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Create James Cameron’s AVATAR Movie Poster in Photoshop Tutorial
This tutorial was made to help step you through the process of making a Na’vi from the AVATAR movie.
Creating posters with Photoshop can be a lot of fun and there are unlimited opportunities. Anyone who knows me knows that I love movies. I recently was overcome with inspiration when I saw the new James Cameron’s Avatar Movie Posters, they are pretty sick. In this tutorial I will show you guys some simple but efficient techniques that will help you make your own Avatar movie poster from a portrait picture of yourself. This tutorial should be used with many variants and additional techniques unique to the artist.
Note: The version of Photoshop that I’ve use is CS4. You can buy it from Adobe.com (buy it, not download it for free).You can also download a 30 day trial from here.
Update:
I’ve got a lot of emails from people who wanted me to ‘Avatarize’ their pictures. I can do it for you for a small donation, just send me a message at: webdesignblog.ro @ gmail.com
This is the original picture:
This is what we are going to create:
Step 01
The first step is to show you from what pictures i get my inspiration:
Step 02
Step two is preparation. First, make sure that the picture you’re working with is as large, clear and high quality as possible, the quality of the original picture will determine the quality of the final product.
Download the photo that we’ll be using for this tutorial: Download link (mirror)
Step 03
Open the picture, duplicate the background picture layer (now you should have two copies of the same image in your layers menu) and use the Healing Brush Tool (select the source from the forehead area, or something similar) to recreate the nose which is flatter and broader as compared to the average human nose.
Step 04
Select the skin areas of the model with the Lasso Tool, like in the picture below, and pres CTRL+U to open the Hue/Saturation menu.
Step 05
Now we are going to make the shadows for the nose. Select with the Lasoo tool the areas like in the picture below, pres CTRL+C and CTRL+V (to copy/paste to a new layer) and set the Blend Mode to the new layer to Multiply. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set it to 2.9
Repeat the process 2 times for the other side.
Step 06
Duplicate the layer from the step 04 and put in on top the nose shadows layers. Select the lips and the nose with Lasso Tool and pres Ctrl+U to open the Hue/Saturation menu again. Hue to +99 until you get a pink color.
Set the Opacity to 54% until you get the lips and the nose to a purple color, and the shadows of the nose to be less visible. Take the picture below for example:
Make all the layers Flatten if you are sure if you are satisfied with the result so far.
Step 07
Here comes the most difficult part, the nose and the eyes. I used Liquify in the “Filter” menu, and simply moulded the nose and the eyes into that of a Na’vi’s face, while checking back and forth on actual screenshots.
For the nose use the Forward Warp Tool to make it more flatter (from the Liquify options) and for the eyes use the Bloar Tool to make them more bigger .
Extra styling: The lips of the model are very big, try to make the smaller with the Forward Warp Tool.
Step 08
Na’vi irises are considerably larger than human irises in relation to the size of the whole eye.
Make a new copy of the last layer and with the Eraser Tool make some holes like in the image below:
Make a new layer and put it underneath the current layer, here we will put the eyes.
The eyes i used are from the picture below:
Or you can use the eyes from the official Avatar posters (change the Hue/Saturation to have a yellow color more intense):
Use the Polygonal lasso tool to select the eyes, copy and paste them below the layer where you did the “holes”.
Enlarge the eyes until you feel the size is good (one eye at a time). Use Eraser to remove imperfections. Adjust the shape of the eye with Liquify.
Step 09
For some extra styling we will add some eyelashes, download the brushes from here, and aply them like follow (use your imagination to adjust them until you feel the size is good):
Step 10
Let’s put some stripes on our model. Download the zebra stripes patterns from below (right click > save as):
Add one of those patterns as a new layer. Go to Filter > Liquify and using all the tools make something similar like what i did:
Erase the right side:
Duplicate this layer and go to Edit menu > Transform > Flip Horizontal and join them like in picture example below:
Make them as one layer. Set the Opacity to 18%. Move the stripes to the model’s face:
Use the Eraser tool to leave only the stripes from the face area. Set the Blend Mode to Soft Light. Repeat the process for other skin areas.
