User pictures are icons or avatars used to represent yourself, your moods or feelings, your interests, etc. They are displayed in many locations on LiveJournal, including your userinfo page, your journal, the friends view of people who list you as a friend, comments, support requests, and the comments pages of your entries. In certain situations, you are given the option of selecting the user picture you'd like to use, rather than only displaying your default user picture.
To upload your user pictures, go to
http://www.livejournal.com/editpics.bml#upload.
The picture must be a .GIF, .JPG, or .PNG. The actual picture can be no larger than 100x100 pixels, and the file size cannot be greater than 40kb. The image file must be on your local computer, or be accessible via a URL.
After entering your username and password, click on the "Browse..." button beside the file box, and find the image on your computer. Alternatively, you can select the URL option and then type in the Internet location of your image. Submit the form, and your default picture will appear on your journal (as long as the journal style you have chosen supports user picture display), on your profile, and when you make a comment.
To set your default picture, enter keywords, enter user picture comments, or delete your pictures, go to
http://www.livejournal.com/editpics.bml.
FURTHER READING
View all your current user pictures along with their keywords:
http://www.livejournal.com/allpics.bml
How many user pictures can I have?
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=46
What are keywords? How do I use a different user picture?
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=95
What are user picture comments? How do I give credit for a user picture?
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=206
How do I delete a user picture I no longer want? What happens when I delete a user picture?
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=51
What happens to my user pictures when my paid account or additional space expires?
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=193
Where can I find user pictures?
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=194
Who can help me create or edit a user picture?
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=99
Are there content restrictions for user pictures? Can my user pictures show anything I want?
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=111.
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