Make and post a square thumbnail picture of yourself

Prepare a 250 by 250 pixel, closely cropped image of your face. (I will check the size).

Be careful not to distort the shape of your face -- the final result will have an aspect ratio of 1:1. You will probably have to crop your photo in order to make it square. That will leave a square image, which can be re-sized to 250 by 250 and saved.

(Hint: The "Rectangular Select" tool has a "Fixed Ratio" option).

Focus on your face, and crop out most of the background. Feel free to cut off part of your hair, one of your ears, etc., for example:

Adjust the contrast and color so that it looks good on the screen.

When you are pleased with the image, post a copy of it and a copy of the picture you started with on your blog. Give it the label "Asst. 18".


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