“It depends”, honestly!! The Dungeon Meshi mangacaps I have been using on PP since I joined have almost no alternations besides cropping, and I like to keep it simple like that. Sometimes I make gif slideshows when say, I’m on Discord and I cannot decide between one avatar so I just go “all of them”, or edit avatars somewhat for a joke or because it’d fit my theme better. I have a heavy preference for mangacaps whenever using art that’s not my own, or cat pictures or video game screenshots...

But that’s not RP and I’m rambling on like usual!!

I can sometimes edit my art a lot, especially ones I crop from larger pieces that I didn’t draw specifically to be some kind of avatar. Some edits similar to ones mentioned here, also mess around with gradient maps (sometimes I draw in monotones and then just colour my art using maps), and sometimes I do some finishing touches/edits to resized images. A lot of detail can be lost on a resized image, but it’s also a lot easier to edit small images, so some of my avatars are a bit different than my og art.