Step 11
To add the bioluminescence dots make a new layer and use a small brush, make may dots of different sizes. They’re generally pretty heavy on the nose, brow, under the eyes, at the corner of the mouth and running down the neck.
Go to Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options > Outer Glow and set it like this:
Group the layers to a folder (while the dots layers are selected pres Ctrl+G). Set the Blend Mode of the folder to Pass Through.
Extra styling: Add some dots on the arms.
Step 12
I found a good quality still of a Na’vi ear and imported in into my file, then isolated the ear using Lasso Tool, then re-sized it and placed it where I wanted it to be.
To make the ear more real, go to Filter Men > Filter Gallery, the go to the Artistic effects and select Plastic Wrap.
Mask the ears with some hair, use the Dodge Tool to brighten the left ear and the Burn Tool to darken the right ear.
Step 13
This part is the most request from all the tutorial. Let’s add some Leather Texture to our model. I’ve prepared for you a large, clean and high resolution leather pattern.
Lay the leather texture image on top of the face (an other skin areas), and repeat it over as many times as it takes to cover the face. Don’t stretch it, just duplicate it. Once you have done this, merge all the layers together (by holding shift and selecting every layer that has the leather texture and goinf Right Click > Merge Layers). Once they are one single layer make sure you erase the eyes and lips with the Eraser tool and change the layer style to Overlay and the Opacity to 15-25% (adjust until you feel the opacity is good). Try to put this layer under light dots layer.
From now it is just adjusting minor details to your image, and adding your own little touches here and there.
The Final Result
Avatar Font
The font used for the movie is very similiar to Papyrus (windows default). Let’s re-create the title effect:
Ok, after that apply Outer Glow and Gradient Overlay layer styles to this layer:
Dramatic Movie Like Effects
This part is only for extra-styling. We are going to play around with the coloring now so go to Image > Adjustments > Color Balance. Select the Midtones radio button and in the three Color Levels boxes, enter these values: +46 +11 +13. Now select the Highlights radio button and enter these values: +26 +16 -10. Again, you can play around with these settings if you want a different look.
Now we are going to add some lighting to this layer, so go to Filter > Render > Lighting Effects and select the options like in the image below. Play about with the angling settings until you get something that you like.
Conclusion
Finally, we are done with our avatar movie character and poster creation in Photosop. I hope this tutorial helps lead you in the righ direction! Please post you Na’vi Avatar picture that you made from following this tutorial, i would love to see them! And please, if you have any question, feel free to ask, I am here to help!
can’t wait for this tutorial to be available!
wow..that will be great…
when will be able my friend…?
next year, in 2010 (still working on).
any hints on how to do the eyes?
here is my quick work..
me and my avatar..
hope you like it..
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Need it ASAP.. =w=
guys, please be patience, the tutorial will be avaible soon.
Need it ASAP too :)
Available next week ? please :)
This tutorial will be EPIC!
@Pamposh: dude, that’s amazing! Well done!
Pamposh it is very good…!
how you do it…?
you see it from somewhere or alone with your fantasy…?
I decided to not wait for the Tut. seeing how I like to experiment. I used the pic you have up and gave it a shot. It came out pretty nice to me. I would post it, but I dont know how.
update: picture uploaded
well done, you did a really good job, i think you did a better job than me on the skin, it’s more realistic.
Very Nice article about Avatar
Heyyy that tutorial will be AMAZING! When it will be available? Can’t wait to try that!!!!
when it will be publish cant wait,, so excited.!! =)
look this video…
it is a perfect avatar…
admin edit: thank you, i put the video in the post
Hi!
I wonder what fonts avatar are in?
i don’t think that font have been made yet, try something similiar, like Papyrus
(it’s windows default).
really am wait this tut in my opinion u r the best so if u dont mind
i will translation it into Arabic if u let me do that :)
i can’t wait at yet.
:(
regards
your work is awsome !!!!! can’t wait to see your tutorial !
happy 2010 ;) wish you a lots of good works like tht one ^^
Hey is this tutorial going to be the one showed in the video? like adding the texture to the skin and stuff?
i’m now just testing, i don’t know how the final tutorial result will be.
