A nice collection of movie and TV show characters inspired avatars for use on Twitter.
Now we need an Avatar inspired Twitter avatar
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 3 February, 2010 to the design and art subset
A good avatar should look nothing like you do
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 20 January, 2010 to the design and art subset
Joshua Porter traces the origin and history of avatars:
One of the first references of avatars as digital representations was in the 1985 game Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar. In this game the users goal was to become an avatar… it wasn’t until later versions that the user’s representation was called an avatar.
Good avatar, bad avatar, who are you going to be online?
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 12 November, 2009 to the trends subset
The avatars we choose to represent ourselves on the web may also have some influence on our conduct online thinks Jorge Peña, an assistant professor at the University of Texas, with people who, say, adopt a Batman avatar subsequently assuming some of the Dark Knight’s traits.
“When you step into a virtual environment, you can [...]
When it comes to avatars it’s all about the face
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 5 February, 2009 to the comment subset
Personal branding tip of the day. Use an avatar that portrays your face rather than a logo or some other imagery on your website and social media profiles. This conveys more of a sense of engagement and conversation. This can only be a good.
It’s been proven that human beings (and crows) are wired to recognize [...]
