"How did you find your avatar"

[Mr.Blaze]

"How did you find your avatar" ;D lo i found mine at a message bord i instanly conected with it i think it fits my personality very well lol

where did you guys find yours and why did you pic it good ideal for a thread snapy ;D

[snapdragin]

humm...this topic looks familar ;)

Well...i think my avatar actually found me. There i was surfing some new boards when i came across this pink square with blue eyes (picture Mew all stretched out to fit a 90x90 avatar space) ewwww...it was crying "save me! save me!"

So i took it home and cleaned it up, gave it its shots, fed it, then made some li'l hats to put on it now and then. Kind of grew on me, so i kept it! ;D

snap

[Pieter_Arntz]

I stole the basic design, mutilated it beyond recognition and had a pro (well, she should be) make it look acceptable again. ;)

[marti]

I made mine, literally. It started out a piece of white dyers cloth. After I dyed it I photographed it and scanned the pic into the computer. I then manipulated the pic to be the correct pixel size for an avatar.

[Dan Perez]

I borrowed ;) mine from the excellent emoticonist Phaethorn. His stuff can be seen here

http://phaethorn.deviantart.com/

[Antarctica]

After I found my online name,I search on the web for something
in relation with cold and snow or else. ;)

[LowWaterMark]

Hey Antarctica, here's an avatar for you... It's a blinding snow storm. (No, no, don't thank me. It's my pleasure. ;D )

[eyespy]

I can't remember where I found mine,
but Snap did the surgery on it !! ;D

regards,
bill ;)

[eyespy]

-{ Quote: " quoting: marti link=board=27;threadid=14202;start=0#msg89833 date=1064502289]
I made mine, literally. It started out a piece of white dyers cloth. After I dyed it I photographed it and scanned the pic into the computer. I then manipulated the pic to be the correct pixel size for an avatar.
" }-

That's cool !! Never would have thought it was "homemade" !!

regards,
bill :)

[beetlejuice]

??? I can't remember where I got mine. Couldn't find a picture of Beetlejuice so I chose Bart. Hairstyle is kind of similar don't you think? ;)

[spydespiser]

;D 8) :D Here you go Beetlejuice :D 8) ;D


http://www.uni-koblenz.de/~cheerup/images/comic/Beetlejuice.gif

http://www.theneitherworld.com/fanart/rebekah/bjspin3.gif

[beetlejuice]

;D Thanks spydespiser. Love the 1 with his head spinning. Wish I could use it as my Avatar. Too big (197x154 pixals). Do you know how I could reduce it to 60x60? I tried with Kodak Imaging but couldn't do it. Any help appreciated. ;D ;D

[the Tester]

I surfed free avatar sites and found this one.

Why a wolf howling at the moon?
A few reasons for me...
Howlin' Wolf of blues fame.
I saw a wolf about a mile from my house while driving home from work a few years ago.
He was huge and never flinched!
His just watched me from a bare hayfield.

Hey that Beetlejuice avatar is cool!!!
Nice find!

[spydespiser]

Anyway as i was saying in Opera before it collapsed around my ears:D
Hi Beetlejuice, sorry for delay i've got to use AoL's browser again for a mo,, technical probs and all that! :D

Where was i,Oh yes. :D
I dont think i could be much help on that front as i'm pretty new to all this posting and stuff meself, i think Snapdragin is the little animator amongst our ranks, she did something on a mispelt one in FAQ
Also in there are a load of tips and diff' methods of doing stuff ;)

RE: 197x154 : i think when you upload it it just get squashed to 60x60 so it shouldn't be too bad, maybe the other peeps have some info/tips&tricks on that for U 8)
Edit- maybe it would come out proportionately i.e approx 60x45 :-/
Sorry i couldn't be more productive :)

Hi Tester 8), nearly had that one meself to tide me over :D

Anyway and good luck, if i come across anything of importance i'll post it

Looks like its back to Gremlin killing in Opera now :D :D :D

[LowWaterMark]

See this thread (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=11714;start=msg90191#msg90191) regarding what the board software does about avatar uploads.

Since that avatar is not square, you must start by getting it square before resizing it, otherwise it'll really mess it up. Here's a square version with little or no quality loss. However, reducing the size to 60x60 may really lower the quality unless a pro (like snap) does it.

[marti]

60 x 60 pixels (as requested)

[beetlejuice]

Thanks for your help Marti. Looks kinda of glitchy. Is the bottom half blanking out? ??? Or is it just my eyes? Aplause for your trouble ;D

[spydespiser]

Try again!

