Recently Etsy changed their default, generic avatar to this rather androgynous one (the previous image was decidedly female). It’s sort of creepy looking, if you’re asking…
While many sellers replaced the generic avatar with something else, Etsy began encouraging shop owners to use pictures of themselves, rather than a pet or product, to better emphasis the personal quality of our shops. Since I opened my shop in 2006 (yikes!), I used this image I drew of myself
But very quickly, a handful of people decided to use the generic image as the basis for an image of themselves, rather than using a photo. I’ve quite enjoyed watching this creative play. And I liked how some of them incorporated their shop name or artform into the picture as well. Here are a couple of examples…
