Yeah, making custom sprites is pretty much all I can do to make my own signature and avatars since I lack any better software like Photoshop. :P
As for the Gastly/Haunter/Gengar avvy, I still have it on my computer, but I saw this screencap of Crobat from the anime and decided it needed a humorous caption. XD
The new account? I'm not sure really. I wanted a new name, but didn't wanna leave all the history I had as "tmbjr" behind. There are also several people that had that account on their block list becasue of some stupid mistakes I made while I was on the staff a long time ago, so I decided to start over fresh with a new account. ^_^