My usual avatar is the cover art from James O'Barr's graphic novel
The Crow which I originally used as my first Halloween avatar, and then stuck with it. It grew on me and I kept it around, and most people seemed to associate it with me over time (even if they didn't know what it was).
There was no real reason for choosing it, I liked the story and find the cover art to be rather... striking. Originally I was going to use a B&W pic of Eric's face close-up, but the cover's a better image.
This grackle-with-a-monocle one I made for this Halloween, but I kinda like it so I think that I'll keep it around for at least a little while longer. Besides, I put too much work into it to just use it for two-three weeks.
I'm also tempted to change the first line of my sig to match....
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