how do i do this?

[jringo13]

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z250/STICKTACULAR/google3.jpg

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i realy dont kno how to do it,idk what brush the used in the background ot how they got the border, i just followed this

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2331/avatartutorial8fj.jpg

and i got this

http://www.halo3forum.com/customavatars/avatar64756_1.gif