Hawty McBloggy Invites You to Play

I recently discovered who designed my most favorite Halo image ever (the one I had Pavel Dolgov paint on my custom painted Xbox 360 faceplate). I have also used this image as an avatar at several of the sites I belong to. I have adored this adorable picture ever since it was posted with a Bungie article detailing a Humpday Challenge I had the pleasure of participating in. Andrew, better known as agdTinMan to the gaming community, created not just this one but several Bungie Top Story icons over a period of a couple of years.

Andrew explains a little about the process :

I always had fun making them. Every Friday morning I’d ask Frankie what the update was about, and see if he had any preference for the picture, and then just run with it. It was one of the only things that managers didn’t have much input on, since they needed to be done so quickly. As long as Frankie liked them they were good to go These often reflected the more playful and joking side of Bungie.net and it’s Weekly What’s Updates.

I love his images. Each of them has a positive feeling that radiates from them. You just can’t help but smile and laugh. These avatars are pure pleasure and happiness. Here are my top 10 favorite avatars (in no particular order) that Andrew has created. Enjoy!

Be sure to stop by his gallery of Bungie.net Top Story Icons to view his entire collection (54 currently listed). You probably want to take some time to surf the rest of his site as well as there is some pretty cool stuff there.