Where did you get the photoshop program for this?
wow that new vid is sweet. I think the skin needs some texture but i know ur not done yet. Cant wait to see the final result
This is excellent, great job. Looking forward to the tutorial. Is there any way to get email notification when it is up?
cant wait final tut,a small detail about avatar’s nose,the tip of it should be a bit lower so it will form a triangle and you’ve done a line or round….
maybe this screen will help you http://www.kinopoisk.ru/picture/1098186/
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Hello everybody, this is amazing! Your avatars are awsome :) i was trying to make one myself but i have no experience with photoshop :( i was thinking if someone could help me? or make me one? maybei have the wrong version of photoshop….which one did you use?
…saw the film over the weekend in 3D! I don’t normally go for this type of film but had to take a look after seeing the previews! Unbelievable! Been searching for a tutorial since and came across this site! I’m going to have a go myself until this and others are available!
here my first try.
twilight avatar merge http://fav.me/d2gwixt
If found something interesting about the process of photomanipulating a portrait into a Na’vi Avatar-ish look. Check it out: http://bit.ly/8SQFNJ
…cheers alex, well, that’s a start! at least that link gives an outline of what to do! still searching/waiting a the full tutorial!!!
Hi, I made my own avatar and I wanna post it here! Any ideas ANYONE???
Ok finally found a reason to open a Flickr account! check my Avatar out!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46288476@N05/4254197929/
thank you for all the positive feedback, i finaly have a release date:
01 February
the youtube vid, was so fast. why!
those videos are for test editing, just wanted to share with you guys how i work.
thanks guys..
it’s my way of doing it, not so complicated..
haven’t seen tutorials..
avatar is truly amazing..
we all became such a geeks =))
Is the tutorial coming soon:)
Hello =)
It’s my fist work test of my avatar
Hope you like it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bybs/4255464317/
i didnt know one could do so much with photoshop! i am waiting for the tut now! really not a regular user of photoshop but this looks quality!
…sorry but i couldn’t wait for the tutorial so i had a go myself! Here’s a link to it on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46386797@N08/4255126755/. Can’t wait for the tutorial as you seemed to have all the colors just right! Keep us posted! Cheers!
I’ll try this one…
i already subscribed…
24 days to go…
Here is mine:
I’m pretty satisfied with my work, but there is still a lot to improve
http://bit.ly/7TExYk
…i added a texture to the skin! still tweaking! waiting patiently for the tutorial! here it is on Flickr again! http://www.flickr.com/photos/46386797@N08/4259335940/ cheers!
…vito, that link you gave doesn’t work?
admin edit: now does
can’t wait.
does your tutorial include links where to download brushes and avatar fonts and other required tools? pls do.
here is my work http://bit.ly/8KViSJ
admin edit: please don’t do something like that again, just wait for the tutorial
@robbie: the tutorial will include all you will need for transforming yourself into a Na’vi
Who is the female in the first video?
is it that bad ? :D
@yoboy: i think u need to work more on the eyes
And heres my Flickr-Account where i’ll be uploading more pics^^
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43057163@N02/4266007907/
I can’t wait to see the tutorial of this. This is crazy lookin
Cant wait to see the tutorial! One thing i’ve noticed is that almost everyone who has done avatar is “white”. not a racist thing mind you! I’m just wondering if anyone is going to attempt it with a dark skinned person. I’m dark skinned and i’m wondering if it will be alot harder to do. what u guys think?
given the fact that the woman who plays Neytiri is actually black, it shouldn’t be harder at all!
i was just wondering. maybe i’m just not good enough in photoshop yet! :P
i am planning to buy photoshop for my mac. do you think i should just buy the photoshop or the creative suite4? i am confused as i am buying it to just be creative at my leisure!
Hey everyone, great job on everyone’s avatar! Here is mine: http://bit.ly/5LhTxh
It can use improvement but I wanted to keep it as realistic as possible and as still looking like me. One thing I hate to see is people just copying & pasting Jake Sulli’s eye from the web. Remember, every Na’vi is different. Make your’s different and unique and it will turn out looking great!
Go for Adobe Photoshop CS4. Again, does anyone know who is the female in the first video?
