Ever wanted to learn how to make your own smilies? This tutorial will show the basic techniques used to make the smilies shown below.

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This is the tool palette. I've highlighted the tools that you will be using for this tutorial. I've provided this as a reference to guide you as you progress through the tutorial.

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1) Create a new document with the dimensions 15x15 and a transparent background.

2) Press the D key. This will reset your background and foreground colors to black and white.

3) Zoom in by either pressing CTRL + + or: Edit >> Zoom In, until you're at 1600%.

4) Use your pencil tool to draw the following:

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5) Use your Polygonal Lasso Tool to make the following selection inside of your circle.

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6) Pick a background color. I used yellow (#FFFF00). Set the foreground color to white.

7) Go to the gradient tool. Set the option to radial gradient as shown below:

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8) With your gradient tool, drag inside of the selection from the center to the edge. Press CTRL + D to deselect.

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9) Press the D key to set the background and foreground colors back to black and white.

10) Create a new layer: Layer >> New >> Layer. Hit OK. Use your pencil tool to draw the following:

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11) See if you can draw the faces for the following smilies:

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