How to create your own custom avatar - Page 2

montsnmags · 09-16-2009, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

It's one of the new Harv and Vera Avatars line up. First out is the ever popular Dr Montsnmags!

So, in a way, I was right?

Cheers,
Marc ("This post is a rudderless, hull-patched, derelict, ship-of-fools work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's unmedicated delusions. Any resemblance to persons living, dead or undead, locations, circumlocutions, organisations, disorganisations, temporal states, temperance movements, circumstances, circumstantial evidence, correct response or veracious erudition is purely a coincidence")

sakura-panda · 09-18-2009, 04:53 PM

I had to check my profile because I couldn't remember what avatar I was using.

Some of the online avatars I've made up:

Meez.com:

http://elouai.com/candybar.php :

Face Your Manga (also in the OP):

Ken Maltby · 01-01-2010, 04:13 PM

I just used the free Gimp2 to crop out my head,

use the eraser tool to remove any background,

remove the color/change to grayscale,

scale to fit in the avatar size requirements,

save as a GIF image.

In this case the result is a 5.1KB gif file.

Elvira · 04-17-2010, 11:02 AM

seeing all these ideas makes me want to do something with mine too....

tainenx · 05-26-2010, 02:52 PM

Great links, thank you, i`ll try to use one of them to create my avatar.

dorino · 06-24-2010, 08:30 PM

I usually just go no avatar, or a simple glass of water with a straw. It's easily recognizable, and fairly unique on forums. Not many other people with glass-of-water avatars.

happy_terd · 06-24-2010, 10:49 PM

Is your glass-of-water avatar half full?

montsnmags · 06-24-2010, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by happy_terd

Is your glass-of-water avatar half full?

Pratchett-quoting excuse:

"There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!"
(Terry Pratchett, The Truth)

happy_terd · 06-24-2010, 11:13 PM

No wonder they made you a mod. You are like Yoda and shit.

montsnmags · 06-24-2010, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by happy_terd

No wonder they made you a mod. You are like Yoda and shit.

Is that like the Star Wars version of yin-and-yang?

Cheers,
Marc (go easy on the "Yoda")

happy_terd · 06-24-2010, 11:18 PM

Guy (not yoda) even kind of looks like you.

LCF · 06-25-2010, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dorino

I usually just go no avatar, or a simple glass of water with a straw. It's easily recognizable, and fairly unique on forums. Not many other people with glass-of-water avatars.

I have one!

Want to borrow it? No straw though...

5tograma · 07-08-2010, 05:24 AM

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nekokami · 07-10-2010, 07:58 AM

An avatar image is certainly not required. But it can be a fun way to create a visual identity online. I tend to use the same image most of the time, but not on all the forums I visit, as my activity in different places suggests different faces.

But within a forum, I tend to switch rarely, and if I do, use a new image related to the old image in some way, to maintain continuity. But that's just me.

I know someone on another forum who regularly changes avatar, signature, AND user name.

That's too confusing for me. I have a hard enough time remembering who I am from day to day.

Joebill · 07-11-2010, 06:54 PM

My avatar was drawn by a friend. I have no drawing skills of my own.

View Poll Results: Do you find avatar-creation tools helpful?
Yes! More, more more!	28	39.44%
No thanks, I like making my own completely custom avatars	24	33.80%
No thanks, I like just using the stock avatars or clip art	6	8.45%
The blue one, next to the fish	13	18.31%
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01-01-2010, 04:13 PM	#18
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,465 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	I just used the free Gimp2 to crop out my head, use the eraser tool to remove any background, remove the color/change to grayscale, scale to fit in the avatar size requirements, save as a GIF image. In this case the result is a 5.1KB gif file. Last edited by Ken Maltby; 01-01-2010 at 04:22 PM. Reason: It should be "KB" not "kb"

07-08-2010, 05:24 AM	#28
5tograma Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Lithuania Device: none	hello, thank, nekokami, for the link http://www.imagechef.com/ic/product.jsp?cat=animated :] __________________ viagra acomplia Last edited by 5tograma; 07-26-2010 at 02:55 PM.

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09-18-2009, 04:53 PM	#17
sakura-panda Guru Posts: 923 Karma: 9558874 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Michigan, USA Device: 2017 10.5" iPad Pro (Kobo, NOOK, Kindle, Google Play Books & Scribd)	I had to check my profile because I couldn't remember what avatar I was using. Some of the online avatars I've made up: Meez.com: http://elouai.com/candybar.php : Face Your Manga (also in the OP):

04-17-2010, 11:02 AM	#19
Elvira Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 462 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Kindle	seeing all these ideas makes me want to do something with mine too....

05-26-2010, 02:52 PM	#20
tainenx Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: none	Great links, thank you, i`ll try to use one of them to create my avatar.

06-24-2010, 08:30 PM	#21
dorino I'm odd. Take note. Posts: 325 Karma: 779 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Montana Device: deceased PRS-600, Nook STR	I usually just go no avatar, or a simple glass of water with a straw. It's easily recognizable, and fairly unique on forums. Not many other people with glass-of-water avatars.

06-24-2010, 10:49 PM	#22
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	Is your glass-of-water avatar half full?

06-24-2010, 11:13 PM	#24
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	No wonder they made you a mod. You are like Yoda and shit.

06-24-2010, 11:18 PM	#26
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	Guy (not yoda) even kind of looks like you.

07-10-2010, 07:58 AM	#29
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	An avatar image is certainly not required. But it can be a fun way to create a visual identity online. I tend to use the same image most of the time, but not on all the forums I visit, as my activity in different places suggests different faces. But within a forum, I tend to switch rarely, and if I do, use a new image related to the old image in some way, to maintain continuity. But that's just me. I know someone on another forum who regularly changes avatar, signature, AND user name. That's too confusing for me. I have a hard enough time remembering who I am from day to day.

07-11-2010, 06:54 PM	#30
Joebill Fanatic Posts: 517 Karma: 459442 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Alpha Centauri's Library of Alexandria Device: Pandigital Novel	My avatar was drawn by a friend. I have no drawing skills of my own.