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   Jane@CMposted 15 years ago

   Some of you have some great avatars, where do you find them?  Obviously they are cartoon or minimized photographs, but still very cool - I need something new & not me

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      tobey100posted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I started out with a cartoon animal I thought best represented my personality.  It was a goofy lookin' moose.  currently I'm using a cropped photo rather than show my whole face.
      
      I was gonna show you my moose but I can't add the image for some reason.  Never tried before....................

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         Lily Roseposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Is that really you?  That doesn't look like the face of a 55 year old man with 5 kids!  I like it, though!
         
         Mine's me.

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            tobey100posted 15 years agoin reply to this

            Yep, it's me.  That pic is from about 9 or 10 years ago.  Still look the same but the hair's definitely grayer.  No wrinkles yet but I'm sure they're on the way

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         Daniel Carterposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Okay, tobey, I just CAN'T resist....
         Your moose???
         That just sounds too much like a euphemism.
         
         For the record though, your avatar is very cool. Well done.
         
         Lots of very good avatars here! Mine? Not so good. Taken in a kitchen at a gathering on New Year's Eve. Need to work on it....

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            tobey100posted 15 years agoin reply to this

            Daniel, Daniel.  It's you, so it's all good.  I had to use an old pic cause I'm always the one taking the pictures.  Never get in 'em.  I had to retire the moose, he was getting more comments than I was.

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   Cagsilposted 15 years ago

   Hey Jane,
   
   http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/community/fanart/
   
   This is where I got a lot of mine from.

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      Jane@CMposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Cool, off to check it out!
      
      Tobey, I'd love to see your moose   you might have to resize him/her

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         tobey100posted 15 years agoin reply to this

         I'd love to post him in a response but I can't figure out how to include a picture on a forum response?????

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            Jane@CMposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            Look at formatting tips on the lower left side when replying, if you figure out how to add the picture in a response - good for you!  I've tried it and it never works
            
            Cags...I need another site, while those are cool pictures, I'm far to old for them & they don't speak to me :lol

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               Cagsilposted 15 years agoin reply to this

               Jane, I am 41 myself.

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                  Jane@CMposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                  I have seven years on you
                  
                  I'm going to go play in photoshop now with my own pictures   I photograph nature, so I guess I should use my own images!

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                     Norah Caseyposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                     I like that idea! My avatar is a vector graphic my boyfriend created based on a picture of me. It is a slightly different spin on a photograph, but it is still representative of the original.

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                        wyanjenposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                        It's very cool Norah
                        
                        
                        There is a site for freelance photographers that has very reasonably priced stock photos (I use at work) and a big section of free stock photos (I use here)
                        
                        http://www.dreamstime.com
                        (It's kinda like the "HubPages" of the photography world...)
                        My mug avatar is from dreamstime.
                        The free stock pics usually need a little touch-up in Photoshop, but overall they are good quality.

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            NewYorkerposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            Try finding the IMG code.

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      emievilposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      That's a great link Cags! Thanks for the link .
      
      On the topic - one of my avatars (the witch one), I downloaded from the Internet. The rest came from our camera, especially the ones of my niece .
      
      I don't upload my own pic for personal reasons so if you don't want to trust me because there's something fishy about me, that's up to you .

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         Cagsilposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         You're welcome Emie.

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   DevinGposted 15 years ago

   Since I know you all love my panda , I will tell you where I got it. I searched in Google for a Panda plush. I have it as my use pic because I think pandas are awesome.

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   The Ropeposted 15 years ago

   If you aren't a photographer yourself, ask your friends!  I bet someone you know has a great photo (or collection) that you fall in love with.  If it's still in print form, take it to a local and have it transferred to a disk.  Easy and personal...  Good luck!
   
   DUH, just read the rest of the thread, sorry I must have missed it.  YES!  Use your own - a great inspiration whenever you're on line!

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   Deborah Sextonposted 15 years ago

   Personally, I don't understand why people use Avatars. No one could ever really get to know you.
   I guess it's true what Oscar Wilde wrote:
   "Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth"

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      rebekahELLEposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      sorry deborah, i see no logic in that assumption. how does anyone know if that is really you? we get to know each other through our words, our communication, not by the image in the avatar.

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         Deborah Sextonposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Really?? To me you will always be a cartoon. SO YOU BELIEVE THEIR PHOTOS COULD BE FAKE, BUT NOT THEIR WORDS. How deep.
         See I was saying real pictures not fake ones, or did you miss that? Seeing someones face can reveal a lot about them.
         But you're right if that's what you want to be.

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            tantrumposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            that's why now I only show my body. My face has revealed enough already !

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               Deborah Sextonposted 15 years agoin reply to this

               I like the pictures showing your face. I was finally able to see the person I was arguing with ..

