You will be margo!

[Andy Hamilton]

Yep will have to agree with everyone else, a great compromise and it explains with one glance that the avatar is not there by accident. Extra slick and tooltips would be a great idea too. Cheers for working on that wulf.

[Millymollymandy]

I like it but I think the photo is too small.

[wulf]

I will see if I can do some more samples in the next few days - something a little bit bigger and a little bit shinier.



Wulf

[Andy Hamilton]

Your a gent wulf, cheers mate.

[Welsh Girls Allotment]

I like all the ideas of the vatars - however can somebody explain clearly and s l o w l y how to put your own pics in, mine are all to big, can you give a simpletons guide on how to reduce pics to an acceptable size.

[Muddypause]

An image editor of viewer will do the job. Try installing IrfanView if you don't have one. Load your image into the viewer, go Image/Resize, and have a play around until you get something the right size. Best to make a copy of your original and play with that, because as soon as you [/i]Save[/i] any changes will become permanent.

[Christine]

I like Wulf's idea, too - especially if it would give a little more room for our own pictures, as I can't link to a server elsewhere and only have my 'avatar' space if I want to post a picture.

[wulf]

Okay - what about these? They are a little bit larger and zingier than my earlier design but don't take up so much space as the existing pictures, as well as being more obviously related to the forum:







Wulf

[Shirley]

They look really swish and professional... and dare I say, the photos are better than the ones at the mo - the margo one is pretty grim lol

[Millymollymandy]

Love them - well done!! Yes the current photos look like they were taken with a 1970s Kodak Instamatic, don't they?

[Andy Hamilton]

oops missed that thread, they look absolutely wicked thank you very much wulf. I will get to work either over the weekend or early next week on matching them up instread of the old ones.

Thanks again wulf.

[Wombat]

They look great Wulf! Well done, mate.

Nev

[wulf]

The smaller a picture gets, the harder it is to make it visually appealing, especially if you are shrinking it down from a larger source version. My trick was to take a larger image, boost up the contrast and colour, and then make it smaller. It is the same principle used in stage make-up; it might look over the top close up but is great from audience-distance.

Glad you like them.

Wulf

[the.fee.fairy]

They look good.

I like the ish logo next to them too.

[Andy Hamilton]

Ok they are all up now, looking very good I think.