Thanx Lowwatermark :)

Missed that thread completely, have just changed to Opera and am still in middle of setting up security,cookies,handling so cant make sense out of forum just yet

have to keep jumping to old browser and keep forgetting which one i'm in :-/

Doh! ;D

Thanx again :)
SpyD
Edit- Thats better! ;D(till i start tweaking with something else);D ;D ;D
Edit- P.S wasn,t gonna change till B/Band modem arrived but compared to old Browser Opera is B/Band ;D ;D ;D

[marti]

-{ Quote: " quoting: beetlejuice link=board=27;threadid=14202;start=15#msg90212 date=1064629324]
Thanks for your help Marti. Looks kinda of glitchy. Is the bottom half blanking out? ???
" }-I don't know how I messed it up. I'll try again.

[marti]

Here he is without animation.

[beetlejuice]

;D That looks realy good Marti. Was the animation causing the problem? ??? Like it animated better but not going to be picky. 8)

[marti]

-{ Quote: " quoting: beetlejuice link=board=27;threadid=14202;start=15#msg90220 date=1064631325]
;D That looks realy good Marti. Was the animation causing the problem? ??? Like it animated better but not going to be picky. 8)
" }-I don't have the skills to do very much. The animation was probably not a problem, but I couldn't get it to work with animation.

[beetlejuice]

;D Oh I almost forgot ??? Marti. Here have another cookie ;D :-[ Looks like I have to wait an hour between cookies. :o

[marti]

Don't give up on me yet. This version animates one cycle and then stops the animation.

[Marianna]

Hi Marti,

hope you don't mind ::)

I looked at the animation and there are 2 "bad frames" in it :o I removed the 2 and now it looks like this

http://members.shaw.ca/schmudlach/bj-ani-square_sm.gif

[marti]

Hi Marianna,

I also took them out in my most recent attempt. However, instead of saving the pic as a continuous animation, I had it stop after one loop. However, beetlejuice can use whatever he wants. ;D I was having fun playing!

[beetlejuice]

;D ;D What a wonderful sight to wake up to. You both have made my day. ;D Cookies all around for Marti and Marianna :-* :-*

[snapdragin]

i should not interfere; marti and Marianna did such a great job...tucks cookies in both their napsacks...but my curiosity got the best of me, and i wanted to see what bad frames they were talking about. i took the one that LWM resized, but i couldn't see any bad frames? But since i had Animationshop up, LOL..i thought i'd play with it too. So i slowed it down a bit...made the background transparent and sharpened him up a bit, and gave him a few new bugz.

i love Beetlejuice! (i still have the doll) ROFL.

[beetlejuice]

8) Snap, you're a wiz!!! ;) and a mind reader :o. This is exactly what I wanted. ;DThanks so much and cookies to you too. ;D ;D

[GoonMan]

I came across my avatar in the first forum I ever Posted in years ago and tweaked it a little but it still needs work. ;D

I guess kind of like me a work of art still in progress. ROFL ;D 8)

Beetlejuice I like your avatar.

[beetlejuice]

-{ Quote: "
Beetlejuice I like your avatar.
" }-

No credit to me. Spydespiser found it, LWM, Marti, Marianna, and Snapdragon tweaked it for me. ;D ;D ;D
:o Oh, sorry LWM, I think I forgot to feed you. I guess I've got CRS. ::)

[Marianna]

Hi Beetlejuice ;D

Maybe snapdragin can get your avatar smaller ?? It should be 6 Kb - I can only get it to 9 kb :'(

[snapdragin]

-{ Quote: " quoting: Marianna link=board=27;threadid=14202;start=30#msg90459 date=1064758489]
Maybe snapdragin can get your avatar smaller ?? It should be 6 Kb - I can only get it to 9 kb :'(
" }-

Nope..i can't :( Well.....i can get it down to 16kb without too much quality loss by reducing the colours to 63, but any lower than that it starts to get awfully grainy.

i had kept all 8 frames from LWM's post, then added an extra frame at the end so Opera users won't see that weird rendering thing Opera loves to do when viewing animation, plus that extra frame at the end adds that bit more time before the head begins to do it's famous spin...LOL So, with the extra frame added, the slower speed, and keeping it at 256 colours; adds to the overall size of the animation (19kb). But it's still under the 20kb limit, barely though. LOL

[Cochise]

I saw a gif image I would love as my Avatar but I haven't the slightest idea how to go about it.

Apart from that I can't even remember where I saw it.

It was a lttle American Indian sending up a smoke signal with a blanket.

Anyone ever seen it in their travels?

regards, Cochise. 8)

[beetlejuice]

;D Hi Chochise. Spydespiser might be able to help you. He found mine. As far as fixing it up, Marti, Marianna, and Snapdragon are the experts. ;D ;D ;D 8)

[spydespiser]

Hi guys

I had a little look just after cochise's initial posting but all the porn sites have put "gif" and other key words in there write up so it was taking a while filtering them but i will keep my eyes open :)

SpyD ;D

[beetlejuice]

??? I wouldn't think they would be hurting for business bad enough to have those kind of redirects. :o

[Uguel707]

Hi Blaze!


