What is the story behind your avatar? - Page 4

rlparker · 08-02-2010, 04:16 PM

Self-portrait; somewhat digitally manipulated

sakura-panda · 08-02-2010, 04:27 PM

I was doing a search using some combination of "panda" and "cherry blossom" to find an avatar that matched my user name and I stumbled across this one.

(I tried to recreate the search and it looks like "panda blossom" is the terms I used.) I thought it was pretty and almost exactly what I was seeking.

beppe · 08-02-2010, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rlparker

Self-portrait; somewhat digitally manipulated

I always admired your avatar, a very nice composition.

rlparker · 08-02-2010, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beppe

I always admired your avatar, a very nice composition.

Thanks beppe! You're obviously a very intelligent person with superb artistic taste!

mrscoach · 08-02-2010, 09:54 PM

Mine is my son as he appeared in the one-act play his senior year. Yes, that is his real hair, shaved top and all. How's that for dedication to a part? Every judge that saw the play later told him, "That's real? I thought it was a good cover job, but that's really impressive." He walked around with that hairdo for close to 6 weeks, I think.

He wished the mustache was his, too.

Roger Parkinson · 08-02-2010, 11:05 PM

Mine is an astrolabe, a mechanical device for figuring star positions. They go back a long way (eg ancient Greece) but mine is modern. Of course we have computers to do this now if we want, but this is prettier.

cbarnett · 08-03-2010, 12:05 AM

Mine is me! Way, way back when MR was just starting, I had a lot more time and Alex was able to get custom avatars for all his helpers, and I was lucky enough to get one then. Mind you, the photo used to create it is probably the only one I had with facial hair (I shave regularly, except when I'm on holidays and let myself go

)

These days I just sit back and reflect on my past glory, and ponder with wonder how far Mobileread has come. It's truly amazing.

happy_terd · 08-03-2010, 12:27 AM

Let there be lips.

(spoiler has the audience participation to be yelled out in bold (tiny bit different depending on location) Contains bad language.)

Spoiler:

thinkpad · 08-03-2010, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbarnett

Mine is me! Way, way back when MR was just starting, I had a lot more time and Alex was able to get custom avatars for all his helpers, and I was lucky enough to get one then. Mind you, the photo used to create it is probably the only one I had with facial hair

I'm curious about how these avatars were made. Did you hire a sketch artist to draw your picture, or was it made by some computer software after supplying your picture as an input.

neilmarr · 08-03-2010, 02:17 AM

There are websites, Thinkpad, that will produce a similar effect from a photograph. Cheers. Neil

thinkpad · 08-03-2010, 02:30 AM

Interesting have to Google it and see what I come up with. Thanks Neil.
Searching for "Photo to sketch" certainly produces a lot of hits.

Mitchi · 08-03-2010, 02:32 AM

Way back, when I started using the internet, I found a very pretty drawing of a mermaid with big blue eyes and fell in love with it. I decided to crop the face and stick that as an avatar, and used it for nearly 6 years.

One day, on one of the forums I frequented, a big changed happened that altered my username color. Well, the pretty, serene blue eyed mermaid one I'd been using didn't fit, so I decided I needed a new one, but wanted it to be one that I made myself, completely from scratch.

TL;DR version:
It's something I drew as a sig/avatar set for a forum, and since I use the same Avatar across almost all forums I join, I used it here too. It's just some redhead dancing to techno music with giant headphones on.

beppe · 08-03-2010, 02:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thinkpadx

Interesting have to Google it and see what I come up with. Thanks Neil.
Searching for "Photo to sketch" certainly produces a lot of hits.

Indeedly

AprilHare · 08-03-2010, 04:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TGS

My avatar says "Free Tibet" - because it's not, and the world is not interested.

FREE THE CHOOK!

ski_power · 08-03-2010, 04:52 AM

@TGS: The Chicken is definitely interested

, in freeing Tibet that is.

@Mitchi: Your avatar, to me looked like a girl in deep, emotional thought. Dancing never crossed my mind. Oh wait, now I see it, the blue things are headphones and the other brown things are the hands.

