I like the Avatar with a bit of tweaking in my opinion why not use it for the group but we all have to be in agreement.

I'm my opinion and what i feel is Joan's intention, this is my Avatar, what do you think and maybe just maybe if we as a group like it Joan could let us have it as a group Avatar, that's my 2 cents worth.

Joan, as your Avatar I like it alot, it represents you and that's the way it should be however if the group would like to adopt it as Mrs D suggests then it might need some tweaking to represent the group and the different types of SCS although for the majority of us we hope the outcome is still the same. Yea I can just imagine she have a bra and pants, why not just have it as non identifiable sex wise.

From my 1 penny's worth in the back of my brain somewhere?

Love to all,

Sinéad xxx

It's all good!

Hi Mark,

I think you're safe from the cluthes of feminism for the moment you're such a guy as my lovely husband is, I couldn't imagine either of you dressed as ladies! It would be some sight... LOL !

Night night to both you and Cleo

Love and God bless,

Sinéad & Paul xxx

OK, you all are throwing out great ideas--I didn't have time to play with any of them because my mandolin orchestra is gearing up for a very exciting trip in a few weeks where we are featured in Friday night's concert:

http://www.classicalmandolinsociety....convention.asp

But I think all your ideas are great, and I will try working in some of your suggestions to try. We can have many interations of this. And mrsD, don't you dare leave! We need your help!

Thanks everyone...I'll try to work up some of your differnent ideas tomorrow night. And annimation suggestions will be accepted too---I just want to wait until we have something somewhat final first because that's the hard part.

Thanks you guys, and I'm really flattered that you'd let me try and would help me to make a logo for the group!

YOU, JoanB, have endeared yourself to me, at least, as the sock monkey, just as I am a blue guitar playing glasses wearing poptart! If you do choose to change your Avatar, that is certainly your deal, and I will not fuss..... well...... maybe not too much.

This notion of you, after mandolin orchestra rehearsal and performance, preparing for this group an identifying Avatar which shouts to the whole of NT HEY!! We are over HERE and we Buzz or Pump, as the case may be!! I find especially, ESPECIALLY cool! So, if Sophie is in for a penny, I am in for a sixpence [and yes, we do have one in the safe, waiting patiently for the day in the future when our daughter may marry----- just not too soon, please God. She is too dedicated to her work to become a physician to let something else distract her for now. ].

Way cool,
Mark56

Sorry, still getting sidetracked by other stuff--isn't life annoying sometimes?

So Mark, maybe you're right, I am probably best represented by the sock monkey. For what it's worth, I knitted that sock monkey, whose name is Casey, and lives with my neighbor's little neice.

Avatar/logo: Needs to look androgynous? OK

mrsD thought the figure looked like it was falling, but I meant it to look like flying, like a superhero, so I need to work on that. OK

I'm not 100% invested in the colors. We can look at different options.

So I guess that leaves me with these elements: some human figure, possibly flying (as in a superman launching pose) still keep the lightning bolts (yes, I think those have to be an essential element). Maybe the lightnig bolts should point to an SCS belt buckle instead of a bag...? Or they could shoot out from the buckle (or bag) (animation could indicate direction). Should look happy, empowered...?

I'll try to make something that looks like that and see if any of you have other/additional ideas. Or you can tell me if anything I said above was a misunderstanding.

Thanks...this is fun!

Don't worry...we'll figure this out!

Just a hint. When making an avatar...we have pixel limits here.

85px So reduce your various changes to that size to see if they work that way.

A siggie can be larger. The size is given when you do a siggie upload. Therefore reduction there is less severe.

Size reduction testing will reveal to you if your changes show up well, etc. You could save time, this way, overall.
I've done many avatars, and know from experience that some don't reduce well and others do.

I didn't forget about this--just have had too much on my plate and PN has been flaring a lot.

Besides, I started my ukulele class this week. Now if I can just learn how to make balloon animals, my life as a party girl will be complete.

Well now..... that sounds pretty good to me, but the picture it conjures up, mandolin strap hanging over the back, ukelele dangling about midriff, and toting a waist belt with gillions of little balloons of varied colors just waiting to be twisted into fun shapes....... indeed, you would be a well rounded party girl ready to serve up humor and treasures to many a child of all ages in restaurants, malles, parties...... you name it!


Mark56

Oh, you mean there'd be crumb-crabbers involved? Hmmm...maybe I should rethink this...

Dawn't put any pressure on yourself, Joan....
Fine wine takes time, yes?