Why your avatar?

[corfy]

This has probably been done before, but I searched for it and couldn't find it, so I figured I would start it up.

I was just wondering why some of you chose the avatar (the little graphic on the side of your posts) that you did?

Mine goes back a couple of years. I have always liked raccoons, and when I redesigned my website back in 2000, I came up with this raccoon to be my mascot. When I discovered I could create my own avatar on this forum, I simply resized my logo to be used here.

In case you hadn't noticed, the raccoon head is placed over what appear to be two part circles, one wider than the other, one green, one teal. The circles aren't complete, though. They are really two letter "C"s, one placed inside the other. The two Cs stand for Corfy's Corner, my website. The yellow background harkens back to my first website. I hated white pages, and so in an attempt to add color to my pages, I made most of them yellow. Big mistake, but I had to put a tribute to those days in my logo.

And that is the story behind my avatar. Probably more information than anyone wanted to know, but that is the joy of these forums. What is the story behind yours?

[ZUBi]

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album: AENIMA (1996)

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[Matt]

Mine... I view films alot.

[amr.ramadan]

Due to my pathetic empty, simple and pointless life, I've no avator. Also, I've no signiture due to the lack of a personality.

Or I just prefer saying I didn't find anything cool.

[editman]

Because it looks and grabs your attention.

Besides, every avatar of mine is a piece of the puzzle which will reveal the true identity of editman...

[enkydu]

Because the House always wins...and my mom says I'm cool.

[radstar]

This wuz actually my avatar I had for AIM...

I used to talk to Movie Wizard online and he told me he LOVES my avatar and that I should use it for movie-list... so i went and did and got stuck...

[Jedi Master]

I'm using a picture from my wedding and someone (i forgot who ) was kind enough to put some animation in it!

[corfy]

Um, no, Jedi, not your sig, the avatar, the little picture under your name at the side of your post (looks like Yoda, which I might be able to guess)

[Jedi Master]

oups... i read to fast... yeah it's Yoda! i like this picture of him falling down. I use to have the one with Hulk facing Yoda but i like to change from time to time

[radstar]

he's falling???


lol! i sooo thought something else..

[corfy]

Yeah, Radstar, that looks like a shot from Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back when Luke is levitating Yoda but loses concentration, and Yoda falls. "Concentrate. ConcenTRATE!"

[Matt]

Originally posted by editman
Besides, every avatar of mine is a piece of the puzzle which will reveal the true identity of editman...

Does that mean you're a cat called Garfield?

[corfy]

Originally posted by I Got Trailers
Does that mean you're a cat called Garfield?

No. It is more subtle than that. Think like Sherlock Holmes for a moment.

Garfield was created by Jim Davis. Jim Davis is a resident of Muncie, Indiana. Therefore, Editman is a resident of, if not Muncie, then at least the state of Indiana. His avatar also reveals that he likes to read the comics pages and is a cat person. He is also in love with Jennifer Love Hewitt, who is in the movie.

Or maybe I just have no idea what the heck I am talking about. But it was worth a shot.

[streetpreacher]

Originally posted by editman
Besides, every avatar of mine is a piece of the puzzle which will reveal the true identity of editman...

from imdb:
Garfield's weight is 27 pounds. This is revealed in the 21 January 1986 strip, in a series of Ripley's parodies, when it says "A Jon Arbuckle claims to own a cat", which is Garfield, "who can eat 10 times its body weight. To verify this claim, we offered the cat 270 pounds of lasagna



i find it difficult to create an avatar, because it has to be recognizable although it's only 50x50 pixels big.
my current one is my left eye, pictured using my cell phone. imo it looks strange on that picture, but it's ok until the next avatar comes along

i prefer my older one featuring a scene from fell in love with a girl by the white stripes, but i got tired of it


edit:
now it's hellboy