Stick figures scratched in caves
in pre-history to the the Mona Lisa in the High
Renaissance to aim buddy icons today - portraiture
has come a long way in the last 6,000 years...
Choose a free buddy icon portrait
from those created by the Old Masters... Of course,
you can also use these free buddy icons as your
avatar or profile picture on messageboards and
chat forums...
Durer Self Portrait
Caravaggio, Medusa
Cezanne, Drinker
David, Napoleon
Fouquet, Charles VII
Gainsborough, Blue Lady
Gaugin, Self Portrait
Van Gogh, Roulin
Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa
Rembrandt, Self Portrait
Rossetti, Prosperine
Van Gogh, Self Portrait
Frans Hals, Laughing Cavalier
Matisse, Green Stripe
Michelangelo, David
Raphael, Cherub
How to use Buddy Icons
RIGHT CLICK the icon you would like. Select Save
Picture As..., and save it to your computer
(remember where you save it!). Next, in Instant
Messenger, click on one of you buddy's icons,
and it will take you to the Buddy Icon Preferences.
Scroll up to where it says "MY BUDDY ICON"
and click that, and select BROWSE, and
find where you saved your Grand Master Buddy Icon
and select it. Your buddy icon is set.
If you wish to have any of these icons as your
Windows XP Logon Picture do the following:
Right-click on the image you wish to have
and choose "Save Picture As" .
Choose the where on your computer you want
to save it.
Go to Start> Control Panel and choose "User
Accounts" .
Choose the user account you want to add
the image to and click the "Change My
Picture" link.
"Browse for More Pictures" and
select the image you saved from it's directory.
You will now have a cool picture to
logon and can change it as often as you wish.
Find out more about AIM Buddy Icons