When I first started exploring my trans-reality, I used Tinkerbell as my avatar...I've always liked her as presented in the first Peter Pan animated movie. Lately I've used images of her sad, or sassy, or happy as a sort of indicator for the major depression/emotions I experience, which co-presents with a total disgust at anything that reminds of myself (such as avatars with me as the subject).

I use any avatar mainly as a "bookmark" of where I last was in a thread...click on new posts, click on a thread I want to catch up on, and scroll down until my avatar shows, and start reading from there.

Yes, I could use just a simple one-color square (and I have, on other boards) but here I like seeing "me" with my "words."

Of coarse my avatar is a pic of me. I try to keep it updated as possible my current one was took last Friday after I got done putting on my makeup. Which is funny because after taking this pic I almost started to cry because to be honest I have never looked as feminine as I do now. Which would have messed up my makeup. I love this pic because of the hope it brings me about my future and I only expect more great avatar pics in my future. 

@ Jamiep

Was born in the Laurentians, Quebec, to a mom that skied to school in Morin Heights. But I spent most of my life here in flat boring Central Ontario where they actually think it's possible to enjoy skiing. I suppose if you don't mind cross country.

I have at least had the pleasure of going through the Rockies by train a few times in my youth. I suppose it could be worse, I might live in Saskatchewan (shudder).

Lesley, your Mom, good for her, those were the days. I live west of Toronto (born in TO), ya right, I learned on the bumps for a ski hill in the Barrie area & Big Blue is supposed to be a mountain near Collingwood. Nice living your early life in ski country of the Laurentians. I had relatives in Montreal, visited a lot over the years, like it has become a second home city for me. I have a friend living there now & visit occasionally. I have skied at Grey Rocks, Tremblant & Mont Saint Anne. I want to do a cross Canada drive to Vancouver one day.

I like my avatar because I looked good there. And I looked busy. Which I was. But, I think I look awesome in green.

Quote from: Keaira on August 14, 2013, 07:23:20 AM
I like my avatar because I looked good there. And I looked busy. Which I was. But, I think I look awesome in green.

Green does really suit you.

Quote from: Keaira on August 14, 2013, 07:23:20 AM
I like my avatar because I looked good there. And I looked busy. Which I was. But, I think I look awesome in green.

you really do look good there. would you try a sexy no jutsu pose as well...?

my avatar is... not me at least. i'm too scared of google, and have too many friends who know me as less than who i really am.
if i were to use an avatar that showed who i feel like, i'd be changing constantly. my current avatar is a character from the korean webtoon "tal", wearing casual clothing. his work uniform is a very contrasting extremely feminine model.

Just skip to 18 minutes and 57 seconds for the camera smashing, guitar-throwing and exploding amplifiers, amplifiers being thrown into the audience and the stage catching fire, which was NOT intended. Spinal Tap, eat your heart out!

20 minutes and 45 seconds is where the amplifiers catch on fire.

my avatar is a reflection of how I feel. It's the background that I have on my phone.
I won't put up a picture of myself yet on my avatar because I don't yet feel good enough about how I look.
plus I still need more confidence about who I am and my gender identity.

This is real picture of me as of now ,I  hope to have better picture of me in near future if that is possible still working on a better me,thanks for sharing  your pictures hugs from Miss Jill in Alabama

Mine is Monroe from Grimm. I have him because I like him and I think we have our personalities in common. I maybe should get a decent picture of me up but I'm terrible and making pictures of myself and since I mostly have the camera nobody makes pictures of me

Quote from: ! on August 14, 2013, 07:34:07 AM
Green does really suit you.

Thank you. ^_^

Quote from: Taka on August 14, 2013, 09:28:30 AM
you really do look good there. would you try a sexy no jutsu pose as well...?

Thank you. And, I could try a sexy no jutsu pose but you wouldn't be impressed. ^_^

i am a big anime buff, i draw it, i watch it i go to cons etc. i picked this avatar cuz i can't wait to look like a damn sexy man...also cuz i had the picture lying around in one of my foulders and i decided why not. i'll prolly upsdate it soon to something more me though.

My avatar is the mythological Greek Hermaphroditus.

It represents the dichotomy that is me.  Contradictions.  Male and female.  Yin and Yang.

mine is just me with a hangover on a lazy day up by the goat pens before I got my eyebrows done.....they look like two wolly caterpillars courting

My avatar is kinda sad, but I had to use it. I've had it in my pics folder for ages. I don't remember where I found it, but when I first saw it it struck me pretty hard. It's exactly how I feel.

The un-cropped version is better btw.

Changed my avatar.

Quote from: JLT1 on August 13, 2013, 08:46:05 PM
I'm 51 and one day, I will be beautiful, if only to me.   

That's what true beauty is.

To cheer my boyfriend up >.<

And my avatar is Katlyn DuPhoe, a character of mine. I guess you can call her an alternate persona. No idea at all, lol. But one day I may have an actual pic up. Like someone else said, I just tend to be leery with pics because I've had bad experiences with them in the past. But I'm getting over that. Plus I'm honestly still not 100% used to being so open. Heh. But that is disappearing. Anyways... Yeah. That is my avatar.

I drew my picture on the tile next to the sink in the bathroom where I had been playing with makeup.  I looked so bad and so far from anything female that I gave up, scribbled a sad face, took a photo of it, then threw all my makeup away.  I figured I'd change the face when I felt differently, but unfortunately, it's a slow process.

I started into this forum as a safe way to be myself, and gather more information about what options are available to me.  I'm not too concerned with being picked out in searches by HR sweeps as I intend to finish transition at some point, and that's not the sort of thing any modern company is going to miss no matter what I look like.

So, to stop myself from rambling here, I still have to wear the Man Mask around a lot of situations in life and I really want to just put it down without picking up something else to hide behind.  So, despite semi-crappy makeup, my current avatar!