Icons, avatars and other profile pictures

[Clive-φ-Davidson ImagesNM]

What does yours mean to you? Is it a photo of you, if so, what are you doing and why? There are some pretty weird ones out there and I want to get to the bottom of them!

My avatar is the Greek letter Phi, because it is used in maths, science and art. I am interested in maths the sciences and the arts, and that is one of the reasons I chose it. Another reason is that Phi is the golden ratio, as was stated in an image I made (and a previous avatar that is now missing):

Another important thing I have included in my avatar is the rainbow background. I love rainbows and to me they are the penultimate beauty (The ultimate being the aurorae). Other versions of my avatar are:

[Sarahboo]

My avatar is my youngest son channeling The Rage. It was also photoshopped by my very good friend who, unfortunately, didn't know how to spell "horde". I am using it because my little guy is ridiculously cute and I think the picture is hilarious.

[Ace of Anton]

mine's just a random blob (literally!) i found in my old picture files. He's pretty darn awesome though.