Facebook users are showing off some serious creativity by taking advantage of the new profile page photo layout.
French artist Alexandre Oudin (below) has been identified as the creator of the craze, and more and more designs are now emerging. People have been playing around with their profile pics since Facebook first launched, but the new redesign allows for some inspired fun including clever animations, typography and photography magic.
Have a look through our gallery of 10 of the best new Facebook profile pic hacks and share any cool creations that you’ve seen in the comments below. And if you’ve been getting crafty with your profile, we want to see it!
Total views: 2,053,807. View As Slideshow »The French artist credited for starting the craze, Oudin's Magritte-inspired profile puts the "fun" in the new Facebook.
Nic Refauh is a VP of creative at McCann Digital. He's certainly put his creative skills to good use on his Facebook profile page.
Jason Keiter has used food as the inspiration for his pic hack. Now that's what we call a "decent portion."
Pac-Man, the perennial geek favorite, has invaded Thibaut Le Brasseur's profile page to great effect.
Ouri Stopek's playful profile features lasers firing across the screen. Pew-pew!
The sweetest offering of the lot, this profile creates a tender portrait using a photo montage.
Antony Legrand's illustrated example shows you don't have to use photographs to create a memorable profile page.
This Florida-based company uses a Facebook profile as its business Page, but still knows how to have fun with the design.
Jayden Tan takes the face-hack idea a step further by adding extra images for even greater impact.
We've saved our favorite for last with Jon Yang's genius use of the format. Now that's a slam dunk!
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