All ye Photoshop experts!
 

I need help. I want to make this my avatar picture but I can't seem to do it. When I get it down to the required size it's tiny and grainy and aaargh!

Please, help! (and tell me how you did it!)

Or if you have any suggestions, that would be great!

I'm on it....

How's that? (I don't use photoshop, I use PSP)

you can use photoshop's blur function (either the stylize layers or the actually blur brush) if it gets too spotty.

Thanks Suzanne!!! And good tip veggielover.

I need to take a photoshop class. Just as I was thanking Suzanne last night the internet decided to go out. Gah!

actually u can find alot of good photoshop tutorials on the web, almost all with screenshots, so u can practicall teach yourself anything..

once u understand the layers concept of photoshop your away :D