Me and My Avatar

What does your avatar say about you? Do you secretly desire to be taller, thinner, or younger? Do you see yourself as a canine, a cartoon character, or a jedi knight? Do you feel a desire to change your race or gender? It’s not always clear exactly what our avatars say about ourselves, but clearly they do mean something. After all, consider how much time we spend customizing physical characteristics for entirely virtual identities. Considering how quick and easy it is to change them, it’s surprising how few people actually do. Regardless of what they say about ourselves, our avatars are certainly a statement that we make to the world.

With that being said, I put out a Tweet and Plurk asking people to share photos of themselves with their avatars. Here’s what people shared.

Steve Dembo (and Demb Oh)

Lisa Lane

Adrian Bruce

Michael Walker

Wendy Sigele

Liana Iaea-Honda

Jennifer Kraft

Dan Gross

Kristin Hokanson

Do you have your own image of yourself with your avatar? Share a link!

3 Comments

amy
8/29/2008

i REALLY wish i could have Jambina Oh’s hair…
http://flickr.com/photos/jambina/2604061813/

amy

atw
8/29/2008

I think you would be interested in this article about Robbie Cooper, a photographer that wrote a book about on-line gamers and their avatars. I use it as an example in class.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/technology_online_gamers_unmasked/html/1.stm