Best Avatar: Who Has PF's Greatest?

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The discussion centers around members sharing their favorite avatars, highlighting a variety of creative designs. Moonbear's avatar is frequently praised as a favorite, alongside others like Loren Booda's and Hypnagogue's. Participants express nostalgia for past avatars and discuss the criteria for categorizing them, such as "cool," "pretty," and "ugliest." There is a humorous debate about the cost of obtaining an avatar, with some expressing frustration over needing to contribute financially. Members also engage in playful banter about the attractiveness of avatars, particularly mentioning LeBrad and SpaceTiger. Overall, the thread showcases a lighthearted appreciation for the diversity and creativity of avatars within the community.
  • #61
So, zoob.. aren't you going to pick an avatar?
 
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  • #62
I nominate my avatar. Can I do that/
 
  • #63
whozum said:
I nominate my avatar. Can I do that/

...you don't have one...
 
  • #64
zoobyshoe said:
Hoe did you make the one eye look sideways while the other looks straight ahead?
It's an illusion. They're both looking at the camera. There was some adhesion problem around the eyes because of perspiration, so I had to go really heavy on the glue and just keep repositioning various parts of the appliance until they found a spot where they'd stick. It meant that the outer corner of that eye was behind the latex, making the iris look off-centre, and a bit of the inside corner of the other one is eclipsed by the snout in that shot.

edit: I suppose the fact that my left eye is noticeably lower than my right anyhow contributes to it.
 
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  • #65
Math Is Hard said:
So, zoob.. aren't you going to pick an avatar?
You mean vote for the best or am I going to have one of my own?
 
  • #66
whozum said:
I nominate my avatar. Can I do that/
I think your avatar is really clever, whozum. For the longest time I thought you didn't even have an avatar but then one day I realized it was a stereogram and you have to stare at it for at least 60 seconds to see it.
Still, I don't know why you chose a seahorse. :confused:
 
  • #67
zoobyshoe needs a very hairy person to be his avatar...I say astronuc!
 
  • #68
Danger said:
It's an illusion. They're both looking at the camera.
I see. Is supposed to be a werewolf or some specific character?
 
  • #69
zoobyshoe said:
You mean vote for the best or am I going to have one of my own?
I mean are you going to display one of your own?
 
  • #70
Math Is Hard said:
I think your avatar is really clever, whozum. For the longest time I thought you didn't even have an avatar but then one day I realized it was a stereogram and you have to stare at it for at least 60 seconds to see it.
Still, I don't know why you chose a seahorse. :confused:


I can never get anything by you! Whats wrong with seahorses?? :-p
 
  • #71
yomamma said:
zoobyshoe needs a very hairy person to be his avatar...I say astronuc!
Hey, there's an idea! I'll be Astronuc for Hallowe'en next year!
 
  • #72
it looks like you've already done it...
 
  • #73
zoobyshoe said:
I see. Is supposed to be a werewolf or some specific character?
Nothing specific. I just start sculpting and keep going until I like what's there. I just make sure that it's something that allows me to drink and smoke, and wear my glasses over if I need to.
 
  • #74
Math Is Hard said:
I mean are you going to display one of your own?
I have an idea for one but haven't set my mind to getting it made. It would be sort of a child-drawn picture of a smiling little boy standing there with one foot inside an adult's big shoe.
 
  • #75
Danger said:
Hey, there's an idea! I'll be Astronuc for Hallowe'en next year!
I'm going to go as Pillowhead. :smile: The Cat-head costume requires wayyy too much glue!
zoob said:
I have an idea for one but haven't set my mind to getting it made. It would be sort of a child-drawn picture of a smiling little boy standing there with one foot inside an adult's big shoe.
I think that would be neat-o mosquito! :biggrin:
 
  • #76
yomamma said:
it looks like you've already done it...
You know, if he reads that, you're cooked.
 
  • #77
Math Is Hard said:
The Cat-head costume requires wayyy too much glue!
I'm having pains and you made me laugh...
 
  • #78
Math Is Hard said:
I'm going to go as Pillowhead. :smile: The Cat-head costume requires wayyy too much glue!
Upon the few occassions that I've had a cat on my head, I've found them to be more than adequately self-sticking. :eek:
 
  • #79
Danger said:
You know, if he reads that, you're cooked.
he can't touch me because this is virtul remember? unless he gets me at the shooting of PF: the movie[/size]
 
  • #80
TheStatutoryApe said:
:blushing: I think I could live with that.
Great! Oooops, what shall I do about the mail-order husband that is on the way?!
Gale17 said:
...so long as we keep in mind that I've marked him as my territory.
If you need a speed-spout maybe Danger could tell you where to get one. :-p
Math Is Hard said:
I think your avatar is really clever, whozum. For the longest time I thought you didn't even have an avatar but then one day I realized it was a stereogram and you have to stare at it for at least 60 seconds to see it.
Still, I don't know why you chose a seahorse. :confused:
If you scroll up and down quickly LeBrad's avatar looks like he's moving his head side to side.
 
  • #81
yomamma said:
he can't touch me because this is virtul remember? unless he gets me at the shooting of PF: the movie[/size]
Ye know not the power of the nucster, lad! He supercedes the boundaries of virtuality and reality.
 
  • #82
Danger said:
Upon the few occassions that I've had a cat on my head, I've found them to be more than adequately self-sticking. :eek:
Sometimes this is true. After the Northridge earthquake of '94 I had to have a terrified cat surgically removed from my face.
 
  • #83
Math Is Hard said:
I'm going to go as Pillowhead. :smile: The Cat-head costume requires wayyy too much glue!
You could try attaching yourself to the cat's head, and let the cat be the one in costume.
I think that would be neat-o mosquito! :biggrin:
Yeah, I think it might work. The main trouble with avatars I've noticed is they're so small. You have to find something that works at that scale: not too detailed or complex.
 
  • #84
I guess we'll never know who has the greatest avatar.

but I vote for moonbear...
 
  • #85
Math Is Hard said:
I had to have a terrified cat surgically removed from my face.
I'm sure you all know how I want to respond to that, but I think we've already exposed the kid to enough of that sort of talk.
 
  • #86
SOS2008 said:
Great! Oooops, what shall I do about the mail-order husband that is on the way?!

oh, i can't think of a few things he still might be handy for... plus you could always share him with the rest of us...

hey though, with this talk of halloween... i think a pf costune contest'd be interesting. Dress up like your fave pfer... hmm... perhaps we can tie this into the movie being made... or the reality series.

i remember when i once had avatars. i used to change them all the time... man i miss those days. I'm going to subscribe to pf eventually... soon as i swipe my parents credit card... or... maybe i'll just convince warren to be super... or... maybe i'll convince someone else to pay for the premium membership thing... hmm...
 
  • #87
Gale17 said:
i remember when i once had avatars. i used to change them all the time...
I went looking in the member photo thread for your old avatars after the pillowhead thread because pillowhead looks so different to me than the way I remember your avatars looking. I couldn't find the one I remember best. Might have been the first picture one you had.
 
  • #88
I'm bored...
 
  • #89
SOS said:
Great! Oooops, what shall I do about the mail-order husband that is on the way?!
I think women should be allowed to have harems. :approve:
 
  • #90
zoobyshoe said:
I went looking in the member photo thread for your old avatars after the pillowhead thread because pillowhead looks so different to me than the way I remember your avatars looking. I couldn't find the one I remember best. Might have been the first picture one you had.

ya, i had a few different avatars. most before there even was a member photo thread. which one are you remembering?? and ya... i tend to look very different in different photos... sorry...
 

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