Say Goodbye To The Generic Profile Picture
HARVEST published this on June 13th, 2012
The internet has been co-existing with the infamous generic person (examples above) and his brethren for years. You’ve probably seen them around. They’re the gender-neutral, grayish, human-esque figures whose regular haunts include forums, social networks, and probably one or two of your account profiles. To be clear, they’re not evil. They’re just… there.
This week, we took some time to rethink our default profile pictures. We wanted to pull away from generic icons and make something fun and vibrant. So, from now on, all new people added to Harvest will be given one of three hand-painted clock tower avatars:
From left to right: Allen-Bradley Clock Tower (Wisconsin, US), Big Ben (London, England), Abraj Al-Bait Towers (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
When I said hand-painted, I meant I “painted” them on the iPad with one of my favorite apps, Brushes. We want to keep expanding on this idea and provide even more options for you in the future. If you know of any clock towers that you think would make a great profile picture, let us know and it could make it into the next batch!
The Alexanderplatz World Clock! http://www.flickr.com/photos/raoulism/5176023218/ in Berlin. Not very towerish I suppose :-)
http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=alexanderplatz+clock&m=text
LOVE IT! Great idea.
Yeah, Allen-Bradley (now known as Rockwell Automation) Clock Tower. Although three of the four faces no longer work. Looks like you painted the one that works. Go Milwaukee!
so instead of a person its clock? .. game changing
Nice idea. Small enhancement should be done to Abraj Al-Bait Towers. The black sketch on top should be refined little bit. I can do that for you. If you are interested to perfect it, let me know via my email.
Dude, no Cornell clock tower? WTF?! Don’t forget your CSUGLAB roots!