Wow. All I did was open up an image in GIMP, crop a square, and scale it to 48x48.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

It became a fever.

Yeah, all the merit goes to Mr. Dan Perkins aka Tom Tomorrow, but hey, one can boast an itsy bitsy teeny contribution, right?

[QC]

1. You rule! n/t

[meegbear]

2. w00t!

[redqueen]

3. Thank you for explaining that.

I was wondering what the deal was with those avatars all of a sudden.

[Oregone]

4. Easy stuff. :)

[arcadian]

5. all other woodchuck images are being deleted

Swampy came up with a variation and I posted an LOLccat with a woodchuck and both were deleted.

[QC]

17. I wonder if voles are permissible? Harvest mice? n/t

[datasuspect]

23. you're kidding, right?

[QC]

24. No, it's true. n/t

[Lorien]

30. That's, um, pitiful.

So now cheering for war, privatizing public schools and union busting is hunky dorey, but posting pics of woodchucks is verboten? Just...wow.

[KonaKane]

6. Or you could just use Photoshop.

tadaaaaaa.....

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. And have to choose between spending lots of money and breaking the law? No thanks.

For casual image manipulation like this, GIMP is more than enough. And no, you don't need Linux. It runs on Windows too. And MacOS too, if I'm not mistaken.

[SoCalDem]

19. or irfanview

www.irfanview.com

[LWolf]

7. I'd love to use the woodchuck,

but I haven't been able to upload a new image since I uploaded the very first one when that function became available. Apparently I have to delete it or something, to make room for a new image, and don't know how.

I think it's the best DU Avatar I've seen in years.

[blogslut]

10. Here's how I do it

Go to > Options > Edit Your Profile > Clear the box that contains your current avatar image > Click Update > Return to the Options/Edit Profile screen > Upload new avatar image > Copy/Paste the image name that results into your Avatar Image field > Click Update

[KonaKane]

11. I thought you had to be a donater to upload custom avatars?

Or did that change?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

14. No, you still have to be a donor.

Unless the admins decide to add Chuckles to the roster of built-in avatars. Hmmm...

[blogslut]

15. He is a donor

[LWolf]

16. Wow.

I did that, and it worked.

But that's the exact same thing I've been doing all along, when it didn't.

Maybe I don't know how to size it correctly?

Anyway, thanks!

[hootinholler]

20. IIRC custom avatars are hotlinked...

You provide the server for your avatar.

-Hoot

[blogslut]

That applies to signature images

Custom avatar images are uploaded from the member's computer and hosted on DU's server.

[hootinholler]

22. Thanks!

I should have looked.

-Hoot

[L0oniX]

8. Can I move down there to your neighborhood?

I need to get out of Babylon before it is totally destroyed. Serious ...my 30'sail boat will make the trip.

[sandnsea]

12. aw so cute

I want to join the fun!

[blogslut]

25. Ha!

[Toucano]

13. GIMP Rules!! n/t

[NuttyFluffers]

18. i dig GIMP. surprisingly intuitive.

oh, and yes, you are a sensation. congratulations.

[Greyhound]

21. K&R, Thank you, again.

(of course it's in the negative, but I expect that will change)
& R

[jgraz]

26. I believe in freedom of choice.

MY WOODCHUCK IS TEH BEST!!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

27. Hmph. Contrarian.

[TransitJohn]

28. Love it!

Thanks!

[Yuugal]

29. K&R

Thanks

[JHB]

31. I'm keeping my own avatar...

...similarly cropped and resized, plus a little word-balloon removal, from the inimitable Wiley's Non Sequitur.

But if I were to change, Chuckles is Pick Number 1 and Only.