Most people have visited a message board at one time or another in their life. I would guess that the vast majority has never posted anything at all, preferring just to lurk (view) rather than to contribute their ideas and thoughts. Most of those that have contributed have posted useful input to discussions which are valued by many of the subscribers to the board.
It's the small minority, however, which has created the need for moderators. These are the people who read all of the articles and comments posted to a board and ensure that they are suitable for the audience.
The Birth of Creation in Digital
Recent Happenings at CiD
The birth of CiD v4.0 was thus inevitable. I bought a starter package including a domain name and installed PostNuke (PN). I had tried out PHP-Nuke and GeekLog, but PN had the features that I needed, namely an integrated forum and a Gallery to which members could submit their own work. The system was the best I had used so far. Its downfall is that it is too bulky and difficult to customize efficiently. It also had so many features that it was confusing to most people. Having gone through so many upgrades, I was loath to go through another and was prepared to stick with PN and customize it even more for the best support of a graphics community.
Ok, now that we have explained a bit what an avatar is, I'll jump right into the tutorial.
Step 1: Make a background.
OK, first of all make a new image that is 200 x 200 px image with a transparent background. Now use your brush tool, set to these settings,
and click around to make your image look somewhat like this: