avoid distortion of avatars?

[brynn]

Hi Friends,
I decided to change my avatar (what the heck -- new year, new look  ) and I'm using my graphic one that I made.  And I've noticed this with the other avatar, and everyone's avatars too.

On some pages, it seems the avatar image gets distorted -- usually squeezed width-wise thinner.  Is there any way to avoid this?  Or is it just the way the forum mod has coded for the image?  I know enough about html, to know there is a way to build a page so that the image doesn't get resized across different systems, screen sizes, resolutions, etc. 

So I suspect it's just the way the mod is coded.  But I thought I'd ask anyway.  Is there any way to avoid that distortion from our side?

I've used a version of my avatar that's just under the maximum width (100 x 100).  So I wonder if I used a smaller one, whether it might not need to be squeezed??  It's really such a simple design, that it looks good even at 50 x 50.

Thanks 

[NetWidow]

  It's gunna take a while to get use to seeing you so geometrical

[brynn]

Yeah, the kitten one was a bit different than my usual style, but there was something so cute about it.  If I could think of some single image to symbolize myself, I'd try to draw it.  But I can't settle on one.  A lot of forums have a large selection, and sometimes they include this single green leaf, which I've used.  I guess I could draw a leaf.  But holding a Bachelor's in Forestry, I can't decide which type of leaf to draw, lol!  Or flower, or plant.  I should probably try harder