# Avatar criticism thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 12, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453 "2018-08-12T04:01:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/61 "2018-08-12T15:28:17Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Is that supposed to be ironic? There is no large version of your pic visible on your profile, unless something is busted. But I can see 125x125 pics for DSeid, Drunky Smurf, and some others. I have one, too. Thanks! Apparently, I had to set my Profile pic to “everyone” under “Profile Privacy” (It should be working now) Well, it had been working for me! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/62 "2018-08-12T15:31:25Z")
Works now! ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/63 "2018-08-12T15:45:55Z")
So does this work … ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/64 "2018-08-12T15:54:27Z")
> [@Paranoid\_Randroid](#): > > So does this work … Indeed! I’m sorry, everyone, for putting all of your avatars to shame with my handsomest of mugs. You can all go home now. And cry. While gently stroking the copy of my picture you’ve printed out. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/65 "2018-08-12T16:30:41Z")
Mine is too complicated, but I had the picture on hand. Need to find something less busy. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/66 "2018-08-12T16:40:16Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I had fun with mine, I drew it myself then photographed it ( actually I drew the self portrait in a hippy-dippy workshop I took recently) and I cropped it to a head shot. I had to download an app to get it to 50x50 but it was amazingly easy. Very nice, but why is she smiling? Ann Hedonia should look [like this](http://gomerpedia.org/wiki/Ann_Hedonia)! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/67 "2018-08-12T16:48:46Z")
Since this thread exists, I gotta say that I always thought **Drunky Smurf** was a great name; with that avatar, tho, it got elevated to fucking fantastic. That picture totally fucking rocks and the combo of the two is awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/68 "2018-08-12T16:58:04Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Transavatarian. There was a news article about this woman smacking her head on the diving board a few years ago so I grabbed the picture. I think it also works well with your profession (if I remember it correctly). It looks like she is just about to pay you a visit. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/69 "2018-08-12T17:05:42Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I’m not happy with my own. It’s a really cool picture I took at a backyard fire-pit where the flames kind of look like an imp holding a pitchfork with an arrow floating over its head. At 50x50 pixels it looks like an orange booger on a specimen slide. > [@BigT](#): > > Got a link to the original? [Full Size - Uncropped](http://i63.tinypic.com/2rm48es.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/70 "2018-08-12T17:13:49Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Since this thread exists, I gotta say that I always thought **Drunky Smurf** was a great name; with that avatar, tho, it got elevated to fucking fantastic. That picture totally fucking rocks and the combo of the two is awesome! I agree, and my admiration is only slightly mitigated by the fact that IIRC he seems to have a problem with me personally as a poster. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/71 "2018-08-12T17:43:00Z")
> [@Panther\_Modern](#): > > This is my avatar. There are many like it but this one is mine. My avatar is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my avatar is useless. Without my avatar I am useless. I must fire my avatar true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy, who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. Before God I swear this creed: my avatar and myself are defenders of my country, we are the masters of my enemy, we are the saviors of my life. So be it, until there is no enemy, but peace. In the military, perchance? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/72 "2018-08-12T17:58:03Z")
I went with [Evelyn Nesbit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Nesbit) for now. She’s been described as the first supermodel and I wrote my thesis on the Stanford White murder case. A very fascinating individual. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/73 "2018-08-12T18:18:56Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > What’s an “Avatar”? Check out my avatar.😉 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/74 "2018-08-12T18:20:15Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I went with [Evelyn Nesbit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Nesbit) for now. She’s been described as the first supermodel and I wrote my thesis on the Stanford White murder case. > > A very fascinating individual. Very interesting! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/75 "2018-08-12T21:52:07Z")
**ftg** ’s avatar is a reminder of the fact that I _still_ cannot see one of those “3-D” pictures that everyone talks about. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Anxious\_Squirrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anxious_squirrel/32/1083_2.png) [@Anxious\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anxious_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/76 "2018-08-12T22:01:24Z")
I approve of this new change. Avatars are fun! ---
**Author:** ![Anxious\_Squirrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anxious_squirrel/32/1083_2.png) [@Anxious\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anxious_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/77 "2018-08-12T22:17:45Z")
My only criticism is that it won’t let me upload any. _sad face_ I tried two different pics, 2 different sizes, 125x125 and 50x50, and all failed. Is it because I’m a guest and not a member? ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/78 "2018-08-12T22:20:05Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > IMHO the 50x50px avatars should be considered more as icons rather than pictures. Taking a picture that you like and reducing it down to 50x50 may just make it illegible if there’s too much detail in it. Better to go for simplicity. Yep. The successful ones are clean, simple and have contrast. Or are a coo. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/79 "2018-08-12T22:21:00Z")
50 X 50 requires high contrast and simplicity in order to be effective, imho. I like hippos iiandyiiii but it’s too realistic of an image at 50 x 50. Avatars like Sunny Daze’s, Chronos’s, John Mace’s, Furry Man, ITD all work well. Guinastasia’s is very effective as well. Folks like Snowborder Bo and Jack Batty might be better at 100 x 100 or greater. Mine needs to be touched up a bit and transparency added. But I am a bit lazy. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/80 "2018-08-12T22:33:16Z")
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