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P. Gordon Kennedy Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1076 Registration date : 2008-01-13 Age : 35 Location : Crystal Falls, Michigan
| Subject: Avatars Sat May 17, 2008 9:56 pm | |
| I'm starting this thread as a place where we can talk about the interesting stories behind our avatars how we created them and why we chose them. Mine dates from about a year ago. It was actually taken as an "experimental" picture, it was not originally intended to amount to anything, but when I saw it I really liked it. The picture has since gone on to be my author picture and my avatar on several web sites. Depending on how I view things it is either my favorite or second favorite picture. I think every picture has a story behind it and those stories can be quite interesting. |
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JoElle Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1311 Registration date : 2008-05-09
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Sue Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1216 Registration date : 2008-01-15
| Subject: Re: Avatars Sat May 17, 2008 11:05 pm | |
| Mine is one of many glamour shots that were taken for my book. |
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lin Five Star Member
Number of posts : 2753 Registration date : 2008-03-20 Location : Mexico
| Subject: Re: Avatars Sat May 17, 2008 11:06 pm | |
| The pointy ears are about the same, Joelle.
(You sure you're a grandmother?) |
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JoElle Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1311 Registration date : 2008-05-09
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rainbow689 Four Star Member
Number of posts : 403 Registration date : 2008-04-15 Age : 73 Location : Laredo TX
| Subject: One Of My Close Buddies And Confidants Sun May 18, 2008 2:16 am | |
| Time for a change, this is my close buddy and confidant Elfish Presley I believe we all have different facets to our personalities including the various masks we wear: one for work, one for friends etc, I simply put clothes on mine. When I'm there, they're not! When they're there, I'm not! Why is it acceptable for an 'actor' to immerse him or hers-elf into a character and not a not so ordinary member of the public? Mind you, whoever I am portraying at any given time, I am always the Puppetmaster Wella blessa ma soul a-wassa wrong with me We're here on The Forum for all to see Avatars are groovy, here's one of mine Elfish Presley why he's so fine Uh huh uh, uh I'm all shook up! For the technirati, Elfish is a Driad, albeit a darn big one, he comes from a big tree and was the only Driad or hu-man bean, who never made it into Stonehenge some years back when the Druids of England were actually allowed to celebrate the summer solstice congregating inside the stones, maybe I'll put the full story up sometime, it's a doozy of a story! (for the non-technirati a Driad is a tree spirit and as my last name on my official alien registration card from the US Government means tree in German, Elfish is sooooo appropriate!) oh and if you care to http://fly.to/rainbow689 you can see some moving pictures of some more of my close buddies and confidants, prepare to be amazed! Enjoy! |
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thehairymob Four Star Member
Number of posts : 890 Registration date : 2008-05-05 Age : 56 Location : Scotland
| Subject: Re: Avatars Sun May 18, 2008 6:34 am | |
| Mine was chosen so as not to scare to many people with my real face |
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Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Avatars Sun May 18, 2008 7:18 am | |
| Found you in the gallery. You look pretty normal to me: http://publishedauthors.org/gallery/Personal-album-of-thehairymob/Billy-Young-pic_251.htm Not a bit scary! Well, not a lot scary. |
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Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Avatars Sun May 18, 2008 7:26 am | |
| - Forest Elf wrote:
- lin wrote:
- (You sure you're a grandmother?)
Thank you! Yes. Very sure. Here they are. Joey is holding his baby brother, Josh.
What a beautiful photograph! Joey looks so proud to be holding his wee brother. |
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thehairymob Four Star Member
Number of posts : 890 Registration date : 2008-05-05 Age : 56 Location : Scotland
| Subject: Re: Avatars Sun May 18, 2008 7:39 am | |
| That was an old phot, now a days I've a little less hair on top |
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rainbow689 Four Star Member
Number of posts : 403 Registration date : 2008-04-15 Age : 73 Location : Laredo TX
| Subject: Re: Avatars Sun May 18, 2008 7:59 am | |
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rainbow689 Four Star Member
Number of posts : 403 Registration date : 2008-04-15 Age : 73 Location : Laredo TX
| Subject: Re: Avatars Sun May 18, 2008 8:02 am | |
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Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Avatars Sun May 18, 2008 8:27 am | |
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rainbow689 Four Star Member
Number of posts : 403 Registration date : 2008-04-15 Age : 73 Location : Laredo TX
| Subject: Re: Avatars Sun May 18, 2008 8:36 am | |
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Don Stephens Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1355 Registration date : 2008-01-25 Age : 86 Location : Wherever my hat's hanging today!
| Subject: Re: Avatars Sun May 18, 2008 10:55 am | |
| My current one is a copy of a print called "The Guardian" by my favorite artist Bev Doolittle: I also use a picture of me taken at my first book signing: Sometimes I use a picture of me taken on my first HALO parachute jump: I've also used the picture from my book jackets: And once in awhile I throw in Beetle Baily: What can I say, I get bored easily! |
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lin Five Star Member
Number of posts : 2753 Registration date : 2008-03-20 Location : Mexico
| Subject: Re: Avatars Sun May 18, 2008 11:08 am | |
| Do you think Elvish Presley knows Dwarf Vader and Fairy Springer? |
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P. Gordon Kennedy Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1076 Registration date : 2008-01-13 Age : 35 Location : Crystal Falls, Michigan
| Subject: Re: Avatars Sun May 18, 2008 11:15 am | |
| - lin wrote:
- Do you think Elvish Presley knows Dwarf Vader and Fairy Springer?
Great pun. Hallarious! |
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rainbow689 Four Star Member
Number of posts : 403 Registration date : 2008-04-15 Age : 73 Location : Laredo TX
| Subject: Re: Avatars Sun May 18, 2008 12:49 pm | |
| - lin wrote:
- Do you think Elvish Presley knows Dwarf Vader and Fairy Springer?
They ring a bell but Elfish does know [img] [/img] Daft Ada - May The Source Be With You Lin Fader |
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Sue Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1216 Registration date : 2008-01-15
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zadaconnaway Five Star Member
Number of posts : 4017 Registration date : 2008-01-16 Age : 76 Location : Washington, USA
| Subject: Re: Avatars Sun May 18, 2008 5:58 pm | |
| Sue, on the 'tools' bar above the reply box there is a yellow square with mountains or something along that line in it. If you hover your cursor over it, it will do a pop up box that says "Inset Image". If you have a URL for the picture, you will enter it in the box. Or you can use the service, where you upload an image, and it will then have a URL to insert here. |
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Sue Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1216 Registration date : 2008-01-15
| Subject: Re: Avatars Sun May 18, 2008 6:19 pm | |
| ahhhh ok, Zada, much like the msn groups. Thank you!!!!! Now to find something to upload *grin* |
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Abe F. March Five Star Member
Number of posts : 10768 Registration date : 2008-01-26 Age : 85 Location : Germany
| Subject: Re: Avatars Sun May 18, 2008 10:12 pm | |
| I used this post to try and get a photo to this page using the instructions Zada had given to Sue. It worked! This is a picture of me pointing to a large shell hole in my Beirut office. The photo was taken by a UK reporter and it was used in his article, "First American Back." |
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Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Avatars Mon May 19, 2008 7:15 am | |
| It would seem that the members here prefer to see photos of members used as avatars and feel better able to build up a rapport with someone they can visualise. There is no ruling about avatars, but it would be appreciated if members would be good enough and thoughtful enough to upload a photo avatar. Thank you. ~Shelagh |
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JoElle Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1311 Registration date : 2008-05-09
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Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Avatars Mon May 19, 2008 7:47 am | |
| I like this one better! Abe will be pleased! |
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