How to Create and Draw a Profile Picture

Be creative by drawing your profile picture in Microsoft Paint.

A profile picture is an image that you use for your profiles on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. The profile picture often highlights your face so your contacts and "friends" can identify you easily. If you want to go creative with your profile picture, you can choose to draw yourself. While there are thousands of software programs out there for creating and drawing images, you can choose "Paint," the default painting program for Windows operating systems. Note that Paint is preinstalled on your computer.

Instructions

1. Click the "Start" menu and point to "All Programs." Click "Accessories." Click "Paint" to launch the program.

2. Click the "Pencil" icon in the left pane. Click your desired color from the color pallet that appears at the bottom.

3. Draw yourself on the blank white area by clicking and dragging your mouse. Click the individual shapes in the left pane to draw your head, hands and body.

4. Click the "Fill With Color" icon in the left pane that looks like a bucket. Choose a color from the bottom color pallet.

5. Click on the desired area to add color to your face, hands or body.

6. Click the "File" tab and select "Save" to save the profile picture.

References

• Microsoft: Using Paint