aaarrgghhh I can't get this right and it's killing me....

I'm trying to change my avatar. I found a photo, cut out the part I want, saved it as a new file. Resized it to less than 100sq pixels (the max), but it's too big (45kB). I need to get it under 19kB. So I upped (downed?) the .jpg compression, first to 80 %, then to 30%.

But it's hardly getting any smaller! Even this grotty little photo at 30% is still 38Kb!

heeeelppp.....

-signed, snowed in and po'ed in Norway