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[Pallando B.C]

What is behind Your Avatar. Why did you chose it?

I see many interesting Pictures on my travells on the Downs, and I wonder why they chose that particular piece?

Is it a reflection of your personality?

I chose mist upon mountains for mine because i'm a real 'Nature Boy'. I love mountains, rivers and so on.....

Lets here yours!

*****Note:, I have sinced changed my Avatar*****

[ January 18, 2003: Message edited by: Pallando B.C ]

[Gayahithwen]

Hhmm.. I have had many avatars during my time here.. Swanboats and other stuff.. At the moment, it's an oversized smiley: http://smilies.networkessence.net/images/angel.gif

I think I choose it because.. Because.. Uhm.. my old image wouldn't show up all the time, so I had to change it, and since I couldn't come up with anything better, I thought "Hey, why not an angel!" So, an angel it was. It is sort of a joke, considering most of my friends claim I'm evil. *nods*

[Armani_Elf]

erm........hm....

Heloo. first post. avatars none. but will be up soon.

nature is my home, or i love the greens and the open air......however, too many trees gives Armani Elf elven stress......

peace

[Gayahithwen]

Armani Elf! Good to see you in here!
Welcome to the 'downs! May your rest here be long and happy!
Take care, newbie.. We don't bite.. hard. smilies/wink.gif (and we don't eat newbies without ketchup. *nods*)

I'll try to find a new avatar sometime soon. >.<

[Rimbaud]

Need you ask?

[Peri]

Well, I chose mine because I thought it was a really beautiful pic of Sarah Brightman. I love S.B. because she has a beautiful voice and definitely looks like she could pass for an elf. smilies/wink.gif

[Eruwen]

Well, really I have chosen many different ones from the first movie. Most of those are just because I liked a certain scene and I put lines from the script in my signature. But when I saw the one I have now, I thought I would keep it in anticipation of the second movie. Now though, I'm not sure what I will do since the movie is now out.

Edit: Although, now I believe I have had to change it. (Someone else on the downs has the same one.) I guess I will let him use it for as long as he wants. The movie is already out anyway. But my new avatar is just something to do with my personality and fascination for everything LOTR. And I do emphasize
everything!! smilies/wink.gif

[ December 18, 2002: Message edited by: Eruwen ]

[Maikadilwen]

Well, I change mine all the time but the one I have now is probably the best to represent the true me. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Taure Leafsilver]

mine right now is a pic of me and a friend. The one in the apron is me.

[Túroch]

Mine is a picture of my favorite character in TTT, Eomer heir to the throne of Rohan and one badass in the books. UNlike the movie where you hardlt saw him at all, once at the very begining and onece at the end peeping behind Gandalf's glowing radiance. But my anger about the new movie must be discussed in another forum.

I love Eomer's characters so thats why I chose him for my avatar.

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Mine has 100% nothing to do with LotR. Oh well. I like it. Musical me, I just had to have a picture of my dream quitar for my avatar. I'm saving up now...(expensive Taylor 614ce) oh well. I guess my old guitar will do for now. I used to have a picture of me and my friend, then I had a avatar of me and a mic. Then I had one or two of another guitar...

I think I'll pick a new one soon, but I might forget. Oh well.

Aylwen

[ December 18, 2002: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[Coral]

Uh I'm not sure what mine is right now, I think it might be my Anti-Avril one...hmmm...

[Beren87]

I like it because it is of course a wizard (my favorite characters in LotR), and that it moves! Which I find to be incredibly cool.

[ December 20, 2002: Message edited by: Beren87 ]

[Veritas]

Pfoe, I took my avatar because I like birds, and I thought this was a pretty one. It's a bit a painting-like picture.. I like it. smilies/smile.gif smilies/wink.gif smilies/tongue.gif

[DarkRose]

I chose my avatar solely because of my screen name. (DarkRose) smilies/tongue.gif It's a black rose, yes. I chose my name/avatar because dark roses seem mysterious to me, and I am a person of mystery. I just like how it sounds/looks. =)

[AddictedtoRumil]

i chose mine because everyone tells me i look like Jessica Alba and she is on my avatar pic

[Orual]

Well, mine is, of course, my Sam. My favorite character in the Lord of the Rings, and indeed my favorite character out of any book I've ever read. Yay for Sam!

~*~Orual~*~

[Frieda]

Hmm...interesting question.

I chose mine because I have always loved Unicorns and the one in my avatar is from a favorite classic of mine, The Last Unicorn. I loved the book, and I loved the animated movie.

[busybee]

I actually don't get how to get an Avatar so my wonderful friend does it for me ....if you can tell me how i'll be very thankful
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[ December 20, 2002: Message edited by: busybee ]

[dragoneyes]

I'm like DarkRose, it was soley because of my name: it has a pair of eyes and dragons smilies/smile.gif I've always loved dragons.

