SP-Studio

I Built A Cartoon Creator Tool That Has Over 60K Unique Daily Users

September 20th, 2021
Janina Himmen
Founder, SP-Studio
$100
revenue/mo
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SP-Studio
from Schöneck, Deutschland
started September 2002
$100
revenue/mo
1
Founders
0
Employees
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

Hi, my name is Janina, and back in 2002, I founded SP-Studio.de- a free tool for anyone to create cartoon characters without any drawing skills. What started as a fun little side project became one of the biggest and most popular avatar creation websites.

It’s easy to use but also gives you options to edit everything if you want more creative freedom. The drawing style was inspired by the TV show South Park, but most of my visitors just like the cute characters and the big variety of items that have been added over the years. Now you can combine thousands of different clothes, hairstyles, background sceneries, pets, and accessories. And with every update, the community has become more diverse: people from different countries, jobs, genders, and age groups create SP-Studio characters.

What might be unusual about my story is how I did not focus on earning money for years, even when my website became an internet phenomenon during the mid2000s. I used a single Google AdSense banner, but everything else is funded with voluntary donations and Patreon.

So what I am about to...

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