mega thread Why did you choose your avatar/profile pic?

[scooterlou 23]

I picked it because I love this picture of Twilight, it never fails to make me giggle - I also have it as my Twitter picture, and have used it for at least a year over there.

[Radiance64 7,053]

It's quite simply one of the most beautiful works of Rarity fanart that I've ever seen. The purple background, the shadow effect, amd the way Rarity looks in it in general are all amazing to me. I'd say it's at least a semi-permanent avatar for me, meaning even if I switch for a while chances are I'll probably always go back to it at some point.

[Sweet Pen 1,348]

When I started playing TF2 (Team Fortress 2), I realized I had a lot of good class, but nothing beats the Medic

I like him very much, and is in my opinion, the best

E. .... is what I most game  

[Quilled Inc 161]

Mine is a picture of my pony-ified self (they're called, what, OCs?  What does that even stand for?)

Anyway, I tried to represent myself justly, by matching the approx. head shape, eye colour & hair colour (minus the dark green highlights of course), a fez because freaking Doctor Who! and adding a cutie mark of a quill and ink to represent my love of writing and composition.  Here's a full size picture:

[Scootaloo Is Best Filly 578]

I picked my avatar because I am a fan of wrestling and FIM and CM Punk happens to be one of my favorites. So this is gonna be my new avatar until the day I learn how to use Animated Gifs as my av. ( I don't know how to resize animated Gifs)

[~Rule 63~ Lyeco 527]

 

When I started playing TF2 (Team Fortress 2), I realized I had a lot of good class, but nothing beats the Medic

I like him very much, and is in my opinion, the best

E. .... is what I most game  

Wow that's a strange looking medic. Despite with all that evil and stuff you know.

Medic: I HAVE ALL THE HEALING POWER IN THE WORLD!

[Dsanders 5,747]

So I'm back! Since my last post on this thread, I've gone through at least 3 avatar changes. I was just browsing through Deviantart once again, because they have like the best pictures of ponies on there. :3 I was searching for another Dashie avatar, because for reason she seems to fit best for me as an avatar pony(which is ironically because my favorite and best pony is Pinkie Pie).

 

So I found this one, and I thought it looked pretty cool. I'm in school now and so seeing this depiction of Rainbow Dash in college studying just seemed so fitting for me.

 

Plus, after this year, I'll be heading off to college as well. x)

 

It just fits, and it's Dashie. The epicness is beyond perfect here.

[WarGrowlmon1990 94]

I chose a picture of my newborn son as my avatar. He's a very sweet little boy and I think it'd be awesome if he grew up to be a brony.

[Waterfall 13]

I choose my avatar because it was soooooooooooooooooooo cute. that I could not resist. I just love the hair how it is purple and has a few streaks.
 

[Lunas Husband 2,777]

Well Princess Celestia being the most epic Princess of all time... top of all that is drop dead sexy.. need I go on?

 

 

Now the picture I think looks epic and really shows that beauty that Celestia has.

 

This is the one I wanted to use but its to small

[King Sejong 859]

   My profile picture is the flag of Tsar Peter the Great of Russia from Empire Total War, my favourite PC game but I am a huge fan of all of the Total War games. It was with Russia, that I would expand to 101 regions, making it my largest and most successful expansion in the game.

   

   I may change it, but I was a fan of Total War before I joined the herd; however things change and I will adjust.

Edited November 25, 2013 by Emperor Peter

[Thuja 3,659]

I had no reason what-so-ever when choosing my current avatar.  Out of a whim, in fact.  It looks nice with my text choice and I like wisteria.

[Sugar Cube 4,843]

I was browsing around looking for a good Applejack picture when I stumbled upon it and thought it would make for a cute, clever, and somewhat funny avatar. For those of you who may not know, this picture is based on an American war time propaganda poster by J. Howard Miller in 1943 that was used in an attempt to boost worker morale (which fits the character of Applejack, right?). It was rediscovered in the 80's where it became popular among feminists. It is often called "Rosie the Riveter" after the iconic concept of a tough female war production worker. Here's the original poster in all its glory:

 

 

And Applejack's version in case I change my avatar:

Edited September 13, 2013 by Sugar Cube

[ChapelGlass 79]

Well, I always go with icons that are from stuff I've drawn, but I went with this one mostly because it was all that I had for a good headshot of my ponysona, hah!

