"Avatar" or "profile picture"??

[meron_dori-ma]

What's the difference between an 'avatar' and a 'profile picture'? You can choose to edit either, but I've never heard of a profile picture! >_<

[Leader Desslock]

Your avatar is the little icon that appears with every post you make on the forum. Your profile pic is a picture (often of yourself) that you stick in your profile if you really want people to know what you look like.

Here's Bernard's profile: http://www.animenation.net/forums/member.php?u=9156

His avatar is on the left, while his profile pic on on the right.

[Mikadzuki Tatsu]

Your avatar is what people see next to your user name in the forums. Your profile picture is, well, a picture that appears in your profile - a picture that other users see when they look at your profile. If someone has a profile picture (which not everyone does), it appears in the top right corner of their profile, next to the text blurb that says "[user name] is viewing/replying to [name of thread] at [time]."

[meron_dori-ma]

Okay, thanks! ^.^