What do we understand under the word “avatar”? This is a new word in the sphere of internet. As avatars we can use usually small pictures. With the help of them we have an opportunity to present ourselves not in reality, as photos do, but in virtuality. Such pictures, representing your character, can be applied, when you are communicating in forums or weblogs. These pictures represent you indirectly. They can inform others about your personality, your views or spirit. Avatars can be of different types. You have a great choice of them. You can choose any to your liking. If you are admirer of any famous celebrity, singer, actor or popular sport player, then they can represent you on your avatar.

Here we should remember that avatars can be of three types – those which are used in computer games, in actions and in social networks (blogs or forums). Today the use of Forums Avataror social network avatars are under our investigation. Here you should remember one important thing concerning avatar images. First of all they must be expressive, striking, unforgettable and have some extraordinary feature, which will store in the mind of those people who are looking at it. So some zest or appeal should be in your avatar that can arouse interest in it among viewers. There are cases when you don’t want to reveal your face. So the best way out is to make your own avatar. So if you are fond of some celebrity you can choose Celebrity Avatars and use his or her photo as your avatar. Or may be you are sport admirer then you can choose Avatar Sports. So avatars give you more information about person and his likings or his hobbies than his photo does. But for what purposes do we use pictures and images instead of our own photo? Firstly, because we try to attract peoples’ attention and awake their interest. Who are you in reality? May be they know you well but can’t recognize. Secondly, using images instead of their photos some people try to hide their faces because may be they are not so attractive and don’t want to lose friends because of these reasons. Thirdly, there are a group of people who like to communicate impartially. That can be achieved communicating with avatar but not with a real person. Besides you give other people opportunity to know more about your interests and your world remaining concealed.

The image or picture instead of your photo can bear more information about your personality. But every person interprets your picture in different ways. Here our vivid imagination works. To deduce a person looking at his real face isn’t enough. We need a lot of time to know this person. In avatars the person finds something that he wants to impart about himself.

But at the same time avatars are objective. They can’t inform others about your life, prejudices, and your religion and at least can’t tell us about the color of your skin. Using nature avatar first thing that comes to mind is that you are nature admirer but we can’t get some information about your religion or race.

In spite of this, the use of avatars is quite evident. They convey about your inner world and your personality. The sphere of usage of such avatars is growing now. May be famous people, authors or celebrities want to hide their faces so avatar is always ready to help them.