So, you clicked this blog.

That probably means you want to make an animated avatar.


To start, there are a couple of steps:

• Think about what you want to make.
• Make some frames
• Generate a .GIF from them
• Upload your avatar

Step one: Think about what you want to make.
for example a blinking avatar with shifty eye's. Aka, the tutorial


Step two: Make some frames. You can do this in any image
editing software you want, but i recommend GIMP. I'm not
going to walk you through how to create an image, but make
all the frames you want now. There are no duplicates necessary.
That will come later.


      


Step three: Generate a .GIF. To do this, the best way i found
was with THIS website. You can upload the images you created
earlier here and drag them in place, copy or deactivate them and
chance the duration of each frame. When you're done, click the
'make a gif' button and download it via right-clicking the gif and use 'safe as'.




Step four: Upload your avatar. If you go to your profile page
and hover over your avatar, you see an edit icon. Click that and upload
the .GIF.




And that's it. You're done!