Custom Avatars...Where do you get them?

[keeganm]

Ok,I'm jealous. I want a fun custom avatar but have no idea where to get one. Where do you go to get one? Are there special websites that have them? Everytime i see one those cute dancing smiley faces, or the little fish swimming around, i just feel all left out! Someone help!! :D

[Shirley Panek]

This is where I got mine.

http://www.millan.net/anims/giffar.html

Since the avatars need to be a certain size, I had to click on the minimation link. (It's the same website - just a different page.)

Have fun looking!

Shirley

[keeganm]

You are awesome, now i can't decide which one to use! Stay tuned....

[RobinC]

I think I found my by entering smileys on google and searching for smiley gifs.

But now after looking at the link posted by Shirley, I think it is time to change. :D

Thanks Shirley!

[MKSquared]

My first posts were while the boards were all screwy, and I'm still at zero posts. :( I can't wait 'till I get my own avatar, custom or not.

[Mamasue]

I snagged mine from here: http://www.wfgraphics.f2s.com/emoticons/emoticons.html

Here are some others that I have bookmarked for future use:

http://www.graphxkingdom.com/

http://www.wfgraphics.f2s.com/
http://staff.norman.k12.ok.us/~amiller/images/smgraphic/small1.html

Shirley I love yours and bookmarked it. Thanks :D

You can also do a search for icons where you will find graphics in the smaller size.

[kirkbyky]

ok, just want to see if this works....

Kyle

hmmmm, guess not?

ok- in vbb, i chose custom avatar & went to the website, got the profile info on the chosen avatar (it was the proper size), and wrote the address in the appropriate space in vbb. Did I miss something? I'm sorry to ask this for probably the millionth time, I went and did a search & couldn't find the info I was looking for.
Anyone?

Kyle

[jazzcat]

kirkbyky, Sorry about your avatar, but I do love your signature.:)

[kirkbyky]

Thanks jazzcat!
Well, the avatar is working now, so maybe it just takes time to save?:confused: Who knows? Not me, I'm computer illiterate...:p
That's why it took me soooo long to do this.

Kyle

[Beth]

Kworman, found a baby squid for you at the site Shirley posted!

[Beth]

Ok, my threads are disappearing, I can't get a new avatar to work for anything, and I'm ready to give up, but if anyone out there would like to tell me how I can find the URL for some of these fun things, I'm willing to try once more. Later. I've gone to the sites and found things I'd like to try, but I cannot get a URL to copy into the window on the user cp screen. There is just a picture to copy or save, and that won't work. :mad:

[lisas3575]

Tee hee, what a great waste of time!

Here's another:
http://pub66.ezboard.com/fcapesidetrollenterprisesfrm5.showMessage?topicID= 25.topic

[Shirley Panek]

Originally posted by Beth
Ok, my threads are disappearing, I can't get a new avatar to work for anything, and I'm ready to give up, but if anyone out there would like to tell me how I can find the URL for some of these fun things, I'm willing to try once more. Later. I've gone to the sites and found things I'd like to try, but I cannot get a URL to copy into the window on the user cp screen. There is just a picture to copy or save, and that won't work. :mad:

Beth -

I find if you right-click on the picture you want to use, at the bottom of the little pop-up menu should be Properties. Click on Properties and it will give you all kinds of information including the address (URL). You can then highlight the address and right-click to copy. When you get back to the User CP screen you can right-click and paste into the avatar address location.

For some reason when I first tried to put up my avatar the address didn't take, but when I did it the second time it worked just fine.

If your avatar is too large, you will get a message telling you that it is too big or something.

Good luck, I hope this helps. :)

Shirley

[Wendy w]

Testing.

Thanks for the lesson, Shirley, it worked!

[Beth]

Thanks Shirley. I wasted too much time this morning and the kids are waiting on me for back-to-school hair cuts. I just stopped in on my way to find an old e-mail with a phone #. Perhaps I will have more time to play soon.

[JHolcomb]

I want the squid so badly-not an octopus but close enough-but it's too big, even on the minimations page. Argh. Soooo close, but no cigar. I've been looking for an octopus for forever.

[maizeyoats]

It has been a struggle for me, Miss Computer Illiterate, but finally success at last.....got my custom atavar.