08-03-2010, 12:27 AM	#53
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	Let there be lips. (spoiler has the audience participation to be yelled out in bold (tiny bit different depending on location) Contains bad language.) Spoiler: LET THERE BE LIPS! Michael Rennie was ill, the day the Earth stood still, but he told us where we stand. ON OUR FEET! And Flash Gordon was there, in EDIBLE. silver underwear. KINKY! Claude Rains was the invisible man. BUT HE DIDN'T SHOW UP. Then something went wrong, for Faye Wray and King Kong, they got caught in a SEXUAL celluloid jam. YEAH JAM! Then at a deadly pace, it came ON JANET'S FACE! from outer space. And this is how the message ran... FREEZE! (WHEN EACH STARS NAME APPEARS ON THE SCREEN, USE THE FOLLOWING LINES: ANOTHER HELPING OF CURRY PLEASE! SLUT! ASSHOLE! WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR? WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR DRUGS? KISS ASS! UGH! EDDIE EDDIE! CHUCKIE GREY, HE'S OKAY, BUT HE'S GOT NO FUCKING NECK!) CHORUS: Science fiction - double feature, Doctor X will build a creature. See androids fighting Brad and Janet. Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet. Oh, oh, oh, oh... ...at the late night, double feature, picture show. I knew Leo G. Carrol, was over a barrel, when tarantula took to the hills. LICK THOSE LIPS! And I really got hot, when I saw JANET'S TWT. Jeanette Scott, fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills. WHAT THE FUCK IS A TRIFFID?* Dana Andrews said prunes, gave him the runes THEY GAVE ME THE SHITS! and passing them used lots of skills. YEAH SKILLS! But when worlds collide, said George Pal to his bride, I'm going to give you some SEXUAL. terrible thrills. Like a... CHORUS: Science fiction - double feature, Doctor X SEX, SEX, SEX! will build a creature. See androids fighting AND FUCKING AND SUCKING ON. Brad and Janet. Anne Francis stars in WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE? Forbidden Planet. Oh, oh, oh, oh... ...at the late night, double feature, picture show. I wanna go, oh, ho, ho... ...to the late night, double feature, picture show, By RKO. RK WHO? Oh, ho, ho... ...to the late night, double feature, picture show. In the back row. FUCK THE BACK ROW! FUCK THE FRONT ROW! Oh, ho, ho... ...to the late night, double feature, picture show.

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08-02-2010, 04:16 PM	#46
rlparker Ars longa Posts: 1,179 Karma: 17404 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: north carolina, usa Device: Kindle K1, K3 wifi	Self-portrait; somewhat digitally manipulated

08-02-2010, 04:27 PM	#47
sakura-panda Guru Posts: 934 Karma: 9558874 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Michigan, USA Device: Kindle Oasis; 11" iPad Pro (Books, Kindle, Kobo, MapleRead SE)	I was doing a search using some combination of "panda" and "cherry blossom" to find an avatar that matched my user name and I stumbled across this one. (I tried to recreate the search and it looks like "panda blossom" is the terms I used.) I thought it was pretty and almost exactly what I was seeking.

08-02-2010, 09:54 PM	#50
mrscoach Guru Posts: 767 Karma: 4837659 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: San Angelo Texas Device: Samsung Galaxy tab	Mine is my son as he appeared in the one-act play his senior year. Yes, that is his real hair, shaved top and all. How's that for dedication to a part? Every judge that saw the play later told him, "That's real? I thought it was a good cover job, but that's really impressive." He walked around with that hairdo for close to 6 weeks, I think. He wished the mustache was his, too.

08-02-2010, 11:05 PM	#51
Roger Parkinson Zealot Posts: 143 Karma: 108036 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy S	Mine is an astrolabe, a mechanical device for figuring star positions. They go back a long way (eg ancient Greece) but mine is modern. Of course we have computers to do this now if we want, but this is prettier.

08-03-2010, 12:05 AM	#52
cbarnett MR prodigal son Posts: 1,085 Karma: 1083739 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Mine is me! Way, way back when MR was just starting, I had a lot more time and Alex was able to get custom avatars for all his helpers, and I was lucky enough to get one then. Mind you, the photo used to create it is probably the only one I had with facial hair (I shave regularly, except when I'm on holidays and let myself go ) These days I just sit back and reflect on my past glory, and ponder with wonder how far Mobileread has come. It's truly amazing.

08-03-2010, 02:17 AM	#55
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	There are websites, Thinkpad, that will produce a similar effect from a photograph. Cheers. Neil

08-03-2010, 02:30 AM	#56
thinkpad David Posts: 1,808 Karma: 8916183 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norway Device: Kindle, E.Edge (sold), Irex Iliad (retired)	Interesting have to Google it and see what I come up with. Thanks Neil. Searching for "Photo to sketch" certainly produces a lot of hits.

08-03-2010, 02:32 AM	#57
Mitchi C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER Posts: 51 Karma: 500 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Narnia, and the north! Wait, is Narnia Canada? Device: Jetbook Lite, Droid Eris	Way back, when I started using the internet, I found a very pretty drawing of a mermaid with big blue eyes and fell in love with it. I decided to crop the face and stick that as an avatar, and used it for nearly 6 years. One day, on one of the forums I frequented, a big changed happened that altered my username color. Well, the pretty, serene blue eyed mermaid one I'd been using didn't fit, so I decided I needed a new one, but wanted it to be one that I made myself, completely from scratch. TL;DR version: It's something I drew as a sig/avatar set for a forum, and since I use the same Avatar across almost all forums I join, I used it here too. It's just some redhead dancing to techno music with giant headphones on.

08-03-2010, 04:52 AM	#60
ski_power Book eater Posts: 181 Karma: 2068 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle 3 G 3G (<-lol)	@TGS: The Chicken is definitely interested , in freeing Tibet that is. @Mitchi: Your avatar, to me looked like a girl in deep, emotional thought. Dancing never crossed my mind. Oh wait, now I see it, the blue things are headphones and the other brown things are the hands.