If your a student you can get a discount from the adobe website. I believe its about 80% discount. So the creative suite 4 is only about $400
@Juliet: i truly like that. awesome work!
Best that i’ve seen so far Juliet!
@ Juliet: Looks amazing. The skin color looks great as well as the eyes. Keep it up
This is a photo of my girlfriend that I transformed into an avatar: http://bit.ly/5Vrg5s
nice job peoples! i’m just amazed all your work.
i’m gonna try to do this with gimp.
see how that goes. :)
Do you know how to do this with Gimp b/c that’s what i have 2 and i’m trying to do it on there
OMG cant wait to do this!! The tutorial is goin to be AMAZING!!
Hi! So I made my sister as an Avatar, hope you like it… It was pretty hard, and took about 2h :D Made it with no tutorials.. because they all where too fast.. so cant wait to get this tutorial so I can make even beater pics. Enjoy – http://bit.ly/8eqriv
I really love your photo (Avatar) you did an excellent work! here is a look of my Avatar :)
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Hey you guys are rockN …. I love all the Avatars…… the movie was SOOOOOOOOO ….awesome….can’t wait for the tutorial….
Hey Jason,
Or anyone. I’m not to savvy with Adobe Photoshop. If I send someone my pic, Can they do a quick one for me. I would really appreciate it. It doesn’t have to be perfect. THanks guys,.
I have never used photo shop nor do i know where to get it.. so you buy it at the store or is something you download?
I want to do this to one of my pictures! Can someone tell me how to go about it pleeeeeeease! :)
nice tutorial..
i just tried it and it took me around 30 mins
check mine avatar
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zairabbas/4257382687/
@ Jr
hei, i was wondering about that too, if someone could do me an avatar but nobody answered :( i have never used Photoshop and i tried to make one but without succes =( PLEASE can someone make one if i send a photo of me? i would really appreciate it, i hope someone answers :(
here is my email if someone would do me this favor: janja.krajnc1988 @ gmail.com
Waiting eagerly for the tutorial and .psd file
Spune-mi te rog unde ai gasit textura. O denumire ar fi de ajuns.
would i be able to do this with photoshop elements on a mac?
Hey mate, great idea. Any chance you could record what you do as a Photoshop action?
helo im Dennis… kindly teach me how to edit my photo plssss
one week away from the tut… cant wait!
cant wait for the tutorial …..
and this is my own pic , poor on photoshop , just testing XD
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46881885@N03/4300028211/
I can not wait for the tutorial. I am beginer and I tried to do one but was hard to do the nose. less than a week and this will be available yaay
i want to make one sooo bad.
can you use
Adobe Photoshop elements 8?
thanks x
Here is a collage of my photoshop avatar with a picture from the movie
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33171820@N07/4303107722/
I made a try with a friend pic and she liked it so much!! But I’m waiting till 1 Feb so I can really improve about this!! =))
i cant wait also hahahahaha….
nice one sand hahahaha… i want your edit at your photo hahahaha
XD
Hey, i have a question. Will this tutorial be free or will you have to pay for it?
it will be free, i keep things simple here.
omg i can’t wait till the tutorial comes out! this is amazing!
hello :=)
congratulation for you,
I really love your Avatar,you are genius.i can’t wait also :(
but I’m l waiting your………..;)
@ Admin:
Thank you alooot:) that you do so much work for us who have no clue how to make an avatar ourselves :) you rock ;)
welll i really like your jobs and i hope to continue the amazing work … god bless you …. waiting for AVATOR. thanx
awesome looks very cool
so cool, I can not wait for the tutorial :)
Beautiful!!!!!
i cant hardly wait for the tutorial
i wanna make my own avatar…
thank u
3 days remaining…
I also want to make my own avatar.
Thank you!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=116559&l=6f55d6a126&id=100000241613698
the day is coming…can’t wait x3
and i have no school the 1st of february i think ill be massing avatars :p
Hello can anywone help me to make an avatar from my photo pls
I’ll realy apreciat and i’ll be very happy:)
who want to make someone happy?
cant wait for tomorrow:)
Me too ;)
I hope it will be full tutorial, and everything will bi showed. We were waiting so long to see it! It must be perfect! :)
The Tutorial Is Now Available, Enjoy!
