Where did your avatar come from?

[Eversist]

Do tell the origins of your avatar. I am curious.

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Forgive me if this is unoriginal/stupid/etc. I did a thorough search to make sure it hadn't already been done.

Also, I'm Eversist. I rarely venture from the MSPAFAs. Nice to meet you all. c:

[Telamon]

Do tell the origins of your avatar. I am curious.

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Forgive me if this is unoriginal/stupid/etc. I did a thorough search to make sure it hadn't already been done.

Also, I'm Eversist. I rarely venture from the MSPAFAs. Nice to meet you all. c:

I think you have to explain yours, man. That things pretty baffling.

[Eversist]

I didn't want to be rude, but if you insist. XD


I had to do a magazine cover (with myself on it) for one of my courses. I'm going through a phase where I love anything Art Nouveau, so I drew myself in the Art Nouveau style and stuck myself on a magazine. The avatar is sans mag title and the headlines.

Is it too sexy for MSPA? Or just confusing?

NOW U

[Telamon]

Mine's from byrobot.net. FuFu & ChuChu 4 eva! I'd tell you which FF&CC, but you really should just read all of them!

[Dentrala]

Ever since I did a John edit of Zant, every one of my avatars have been Zant-themed. Also, influenced by Reicats. Fanart thread, enough said.

[Eversist]

I never figured out where Reicats originated from. 'Feel a little slow on the uptake.

[Marelo]

Reicats came from the avatar of a user named Reicat.

Fittingly enough for the topic at hand.

[Dentrala]

User named Reiface you mean?



YOU DIDN'T KNOW SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET

SOME RYAN YOU ARE

[Eversist]

Reicats came from the avatar of a user named Reicat.

Fittingly enough for the topic at hand.

Oh, I mistakingly assumed it was a MSPAFA meme. My bad.

[Marelo]

User named Reiface you mean?



YOU DIDN'T KNOW SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET

SOME RYAN YOU ARE

Any supposed "mistakes" on my part are only magnanimous offers for someone else to take the limelight for once.

[Telamon]

I've been waiting some time for you to bust out that avatar, Marelo. Especially the shorts.

[Miraculous]

For those of you out of the loop, that's an animated avatar of 0^2, the final boss of Kirby 64. For a kid's game, it's a pretty disturbing series. Seriously, the final boss of Kirby's Dreamland 3 is a giant eyeball that shoots blood at you.

[Portals]

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[Leaf]

Marelo, your avatar would be more epic if it was Andrew on that bike.

Edit: If you don't know what my avatar is... I weep for the future.

[WordsHere]

My avatar is Inaba Tewi as depicted in the official Touhou manga Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth. I have the collectors edition! That's not my scan though. I did add the transparency myself!

[Marelo]

I've been waiting some time for you to bust out that avatar, Marelo. Especially the shorts.

The time was right.

Also:

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[WordsHere]

I remember seeing your current avatar pop up and wondering why you didn't immediately start using it. I don't think you should ever change. It couldn't possibly get better than that.

[Marelo]

I remember seeing your current avatar pop up and wondering why you didn't immediately start using it. I don't think you should ever change. It couldn't possibly get better than that.

Ye of little faith.

[Eversist]

My avatar tree is a stump. I've had TWO WHOLE AVATARS.

Lovely compilation.

[Stephen]

Four years ago, I was trying out Game Maker and wanted to make a water tile for my foolings around. With excessive use of the oval tool and the blur tool, I ended up with the following 64x64 square (because everything in programming is a power of 2, don'cha know). It didn't resemble water in the slightest.



When I registered on the GMC to ask some questions, I just grabbed a random image file from my computer to be an avatar. I liked it, so it stuck. I've kept it ever since, across several forums (and varying usernames).

EXCEPT!

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I made some holiday-themed edits for special occasions:


Random inverted version; not sure if I've ever used it.


Cement Bag Head! Yes, no matter how I change my avatar, I will tie it back to the blue square in some way.


Avatar fad go!

<Phen> I'm really a tire
<Phen> I should probably go to bead now

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TaB! I was disappointed this fad didn't catch on.


Did I say I never let my avatar stray away from the original? Perhaps I forgot to mention that Dr. Brinner overrides principles. My excuse here was that I retained the 64 pixel square.


The second wave of reicats. Depending on how you look at it, the fad lasted a few hours, or it's still a week and counting.


x2 fad combo! All ties to integrity lost. Actually, I never wore this avatar.


And my current avatar. Click this link for the context. Do not click this link if you wish to retain your sanity.

I really should invest less of my self into my avatar.

[xyzzy]

My avatar is my face.

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My face doesn't really spin like that!

[Stephen]

My avatar is my face.

Are you allowed to do that? I thought there was some sort of law against that.

[Telamon]

My avatar is my face.

Are you allowed to do that? I thought there was some sort of law against that.

Not a law so much as a team of ninjas that tracks you down from the picture in your avatar and subjects you to cruel tests for twelve nights to see if you are worthy of such an audacious act. Clearly, xyzzy was judged worthy.

[Ed]

It's supposed to be me, it was done by a wonderful person with awesome art skillz

[Jormungandr]

My avatar is Ichiro Irabu from Trapeze, which is also where I got my sig.

Shit's CRAZY!

Also, hello people! I'm new here.