Lois & Clark Forums Forums General Discussion Off Topic Your avatar

I'm not sure what thread this goes in, so I'm sticking it here. James' thread about an avatar in the Folc Productions got me thinking. There are some people (like LabRat, for instance) whose avatar instantly triggers a recognition in me. I don't even look at the name - when I see that happy looking dog I know exactly who's posting. (Mind you, I'm not saying that I think LabRat is a happy looking dog!)

Why did you choose the avatar you're using? Did you create it? Where did you find it? Does it have special significance to you (like a favorite ep)? Is there a subtle message or an image that you're projecting? If you've changed avatars - why did you do it?

Just curious (and trying to figure out what I want to use as my avatar).

Why did I choose it? It goes with the name.

I found the cartoon after an extensive google search of Elvis pics - must spend time more productively! - and then added the 'shade' of Elvis :rolleyes: that flashes every 10 secs after James put that 'how to make your own gif' post up recently. Save to photobucket, and voila!

Have you got any ideas as to what you want? I went through a bunch of others before I settled on this, and it'll probably get the boot in favour of something else sooner or later.

Heh. Mine's boring. It was one I could choose from the list online and I always loved that part in that ep. Plus Lois looks so seductive.

Has my muse been sleepwalking again? I don't remember posting such a thing...but as Elisabeth will tell you, that wouldn't be something to out of the ordinary

James, who likes to change his avatar a little less frequently than he likes to change his handle. I get bored with same-old-same-old and will change things on a whim.

Of course the more I play with pics, the more likely I am to change the image...

Went to check, and yes, you can all blame James for my annoying flashy thing.

Even Ralph could use it!

Ring any bells?

Dang! It was even less than a month ago...

I'd tell you what was the first thing to go, if I could remember the word...

James

Hehe, I loooove my avatar

I made it at www.sp-studio.de here and that's actually the way I look... not right now but quite often

So, yeah, it has quite some special meaning to me, I use it at LJ as my default icon and sometimes at MSN, too

Jana

Well, I couldn't find any cool pictures of cheese - yes, I looked! - so I thought I'd go with an Angel avatar 'cause I loved the show.

And so many people have LnC pics (gee, I wonder why ) I just wanted to be different.

Mine was just the one I liked the most out of a few that I had made. While that episode (one of the NK ones) definitely isn't my favorite, I love that scene. Sweetness mixed with a touch of angst is too much for me to resist!

Actually, I try really hard not to change mine all the time, since I know they have a lot to do with recognizing who's posting, but there are so many great ones out there!

I'm usually going, "Wait, that doesn't sound like...oh, right."

I won't answer your question because I figure it's patently obvious that my boy, Homer, has a special place in my heart, hence the avatar , but looking forward to reading some interesting responses.

LabRat

Honestly, I still collapse in laughter over mine from time to time. C_A made the larger poster during the motivational poster blitz last year.

Posters

Just in case anyone's missed it because it was a total scream!
JD

Well, let's see after looking around a bit .. I found mine here .
There was no special reason for picking that one (it's not my fav episode)- I just really liked the colors and the scene like that!
Plus I really wanted one with Lois and Clark both on it... I just feel bad if one or the other is left out

-Camy

I always had one to do with judo, since I was so big on the sport. But when I quit, that didn't suit me anymore. When I started thinking of one I'd like next, I googled for Tweety images. I came across this one... well, I love Tweety and it was said I was evil, so it would be a nice fit. Ever since, I stuck with this one. It's just so me.

Saskia

Mine is an image of my old superhero alter ego: "HatMan: Avenger of Boredum (and bad speller...)"

Originally, I was MadHatter (being both cheerfully insane and, due to premature baldness, never seen in public without a hat). But HatMan was created to have fun and adventures during conversational lulls. Eventually (because I liked it more and because MadHatter was used by a few too many random jerks, which caused me to get some angry and confused PMs), I started using HatMan full time.

(The long version of this story, if anyone is interested, is in an old "Where did you get your nick?" thread.)

When these shiny, spiffy new boards were created, I decided that the momentous event deserved a new avatar. So I "created" an image of HatMan, the cheerful superhero with his trademark beanie copter. By "created," I mean "stole a picture of Robin by a professional artist and then hand-drew a silly hat on him with MS Paint."

It's been my avatar ever since.

Mine is a screen cap from a Studio Ghibli cartoon called My Neighbour Totoro the company that produced this cartoon is like Japan's answer to Disney and it won an Oscar a few years ago for Spirited Away, but this cartoon was made when I was like 6 years old and has always been my favourite. The English version (which only emerged after Spirited Away became so well known) stars Dakota and Ella Fanning as the two sisters, but I still stick to the old Cantonese version simply because I find the dialogue more amusing and cute. There are actually many scenes I find cute but I really wanted one with Totoro in it (he's that big purple lump that the little girl is sleeping on).

I got my avatar from a bunch someone created, a long time ago... I love the kiss, and the background reminds me of hurricanes (You know, sattelite pictures & stuff). Since we'd recently had a lot of them, I thought it suited.

PJ

I'm just a big romantic at heart so this one struck a cord with me from all the options. Its more fitting for me now that I'm engaged, but I would still love it regardless.

~Kristen

Mine is Magenta the "domestic" from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Love the bride of Frankenstein look. It cracks me up because the movie is such a parody of b-movie horror (it ends up that she's an alien from the planet Transylvania, good times). Plus I love the hand-on-hips stance. It's a screencap as far as I can recall, all I did was crop it to size.

I tend to change my avatar relatively often usually when I get bored of seeing the same thing, but they tend to be odd pictures, so I guess that would be my MO. I'm contemplating my next one to be the cover of a pulp novel titled "Behold this woman!" (all dramatic, lol) but I haven't had time to mess around with the pic yet.

alcyone

I'm going to embarrass myself now by saying that I always thought your avatar was from the Jungle Book - Mowgli lying on a rock or something. I have no idea why. Obviously I never looked at it properly!

I had to remember which mine was, since I've used Ed from Cowboy Bebop (my LJ default), Kiki and BunBun from Sluggy Freelance, and Garfield at random times. My current avatar is from SG-1 that I snagged from an author in that fandom. It never fails to make me giggle. Now if only I could figure out what episode it's from.