Kept your promise :-)
Thanks!
At last! This will be fun! But i still have to capture a perfect picture of me to do this! Thanks again!
Nice tutorial, you have to take step by step – when you get a result like this: http://bit.ly/96KaDo
Nicely explained, huge thanks
Amazing work , thanx for your effort!
This will be very helpful! Thanks!
wiiii you finally have published it)) Thanks,it’s really helpful
thank you so much:) i tried a bit but with no great succes. practise makes perfect soooo i need to practise aloot:)
hey are you gonna post the PSD files? because I thought you were gonna post the PSD files as well. Unless you did and I just missed them
This is a neat tutorial! Simple to follow, too. Taught me something new about layers.
i has been struggle with navi photoshop because im not good with navi stuff. i want my face on avatar like real so badly :/ can anyone will help me with my picture? thanks to everyone :)
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Hy!How do I download the Tutorial?
here’s mine http://bit.ly/byj7xX
WOAW never thought about the zebra thing THANK YOU SO MUCH I’D BLOW YOU A HUGE WET KISS IF I KNEW YOU IN REAL LIFE
Por favor me dica qual versão do photoshop vc usa para fazer esse avatar, pois tenho a verão CS4, e não encontro maior parte dessas ferramentes que usa
Por favor me diga qual versão do photoshop é usada para fazer esse avatar, pois tenho a verão 11 (Photoshop CS4), e não encontro maior parte dessas ferramentas que são usadas nesse tuterial. obrigado
por favor speak english!
Please it says which version to me of the Photoshop is used to make this to avatar, therefore I have a summer 11 (Photoshop CS4), and not meeting bigger part of these tools that are used in this tuterial. obliged debtor
…i’ll have to try another go now we have the tutorial! cheers!
http://bit.ly/a3S9UR – my Avatar – which may be called the first bold Avatar living on Pandora . Thanks for the tutorial dude. It was fun making it , and i learn a few stuff that i didn’t know before. Will keep following your website.
Thanks for the tutorial .It’s Amazing
excelllent!!!!
Dude I just read the tut and its very easy even for a noob like me to understand! :) I can’t wait to make my version! Thanks a ton bro!
WOW!!! 10X its great!
Hey I just had a question on your technique. I am a graphic’s student and took a photoshop class last semester, and I was just wondering why you use the eraser tool instead of layer mask. I was taught that you very rarely use the eraser tool. Is there a reason for this, I just want to get another persons perspective on this.
my first try!! I suppose its not so good but its ok, I’ll try with more pics and hope I’ll make them better!! =))
http://bit.ly/bxjUqh
thx Roman for this tutorial!! =)
My terrible one i made in like 10 seconds. http://bit.ly/baPvAt
@Taecoc2k: very good question, i usually don’t like to use layer mask, i didn’t took a Photoshop learning class to work ‘by the book’, i’m self taught. I don’t like to do it, this didn’t mean i don’t do it in my projects. And plus, it’s more simple to explain this way in a tutorial.
These are mine. It took quiet some time for the first time pics, but much much faster when I get used to and made the second one. Please check it out
First one: http://bit.ly/aR1nr7
Second one: http://bit.ly/alJo8m
where can you purchase photo shop?
thanks for the awesome tutorial!
took me forever, but here’s my result :) http://bit.ly/cI1Krx
Amazing tutorial, here is any of my work. I make avatar for my sister and friend. hope you like it.
http://bit.ly/bScfTr – my sister
http://bit.ly/bplgVp – my friend
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I can’t download the pic you’re using, it says it’s protected and I only get a “stop sign” as a picture :(
This is an amazing tutorial. I linked to this post in the early days and it went off. I can’t wait for the weekend to do a family Avatar style portrait. My kids have high expectations. hopefully I don’t disappoint.
Thanks Again.
Yea it easier to explain without layer mask. I was just wondering. I’m an interactive media major and one thing I had to take was Photoshop class. I also am self taught been messing around with it for about 6 years now. Its just nice to get feedback from someone else
finally.. thanks a lot bro.. :D
Thats so cool !!! i can’t wait to try!!!
i maked my own avatar with your tutorial, i think is quite good, here is the photo: http://bit.ly/btd9C2
Amazing tut, thanks!
