How to make an avatar in Photoshop My Way =D

[Kara]

Ok so this is my first tutorial I EVER made! I hope it could be of some use to anyone here  :lala:

So lets start

Step 1: Open your Photoshop. (kyaa so hard)
I'm useing CS2.
File -> New
Width: 100 px
Hight: 100 px
Resolution: 72
Color Mode: RGB Color 8 bit
  LOL you did it! Yay! 

Step 2: Making the background
        Now there are two ways of making it.
        1. You can get it from a texture or pattern pack. A great place for those is http://www.deviantart.com
        2. You can make your own.
        I chose the second (I'm just not lazy today  )
Select the "Rectangle Tool (U)".
Choose some colors (I'm useing: #000000; #FF5AA5; #F49AC1; #BA1A60)
Start making vertical stripes.
        This is my result:

Now take some kind of paper texture. File -> Place
        I used this one:     

And set the layer to Multiply.
Merge Visable (Shift+Ctrl+E) and your background is done.
        My result:


Step 3:   Makeing the polaroid
        "Shake it like a polaroid picture"  :rockin:
Make a new layer. Layer -> New -> Layer...
Again the "Rectangle Tool (U)".
For best result choose #FFFFFF(white).
And make a rectangle shape smaller than 100px around the center.
Then Layer -> Layer Style -> Blending Options...
These settings:

        Mine: 


Step 4: Place the pic
Crop and place your pic inside the polaroid.     
        My result:


Step 5: The text
Before the text, take the "Rectangle Tool (U)" one last time and make a little rectangle on a new Layer.
        I used the color #FFB0D2.
Then Edit -> Free Transform . Rotate it to your liking
        I made it like this:

Take the "Type Tool (T)" , choose the color (mine is #FFFFFF), the font (I like 'Rockwell Extra Bold'),
      size and style (22pt; Crisp).
Then Layer -> Layer Style -> Blending Options...
These settings:


They are the same as before  =)

And you are done! 
This is my final result:


I hope you liked my first tutorial =D
I'd be happy to hear both your opinion and see your finished work
Thanks for reading   

[chandni]

Nice...like the outcome..especially the background^^..I'll try it.

[Chiru-pon]

This is really cute!  Thank you! ^__^

Too bad I don't use Photoshop. xD

[edit]

Actually I figured out how to do something like this in Gimp.  If you want to see it, then here you go:

Oh yeah.  If anyone uses it please comment my livejournal. (I need more comments. xD) chirupon.livejournal.com

[andreia]

very intersting, i will try it.

[Lui-sama]

Whoa the tut was very nice
I love the background, but I'm too lazy to make my own, so when I'm doing your tut, I chose a texture to be the background.

Anyway, thanks:D

[Cassidy Herrera]

Great tutorial, I'll try it out in making avatars. xP

[YuukiJane]

I really like this tutorial! It works so fine with me!
Reading this tutorial is worth it. 

And yeah, I've tried the tutorial and here's my result.
(I used a different texture.  )



Yuuki Jane