Update: A big portion of this post was deleted thanks to Bearman.
After two long years I have a blog brand that I feel is really my own! The brand actually makes sense too. This site is about boosting your Dummy IQ and who better to do it than a self-proclaimed scholar?
One of the things that I really like about the new brand is that Scholar Mel looks more like the real life me than the following Gravatars I have used:
- My Eye Ball… okay, my eyeball looks like part of me
- UN Eyes… back when I called myself Unknown Nobody
- Pretty Picture
- Happy Mr. Potato Head
- Serious Mr. Potato Head
- Green Sad Robot
- Mug Shot Luigi
- I See Dumb People
- Vincent van Gogh Homer Simpson Painting
- Homer Simpson eating Gravatar
- Brown Sad Robot
- Sad Robot sipping Starbucks
- Mel Gibson
- Sad Robot behind bars
- Sad Robot in grass
- Happy Farmer with a crook
My blog and social networking sites will know have a similar look.
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Photo by Bearman
“But none of these were original.” I am blown away by your cartooning skills. I never knew.
They’re not original but they’re not found at Wal-Mart or on Fox Sundays. What’s a man supposed to do when he can’t draw?
I guess I could draw me a stick figure but then again that wouldn’t be original either.
I did what I was supposed to to be able to use these. The credit link is in my about page.
I have updated my post. Thanks for pointing out my mistake.
You just tell your friend Bearman what you would like drawn and he will do it for you just because.
This is what I picture Charlie Brown looking like as a grown-up.
Unfortunately this is what I look like in real life
I like your new “rep”. It’s rather cute and I hope you keep it for some time, Mel.
Thanks George.
With the big candy cane he kinda looks like a bald rube Jesus. I believe you should slip little changes into your blog bit by bit and so people don’t get disoriented. It’s amazing how people do notice things. Once my boss told me to put a gradient on some border strips on his website but keep the color the same. So I did that and sure enough people complained about it. Did you see what I did to Tix-Comix yesterday? (It’s fairly subtle.)
Candy cane? It’s a shepherds crook. I’ll have to come to your site and look… I am fairly new so I may not recognize it.
I know what you mean… change doesn’t always play nicely with me either, but I think this is a very nice look, Mel!
Thanks Sig.
That Bearman! What a nice and talented guy, eh?!
As you know, I have a terrible time deciding on… anything, and as you’ve probably guessed, I like all the images. Go figure, right?!
Well if you really want to be stumped you should check out all of my Gravatars
I never realized you had such an identity crisis. Hopefully now that is behind you and you can live a productive, blogging life with an image that suits you.
Though I must admit I feel as if I’ve lost a little sad robot friend.
Once I was Mr. Potato Head and Gryph (who has since password protected his blog) was sad when I became the sad robot. He still kept calling me Tator.
Hope this one grows on everybody soon.
It was so bad that after using my eyeball I started “stealing” identities.
My fav is ‘how to do everything correctly’
(it was the arithmetic that clinched it for me)
Something wrong with my math
What a nice and talented guy that Bearman is
I think so
Yeah, but just don’t tell him to his face or he might get all swell-headed or something.
He,s a righteous dude
Yay, I can comment. Hmm, thought you were giving me a hint
No we would say it to your face
Actually I am fairly non-confrontational, so I would just turn off comments.
Coward, who me?
I just didn’t want everybody commenting on something I knew was about to change.
I love your friggin comments Loon!
Blahahahahaha I vote for the udder cow !
I am fond of the udders myself.
Do they use commas for apostrophes in Ohio?
I really like your new avatar. My favourite is the Udderly Ridiculous one. The cow suit suits you. Do I win a prize for using the same word twice in a row with completely different meanings???
Prize? You sure do! You get to squeeze one of the udders
He,s a righteous dude
Do they use commas for apostrophes in Ohio?