I did my daughter avatar following your instructions, only I didn’t use recommended eyes but enlarged her eyes and coloured them yellow.
Check result: http://bit.ly/cAjHSq
wow this is great!!!can someone make my own avatar too..please?
whynot? :D uppload one pic
Ok I just wanted to share my Na’vi with you guys. I used the picture provided for the tutorial due to me not having a hi res photo of myself. I altered the tutorial a little bit, nothing to drastic just some colors and minor details on the nose. Hope you like. http://bit.ly/9vR7p8 http://bit.ly/dsFjgz
my avatar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyj6EsJvBhg
http://bit.ly/cLvFaY
Didnt really do the nose cuz the angle and shadows didnt work out to well.
Hi there, thank you very much for this tutorial. I’m very new to this but after some hours of work I finished a Avatar-Picture of Evan Rachel Wood. Think it’s pretty nice, hope you enjoy it too ;) http://bit.ly/ce4Z3a
congratz, i will make my avatar’s version and soon as possible i will show here.
Someone wanna make me one? haha..
@00schneider: i like it, but make the lips more purple.
Will someone do me a HUGE favor and make one for me?
Heres my pic…. http://bit.ly/9Ashi4
email it to me if so at nickbmxguy at gmail.com
Thanks!
Or just upload it on here :)
Thank you so much
Congratulations Pamposh and Natasha assembly was very good!
Thank you SO MUCH for this fabulous tutorial! I have been working at it diligently (staying up until 5am sometimes!), trying to really get it right and authentic looking. Here is what I’ve done using my own face:
admin edit: nancy, your link doesn’t work, please repost it! (a comment with a link doesn’t appear until i moderate it)
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This tutorial is so awesum!
This tutorial was awesome. I think i need more practise, but not bad for a first try.. Whaddd’ya think?
http://dailybooth.com/jessxo/2978325
Someone PLEASE make mine for me. I suck at ps
I’ve done two of these, and am really enjoying it. Here they are…
This is me: link removed
This is my husband: link removed
Let me know what you think!
admin edit: nancy, the links doesn’t work, please put the picture to tinypic.com
Thank you for the tutorial! Everyone’s pictures look great! My sister helped me with this, I’m not that good with photoshop. It could use more work but it’s good enough for me. I hope you like my picture! http://bit.ly/9LmPXY
Great Tutorial
thanks for sharin’
Hey, necesito el programa ya!!, soy una super fan y ademas me facino la forma de estos humaniodes… Gracias!!
were to get ps
Great Tutorial! Love it!
Here is my product: http://bit.ly/brgX8w
Hey whoever gave me the link to your blog to make requests I lost the link can you post again? lol
heres mine! http://bit.ly/cMgqQF
U have probably forgotten about ‘Tshaelu’ in hairs ??
@Kamil: that is a stupid question.
Hey, Nice tutorial But I am major fail at Photoshop I cant seem to get it right. Could anyone possibly make me one for me? of me? Would be greatly appreciated.
this is another example, look at the details: http://bit.ly/cU3fHF
Awesome tutorial, thanks very much, did a pic of my daughter, she LOVES Avatar and only managed because of your help.
I think it looks great but I am probably biased. Six hours work into the pic and 14 years into the underlying material!
admin edit: link removed, please re-post a valid link.
Hi there! I successfully made my own avatar, not as good as yours of course, but hey that’s an achievement thanks to you :) We are planning to make a family portrait of avatars when we get to have a free time… :)
Here is the final product: :) http://bit.ly/bQzUo9
nice one!! =)
I have much to learn from photoshop. This took me many hours, but it is addictive!!! Thanks for all the great ideas.
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can someone do mine for me i send u my pic. everytime i try to open the adobe, it tells me not responding. i cant even try
hey can anyone make my own Avatar ? if yes … i need a reply and ill send u my pic ! thank you !
Here is my first product: http://bit.ly/cmgnMo
Thanks for the tutorial.
