Forum Avatars

Avatars are becoming a mainstay in Internet forums. Many gaming and comic book sites persuade users to choose uploaded avatars when they first sign up to partake in the site forums. Other websites promote users to upload a photo; in this case, users who like avatars decide to upload their own avatar images into photo upload boxes.

Example
Here is an example of a person's avatar image in StackExchange.com:The above user is jklinger. His avatar is that of an eagle. A more, complete look at his avatar is as follows: