A buddy icon, also known as an avatar, is an Internet user's representation of himself or herself. It can either be a three-dimensional animated buddy icon used in computer games or a two-dimensional icon used on Internet forums, instant messengers or other communities.
Many websites offer free buddy icons. Fun buddy icons are classified into these categories: animals, anime, arts, cars, celebrities, characters, death, dolls, food, holiday, movies, music, sports and so on. As you can guess, anime buddy icons are icons in which things move. Most anime buddy icons represent Japanese characters such as Dragonball Z, Digimon, Sailor Moon or Pokemon characters. This type of icon is usually used in journals, blogs or forums.
It is also very easy to make your own buddy icons. In fact, some websites help you to do them. You can choose among animated icons, text only buddy icons, buddy icons from larger images, scanning buddy icons, zooming buddy icons or glittering buddy icons.
Finally, buddy icons for MSN can be funny little sentences that are put in an icon. Your MSN icon can also be a picture of something that you like such as cars or landscapes or a picture that you took yourself and that you are proud of.
