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Ayandora — How To Make Your Own Avatar

Published: 2009-01-07 22:10:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 31914; Favourites: 469; Downloads: 515
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Please check out my new tutorial!

It is updated and contain much more information!
Tutorial - Your Own AvatarMany deviants wonder how to have their own personalized avatars, or icons - if you prefer.
I have already created a tutorial showing how I made many of my customized avatars - you can check it here - but since it's very old, I decided to create a new onel. : )
It is big, since I tried to put as many information as possible. 
Also, bare in mind that this tutorial is explained in a simple way, so even beginners and newbies will understand it.
I hope it will help!

How to Set your Avatar
Firstly, I will teach how to set your avatar.
If you already know, feel free to skip this step.
This step is for the new deviants that are still not used to deviantART mechanics.
1) Go to your profile. Click over the place where your icon will be - on the left top side of your profile.
2) A box call



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Be careful ! Large file ! While you wait please read the description:

First, sorry for the grammar errors ! I just saw a lot of them.

Some people asked me how i make my avatars. I made this tutorial to show everyone !


In this tutorial, you will be able to learn how to make your own avatar and also how to submit it on deviant art.
This is the way i do them, and it doesn't mean that it is the right way to do it. you can do things in another way if you want to. : )

If this tutorial helped you please comment and/or fav it !
Note me to show the result, i would love to see what you made !


If you have more questions don't be afraid to ask.

Thank you !


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Comments: 249

rosalinethecat192 In reply to ??? [2009-11-07 17:23:34 +0000 UTC]

what program is this on? photoshop?

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Ayandora In reply to rosalinethecat192 [2009-11-30 12:56:59 +0000 UTC]

yes, it is.

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rosalinethecat192 In reply to Ayandora [2009-11-30 17:51:15 +0000 UTC]

kay just wondering

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killstein In reply to ??? [2009-11-04 16:43:57 +0000 UTC]

This tutorial was so helpful. <3
I actually accomplished what I wanted to do.
Thank you so much.

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Ayandora In reply to killstein [2009-11-30 12:57:20 +0000 UTC]

i'm glad this tutorial helped you!

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Hamst3rific In reply to ??? [2009-10-18 19:02:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! ^^ This helped me a LOT! ^^

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Ayandora In reply to Hamst3rific [2009-10-19 16:15:52 +0000 UTC]

thank you! i can see your avatar, it's awesome, congratulations!

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Hamst3rific In reply to Ayandora [2009-10-24 17:41:39 +0000 UTC]

Ty and your welcome lol x3 I changed it now xD I might put it back up later

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carlorozykomiks In reply to ??? [2009-10-18 15:45:35 +0000 UTC]

i made a 100 x 100 pixel gif avatar but when i resize it it seems that i cant even see a detail of my drawing anymore....T_T

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Ayandora In reply to carlorozykomiks [2009-10-19 16:17:20 +0000 UTC]

maybe if you try to make your drawing stronger, then you'll see it better... if it doesnt work again, you can show me the result then i can help you more!

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carlorozykomiks In reply to Ayandora [2009-10-20 01:35:07 +0000 UTC]

this current avatar i use is new.... is this just fine XD

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MarthsPeach In reply to ??? [2009-09-20 01:14:08 +0000 UTC]

every time i try to resize, it gets all pixelly

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Ayandora In reply to MarthsPeach [2009-10-07 16:38:45 +0000 UTC]

but that's right dear. if you want to, you can show me the result so i'll know exactly how to help you!

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MarthsPeach In reply to Ayandora [2009-10-07 19:34:41 +0000 UTC]

well, it's my avatar right now

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Ayandora In reply to MarthsPeach [2009-10-07 21:43:45 +0000 UTC]

aww but it's great!
maybe if you save it in a higher resolution...
or maybe you drew it in a big size (bigger than 100px) and then resized it - then the image will be more pixeled.

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MarthsPeach In reply to Ayandora [2009-10-07 23:07:55 +0000 UTC]

thanks! and i will have to try that. thanks again for your help!

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Ayandora In reply to MarthsPeach [2009-10-08 02:21:55 +0000 UTC]

my pleasure! please feel free to contact me anytime you need help!

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MarthsPeach In reply to Ayandora [2009-10-08 19:29:04 +0000 UTC]

okay ^^

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haylin606 In reply to ??? [2009-09-01 01:29:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you sooo much!

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Ayandora In reply to haylin606 [2009-10-07 16:22:26 +0000 UTC]

aww no problem!

