I've never really gotten into the whole graphic arts scene before but I downloaded GIMP to gussy up two of my other avatars. They were minor things-- contrast changes mostly.

But then I decided to have a little fun and this is what popped out. I'm really primitive when it comes to art but I wanted to know what you guys thought of this:



He's the lead singer for Beirut and the words are lyrics from one of his songs.

Since I have no idea what I'm doing could you guys point out any things I should fix with it? Or any general thoughts about it?

Well it would be nice if you showed us the original picture so we could see what you did with it.

Heh, yeah.

I don't know why I didn't think of that.

They aren't really very avatar sized?

What kind of instrument is that?

Oh, and I made this for fun.

No, but I wouldn't think it'd be too hard to shrink down. I've never really messed with this before so I wouldn't know if that would screw it up or not.
EDIT: I just shrank it to an avatar size and realized that the text needs to be bigger.


http://www.mechscapeworld.com/forums/index...f=12&t=9520


I think it's a type of Piccolo trumpet.