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               Friendlywordposted 15 years agoin reply to this

               I CANT TAKE IT!!! (fainted)

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                  tantrumposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                  
                  hi friendly !

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      wychicposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I'd have to disagree with that...people generally choose avatars that are just as representative of them (if not more) than their real faces. For me, I met and got to know my husband long before either one of us knew what the other looked like, and were already talking about permanent arrangements before we saw each other's pictures. Luckily we were both thrilled with what we saw, but we both agree that it's just icing on the cake, we fell in love with each other's minds, not the bodies that always change.

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         Deborah Sextonposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         OK but we're not talking about a love connection.

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            wychicposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            Love and friendship both start in the same place, one just goes a little further . My point is, I don't believe someone has to actually see someone's face to know whether or not they can trust them, faces tell so little of a person.

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               drej2522posted 15 years agoin reply to this

               valid point...in fact, it doesn't matter one way or another, especially a picture...pffft
               
               damnit, okay, this is the last post on this thread for sure...hrmmm

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                  wychicposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                  Are you SURE about that? ...okay okay, that just seems to be the one way to get people to stick around

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   blatvaposted 15 years ago

   I just use pictures of me :3

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   Pearldiverposted 15 years ago

   You Can Shop @ my place Jane..... What would you like?
   
   I'll email you a couple of goodies if you wish?

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      rebekahELLEposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      funny, I just started giggling after I looked at your avatar in another post, PD 
      
      it's just... funny.
      
      of course people can get to know use by using an avatar... how silly to say.

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         Pearldiverposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Your two choices are legendary.
         I know what happens when I put my pup up as avatar.
         My Samurai... makes them all think I'm Grumpy

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            rebekahELLEposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            they're both so opposite and yet the real you comes through.
            
            I guess everyone just needs to watch the last samurai or go read some of your haiku.

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   Maximus591posted 15 years ago

   Avatars are ego extensions.
   
   An ego isn't who you are but what you would like to be.  Avatars give expression to the ego.
   
   ... as Freud would say if he was still alive, which he's not. 
   
   Also, Avatar's can be used as masks to hide behind.
   
   Never trust someone with an avatar. There's something fishy about them.

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      wyanjenposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      really?
      

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         Cagsilposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         

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         Deborah Sextonposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Avatars are used for only a few reasons. 1. They have no way to upload a photo 2. They don't want to show who they are, maybe they feel fat, ugly or feel people won't like who they really are. 3. They love to play around.

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         Pearldiverposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         I think that advice would depend on where and how you raised!
         Where I come from people tend to generalise about those (like yourself) that Tilt to the Left.
         
         It is also said to reflect one's inability to be honest.... but we don't insult fish by making reference to them with Left Tilters!

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      RedElfposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Did someone say "Fish"? Where? Here fishy, fishy!

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         Cagsilposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         

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         Justine76posted 15 years agoin reply to this

         here I am!!

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            frogdroppingposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            I already had my avatar Jane. Can't remember where it came from now. I have two, the one I use and a similar one which my son used. Mine fits my rather silly hub name
            
            
            
            Or froggy.

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      Ghost32posted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Huh.  I use my own pic by choice, but there are lots of folks out there with avatars I trust to the max.  Not to mention, what did Freud know?  He had as many hangups and self-deluding mental veils as the next dude.  Sure, it's true enough that avatars can be used as masks to hide behind...but so can faces. 

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      Black Lillyposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      A few months ago you were using some pretty young girls' picture as your avatar...or was it you there or your..ehm..ego extension?
      I'm confused.

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   B.C. BOUTIQUEposted 15 years ago

   mine is not great, it is a part of a photo of me and my family..I was not dressed nice and my hair was not done as usual...one of my best friends died that morning in an accident, I could not cancel on the family so I had to do my best, grin and bear it...
   
   
   but I actually do not care what my avatar is...I would be fine with a simple and generic smiley face!

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    Jane@CMposted 15 years ago

    My, my such a tantalizing read from just a mere little question! HA!
    
    After great consideration, I've decided I don't like how I look and am going to keep playing with photoshop - as Nora mentioned, its a fun twist to your own self
    
    Pearl, I like you dog, its cute.
    
    Back to your regular scheduled programming, I'm off to write something fishy. Smoked Salmon? Walleye? How 'bout a trout with one eye??

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    RedElfposted 15 years ago

    If we're going to play at amateur psychologist, an avatar can say more about a person than their picture, if you bother to read their work and get to know them.
    
    I just like kitties
    
    Now, about that fish...

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       Cagsilposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Them kitties like little fishies. they just suck those bad boy up and spit out the bones. you get 'em RedElf.

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       Ivorwenposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Very, very true!

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          Cagsilposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          Hey Ivorwen, what's up?

