CharaSenior: Help & Image Usage

What Can I Make?

Who is CharaSenior for?

It is designed for cartoon portraits of older adults—including grandparents, parents, neighbors and friends. Choose from face shapes, eyes, eyebrows, gray and white hairstyles, clothing and accessories. The artwork is an illustration, not an automated likeness copied from a photo.

Can I make both male and female characters?

Yes. Choose Man or Woman. Each keeps a separate set of selected parts and clothing on the same device and browser. Clearing browser data may erase those choices.

Do I need to sign in or pay?

Character creation and the PNG download buttons are free. Ordinary personal uses such as profile pictures and family greetings are free. Commercial or product-related permissions are explained below.

How to Create & Save Your Avatar

1. Select Man or Woman, then choose a face, eyes, mouth, eyebrows and hairstyle.
2. Visit Outfits and Accessories to try clothing, glasses and other details.
3. Choose a Background, or skip it if you plan to export a transparent version.
4. Select Create Image. Pick a portrait, square icon or transparent PNG, then save.

What image formats are available?

Portrait PNG (480 × 800) works well for an illustrated card or personal image. Square PNG (480 × 480) is useful for a social profile. Transparent PNG (480 × 800) removes the background so you can place your character on a card, collage or another design. All three are PNG images; transparent means real alpha transparency, not a white background.

Can I include a name?

An optional display name appears on the portrait and square exports only. It is added on the Create Image screen, not on the editing preview or transparent PNG.

Saving on iPhone or Android

Use Save Image or Save or Share on the image screen. If your browser does not offer a direct download, touch and hold the preview to save it. Some browsers offer a share sheet instead.

Ideas for Families & Senior Living Communities

Birthday cards, family chats and keepsakes

Create a cartoon portrait for a grandparent’s birthday, a family group chat, a digital greeting or a handmade paper card. It is a fun way to celebrate a person without posting a photograph. For printable projects, check the export dimensions before printing.

Can a senior living center use CharaSenior for free?

Yes, for limited noncommercial, nonpromotional activities. CharaSenior has a special free-use exception for assisted living communities, retirement residences, nursing homes, adult day programs and community senior groups. Staff may use the portraits for internal birthday celebrations, recreation, resident activity displays and paper cards given away free to residents or their families. The exception may apply even when the center is run by a business.

Does the center need permission or registration?

No application or registration is required for the uses described above. When making a character that resembles a real resident or includes their name, respect their wishes and privacy; seek appropriate consent before sharing it publicly.

Free Use, Commercial Licensing & Copyright

What is not included in the free community exception?

Advertising, recruitment campaigns, public-facing marketing, selling character images, merchandise, products, printing merchandise for distribution, resale of image assets and redistributing character parts as an image library are outside the free exception. See Avachara’s license information before these uses.

Are commercial profiles also free?

Some social-media profile uses may already be free under Avachara’s general policy. Other business, promotional, website and merchandise uses have separate terms. The senior-community exception above applies to CharaSenior only, and for its stated purposes takes precedence over a general event-use fee. It is not a blanket exemption for other Avachara apps.

Can I make a gift?

Private digital greetings and ordinary paper cards for family are different from producing custom merchandise such as T-shirts, mugs or stickers. For merchandise, including privately gifted products, check the applicable licensing requirements before placing an order.

Who owns the artwork?

DESIGNALIKIE retains copyright in CharaSenior’s illustrations and generated characters. Free usage is a license for permitted purposes; it does not transfer copyright or allow you to resell the underlying image assets. You are also responsible for respecting other people’s privacy and likeness rights.

For more details, see Commercial Use & License Fees and Avachara Terms. These general pages have not yet been rewritten to summarize this CharaSenior-specific exception.