It was a kinda self-portrait I made when my hair was red but now because of the summer it became lighter (more blonde). Still have the same eyes though. ;)

Uguel

[greyfox]

I googled until I found a pic of a grey fox I liked. ;D

[mike11]

I quickly chose one from the profile panel.

I will change it once I find a unique one that I like.
???

[Cochise]

I've found the little Indian Brave with smoke signal at last......I found it on Google at "Daves Avatar Page 3".

So would some knowledgeable kind person show me how to get 'Him' on my Posts as an Avatar please.

Cochise, 8)

[beetlejuice]

;D Hi Cochise. Glad you found your avatar. You'll need to open your "Profile" (button on top of any page here. Up by where it says Wilders.org.)
Scroll down to a section that says (1.) "I have my own pic." There you will see a browse button. Push it and select where you have stored your avatar, I.E C:windows\My Pictures, (if it's stored on your machine).
If it's not stored on your machine, go to the site that has it. Right click it. Select Save As. Pick directory of your choice, and save it there. Then come back to your profile page and do step 1. Then scroll to bottom of profile page and click the "save changes" button.
Hope this has helped.
PS. Almost forgot Avatars can only by 60x60 pixals in size and no bigger than 20Kb.

[Marianna]

Hi Cochise,

you mean this one:

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/avatars/Cochise.315380.gif ???


- Hot link to Dave's site removed to save him clicks & bandwidth. Thanks to Dave, where ever he is! - LWM

[LowWaterMark]

If that is the one (thanks Marianna), it probably could be adjusted by one of the pros to look a little better at 60x60 pixels. But, take a look at how it is right now and see what you think.

[Cochise]

I'am over the Moon.......what can I say.......except thanks so much to all you absolute STARS. ;D ;D ;D

I just popped back on after having a bit of tea and there it was.......just as I imagined it would be.

What a wonderful surprise....and it's our 39th Wedding Anniversary to-day as well and you've all made it my Birthday as well LOL.

My Gratitude to you all, Wilders and it's Wonderful Posters is the place to be.

Regards and Love to All, Cochise, 8)(Ecstatic but still trying to look Cool) 8) :) ;) :D ;D

[DolfTraanberg]

Well, someone made this picture in a bar. I must have been pretty drunk, when I have a closer look :-\

[Pieter_Arntz]

-{ Quote: " quoting: Cochise link=board=27;threadid=14202;start=30#msg91708 date=1065291615]
What a wonderful surprise....and it's our 39th Wedding Anniversary to-day as well and you've all made it my Birthday as well LOL.
" }-

Hey,

Congratz Cochise.

Pieter

[Cochise]

HEY! Who dat Dollefie knocking my Wonderful Avatar?

Pud up yer Dooks...Pud up yer Dooks......

Feathered Headresses at fifity yards back o' the Wickyup at dawn........don't be late!

Cochise, (With 8) Avatar.

[Dan Perez]

Hi Cochise !!!

Warm Congratulations to you and your wife!!!

Many happy returns of the day!!

Regards,

Dan

[Marianna]

Hi Cochise :D

http://members.shaw.ca/schmudlach/anni39.jpg

.......and many, many more to come ;D

[Cochise]

No! No! Dan mate, LOL......I only said it was my Birthday, as in getting something I wanted....An Avatar.....it's not my real Birthday. I try to forget Birthdays at my age, they come round too damn quick for my liking, I feel quite convinced I've had three Birthdays this year alone.

Now there's a good question for you all, if you could do it, how would you slow down time in your life.

Regards, Cochise. (Old but 8))

[Pieter_Arntz]

Hi Cochise,

Time flies when you´re having fun, so I don´t know if slowing down time is really an alternative you´d like. ;)

Regards,

Pieter

[Cochise]

Alright you lot, that's enough now, especially you Marianna........I showed my Wife Janet what you did and now I've got a soggy keyboard and I've had to kiss her better.......so no more.....a man can only take so much HAPPY in one day.

God it's good to be alive on a day like this.

Very Best, Cochise. (With a :'( but still 8))

[Uguel707]

OH just another one for mrs. Janet and mr. Cochise...
Chappesses first! ;)

refresh to see colours again...

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0SwDYArYWI2GO0CXd06jJ3ugNIHYzaudHsprYkNJ!4TkyKYNbLlNWbuk*w7mApd0*2*TBoO7Pt!!lxBwXeOdmCHIvDcBh*SoOW*gvbyZHnPo2Pp2lDMyo!A/cooll39-2gif0.gif?dc=4675441558845792349


Regards,


Uguel

[solarpowered candle]

Gee Blessingz on your 39th wedding anniversary Conchise, to you and your partner . Something nowadays that is becoming quite rare . Nice to hear .

[beetlejuice]

;D Congrats on your 39th Cochise.

[Cochise]

My thanks to Mr. Blaze for starting this Thread, if he hadn't, I wouldn't even have an Avatar.

Cheers to Mr. Blaze

Very Best to All, Cochise. 8)