Explain Your Avatar Image Here

Babar · Tue 03/09/2013 00:07:32

Probably a play on THX1138, substituted with the initials of his name?

Oh, and my avatar is the baba.

Calin Leafshade · Tue 03/09/2013 09:11:58

Mine is a royal cat imbued with divine right.

"I am the state" - King Cat

frenzykitty · Tue 03/09/2013 09:32:07

Mine is an Elder Sign, from the Cthulhu mythos of HP Lovecraft.

WHAM · Tue 03/09/2013 10:26:53

Mine is a distraught United Earth Federation grunt from the Infection game mythos which I will probably never have time to actually finish.

@Frenzykitty: Did you know that the eye&star Elder Sign isn't actually Lovecraft's own design. His was more like a branch of a tree, and the eye&star design was created after his death. It's far more awesome and eldritch -looking, though, than the actual lovecraft design, so I don't really mind.

frenzykitty · Tue 03/09/2013 10:33:27

Quote from: WHAM on Tue 03/09/2013 10:26:53
@Frenzykitty: Did you know that the eye&star Elder Sign isn't actually Lovecraft's own design. His was more like a branch of a tree, and the eye&star design was created after his death. It's far more awesome and eldritch -looking, though, than the actual lovecraft design, so I don't really mind.

You are absolutely right!

Is this his?

CaptainD · Tue 03/09/2013 10:34:43

Mine is Captain Disaster transporting and waving, redrawn in EGA by AGS member JayeJaye.

WHAM · Tue 03/09/2013 10:51:40

I don't think Lovecraft ever actually drew it, so we'll never know what his idea really looked like, but that's the one Wikipedia shows, and it's an approximation based on the written description of the sign.

But enough thread hijacking and Lovecraft geeking, on with the avatars!

kconan · Tue 03/09/2013 11:01:30

Mine is a Baronized version of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

Crimson Wizard · Tue 03/09/2013 11:03:51

Mine is the NPC portrait of the AGS game I was making back in 2008-2009 (but never finished)

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Retro Wolf · Tue 03/09/2013 13:36:57

Mine is me... RONified!

Calin Leafshade · Tue 03/09/2013 13:39:10

@CrimsonWizard

I've always wondered: Is the purple bit on the head supposed to be hair or the lining of the hood?

miguel · Tue 03/09/2013 13:50:21

Mine is my inspiration: Leclerc, the onion seller!

Crimson Wizard · Tue 03/09/2013 13:55:28

Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Tue 03/09/2013 13:39:10
@CrimsonWizard

I've always wondered: Is the purple bit on the head supposed to be hair or the lining of the hood?

Lol, it is the inner side of the hood, but the whole hood is mistakenly painted like it's "standing" in the air instead of covering the head

. ( On other hand, we may think it has a supporting carcass there, or something like that

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Andail · Tue 03/09/2013 14:06:05

Mine is Mandrake the magician, cultured man of mystery...

...in case you couldn't tell.

NickyNyce · Tue 03/09/2013 14:38:23

This avatar was conjured up during a Coloring Ball. It's the purple dominatrix that changed my life forever.

Stupot · Tue 03/09/2013 15:01:02

Quote from: NickyNyce on Tue 03/09/2013 14:38:23
This avatar was conjured up during a Coloring Ball. It's the purple dominatrix that changed my life forever.

I remember the day. I was impressed by your colouring-in skillz

Ponch · Tue 03/09/2013 18:12:50

I like cows!

Igor Hardy · Tue 03/09/2013 19:28:07

Once I was for vacation in London and a colleague from China told me I look just like a chicken. I could never forget that...

Anian · Tue 03/09/2013 19:53:15

I was bored.

Ben X · Tue 03/09/2013 20:14:33

Quote from: Babar on Tue 03/09/2013 00:07:32
Probably a play on THX1138, substituted with the initials of his name?

Close, yeah. That's where the number comes from. "bb" is for Big Ben, my alter-ego from the comics Dan Marshall and I wrote when we were 14, rendered lower-case next to the X which is a big kiss in reference to a line of dialogue from amazing portmanteau horror film Tales From The Crypt.

I chose it when I first started going on forums and didn't realise the importance of picking a good name, and I now regret picking such an unwieldy, obtuse bot-like handle!