I've been on an avatar making tear

[Ellen Forradalom]

They are not yet ready for use--Skinner would need to add these to the DU avatar pool. However, behold:










(Vaclav Havel)


and, just for XNASA:

[NYC]

1. Very nice.

I especially like Vaclav Havel.

If the spirit moves you, would you add Mario Cuomo?

[Dudley_DUright]

2. Good to see Frank Zappa

He has many fans at DU. Many a thread starts with a snip of his lyrics and then all hell breaks loose.

[Drifter]

16. Yes ... Thank you for the Frank Zappa one.

I remember of a picture that I saw in the 80's which showed Frank (with short hair) sitting in front a plate of cookies and milk. I think this was around the time of the PMRC hearings.

That would also make a great one.

Cheers
Drifter

[AnnabelLee]

3. I love Bullwinkle!!!

:D

[Dudley_DUright]

4. Speaking of Bullwinkle

I am still waiting for someone to make an avatar of my namesake:

[AnnabelLee]

7. Maybe, if you're very, very nice

to forradalom, he'll make your RCMP namesake into an avatar.

[Ellen Forradalom]

12. Like I tell my four-year-old..

"How do we ask nicely?"

Just kidding. I'll gladly use my Photoshop skillz for you sometime soon, when I have a moment free. PM me if I forget.

[DemoTex]

5. My favorite?

[Maddy McCall]

6. DU needs to be more democratic and have more WOMEN avatars

Why not a feminist (circle/cross) avatar at least? There are very few women in the avatar section--not as many choices as men, so why not give us more women to choose from (and I don't mean Pamela Anderson!).

[Ellen Forradalom]

11. I was thinking of that, too

and I'll get around to it some time. I want the combined female/fist symbol, for example.

[Terran]

17. That's a good point.

A Susan B. Anthony avatar would be great, as would an Emma Goldman!

[burr]

8. Could you add the pink panther and Smurfett to that list?

And never forget the great Aaron Burr!

I hate to blow my own horn again, but Aaron was also the first Democrat elected to a national executive office. He was the nation's first Democrat to serve as Vice President, and is right up there with Vice Presidents Gore and Mondale. :thumbsup:

[MisterP]

9. are you Vishnu? (I'm on a literalistic bender now)

[sonias]

10. Ah the Wellstone Green Bus

Yes that would be a great one to add.

Thanks for your hard work forradalom.

Sonia

[supernova]

13. Very nice work

forradalom. :D

I really love the green bus and bullwinkle. And nice to have more donkey choices.

[HawkerHurricane]

14. How about adding a fighter plane?

for us wannabe pilots?

[Robb]

18. Maybe something less overtly violent

Like an SR-71. Although, recce is just as much "warfare" as anything else, and just as deadly....

Of course, if there were a Blackbird avatar, I'd be on it like sauce.

[HawkerHurricane]

20. Well, how about a historic fighter plane.

Say, from a museum.
Museum peices aren't inherently violent, are they?

[Robb]

22. Hey,

I'm all for a current one. :) I'm not really that worried about it, and besides, F-16s don't kill people, etc...

[SCantiGOP]

15. thanks

keep them coming. I paste them to a word file and use them when I'm not at DU.

[TXlib]

19. forradalom, you ROCK!

No, I mean it.

You ROCK!

[Lady President]

21. Is there a trick?

I was just wondering if there was a secret to making avatars that I don't know. I used to volunteer at one of those websites that make sigs, but I got really tired of making snowglobes and reflections. If these are as easy as finding photos or art that are not copywritten and cropping them to 48x48 pixels, I could make them by the boatload. I agree that we could use a couple more women in the lineup. Thanks!

edit to add that I know they would have to be uploaded to this site and approved. :)