# How does one create an avatar?

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**Created:** [August 22, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-create-an-avatar/918746 "2020-08-22T13:56:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-create-an-avatar/918746/1 "2020-08-22T13:56:50Z")

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What are the parameters? Do they need to be hosted off site?

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-create-an-avatar/918746/2 "2020-08-22T14:00:55Z")

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It doesn’t have to be offsite, it gets uploaded directly into the system. Pick something square that should also look good within a circle. Exact dimensions shouldn’t matter, but typically something in binary (256px, 512px, 1024px square) works best.

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**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-create-an-avatar/918746/3 "2020-08-23T07:18:04Z")

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Go to your Profile \> Preferences \> Profile Picture to upload a picture of your choice.

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**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-create-an-avatar/918746/4 "2020-08-23T19:07:45Z")

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Thank you both. I was able to select and upload a suitable picture. I had tried that before but I do not think the picture I was using was in the correct format

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-create-an-avatar/918746/5 "2020-08-24T00:13:29Z")

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You mean I didn’t need 2 ounces of blood and 3 of gold plus 54 other obscure arcane ingredients?

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**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 24, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-create-an-avatar/918746/6 "2020-08-24T03:53:55Z")

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I like it, @longhair75.

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