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Helen of Troy · Post by **Helen of Troy** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 4:16 pm

Dear all, once again I show my internet ingnorance:
Where can I get an avatar out side of this site?

1%homeless · Post by **1%homeless** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 6:25 pm

You also need an image host: http://photobucket.com/

Caution: benissimus's advice.

A few words to search in a search engine is copyright free or royalty free pics or clipart (or avatar).

Here's a site I found right away: http://www.freeimages.co.uk

another one: www.bigfoto.com

Clark3934 · Post by **Clark3934** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 5:20 am

Some good free image hosting sites that I use are...

www.iownjoo.com

www.uploadit.org

benissimus · Post by **benissimus** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 6:47 am

1%homeless wrote:You also need an image host: http://photobucket.com/

Caution: benissimus's advice.

A few words to search in a search engine is copyright free or royalty free pics or clipart (or avatar).

Here's a site I found right away: http://www.freeimages.co.uk

another one: www.bigfoto.com

Thanks for the better way to host images. You can still use the google trick to get it to the right size though...

Helen of Troy · Post by **Helen of Troy** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 7:37 pm

Thank you all very much, but as you can see, I'm stll "faceless". The things I've found are eighter too big or too stupid (or too expensive?!) to put as an ID. I'm hopeless ignorant.

Geoff · Post by **Geoff** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 9:31 pm

Make your own.

Microsoft Paint, fair, but often forgotten program.

If you can color, and have an imagination there's hope.

Or, tell us what you like and it could be a scavenger hunt on your behalf.

benissimus · Post by **benissimus** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 11:59 pm

Yeah, you can just save an image you want and shrink it in Paint or another imaging program to make it the right size.

Evito · Post by **Evito** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:54 am

Yes Paint is a good tool for making avatars. I use it all the time.

Helen of Troy · Post by **Helen of Troy** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 1:11 pm

Good idea! Hopefully, the next time you see you'll be able to judge my creativity

. Just for another silly question - what is the right size?

Thanks for being so patient with me.

Sincerly,
Jelena

Jeff Tirey · Post by **Jeff Tirey** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 2:58 pm

Helen of Troy wrote:Just for another silly question - what is the right size?

Not Silly at all - make the image no wider than 120 pixels. A little wider is actually fine, we're not picky. Just don't make it so large that it will stretch the template.

jeff

Helen of Troy · Post by **Helen of Troy** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 6:05 pm

And? How do you like me as a young boy with bruise?

(Ok, ok, I admit - I'm too lazy to create something of my own, but hey, I worked hard to find this one

)

sincerely,
(ελ/ενη

1%homeless · Post by **1%homeless** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 9:32 pm

And? How do you like me as a young boy with bruise?

Well... Since you worked hard finding it, I'm having fun interpreting your choice.

I'm thinking of changing mine and puting my real face, but... What would people think!? Hahaha.

Helen of Troy · Post by **Helen of Troy** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 11:02 pm

He who dares wins! (look at me for example

)

And now for a confession - this is not me

! This is just a photo of a cute boy made by a famous photogapher of ours. Don't be too disappointed, I look very much like him when I get angry

.

cordiale,
Jelena
Elena
Lena
Ena
Na
A?

Ulpianus · Post by **Ulpianus** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 11:13 pm

Is this the face that launched a thousand ships?

Helen of Troy · Post by **Helen of Troy** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 12:21 am

"... Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home,
Too proud to leave, I worked my fingers to the bone.
........
I was a bayman like my father was before.
Can't make a living as a bayman anymore.
There ain't much future for a man who works the sea,
But there ain't no island left for islanders like me!"

1%homeless · Post by **1%homeless** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 3:27 am

Helen of Troy wrote:He who dares wins! (look at me for example )

So it's a contest now?

Well, I doubt I'll win ...whatever it is that I would be winning.

Helen of Troy · Post by **Helen of Troy** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 4:14 pm

1%homeless wrote:
Helen of Troy wrote:He who dares wins! (look at me for example )
So it's a contest now? Well, I doubt I'll win ...whatever it is that I would be winning.

I was talking about showing us your real face for you once mentioned that. Fatti coraggio, car amico, su!

