ProBoards Avatars

[milee]

So I was bored today and tried to make an avatar.  Although it's great that the system allows you to pick coloring that's very similar to your own, I found some very important things to be missing.  Let's start a list of the features ProBoards needs to add in order for us to make realistic, representative likenesses.  I'll begin:

Tiny wrinkles for the corners of the eyes.
Ability to create odd scars, like the one you have on your forehead that you got as a kid when you fell into the corner of the coffee table.  (Come on, I can't be the only one who did this!)

What else do we need?

[swamp]

Age spots, moles, zits, and random facial hair. 

[milee]

Sunburned nose and funny white lines on the cheeks and around the eyes from your sunglasses.

[Tennesseer]

Moles with long hairs growing out of them.

[Deleted]

Glasses that sit on the tip of the nose for those that like to correct spelling.
A few others come to mind but I don't want to really spoil the post.

Oh & a cowboy hat for the figures!

[NoNamePerson]

And really bad hair day look.

ETA: I didn't think about so many people here are at work so maybe not to many bad hair days then. But I could use that feature

[milee]

Aug 4, 2013 15:30:44 GMT -5 @oldtex said:

Glasses that sit on the tip of the nose for those that like to correct spelling.
A few others come to mind but I don't want to really spoil the post.

Oh & a cowboy hat for the figures!

I think you can select glasses and hats when you're building your avatar.  Go into the "Profile" area and see if you can make one.

[Virgil Showlion]

Two words: Age. Girth.

I mean, come on. How is ken a.k.a OMK supposed to Pro-vatar this?

[Apple]

Facial tattoos!

And tongue rings.

[milee]

I forgot: freckles. 

A few more mouth types wouldn't go amiss, either.  They all seemed to fall into three nonapplicable categories: straight line, weird, or overly sexy.  None really fit.

[swamp]

Oh, come on Milee, we know you've got those "come hither" sexy lips. 

[milee]

They're actually a good shape, but since I'm so pasty pale, I think they look bizarre with lipstick, so don't ever wear any.  In other words, they're nice but they kinda blend in.  I'm sure nobody notices them unless they're looking closely.

[milee]

So I guess what the avatar software needs are some ways to make us look our age? 

My avatar is darn close to what I looked like in my 20s, but that was 20 years ago.  ProBoards needs some "reality" features, like little wrinkles if these things are supposed to be realistic. 

[Peace Of Mind]

LOL!  I agree!  I'd look like this (changes avatar) if it wasn't for my crinkles and fine lines - especially when I smile.  Notice the sexy lips without any fine lines.      

The best part about the cartoon avatar is I never have to do my roots.    <---- Even this emote could use some wrink..., errr, character around the eyes. 

[jarrett1]

AAAAHHHHHHHEEEEEWWWWWW!!!!!!

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

I was going to use my own pic for my avatar - but I don't think my PM in box could have handled all the new message I'd have received from would-be suitors. I'm pretty hawt !!!

[toomuchreality]

Aug 5, 2013 0:27:10 GMT -5 ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ said:

I was going to use my own pic for my avatar - but I don't think my PM in box could have handled all the new message I'd have received from would-be suitors. I'm pretty hawt !!!

Hey now, don't be trying to pawn my "hawt" picture off as yours. You know that's me! 

   I've hardly aged at all.      Life has truly been kind.

But I get, that's why you're trying to do it.  So I guess it'll be okay.
I'll take it as a compliment....
-Besides, my in box is already full.

[motherto2]

Mine looks like me when I was in my 20's also!  While I don't have that many wrinkles, I'm a little "fluffier" than I was back then.  Heck, who am I kidding.  I'm a lot fluffier than I was back then.  I think we should be able to make it a tad fluffier . 

[milee]

The ProBoards Avatar maker is down right now.  Think they're updating it to allow us to select options to show our true wrinkly, freckled, fluffy selves? 

[The Captain]

Aug 4, 2013 20:08:29 GMT -5 milee said:

So I guess what the avatar software needs are some ways to make us look our age? 

My avatar is darn close to what I looked like in my 20s, but that was 20 years ago.  ProBoards needs some "reality" features, like little wrinkles if these things are supposed to be realistic. 

You mean people actually start to get wrinkles in their 40s?  I didn't realize... 

[milee]

Aug 9, 2013 14:46:39 GMT -5 The Captain said:

Aug 4, 2013 20:08:29 GMT -5 milee said:

You mean people actually start to get wrinkles in their 40s?  I didn't realize... 

Unfortunately, yes, some of us do.  Although one of my close friends is close to 50 and hasn't started to wrinkle yet.  Bitch.  She actually got carded at a bar a few weeks ago.

My dermatologist says a little Botox will take care of the little wrinkles at the corner of my eyes, but I'm not sure I want to do that. 

[The Captain]

You know I was kidding, right?

I've been going grey since I was 16.  Never got carded since I was 18 (legal at that time).  When I started highlighting my hair in my 30's THEN I started getting carded and still do at 45...

I got lucky in the genetics lottery when it comes to wrinkles.  It also helps (I think) that I was pretty careful about sun exposure (always burn, seldom tan). 

My brother OTOH used to be one of those who would tan for hours using coconut oil to speed up the process.  He had more wrinkles at 30 than I do now.  Out of all of us (Mom, Dad, Sis, Bro and I) he's the only one who really wrinkled.  Even my Dad at 75 doesn't have many, but men don't get as many as women...

[milee]

Aug 9, 2013 15:20:07 GMT -5 The Captain said:

.....::: You know I was kidding, right? :::.....

Oh, good, because I didn't want to have to start calling you Bitch, too.  It might get confusing.


.....::: I got lucky in the genetics lottery when it comes to wrinkles. :::.....

     Hm, well, maybe I could keep track and be able to tell the difference between the two of you.  She could be Bitch 1 and you could be Bitch 2.  Good to know a system has been worked out.   

[The Captain]

Meh, see my tagline under my Avatar...I've been called much worse

[milee]

[mmhmm]

They don't have avatars for kitties.