Love this tut! here is what i came up with: http://justinky.deviantart.com/art/Na-vi-153726831
This is awesome but where do i get the photoshop from?
can someone please make me mine? please, I don’t have photoshop and I have no idea how to do this. I’d really appreciate it. email me, and I’ll send you the pic, thanks
and here is mine: http://bit.ly/dymZJa
thx for the tutorial.
just saw the movie at imax last week.can’t get over it :D.
AMAZING TUTORIAL ! JUST WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR ! ! DETAILED AND JUST OVERWHELMED AT THE RESULT :D HERE’S MINE OF THE MODEL YOU PROVIDED :D http://bit.ly/95Iemx
Wow, what a fantastic tutorial. I’m a PSP user so some of the functions were a bit tricky to figure out at first but I still managed to follow it really easily. The only thing I had any difficulty with was the “liquify” option to make the eyes bigger as PSP only has a “warp” function. It didn’t work all that well so I pasted in some eyes from a promo shot of Neytiri.
I love that the actress whose picture you used is Navi Rawat – I guess her name is appropriate!
Here’s my version of Navi’s picture, I’ll be doing my own portrait when I find a suitable photo. Thanks for such a great and easy-to-follow tutorial.
http://bit.ly/aDM70n
@firefly: re-work those eyes!
btw, I don’t belive it, is just find out that the model’s name is Navi Rawat :|
here is my own: http://mggmgg.deviantart.com/art/avatar-153963567
yea im pretty sure that is here name
http://bit.ly/dxvouz
looks like the same photoshoot
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how do i put my pic on here to show u?
Hey can you give me a link of photoshop you used…just to download it…thanksyyy :”:)
@alex: upload the picture to tinypic.com (or other picture hosting service) i will put the photo for you.
@Sara: a lot of people mail me about how to get Photoshop, this program is not free, i’m surprised how many of you guys search this tutorial on google and don’t have the minimal knowledge about this.
The version of Photoshop that i’ve use is CS4, you can buy it from Adobe.com (buy it, not download it for free).
You can also download a 30 day trial from:
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/
Great Photshop tutorial, here’s me, hope you like it: http://bit.ly/a2M2Sb
If your a student, adobe will give you 80% discount on products
everyone has gone avatar mad! nice work thou, some really good stuff out there
Ok thank you….(for the very quick answer) ;))
I’m not a Photoshop user, but I adapted your tutorial to the program I use. Thanks for the guide. Here’s a not-so-perfect result after a quick session: http://bit.ly/dupLXz
Hi, I started creating my vision of Elvis as Elvatar before I found your site, but I found your tutorial to be very well put together, and used a few tips. Thanks for sharing, and keep up the good work. http://bit.ly/9zUHgZ
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Here is my pic: http://bit.ly/aXSLsk
How did I do? http://bit.ly/dvueON
Grr.. ive tried multiple times i cannot do it =( Would it be possible if someone could do it for me? Its too frustrating for me!
Yours look so real ! Mine is obviously fake, I didn’t manage in “zooming” the right parts of my face and I got a total failure with all the yellow eyes thing. =(
And if you add the fact that I had to make it seams like it’s my own hair because mine are pushed back on the picture… http://bit.ly/cdAH74
I tried another :
Original human one : http://bit.ly/dgB0Ej
Na’vi one : http://bit.ly/a7g4yE
My first try… I think it could be better but practice makes perfect. http://bit.ly/d0VmPk
I am totally lost.. im stuck at step 5 with the nose shading =(
Sorry, the original’s not totally original since I forgot I saved when I was done with the nose.
Hello everyone! Would somebody do this picture for me? Greet! http://bit.ly/co4C5w
Will try ;)
Step 6 is where i am now.. this is tough
Done with yours ! Sorry if I can’t make anything better… http://bit.ly/akvLGe
can anybody help me to do it?
pleas my mail is dennis_Santos94 (at) hotmail.com or skype : dende.94
My First AVATAR: http://bit.ly/cRc2z3
UPDATED: better eyes and nose http://bit.ly/avk71o
This is my new Avatar body :) http://bit.ly/93SdkW
Second Na’vi: http://bit.ly/b5yHJ3
momoxp says:
Hello everyone! Would somebody do this picture for me? Greet! http://bit.ly/co4C5w
Here ya go. I only did your pic. If you want other stuff, I figured you could add it. Hope ya like it. http://bit.ly/acgKlf
Hi guys :D!
