The mouse cursor, the little white arrow forever pointing at whatever we want, is possibly the most underappreciated part of our computers. We rarely think about it—for the most part, it is just there. But, the mouse cursor has a wide range of customization options. With a site called CursorWiz, you can even make your own, custom mouse cursor.
With CursorWiz, you can either draw your own mouse cursor from scratch, or upload a picture from your computer. To create a cursor from scratch, choose a color from the color wheel at the top of the page, then draw, pixel-by-pixel, your cursor.


To automatically add shapes to your cursor, click any of the pre-made options on the right of the screen. The shapes will appear in the color you last selected from the color wheel.

There are two pencil thicknesses: single pixel, thin line or four pixel, thick line. Also with the pencil options is the option to add transparent lines to your cursor. This is the closest thing to a pixel-by-pixel eraser in CursorWiz.

If your cursor drawing is a complete mess, you can erase it and start over by clicking the big eraser button near the bottom right corner of the page.

To upload and edit your own picture, click Choose File below the cursor editing box and choose your file. Click upload when finished. Smaller, pre-shrunken pictures work best, and only JPG or PNG files are allowed.

When you have finished editing your picture, click the Test link to test your cursor in the test zone on the right of the Web site.

When you are satisfied with your cursor, click the arrow button next to the test link to download the cursor in the proper format. You may also download your cursor as a desktop icon by clicking the target button on the other side of the test link.

Once downloaded, you can start using your cursor by opening the mouse options in control panel, then the pointers tab. From there, click Browse to select your cursor.

CursorWiz is fun. We enjoyed making cursors with it, but the controls were hard to decipher at first. The site feels a bit messy, but still offers a creative service.