In PhotoShop, when using the crop tool, on the top bar you can choose the dimensions that the cropped area will be. There is a box for height, and one for width. The most common dimension tends to be 100x100 pixels. The same can prolly be done with SHIFT+Click/Drag, but only if is square.

Once the dimensions are set, when you click and drag, the box will stay 1:1 for height and width. If the cropped area is larger than 100x100, go to Edit>Resize Image.

If you are using another program, I'm sure it'll be relatively similar.

in short, Ctrl+Alt+I, set to 100X100 , be sure your picture is square.

Tarot

ThirdKoopa requested a couple avatars, so here they aaaaaare

You should try one of the quickening with Peanut.

The main problem is that it's already so complicated and effect-y, so I wouldn't have much of anything to add.

Trekkiedots

How about one with Itsuki?

OK, I should've asked it before, but I call dibs on an Avatar of Sabrina thinking hard during the precognition chess game. She's too awesome not to be avatarized!

Here ya'are

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Please tell me how to resize the image so that does not spoil the image quality, as in this picture?

Anyone know if this one's taken? I don't believe I've seen it around.

Not currently, I don't believe. You can always (and it would be polite if you did) change your avatar later if you bump into somebody else who's been using it.

Bat-Bat

err, an avvie with Fox in today's comic panel 3?
pleeease?

Here ya'are

Need avatar of hearty bailey NAO

I kinda want Fox in the first panel of today's strip.

No one has this:



Do they?

Request please...

King, 4th panel of Monday's comic. :3

Not sure if you meant full body or just his face or edit out the background or whut. Lemme know!



I should sign up with some better hosting service one of these days but I am lazy as a cat. (and also hate having to memorize even more passwords!) If one of you people making those sheets of avatars wants to nab this and add it feel free. Ain't mine anyway!

Edit: these took a little longer to finish:



Feel free to pay in orange soda :9

A background would be cool down the line, but that's what I wanted. I wanted all of King in that. Thanks. :3

Yeah... I'm not good at the actual design part of avatar making.

Edit: This version might be a tad clearer: Boldly outlining where no one has outlined before!

too many people using the exact same avatar. it's confusing.

Well, if you look closely, one has bolded lines and the other doesn't.

good catch. the confusion is gone. ^_^

You know, I did Panel 2 and then realized you probably meant Panel 3 or 4. Oops. (Edit: Added Twitterpated King icon... y'all be nice now)



If you want the background erased or a new background just leave some details on what you'd like... not good at coming up with new backgrounds on my own. I think from now on, avatars from a specific strip will be added/updated/changed in the same post so you won't get notification of the thread updating (just keep checking back), don't want to multipost too much. Don't get used to it, folks, I'm just in a very Housepets! mood this month.


This nearly made me snort soda.

Maybe I should PM the avatar links until the user is done with them.

waiting for more awesomeness, this one HAD to be mine

Oh my goodness I would use Fox's face forever. Almost as good as the one I'm using. That happy smirk...makes me so happy.

I would consider using Bailey's face, I be winking to everyone.

Y'all want custom backgrounds y'gotta lemme know what you wanna see.



Also:

That's easy, I set avatars on my iPod all the time!
First you hold down on the image, then press copy, then go to Edit avatar and set it in links off-site and you're set.
And drat! You got the one I wanted! Oh well

hmm, anyone could make a signature with those avatars?

Can I get "be gentle" with a metallic gunmetal background, please?