# How Do You Create An Avatar? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 16, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-create-an-avatar/843538 "2019-11-16T12:06:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-create-an-avatar/843538/1 "2019-11-16T12:06:39Z")
I was thinking of doing it recently. But I have to admit, it is not a necessity. But I noticed some members have an avatar. I am a Charter Member. So it seems I should have the ability to do things like this. Yet for some reason, I can’t do it. Or maybe I can’t figure out how to do it. (1) Can I create an avatar, and if so then, (2) how? :):):)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-create-an-avatar/843538/2 "2019-11-16T12:24:56Z")
Okay, I figured how to download an avatar. But I can’t find a picture small enough to work. I am looking for a small peace sign postage stamp. Does anyone know where one is? Or how to create one from a bigger jpg picture? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-create-an-avatar/843538/3 "2019-11-16T12:37:23Z")
Well, I apparently did it somehow. But when I chose ‘Save Changes’, I got a message ‘Upload Failed’. What does _that_ mean? And am I all set? ---
**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:** [November 16, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-create-an-avatar/843538/4 "2019-11-16T12:39:40Z")
I see your avatar and it looks fine – a peace symbol stamp. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-create-an-avatar/843538/5 "2019-11-16T14:29:25Z")
Note: Membership status is not connected to being able to have an avatar. (And you’re merely uploading an avatar, not creating one. Some of us went to significant effort to create ours.) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-create-an-avatar/843538/6 "2019-11-17T18:49:23Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > Okay, I figured how to download an avatar. But I can’t find a picture small enough to work. I am looking for a small peace sign postage stamp. Does anyone know where one is? Or how to create one from a bigger jpg picture? > > 🙂 It looks like you got it working, but just for future reference, most paint or photo applications will let you resize the image, either to a specific x,y pixel size or a percentage of the original size. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-create-an-avatar/843538/7 "2019-11-17T19:23:31Z")
Yep, I see it. Nice!