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Mindartis
2011-09-26, 09:07 PM
So, I'm thinking about trying my hand at creating my own avatar. What site should I use, especially if I want to make completely new one? Any tips would be appreciated.
Haruki-kun
2011-09-26, 10:01 PM
Here, try Trazoi's Guide. (http://www.trazoi.net/tutorials/inkscape/oots/)

Follow it through to the end once, and try making your own avatars afterwards. You'll need Inkscape. (http://inkscape.org/)
Mindartis
2011-09-26, 10:55 PM
Seems Legit. Thank you so much.
Teutonic Knight
2011-09-27, 01:23 AM
It is THE legit guide. For Inkscape anyway.
Mindartis
2011-09-27, 09:15 PM
So, to what site should I upload my avatar, to bring it to here? Would plain photobucket work?
A Rainy Knight
2011-09-27, 09:20 PM
Photobucket's what I use, and I suspect what a lot of the other avatarists around here use as well. I think some people use Imageshack, too.
BinaryMage
2011-09-27, 10:44 PM
Deviantart is also fairly common, especially if you may delve into other areas of fantasy art.
Mindartis
2011-09-28, 05:15 PM
Okay, so I got everything all set. Its on Photobucket, uploaded and looking good. However, I'm running into problems getting it onto here, though. It ends in .png, so what am I doing wrong?
Mindartis
2011-09-28, 05:18 PM
Nevermind that last one. I figured that part out. How do I shrink it down to size? As you can see, Its a little bit to big. :P
Trazoi
2011-09-28, 06:49 PM
When you export the avatar from Inkscape you can choose the image size in the export window. Make it no more than about 120px high or wide and it should be fine (I assume it's about 120, it's been a while since I checked!)

You can also open up your image in another editor like GIMP and shrink it down that way, but it's probably quickest to do in within Inkscape.
Mindartis
2011-09-29, 08:45 AM
You guys are awesome. Like seriously. Thanks so much for the advice.
Haruki-kun
2011-09-29, 11:43 AM
You guys are awesome. Like seriously. Thanks so much for the advice.

No problem! Feel free to ask any time. :smallsmile:
Mindartis
2011-09-29, 09:47 PM
Finally, Success! Again, thank you all very much.
Irish Musician
2011-10-08, 12:30 PM
I have done all these things, and thank you by the way, they were very helpful to me as well, but now when I upload my image to photobucket, Photobucket itself makes the image bigger, so when I link it to my avatar image, all you can see is the head, like right now. Help!! :smallfrown:

Edit: Nevermind, I got it working. Thanks for all the pre help anyway, I love using Inkscape, it is AWESOME!!!:smallbiggrin: