[Guide] How to get an avatar/upload images

[Fyone]

I think you should have put this in Help & Editing, but who gives a damn.

[Myroc]

...seriously? We need an actual serious guide for this thing? You have lowered my faith in the competence of mankind further than what I thought was possible.

[Mr. Sean Nelson]

We all aren't computer geeks, ya' know.
Some of us have jobs and go outside, etc...

[Fyone]

Well, I thought getting an avatar was pretty self-explanatory, really. I think Myroc is right.

[Tails]

We all aren't computer geeks, ya' know.
Some of us have jobs and go outside, etc...

Yeah, but they clearly explain to you to link off from another site and how to get there.

[LifeCraft J]

But what if you were TOTALLY new to computers, and didn't know anything?!

Windows guides and Internet explorer guides helped us in the darkest situation. This should too.

[Trollman]

Yeah, there are new people that don't know how to put an avatar. Even if it looks like an obvious thing, I've met many new users from another forum that didn't know how to use an avatar.

[Davregis]

You seem to have PM'ed this to me. I actually feel somewhat offended.

I have no avatar due to the sexiness of my location and the fact that all of you can form an opinion of me as soon as I give you an image to associate me with.

Regardless, if I am being viewed as a "noob" due to my lack of avatar, you have proven my location correct, mhm?

[Laggy Blazko]

LOL, Carthief doesn't have an avatar neither.
But I think his medals fit as an avatar, I don't know why.

[LlamaHombre]

The title of the thread is misleading, so I'll do work for the title's actual meaning.

How to get an Avatar:

-Have a specific thing or character in mind
-Go to DeviantART and look up just the name of the character.
-Find an image that fits your tastes.
-Copy the picture, and open it up in Paint.NET.
-Use the select tool to select a 256x256 or 128x128 area that contains at least the entire head.
-Copy your selection and put it in a new Paint.NET window.
-Resize your selection to 128x128.
-Save as a .png and save it to your preferred image sharing site.
-You now have a bona fide LlamaHombre-Approved avatar!

[Ceridran]

So you'd approve it even if it said Flameman sucks?

[Hilman170499]

I got something to ask:
How do you get animated avatars? (I often see users with animated avatars)

[Laggy Blazko]

Use an animated GIF.

[Hilman170499]

Another question:
How to make an animated GIF?

[GameAndWatcher]

I don't know, but I just get mine off the internet.