpose for this arty little app, created by SW company Keyloft, was initially to make Caller ID’s for your contacts, best of all you have full control over each persons look. Alternatively, you could share your creations with friends to attach to your ID on their phone. [1]

What’s great about iMadeFace is that it’s quite simple to use. Just by swiping, you can create a customized cartoon face in minutes. Touch and slide to select different parts of the face. Slide left or right to choose different shapes or styles of that selected part (for instance, different shapes of the face, or different hairstyles), and slide up or down to change the colors.

Keyloft Chief Brand Officer Athena Wang told e27 that the team is “super excited” by how popular the app has become. “Now we are open to all of our fans for expectations and suggestions,” she said. “There are hundreds of emails received each day about what they are expecting. The new features and packs will soon be ready.” [2]

“We are trying to combine pop art and traditional Chinese printmaking, and create the new Asian pop art. The lines and shapes of traditional Chinese printmaking can create varied details of features of different people, which can create better motions,” she said. [2]

iMadeFace is currently available only for iOS, however an Android version will be available soon. You can download iMadeFace for free, here. Check out the iMadeFace page on tumblr as well.

[1] Ref. http://www.n3rdabl3.co.uk/2013/02/imadeface-available-for-ios-coming-to-android-soon/

[2] Ref. http://e27.co/2013/02/14/cartoon-fun-with-imadeface-craze/