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After watching James Cameron's AVATAR, I really wanted to have an avatar of my own. :o) Here is the result, after fooling around in photoshop for a couple of hours.

The music is from the original soundtrack: Track 5: Becoming one of the people. Buy it on itunes store.

Remember to go and watch the movie!

All the best
Peter Ammentorp
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  • Yannick Barthe plus 2 years ago
    Wahoo, great idea ! I haven't the same experience as you with photoshop for make the same ! Very good result !
  • Peter Ammentorp plus 2 years ago
    Thanks man, I really appreciate! :o)
  • iamkalaniprince plus 2 years ago
    Seriously, this is fantastic. What did you use for your screen capture ? You need to do a photoshoppers commentary on your work. K, now I gotta go see Avatar tonight !

    Love and Aloha, iamKP-
  • iamkalaniprince plus 2 years ago
    PS: did you get that eyeball off the web ?
  • Rickard Bengtsson plus 2 years ago
    Great video! Wondering about the eye as well.
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  • Olivier Depaep pro 2 years ago
    I like it ... my 'scarface' pic could do with an update anyway.
  • Peter Ammentorp plus 2 years ago
    I like yours - just updated mine aswell :o)
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  • Paul Holman plus 2 years ago
    That's pretty neat. Haven't seen the movie yet, but from the trailers I've seen you could join the cast. Very nice !
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  • Thanks FOX, here in Italy Avatar will be released in Middle January... Anyway, great job!!
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  • shira ronen 2 years ago
    wow
    thank you for that it was beautifull
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  • Patrick Jacobson 2 years ago
    Thought i commented on this one but seems i missed it. Wonderful work! Great skill and superb result!

    Regards,

    Patrick
  • Peter Ammentorp plus 2 years ago
    Hi Patrick, thank you so much for the kind words!
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  • Tom Guilmette 2 years ago
    great stuff! i still have not see this movie... IMAX 3D after the holidays....midweek.
  • Tom Lowe pro 2 years ago
    Get to it, Tom!!
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  • IGO plus 2 years ago
    nice work... you made that look too easy!
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  • Eduardo Duccigne 2 years ago
    Amazing!
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  • Rodrigo Müller 2 years ago
    nice! why did you skip the part where you shaved?
  • Peter Ammentorp plus 2 years ago
    Hehe, I'm impressed that you caught that one! :o). I guess I didn´t want to reveal everything before the final image.
  • Rodrigo Müller 2 years ago
    haha, gotcha! ;D
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  • Tom Lowe pro 2 years ago
    Very cool.
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  • Mike Polak 2 years ago
    awesome:) great execution:)
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  • Max 2 years ago
    wow, awesome!
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  • Noslenespiral 2 years ago
    Great Work. Congratulations.
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  • Jiawen.Liu 2 years ago
    awesome! now i just have to find a way to watch Avatar now!
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  • Jess A. 2 years ago
    Gnarly times 3..!!! awesome...!!
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  • Corax Incarna 2 years ago
    Slick man.
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  • Claudio Carreon 2 years ago
    This is great work :)
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  • Michael Omonua 2 years ago
    so cool. ive seen avatar 3 times already. love pandora so much. will watch again on boxing day.
  • Pandora Morosan 2 years ago
    I hear you said love Pandora!!
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  • Wow, very cool!
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  • Next Episode 2 years ago
    Very cool picture. Equally hot guy!
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  • Inofaith 2 years ago
    why would you wanna do this?
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  • Jeff Dougherty plus 2 years ago
    Great work.
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  • Knot3n 2 years ago
    great
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  • Head Shot 2 years ago
    My Avatar avatar is a bit furrier
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  • Lorelei Culbertson 2 years ago
    Incredible- thanks for inspiring me to crack open CS4 again!
  • Peter Ammentorp plus 2 years ago
    Haha my pleasure! :o)
  • thomas Boccaccia 2 years ago
    auhauhauhuhuahuh
  • jajaja i crack my PS too!!
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  • Jan Voth 2 years ago
    great man, great
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  • mpared plus 2 years ago
    awesome posted at the curious brain
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  • Nicely done with every possible details but yet kept at a low difficulty level. Thanks for sharing and congratulations on the good job.

    Lefteris
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  • erwan manchec 2 years ago
    very nice job, if you have a detailed tutorial i need it :)
  • Peter Ammentorp plus 2 years ago
    Hi Erwan, thanks alot. I´m considering doing one - will let you know then. Merry xmas
  • erwan manchec 2 years ago
    i'm looking forward to it :) i never made morphing before and i really want to try
  • erwan manchec 2 years ago
    merry xmas
  • michaschmidt 2 years ago
    well i would like to see a tutorial too :) ... just saying
  • Jude 2 years ago
    AMAZING!! I want to know if you release a tutorial too!!
    JUST AMAZING!!!
  • ibelchi 2 years ago
    One more waiting for the detailed tutorial... Anyway, great work at ps, awesome...
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  • Florian Eichin 2 years ago
    yeah boy looks great, i'm super stoked about! germany lies to your fett :-P
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  • mein melon 2 years ago
    wooooowww~ you inspire me...
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  • George Hedon 2 years ago
    Check out my blog: digitalbuyologie.blogspot.com

    to see your avatar!
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  • Ricky Boyce 2 years ago
    After watching the movie, this music is too epic!
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  • Petrus 2 years ago
    Funny idea and really good work. Nice results, i'm impressed. Congratulations Peter !
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  • T. David 2 years ago
    Awesome!
    Make please a tutorial, i need own avatar. :)
    Merry Xmas!
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  • Marco Koschka 2 years ago
    Year, a short Tutorial would be nice!
    Do you have some Link for the Texture you used for Photoshop?