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             Ivorwenposted 15 years agoin reply to this

             I'm sitting under my sun lamp, thinking about heading to bed.  How are you? 

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                Cagsilposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                I'm contemplating the same thing of heading to bed. I'm doing well. I guess I'm more bored than anything else. Thank you for asking.

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                   Ivorwenposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                   Good night!  See you tomorrow.  Hope you overcome that boredom. 

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    H.C Porterposted 15 years ago

    I have used a few pictures that are not my photograph-
    all of which were sketches or paintings that i created, so they were just as much a part of who I am as my face...

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       Deborah Sextonposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       And I agree they are as much a part of you.
       What I am saying is you can read someone's face.
       Faces, even in photos, are a part of Body Language.

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    mtsi1098posted 15 years ago

    I use either pictures of me or pictures I have taken...I switch between 3 or 4 during a couple month time frame

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    marcel285posted 15 years ago

    Why don't you take a pic of a close up of you're eye, like mine? Just an idea..eye's are the windows to the soul..i wonder how many people believe that? I do. Every eye is different, but it's not exactly an original idea is it? An oldie but a goldie, i think though.

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    theirishobserver.posted 15 years ago

    nominations are closing for avitar

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    Jane@CMposted 15 years ago

    Maybe we should have a hubbers fish pond

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       Justine76posted 15 years agoin reply to this

       could be a new category in the forums?

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    wychicposted 15 years ago

    Personally, I use my own pictures in avatars only because some of the sites I write on require it for people to be featured on the site. On the Long Hair Community I have a pic of the back of my head, and on Koko's I have a picture of one of my goldfish. Trust me, if you don't have a picture of some kind of fish on Koko's people look at you really weird...they might even start to suspect you aren't really a fish person.

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    myownworldposted 15 years ago

    I think one's 'avatar is completely one's personal choice...and I wish we wouldn't 'judge'..or 'sum up' the other person on it's basis. I use my real pic (taken recently, laptop cam, no effects etc.) and  I often find people doing the same to me. Personally, I really don't care what someone's avatar is: it's their writing that interests me - all else is secondary in front of it!

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       Justine76posted 15 years agoin reply to this

       im so sick of the avitar fights
       its 100 percent stupid to think you can trust a picture of any sort. I agree with MOW, for me its the writing that I enjoy, but even then....trust?

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          myownworldposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          stay with the forum fights...and soon we'll put you in the right MOOD! Ha ha....!

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             Justine76posted 15 years agoin reply to this

             im stuck as a mermaid for some time...
             being the lying coward I am....
             a mouse chewed off the end of my phone cord, I cant acess hp with my computer till tomorrow...cant change my pic...

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          Deborah Sextonposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          I'm not fighting and I'm not stupid, it's an opinion like yours. ...But hey...

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       drej2522posted 15 years agoin reply to this

       I'm in love with your avatar pic, MOW...so, how's that for personal??

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          myownworldposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          very personal. but I guess I can make an exception now and then!

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       Deborah Sextonposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Wow, who said anything about rights? And judging?
       So we both have our own opinions..imagine that.
       You have to understand that when someone thinks differently from you, it's not judging.

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          myownworldposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          chill deobrah...that was in answer to some of the other comments above...not you.

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             Deborah Sextonposted 15 years agoin reply to this

             Chill? I'm not heated up...Stating a fact. You generalized it so how is someone to know?
             
             Deborah

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    drej2522posted 15 years ago

    oy!!! ladies, ladies...just strip and mud wrestle already, geeeez!

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       myownworldposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       (((I don't get into arguments, muddy or otherwise, so see u in another thread! ))

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          drej2522posted 15 years agoin reply to this

          (shrugs) K...I don't really get the argu...the 'discussion'...it seems really odd, is all.
          
          (salutes) And now I'm booting myself out of the thread

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    Daniel Carterposted 15 years ago

    I woke my avatar up and tried to send him to work in my place but he refused.
    I so fired his sorry butt.
    So I'm shopping...

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    Sa Toyaposted 15 years ago

    Well if I'm not using a real pic like ow, I use pin ups, I've got a thing for them...photobuckets pretty good for fun pics

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    Ann Nonymousposted 15 years ago

    I tried to find one that would add some "mystery" to my already mysterious name! hahaha...Ann Nonymous is my name, and staying anonymous is my game! Hence the question mark with a figurine avatar!!!!! It's just some random clipart but it works for me!

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    Cagsilposted 15 years ago

    You know the biggest joke about the thread is that Jane@CM only started it to get a place to get more avatars for using on her Hub profile.
    
    It's ridiculous that this thread has gotten so far off course. It's unbelieveable.
    
    WOW!
    
    
    @Sa Toya, thank you for at least answering the thread.

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       myownworldposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       ...surprised??  Has ever a thread on HP stayed on course?....now THAT would be the real surprise....!

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