Intro
Hello, recently I've poked around in the "rate the avatar" thread and realized that Kronox probably has the top rated avatar. But how does someone create a good, well thought through avatar like Kronox has? This step by step guide will show you.
What you need:
A copy of the free GIMP image editing software here:https://www.gimp.org/downloads/and this picture I found on the internet:
You might not get the *exact* picture Kronox has when going deep into the pixels of your image. Keep this reference close:
Notice How Kronox showed some of the gun but not all of it, what you want to show or not show is up to you, make it yours.
Let's startStep 1 Making a new image:
When opening GIMP, you should see this. Look in the top left and press File>New
Step 2 Resolution:
Make sure your image's size/resolution is 150 by 150 as seen above.
Step 3 Copy paste:
Copy the image from earlier and press CTRL+V in GIMP.
Step 4 Background:
Click on the eye to the left of the background level to make it invisible. This will give our image a nice transparent background.
Step 5 Eraser:
Select the eraser tool.
Copy these settings onto your Tool Options in GIMP.
Step 6 Strokes:
Make two downwards strokes with slight curves as shown below with the eraser.
If you messed up, you can press CTRL+Z to go one step back and do it again. Do this until your strokes are as good as Kronox's.
Step 7 Become the coolest kid on FSE:
If you did everything right, you should have something like this:
Upload it as your avatar and be a cool FSE user.
PROTIP: YOU CAN ALSO USE THE SCALING TOOL TO MAKE YOUR AVATAR A BIT TIGHTER LIKE KRONOX'S!
PROTIP: YOU CAN ALSO JUST DOWNLOAD KRONOX'S AVATAR OR DOWNLOAD THE ONE ABOVE!