[Broseph 215]

Becuz IppleJuck is best Poni.

 

Nah, I was looking at my old avatar and thought it could do with something..
A hat..

And what Pony has a hat?
Everyone's favourite Applejack!

So I remade it.

[~Rule 63~ Lyeco 527]

I was browsing around looking for a good Applejack picture when I stumbled upon it and thought it would make for a cute, clever, and somewhat funny avatar. For those of you who may not know, this picture is based on an American war time propaganda poster by J. Howard Miller in 1943 that was used in an attempt to boost worker morale (which fits the character of Applejack, right?). It was rediscovered in the 80's where it became popular among feminists. It is often called "Rosie the Riveter" after the iconic concept of a tough female war production worker. Here's the original poster in all its glory:

 

 

And Applejack's version in case I change my avatar:

I saw this one in the WWII picture book. This poster which has "We can do it!" Actually tells how useful women can be during the war.

 

This was posted so women can help and contribute in case of lack of men for the job.

[Flutter's lover <3 8,205]

Should you ever come across the title Nagneto with a picture of Mola Ram, it is probably me. I am one of the few people (there's about four of us I think) that will openly admit to LOVING the movie Temple of Doom.

 

I love all the Indiana Jones movies, even the new one. Which is also why I love Daring Do so much, as she is pretty much the pony version of Indy. also knife guy vs Indy with gun, best scene ever.

 

 

OT: Might have a new avatar soon.

[NavelColt 22,880]

• Every now and then, you come onto DeviantART or Derpibooru and find new artwork that is simply insto-avatar material. No further explanation is needed.

[NavelColt 22,880]

Didn't last very long </3 Found more awesome art of Dash in the meantime. Besides, unfortunately for Spitfire, her bright, warm-colored color scheme isn't as clear for signature text on a white BG as Dash's blue theme is :3 Plus blue fits the adminy title thinga mebober.

 

/CDO

 

• The excess piercings (belly button ring included hnnnnngg <3), is something I could easily see Dash doing in her mid-teens. 'Element of Rebellion' is a knock to that concept.
• I like the expression, pose and lighting. Manages to be hot and bad-ass at the same time.

[SkyStorm 334]

I made a pony that was kinda based on myself (except I don't have blue hair and wings!) i made SkyStorm myself (no websites or any of that stuff, I just cropped and recoloured heaps of different pics and that is the final product!)

So, ah, here it is

 

 

[Bucky McGillyCuddy 956]

Made this one myself. I didn't just want to rip some cool image off Google image ( ripped it from the show instead  ) because I wanted something no one else had.

[Child Of Darkness 285]

I made mine because I wanted to have myself turned into a pony so I did it and that was the outcome so I kept it because I was happy with the result.

[Tired Brony 89]

I have a rule which I follow most of the time, all avatars I use have to be made by me. So I took a reference from the show, and applied it to Fluttershy and then animated out my own .gif in Adobe Flash that no one else has for instant shipping.

[Frith is Magick 1,471]

This was my original picture. I made it as a desktop and background for my phone. I used it because I didn't have any other images on hand that I wanted to use.

 

I made my current one to replace it with something better suited as an avatar.

[Luffyiscool 397]

I was working on one of my PMVs at a point where a bunch of pony vectors quickly appear one by one and spell out "DEFIANCE".
I wanted to include a Dan VS image just for the sake of a 'clever' random insert, so i browsed google for some good Dan pics.

I stumbled across this image in the listings and fell in love with it, instantly deciding to use it as an avatar.
That's why i signed up to this forum as 'Prince Dan'. I'm planning on keeping this avatar for as long as possible.