    Great Video, great Film, thx for upload
    and Merry Xmas
  • Echinadrome 2 years ago
    Yes, I second the notion. Can somebody give me a play by play explanation of what's going on? You will need to be a good speed-talker though.
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  • HDFreak 2 years ago
    Wicked stuff! I'm gonna try it as well but I'm way uglier than you! Hahaha!
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  • Sublime//!!!
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  • nani coar 2 years ago
    With a bump map You could have it in 3D, 'cept the ears. :)
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  • michaschmidt 2 years ago
    haha well i like it ... great photoshop work ... well done !!!
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  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Awesome
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  • Salima Belle 2 years ago
    really cool :)
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  • Finn Køhler Hansen plus 2 years ago
    Fantastisk arbejde :-)
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  • Ammentorp 2 years ago
    Now I understand why you want an Avatar of your own. ;o)
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  • Stoil Vatev 2 years ago
    my attempt to do this, inspired by your video - youtube.com/watch?v=yVI9YohvI-M
    flickr.com/photos/30944801@N03/4208818557/
  • Peter Ammentorp plus 2 years ago
    Hey Stoil,

    That is really great! Thanks for sharring
    and a very merry xmas to you sister :o)

    All the best
    Peter
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  • Angel Navarro III 2 years ago
    Speechless :-O
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  • Pandora Morosan 2 years ago
    Fantastic attempt Peter. You did an awesome job transforming your face to an Avatar. Can you do my face too?
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  • Antoine Guédès 2 years ago
    Awesome work!
    Perfectly done.
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  • Juan Reyes 2 years ago
    I'm going to try this, and I might (okay, probably will) fail but either way, it'll be cool. lol
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  • Crano 2 years ago
    excellent work!
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  • kARTHIK KRISHNA 2 years ago
    great work!!
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  • renaud 2 years ago
    Thanks !! I have my avatar now !!
  • Peter Ammentorp plus 2 years ago
    Hey my brother :o)

    That is beautiful, thanks for sharring

    Pay it forward
    Peter
  • renaud 2 years ago
    Of course ! it's my last tweet !
    Merry Xmas !
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  • Tuhin Kumar 2 years ago
    Hey Peter, do you mind writing a blog article about it on our blog in January. Inspiring Pixel inspiringpixel.com
  • Peter Ammentorp plus 2 years ago
    Hey Tuhin,

    Not at all, that would be an honour!
    Thank you so much man and merry
    christmas to you.

    All the best
    Peter
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  • emrah karakoc 2 years ago
    maybe we could see that video as a tutorial :)?could it be possible ?
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  • Panagiotis Tzelepis 2 years ago
    please a guide m8....
    we are 3 friends and we want to make a huge poste with our faces.......please !!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • Morris 2 years ago
    good good job man. came out very well. looks like the real deal.

    did you use animal eyes or actual movie snagged eyes?
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  • Ricky Cook 2 years ago
    great Job! You just inspired me to try harder in photoshop :)
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  • rashard milligan 2 years ago
    that was cool
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  • Emrah Gunduz plus 2 years ago
    cool...

    you must definitely model your avatar on zbrush :)
  • Peter Ammentorp plus 2 years ago
    Wish I knew how to do that. Really want to learn to use that program :o)
  • Emrah Gunduz plus 2 years ago
    actually, pixelogic site has free tutorials and resources for a quick start. once you understand how modeling/sculpting in zbrush works -plus some shortcuts, which are beautifully selected and easy to remember- it is not hard to create something.

    after that point all you'll need is talent. test yourself with the 30 day trial :)
  • zbrush is a good idea, or maybe Mudbox!
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  • Rob Imbs plus 2 years ago
    cool stuff
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  • 9 2 years ago
    I have shivers. thx a lot.
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  • Jon Yoder 2 years ago
    Thanks! I like it a whole lot. :)

    I made a tutorial / follow-along tutorial on my blog:
    jonyoder.com/blog/?p=216
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  • Pierrick Foulquier 2 years ago
    How cool ! =)
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  • Hachre 2 years ago
    great :)
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  • Tim Pigeon 2 years ago
    Really well done...
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  • Christen Bach 2 years ago
    Looks fine. although I must admit, that using the eyes from the original poster completely put me off the project.
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  • Besar Ismaili 2 years ago
    that's great!

    You really inspired me .

    thanks a lot.
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  • Satoshi Takano plus 2 years ago
    Wow!
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  • Abdi Ali 2 years ago
    This is Awesome.

    Can you please make tutorial of this.
    Much Respect.
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  • Peter Ammentorp plus 2 years ago
    Beautiful! :o)
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