[Scattergold]

mine is a cropping from one of my illustrations of Galadriel, in her Alatariel days. smilies/wink.gif

[LePetitChoux]

Mine is by an artis called Erté, who is extremely cool. I've had about 3 different pictures of his, at the moment it is the rainbow one. smilies/smile.gif

busybee, I'm sick and tired of doing it for you! smilies/wink.gif Nah, only joking! Seriously though, you find a pic you like, open it in a new window (click and hold for mac, dunno for PC (see my sig!), maybe right-click? Then copy the address at the top, which probably ends in .jpg or .gif. Paste this into the Avatar slot in your profile. Say something on B-D to see if it works! smilies/smile.gif (But of course, don't say anything unless you have something good to say! smilies/wink.gif ) For any more questions, visit the FAQ thread.

I'll just go away now. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Melephelwen]

I chose mine because... well, it's a bit long, but here comes all of the story!

I had a lot of pictures/avatars, but they didn't really fit, so finally I got one of ... well, a mountain and a rainbow I think. But then - they removed it from the site! And I couldn't find it again!! smilies/eek.gif So I went on google, typed a random word and found my current pic. It's cool, don't ya think? Anyways, I like looking at it, and I can turn it to represent whatever I wish (depends on my mood).
Okay, the story wasn't that long, just me typing it... And not very interesting... But I'm glad you read it! smilies/wink.gif smilies/tongue.gif

[Nianna Telmnar]

Well, as you can see, I don't have an Avatar yet. One, because I haven't found the right picture, and two because I can't figure out how to upload the darn thing. (sad, i know) I'll have to wait till I get back to my dorm to my faster computer and my competant friends who can help me.
I'll be back once I have one.
~ till then, everyone enjoy whichever holidays they celebrate.

[Diamond18]

Right now my avatar is of Daffy Duck because I just love Daffy and that particular picture is so cute! I don't foresee myself changing it unless it stops working for some reason. Then I might find another DD picture or one of Bucky Katt from "Get Fuzzy" (if I could find one). Even though Pippin is my favorite LotR character, there isn't a pic out there that expresses *my* Pippin just right. (No offense to Billy, but he's not what I picture when I read the book). Otherwise I'd use a pic of Pippin.

[burrahobbit]

Mine is a picture that I drew one day. I've got a way bigger version painted on my bathroom door. If you steal it from me I will be very mad.

[Liriodendron]

YEA!! I'm so happy. I just got my new avatar up. So, I've come here to brag smilies/wink.gif I'm sure some of you have seen this before. It is an Alphonse Mucha print, titled "Laurier". I picked it because I love Mucha, his Art Nouveau style is perfection! "Laurier" looked just right for an avatar, and I love green. He has a print that could be Galadriel. Well, I'm pleased, and I thank my husband for getting it on here for me! smilies/smile.gif smilies/smile.gif

[ December 20, 2002: Message edited by: Liriodendron ]

[Cúdae]

My avatar thingy is a crystal ball type whatsit showing a scene of a silhoutted city backed by a red sky with dragons flying overhead. I chose it for three reasons: 1)It shrunk down quite nicely to the smaller size here. 2)It was the exact image of a war scene that I wrote about when I finally set down the Belai Vor of my little universe. 3)It mirrors my strange peronality and screams "ARANRUTH!" Well, no it doesn't actually scream my name...although it would be fun if it did. smilies/smile.gif

I saw an interesting one not too long ago... now who did it belong to?

[Thengise Greenleaf of Mirkwood]

Hmm...I don't really have an avatar. I guess I just never really found a picture to suit me. Does anyone know of any good sites with nice pictures?

[Durelin]

I chose my avatar well, because I love Orli! Well, I like Legolas better, but there were already too many Legolas avatars, I haven't seen many other Orlis I think there's only one other. There really wasn't much thought behind mine, as you can see! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Thengise Greenleaf of Mirkwood]

Whoa, I finally picked an avatar after a long search and many tests. The reason for which I chose this one is quite obvious. Hey the name says it all!

[Have a day]

Mines Benji from GC... I dunno... couldn't think of anything else to put there I guess. Maybe it's because I can relate to some of the crap that he's gone through.

[Thengise Greenleaf of Mirkwood]

Good Charlotte is good! I like your avatar Have a day!

[Have a day]

Thanks! I'm probably going to change it to this design I happen to love (and going to get tat'd on my arm)

[Lush]

The Pleiades, because I still like to lie on my back and star-gaze every once in a while. It beats doing other tasks that require movement.

[Have a day]

Love your avatar Lush, it reminds me of what I never get to see in the city.

