Tutorial: Easy & Effective Avatar Making Tutorial (Noobs Friendly)

[deathrevenge9]

Today I will show you how to make an Avatar like this:

Step 1: Create a New document 100x100 px.

Step 2: Place in your stock and resize it so that it looks good.

Step 3: Duplicate your stock 3 times.

• Bottom Layer: Desaturate it (crtl+shft+U) and give it a Gaussian Blur of 2.0px
• Second Layer: Set in on Hard Light,Opacity 60%
• Third Layer: Set this on Overlay (You can play with the opacity if you want)
• Top Layer: Normal. Opacity:58%, Fill:81%

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Outcome so far:

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Step 4: Add a 'Black and White' Gradient Map and set in on Soft Light with Opacity 100% and Fill 46%.
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Outcome so far:

Step 5: Now add Curves and set the Input,Output Values as required (I have set the Input on 90 and Output on 95).
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Outcome so far:

Step 6: Now its time for some lightning.For this purpose make a New Layer.Take a soft brush 60px using white colour,brush the parts you thing needs a little bit of lightning.Then set this layer on Soft Light (You can use different colours for lightning by creating different layers as I have done using White and Green colours).
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Outcome so far:

Step 7:Create a New Layer,then Image -> Apply Image.

Step 8: Now we shall add a 'Selective Colour' Layer.Keep the settings as shown in the pic:
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(You can change the settings according to your requirement)

Step 9:Now add border.For this purpose,make a New Layer and fill it with any colour.Then decrease its fill to 0% and add 'Stroke' of 1px (Center).

Step 10 (optional):The 10th and the Last step is adding the Text.You can do it yourself .
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And here is the Original Picture:

My Other Outcome:

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Waiting for your comments and outcomes .

Note:This is my first Tutorial,so forgive me if there are any mistakes

 

[deathrevenge9]

More Outcomes added .

 

[Karachi Xpress]

Added to the tutorials thread

 

[apsamrit]

Nice tutorial mate. KIU

 

[Meet]

Will post a outcome soon.:happy

 

[Bounce]

Looks cool.
Will post an outcome if I manage to get some time to work on PS CS 5

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Hey mate nice tut... Followed and did one avatar..

Please tell is it fine?

 

[Bounce]

Hey mate nice tut... Followed and did one avatar..

Please tell is it fine?

Sorry to be blunt, but the icon sucks to the core.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

I know that.... Never mind... let me give one more try..

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Made another one... Added some other textures...