That’s cool if it works for you, and the avatars that I’ve seen you use today have looked pretty slick. I do think the image generation has gotten better, depending on the tool, but I still occasionally see things that appear to be attempts at realism but continue to have obvious flaws (eyeglasses are often a dead giveaway).
I like the challenge that comes with learning and trying to do things for myself, experimenting and figuring stuff out along the way, so I’ll continue to muck around with GIMP and do goofy crap like what @Antonius suggested…for now.
We’ll see how long this one lasts (probably not very). That experiment with the ol’ “Internet RandoRambo” lookin’ back at me from my profile and posts has been a bit much (no offense to @carverofchoice intended; I brought it upon myself), but @habib’s comment and decision to use something that I made are truly gratifying. 