Well… here is my pic..
Hope u like it :) http://bit.ly/av1bAU
and thankz for the tutorial ;)
Hey,
here is my avatar: http://keiuuuu.deviantart.com/art/My-avatar-155149038
hope U like it
Hiya this is kool i made 1 but its not quiet ready lol
whaen it is ill show ya
rocking tutorial….
Here’s mine. If you can guess my name you get a cookie lol http://bit.ly/9hcTjv
what if it is real? i think i like it.
It’s not my style but it looks really nice! And there are interesting techniques presented in the tut.
thanks!
Woah great stuff, really inspiring, I always wanted to see a tutorial for that kind of graphics, amazing dude!
Great looking tutorial. Browsed through it a bit and will definitely be saving this one for later.
It’s rare I see a tutorial that uses such simple techniques for such an amazing result. Great stuff!
Excellent tutorial and so well explained!
let’s check out my awatar STYLE http://bit.ly/aHbAxO
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Thanks Bunches! Awesome results!
http://glass-clown.deviantart.com/art/Na-avi-Love-155777583
Can we see the original to the new outcome picture you posted for comparison
You guys have to see mine, thanks for this Lesson.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47966758@N02/4398741494/
Hy all!
This is a photo of my girlfriend that I transformed into an avatar: http://bit.ly/agumdi
Hey. Thanks for the tutorial, it was useful. This was the first time I used Photoshop, but I think it went quite good. I’ve made Kelly Clarkson’s avatar :) Next time I’ll do better.
http://twitpic.com/163egj
here is mine, bold na’avi hah :) http://bit.ly/dtEqzx
http://twitpic.com/16ep0a GaGa :)
Hey everyone! here is me transformed into a Nav’i it took me hours! hope u like it! let me know what u think! I changed some lighting and colors a few times…lol thanks! :)
sorry my internet is messing up lol
http://bit.ly/ba9u2Z
http://bit.ly/9DrjoY
http://bit.ly/cAVFqL
http://bit.ly/aIaZVc
http://bit.ly/aNSNUd
here is mine :) http://bit.ly/cVdBNZ
i didn’t know this tutorial, but i didn’t use texture or photoshop effects. Just Fluidity+paintbrush. (i simply make nose and eye larger, and color the eye. it’s more natural.)
my avatar http://bit.ly/8Ya6Wb
This is my avatar, sorry about the double post, i think i got confused and i poosted it in another topic. Well, anyways, this is my avatar, i havent done this before so it is not totally perfect, but i tried. I also made my own version of the logo.
http://bit.ly/982OZN
i really like what you did there Katiuska!
Sensacional…. Excelente tutorial y en especial el que tenga los archivos complementarios
Saludos y gracias
Juan
I’ve just viewed all your tutorials on this blog and THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for sharing them and so freely! You’re brilliant, and these are the answer to what I’ve been searching for! Mahalo nui!
Monica
I did this before seeing this tutorial
but it is only a sketch
http://bit.ly/9vcmX0
Shrek fun: http://bit.ly/cIOaac
Awsome… Thanks for sharing ..in fact… TEACHING :) .. … …. May God Helps you ..
thank you, this tutorial is awesome!!!
I’ll do it soon
check this out, the cutest avatar http://bit.ly/9JIsBG
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My result: http://bit.ly/9tL6ig
This is great and I was excited to give it a try! Here is my first attempt at it. Hope you like because some of these posted are amazing!
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Ahhhh! The Papyrus is burning my eyes!
My AVATAR http://bit.ly/bpIMFv
Well, very nice tutorial!!!
Here`s mine: http://bit.ly/d3Fj53
very nice tutorial!!
this is my avatar: http://bit.ly/d6Or1e
Hey, Thanks for this tutorial. I did my Avatar yesterday, the whole day. I think I’ve done fairly good, but need to improve more.
Thank you very much! I’ve been wanting this since the first time i watch Avatar. and I recommend you to watch it in 3D. it’s really great.
Here’s mine: (admin edit: image not found, please re-upload it to tinypic.com)