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haylin606 In reply to Ayandora [2009-10-07 22:05:49 +0000 UTC]

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design-chick-1-18 [2009-08-18 14:21:58 +0000 UTC]

my avatar is bigger than 15 kb
how can i get it smaller

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Ayandora In reply to design-chick-1-18 [2009-10-07 16:34:42 +0000 UTC]

did you save it as a gif ?

sorry dear for the late reply! i wasn't able to login on da those days!

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design-chick-1-18 In reply to Ayandora [2009-10-07 17:55:28 +0000 UTC]

i got it to work

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Ayandora In reply to design-chick-1-18 [2009-10-07 21:44:17 +0000 UTC]

aww great! if you need any more help, please feel free to ask me.

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design-chick-1-18 In reply to Ayandora [2009-10-08 10:12:15 +0000 UTC]

ok

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MinnieMall [2009-08-13 22:00:25 +0000 UTC]

How do you get the thing on the side that says layers panels and options?

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xxEmoPaNdahxx In reply to ??? [2009-08-07 05:56:02 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, couldn't help but !

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Ayandora In reply to xxEmoPaNdahxx [2009-10-07 16:35:05 +0000 UTC]

aww that's a pity, but thank you any way. if you need help please feel free to ask me

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Teenage-Artist In reply to ??? [2009-07-07 03:51:41 +0000 UTC]

thanks it helped alot this is my current avatar^^

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misterwhiskas In reply to ??? [2009-06-23 22:33:11 +0000 UTC]

My avatar is the result. I LOVE it!!!

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Ayandora In reply to misterwhiskas [2009-10-07 16:36:23 +0000 UTC]

it's wonderful! congratulations
thank you!

and sorry for the late reply dear.i wasn't able to log in on da those months.

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Jayz-28 In reply to ??? [2009-05-08 03:05:04 +0000 UTC]

OH MY GOSH!! So THAT'S how you do it!! Thank-you so much!! I tried and tried to do an avatar BUT IT NEVER WORKED!!! And now I know why and how I can fix it!! Thank-you SSSOOOO much for doing this tutorial!!! It's a huge help!

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kaze-no-Kei In reply to ??? [2009-04-23 18:52:19 +0000 UTC]

This is very helpful, thank you
I've tried it and the result is my current avatar xD

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Hoshi-Hikaru In reply to ??? [2009-02-18 22:37:36 +0000 UTC]

ahh!!! this helps alot! thanks for making the tutorial!

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mardock360 In reply to ??? [2009-02-01 01:32:05 +0000 UTC]

how do u make a moving avatar?

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Ayandora In reply to mardock360 [2009-02-01 14:29:46 +0000 UTC]

there are a lot of programs to do it, here in deviant art you will find great tutorials about it ^^

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mardock360 In reply to Ayandora [2009-02-01 16:45:13 +0000 UTC]

ok thnx ill search for one then!!

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Charmy123 In reply to ??? [2009-01-24 23:26:30 +0000 UTC]

did you use photo shop?

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Ayandora In reply to Charmy123 [2009-02-01 14:30:19 +0000 UTC]

yes ^^

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Charmy123 In reply to Ayandora [2009-02-01 17:49:42 +0000 UTC]

thank you and do i have to download it or buy it?

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yewwish In reply to Charmy123 [2010-09-05 03:54:29 +0000 UTC]

you buy it

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BishiAddict-Debonair In reply to ??? [2009-01-19 02:44:12 +0000 UTC]

this looks helpful, i'd like to try it but what program are you using to make the avatar itself?

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Ayandora In reply to BishiAddict-Debonair [2009-02-01 14:33:36 +0000 UTC]

adobe photoshop ^^

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MiamiJJ In reply to ??? [2009-01-07 22:16:26 +0000 UTC]

Oooohh I'll try this if I can. Not the GIF file, but... Yeah. xD It is hard to do the lineart with 50 x 50... >.>

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Dragon-Enthusiast In reply to MiamiJJ [2010-08-30 21:36:21 +0000 UTC]

I went to the link... 0_o... barely got out alive!

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Dragon-Enthusiast In reply to Dragon-Enthusiast [2010-08-30 21:37:20 +0000 UTC]

Sorry, that last comment was for MiamiJJ.. XD

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Ayandora In reply to MiamiJJ [2009-01-07 22:33:39 +0000 UTC]

aww great ! i would like to see the result.
it's better to save as a gif file, it's not so heavy.
yes, that's why i do the lineart with 100x100. i've seen some people doing it with 150x150 or 200x200 ! then i think it's very big.

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