[Brinniel]

I have had three different avatars since I first came here. All of them are a bit similar to each other.
First of all they have been all of women, fairy or not. I've always had an interest with drawings of people, especially female fantasy characters.
Second, all of my avatars have been of night or darkness. That type of thing seems to fascinate me oddly enough. I love the night!
Each time I change my avatar, I use a pic with a similar theme. I don't know why. I suppose I'm just weird. :rolleyes:

[MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie]

What's your avatar of right now, Brinniel?

[Liriodendron]

Sometimes the avatars come up, but sometimes all I am is an "x" in a box. Why does my avatar appear sometimes and not work others? smilies/confused.gif smilies/confused.gif smilies/frown.gif

[Dorathain_Flamesword]

I chose my Avatar because it best represented the character I use when I am roleplaying in the RP threads.

[Dark Shadow]

umm. It's from the banner in my signature on another message board. It took me hours to make that banner so I wanted part of it here.....

[Krumbad The Slobberer]

(Emerging from lurker mode)

Assuming the pic actually posts - it just goes with the nic, I guess.


Oh, RATS!!!

[ December 23, 2002: Message edited by: Krumbad The Slobberer ]

[HammerTime]

My avatar is Glamdring from www.medievalweaponart.com (http://www.medievalweaponart.com)

Yes that's right you can buy Glamdring, Narsil, Sting and anything else you want.

*** Barrow-Wight's Note: store.barrowdowns.com is my favorite place to buy all these great swords smilies/smile.gif ***

[ December 24, 2002: Message edited by: The Barrow-Wight ]

[Lossentilien]

In the last few mins my avatar has changed a few times as I keep finding good pics on my wanderings.
It should be Orlando at the moment (I hope) cause he's just sooo cute!!! But before it was Arwen, just because it was a nice picture.

[Manardariel]

Mine DEFINATLY represents my personality.... I mean, come on, how can it not? Half of my friends call me Lucy... smilies/wink.gif
And I like it because she´s way cool. Seriously. Lucy van Pelt should be a part of every girl. *nods severly*

Note: I am not crabby. Usually not. Not really often.... I mean not REALLY,REALLY often... 95% of the day isn´t that much...
smilies/wink.gif

[Gorwingel]

Well I guess I need to explain why I choose this one. OK, this picture is on the side of my copy of LOTR, and I always thought it was kind of mysterious. It was also on the teaser poster for FOTR. On the bottom of the picture it says "one ring to rule them all". It also looks very good when you are on the site.

[ January 02, 2003: Message edited by: Gorwingel ]

[Barodir]

Aragorn...need I say more? smilies/tongue.gif

[Ithilelen]

need I explain the story behind mine??

I will anyway, just to kill time. smilies/biggrin.gif

Galadriel is my Elven idol, I wrote a fanfic about my being her daughter (half elf, half human) and all this other uber werid stuff, needless to say, it was an interesting story.

Anyway.... I wanna be like Galadriel and am well on my way to being like her, yay! Just a wee bit hyper, thats ok though.


Oh baka! >.< lemme try something, evil evil

http://www.boomspeed.com/ladyraven/galadriel.jpg

*smacks forehead* dur!

[ December 30, 2002: Message edited by: Ithilelen ]

[ December 30, 2002: Message edited by: Ithilelen ]

[Galadrie1]

My avatar is my favourite picture of Galadriel in the Barrow-Downs Fan Art section. I've had it the entire time I've been on the 'Downs (except the first week or so) because I'm too lazy to find anything better (plus I really like it smilies/smile.gif ).

[Liriodendron]

Computers never cease to confuse me. When I come on BD, I am a square with an "x". But if I go to the site where my avatar is posted, then come back to BD, my avatar works. smilies/confused.gif smilies/confused.gif

[ December 30, 2002: Message edited by: Liriodendron ]

[Yavanna Kementari]

Dear Pallando, Very Good topic I believe alot of people choose an Avatar that fits their personality. There are some really great personalities I would like to get to know smilies/smile.gif They are very intersting to look at and Beautiful. Now I shall tell you why I chose mine. In the Silmarillion,in The Valaquenta or the Account of the Valar and the Maiar it says "in the form of a human Yavanna is tall and robed in green, annd she loves all things green and growing." and there are trees in my avatar, and also in my avatar there are 2 hobbits. I feel that Yavanna would like to speak to Merry and Pippin and thank them for appreciating Fangorn and the the other kelvarand for not being afraid of them, for because of them a part of her song has been sung.
Thankyou for asking such a wonderful Question -Yavanna

[Lossentilien]

Sorry, just checking if this is working, the other site seems to have crashed or something, so I've got another one. I hope. smilies/frown.gif

[Edge]

I chose mine because Edge is one of my favorite wrestlers.

[dragoneyes]

I've had to change mine because it was too big. I chose my new one because it's a dragon.