ITT: Tell us the inspiration for your avatar

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It's Eddie Campbell's Deadface/Bacchus. The comic is about the Greco-Roman gods still living in the modern era. Brilliant comic.

It's my avatar because I am both ancient and Diyonisian.
 
It's an optical illusion that looks like it is moving, which I adopted as a 'protest' when we lost animated avatars. The illusion doesn't work at this size but I just stuck with it anyway.
 
ding.

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My avatar is currently Clarus the Dogcow. It's from the print setup in older versions of Mac OS. I'm a long time Mac user.
 
It's Natalie Portman with a mustache. What more do you need to know?
I added the color so I could find my own posts. Originally it was just black and white.

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And sometimes I use this one. It's Dia Frampton with no mustache. What more do you need to know? I kept the same color scheme.
 
I like cats, I like psychedelic things. It was better when the glasses were animated, though.

I'm ready to switch back to my alternate avatar for awhile. It's my favorite album, Grace. For me, it's more than just good music, it's something that I have a deep personal connection to. It's full of songs that helped me through some of the rough patches in my life. Listening to it is like a walk through memory lane.
I got goosebumps just reading this. It's a fucking magical collection of music. "Lover, You Should've Come Over" makes me cry every time. Seriously. And don't get me started on his unbelievable rendition of "Hallelujah". And the frenetic energy of "Mojo Pin", or the delicacy of "Lilac Wine".

R.I.P. Jeff.
 
I have none... In fact screw this avatar. Gonna put something else up later today. Tbh I stopped caring when they got rid of animated avatars.
 
I got goosebumps just reading this. It's a fucking magical collection of music. "Lover, You Should've Come Over" makes me cry every time. Seriously. And don't get me started on his unbelievable rendition of "Hallelujah". And the frenetic energy of "Mojo Pin", or the delicacy of "Lilac Wine".

R.I.P. Jeff.

Truth. Although I should amend my post to say that the album has tracks that remind me of both good and bad times. It's a rollercoaster of feels. Now I feel like talking a walk and listening it from start to finish, fuck work.


You need to change your avatar to the fourth frame.
 
Jenson Button, F1 driver, pic of him after his win at Spa a couple Grands Prix ago. He's had a rough stretch of GP's this year but looks to be turning it around, sans the DNF at Monza.
 
I love everything Scott Pilgrim and the game (with DAT SOUNDTRACK) is no exception.

I love Ramona and wanted something that stood out a bit as sprite avatars aren't very popular and are usually Megaman related.

I have vowed to myself to keep it roughly the same forever. Only thing I have changed is adding a drop shadow to make it pop a bit more. I do get urges to change it occasionally but I am just in lesbians with Ramona <3

She would be a walking Ramona, but a certain group of people ruined animated avatars for everyone...
That group being the people that complained about pony avatars.
 
the most random thing I've seen on the internet

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Why James, and not Thomas himself. And why did it matter that he was there?
 
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Ralf Hutter; co-founder of Kraftwerk.

Kraftwerk really affected me as a person. You know how you always here how music has a big impact and whatnot? Well, it happened to me. I was severely depressed, and I almost killed myself. Kraftwerk saved me. Very hard to explain what happened. As cliche as it sounds, the music really touched me.

This was the song that saved/changed my life: Tanzmuzik
 
I like Simpsons and while Bart isn't my favorite character I have always liked the "future images" of Bart. Maybe I go next for Bang Bang Bart or Drifter Bart. This one is strong contester too
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It's dumb and uninspired, I know, but despite the fact that the plot is stupid, the fighting mechanics are flawed, and the framerate on the PS3 version of Brotherhood made me want to thrown things at my TV, no game has captured that sense of 'losing oneself' as much as AC. Hence the completely unoriginal avatar.
 
I felt like combining two things I like, Zelda and Gundam. I made it during the release of Skyward Sword and painted it to look like the skyward sword character art. I think I'm due for a change though.
 
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It's Meeko from Disney's Pocahontas. As a kid, I adored the character. As an adult, I have a thing for animated films. Also, before I die, I'm going to fuck me a raccoon.
 
It's kinda boring and (as a GAFfer pointed out in the "Rate above poster's avatar") lacks transparency, but my avatar is the logo of Duke Nukem 3D, my favorite game from my childhood, and probably one of my top 5 ever.
 
Chinese painter Fan Zeng from his series of demon eaters. You hang the scroll in your home and the guy clad in orange protects it by eating trespassing demons.

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I chose Twilight Sparkle because, regardless of what people think, she is inspirational to me. I look up to her because she is so sweet and innocent, and probably the most legitimately sincere being I've seen. She doesn't have any agenda or hidden motives, she just is purely kind while wanting to pursue the truth of the universe around her. I didn't make the avatar, a friend did, but I liked it better than my other Twilight avatar so I kept it.

It's kinda boring and (as a GAFfer pointed out in the "Rate above poster's avatar") lacks transparency, but my avatar is the logo of Duke Nukem 3D, my favorite game from my childhood, and probably one of my top 5 ever.

Actually, yours has been strangely standout for me.

i just like wander in cute form.

Yours is the most standout avatar on Gaf to me. It's so cute looking.
 
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