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Just out of curiosity... I see a lot of interesting avatar artwork and I was wondering.

How much of it is done by the poster using it, or if done by someone else, did you get permission to use it?

For the record, my avatar is from Dracula by Coyote Puck, and I was given permission to use it as an avatar.

http://www.coyotepuck.dragoncity.net/dracula/index.php?p=185

And I have a good idea where Mulefoot got his avatar.

Uncle

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Emoticons are the wheelchair ramps for the humor impaired.

I used a photo I took of my Evil cat.

My current avatar is a crop, used without permission. I am in the process of trying to get a commission to replace him.
(any arty forumites out there interested in earing some scratch?)

He's just a fill-in, look for a change in the comming weeks.

My avatar is an image I created myself, from the paper RPG I'm workin' on...

Fun stuff!

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"A man slips more with his tongue than with his feet..."

You're missing a couple o' categories: bought/commissioned works and gifts.

Most of my avatars are gifts, a few of them are commissioned, and one was stolen by someone else changed a bit and given to me as a present (I've since discovered the truth and hunted down the original artist for permission (thanks, Flarn)). My favorites are gifts from Foxy Fennec though the full images are, um... unflattering to my macho image, which is why she so enjoys drawing them.

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"Y'know, if nothing else, living here has incredibly sharpened my 'Hey, there's someone coming for my dick!' defense skills." - JET

Mulefoot paid to have mine made.

So I thank him again for that.

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Four legs good, two legs bad. (G. Orwell)

A kid's illustrator did it as a favor. It's a puss 'n' boots of one of my dogs. She gave me noncommercial permission.I own the original

--lj

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Sometimes I wonder what tomorrow's gonna bring
When I think about my dirty life and times.
---Warren Zevon

Fooled around with a mobile phone, then jiggled the pixelly result through the digital wash a little. That there that is me.

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A lone figure sits still by a pool - he's been stamped human bacon by some butchering tool - he is you...
Social Security took care of this lad - we watch in reverence - as Narcissus is turned to a flower

I schmoozed mine from the artist.

That's a rare inverted print you have there Muley, best keep it under lock and key as it will probably grow in value.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_Jenny

Uncle

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Emoticons are the wheelchair ramps for the humor impaired.