1%homeless · Post by **1%homeless** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 7:32 pm

I was talking about showing us your real face for you once mentioned that.

Yes, I thought it was a contest about showing their real faces first.

Maybe you should start a new thread with that contest?

Fatti coraggio, car amico, su!

I've looked up fatti in my latin dictionary and I can't seem to find the stem for that word. I don't think fatum is the right word. The only "car" I can find is not right either. Same thing with coraggio. I hope this is Italian, or else my Latin knowledge is very bad. Half a year of Latin down the drain!

N30F15H · Post by **N30F15H** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 8:22 pm

i used to have a fish with a chainsaw

but then i saw m bro watchin Jackie Chan adventures, and Jade just randomly appeared, which I do, so i thought it was fit to use

Raya · Post by **Raya** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 8:59 pm

Aw, your new avy's cute N30F15H - though I liked the surrealism of the chainsaw-wielding fish...

1%homeless wrote:I'm thinking of changing mine and putting my real face

*gobsmacked* You mean, your avatar isn't you?!
Darn, and I was going to ask you for tips on putting my hair up like that...

I'd never put my photo up on a public forum... though to be fair, I chose this avatar (detail from a digital painting) because I thought she looked a bit like me.
The amazing thing is that so many people - including some who know me offline - have mistakenly thought this was a photo of me!

N30F15H · Post by **N30F15H** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 9:08 pm

i agree with your privacy

i am VERY surreal but i prefere scaring people by appearing two inches from the their face when then turn round, shouting MOO or something

damn i just realised ive got a maths test tomorrow

N30F15H · Post by **N30F15H** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 9:30 pm

ps. if anyone finds N30F15H too long to t write, just write Neofish or Neo or whatever, your choice

pss. Neofish has nothing to do with matrix, it turned out that way

1%homeless · Post by **1%homeless** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 1:30 am

*gobsmacked* You mean, your avatar isn't you?!
Darn, and I was going to ask you for tips on putting my hair up like that...

Of course not, I'm much prettier than her!

But I can see you you could have mistaken her for me.

Well, my previous avatar was me and I had spiffy hair too ...that covered my entire profile.

Lex · Post by **Lex** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 5:26 am

1%homeless wrote:
Helen of Troy wrote:He who dares wins! (look at me for example )
So it's a contest now? Well, I doubt I'll win ...whatever it is that I would be winning.

Whatever makes you think this really isn't a picture of me?

Episcopus · Post by **Episcopus** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 1:32 pm

Raya wrote:The amazing thing is that so many people - including some who know me offline - have mistakenly thought this was a photo of me!

Yeah I was one...looks evil

N30F15H · Post by **N30F15H** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 8:09 pm

Lex that picture is of you because llamas (it is a llama isnt it?) can spit on keys to make them work

Kopio · Post by **Kopio** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 6:55 am

Whilst on the subject of Avatars....I've noticed some of the avatars are above the 120x120 that the board recommends....can we go bigger?? Do we need a special permission slip, mom's signature, small dna sample or anything like that??

Just curious

SilentFlight · Post by **SilentFlight** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 8:40 am

Helen of Troy wrote: Just for another silly question - what is the right size?

Thanks for being so patient with me.

Sincerly,
Jelena

Actually, I found your questions to be very helpful, (and the responses you received).

I am new here... I'm sure that I would have asked the very same questions. Thanks!

Helen of Troy · Post by **Helen of Troy** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 1:31 pm

Fatti coraggio, car amico, su!

I've looked up fatti in my latin dictionary and I can't seem to find the stem for that word. I don't think fatum is the right word. The only "car" I can find is not right either. Same thing with coraggio. I hope this is Italian, or else my Latin knowledge is very bad. Half a year of Latin down the drain![/quote]

It is italian. "Fatti" = "fai ti" 2.sg. imprt. of farsi (fare+relfective pronoun) , root in Latin facere; "il coraggio" means courage, has the root in Latin cor, cordis where the derivation is similar to Latin animosus from anima. In "car" I've swallowed a final "o",

, and so it is "caro" from Latin carus. The whole phrase means "Be brave, my friend!"
I just thought it would be interesting to introduce a "vulgar Latin heir" to this forum of ours. Well, maybe it's not such a good idea...

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