Amazing Emoticonists & More - Volume 37

Welcome to Amazing Emoticonists...and More. This is the 37th installment of the twice-monthly feature dedicated to showcasing the emoticon creations of up-and-coming and veteran emoticonists. Be sure to check out the rest of their galleries for other amazing works. This article also features projects, contests, groups, and more, in the hopes of exposing them to new deviants and those not familiar with the emoticon community.
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Lesser-Known Emoticonists

:iconpsychocookee: =nikkittie

Such a sweet and sad emote. I think we can all relate to this feeling.

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~ :bulletgreen:
:iconseapuppy: ~seapuppy

Such a cute and simple emote.

Emotiviews 5 - Interview with =phlum

The interviewee of this edition is:
:iconcheerplz: :iconphlum: =Phlum    :iconphlum:  :iconcheerplz:

opening words of the Artist:
"  :iconwavesplz: Hello! Or good mornafterning, if you prefer ¬3¬
that plz should totally replace .
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1. Programs of choice for emoting?
I use The Gimp, because I'm cheap. :eyes: And also because I don't really get along with Photoshop.
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So i herd u liek emotes?? - Volume 124Welcome to the latest volume of so i herd u liek emotes??. This is the 124th volume in a fortnightly series aimed towards promoting emote and emoticonists from the dA community. It features emotes posted within the past few weeks from both well known and new emoticonists, as well as featuring emote projects, contests and news.
Featured Emoticons
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Master of Elements by ~KinnisonArc is a really impressive emote scene. Each of the elements gives an intense sense of power and the image in the middle just helps the elements flow together. The emotes in each corner fit really well and the expressions help give a sense of individuality to each Master.
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The bright colours of the lava in Hanging on for Dear Life by ~PokeartKid really grabbed my attention. The details included in the whole background really help bring the scene to life and give a realistic feel to the situation.
3.

It’s h

Amazing Emoticonists & More - Volume 36

Welcome to Unknown Amazing Emoticonists...and More. This is the 36th installment of the mostly-weekly feature dedicated to showcasing the emoticon creations of up-and-coming and veteran emoticonists. Be sure to check out the rest of their galleries for other amazing works. This article also features projects, contests, groups, and more, in the hopes of exposing them to new deviants and those not familiar with the emoticon community.
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Lesser-Known Emoticonists

:iconI-is-smart: =I-is-smart

A sweet way to show the connection between friends. Cute expression.

~ :bulletgreen:
:iconl-rM: ~l-rM

The whole scene and the faces on the emotes make me LOL. Funny.
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Emoticon DD Summary August 2011

Emoticon Legend Style UpdatesMorning All

As it says on the tin, there's been a style update to the emoticon legend

If you can remember, when you used to click on the "Emoticons" button in comment, notes or dAmn, you used to get a popup box with a colour scheme from dA v1... it was all very... 1999

Well it has now had a facelift

We've gone out with the popup and in with a shiny new modal

And I'm glad to say that the colour scheme has also been updated to make it look a little more like it belongs in 2011

Hopefully it should be working everywhere now (except the dAmn shoutbox is still a popup)
If you have any problems let me know

I've been working a couple of emote related things recently, so hopefully you'll get to see the results of some of these other projects some time in the near future

$DEVlANT

The Emote Revival Contest - Part TwoRegardless of if you've ever created an emoticon or not, the chances are high that emoticons are a part of your online life. Yet, sadly, the deviantART Emote Community is one that tends to not get enough notice.
I bring to you a community wide contest with a focus on emoticons. This is a three part contest which will involve emoticonists as well as the dA Community as a whole.
Part One- Sign-up
Part Two- Community critiques/comments
Part Three- Create new emotes
Part Two
This section is open to the entire deviantART community. Deviants are to comment in detail on the submitted pieces as to how they can be improved. You are encouraged to provide as much of your opinion as possible, good and bad.

At the end of this section `BlissfullySarcastic, `Synfull, and `PurpelBlur will select one "Top Commenter" per entry who will receive 100

All Top Commenter's names will

Collaboration Event Features - opposites#Emoti-collabs is a group for Emoticonists who are looking for Collaboration partners and want to take part in Collaboration events.
The first Emoticon collaboration event has ended, the theme for this event was opposites and now I want to show you the results of the first event:
(oh and i should mention that you should keep checking the folder for this event, because deviants who weren't able to finish their entry in time are still able to submit their entries.)
~Kohaku0827 and ~inoner

`catluvr2 and ~fear-the-brilliance

`IceXDragon and ~Nironan12

=nikkittie and ~radglare

Emoticon DD Summary July 2011

Random Emote Awesomeness - Volume 11Volume 11 in the series that showcases a random variety of emoticons: some old, some new, some by seasoned emoticonists, some by new artists. There's no real rhyme or reason as to which pieces are featured. Sometimes I pick a theme such as animals, other times it's just whatever strikes my fancy. Below are the current group of awesome emotes hand-picked by me (and sometimes a guest). Much like the title, this News feature will publish a bit randomly. Maybe weekly, maybe every third Thursday, maybe three days in a row--but hopefully at least once a month.
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Random Emote Awesomeness - Big Emotes

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Emotiviews 3 - Interview with *yarjor

The interviewee of this edition is:
:iconcheerplz: :iconyarjor: ~yarjor    :iconyarjor:  :iconcheerplz:

opening words of the Artist:
" *flies on a huge rocket and lands in the middle of interview room* OMGHAI PEOPLE :iconexcitedplz: "

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1. Programs of choice for emoting?
ImageReady :happybounce: There's all the basic Photoshop tools, but it is less heavy and doesn't kill my computer :stare: And animating with it is really easy, mostly becaus

The ABCs of Deviants: BlissfullySarcastic

To read the introduction to this series, please re-direct yourself to this article.
This issue’s letter is:
B
The deviant that is being featured and interviewed today is:
:iconblissfullysarcastic:
`BlissfullySarcastic
First off, could you give us a brief introduction of yourself?
Yo! <3 My name is Kristen, but most people know me as Bliss. I'm eighteen years old and live in the U.S.A.
What gave you the idea to register with your username?
BlissfullySarcastic was a pen name of mine, and this account was originally for lurking and writing, so I figured I'd use the same name. Oxymorons...fun stuff.
How has deviantART changed your life?
I've never really thought about it. Huh.
It glued me to my computer, if that counts as changing my life. It taught me how to trollolololo

Emotizine - Volume 1:iconemotizine:
The twice-monthly article covering news, contests, and other happenings all around the deviantART Emoticon Community. We will also feature interviews, art features, and more. This zine is a collective work of many emoticonists. You can see our full staff list, as well as find additional information on emoticon community events by visiting the official zine group #Emotizine.
Note this is our first zine article, so things are still a bit experimental and we may have missed an item or two. Don't be alarmed. Be sure to follow us over the next few weeks as we broaden our features and get things settled.
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Editors: ^SparklyDest and `Synfull
Contests

EMTC Snow by ^SparklyDest
Deadline: December 29th

dA Staff Appreciation Week - Emote dA HQ Project:iconstaffappreciation:

As part deviantART Staff Appreciation Week, `SanguineEpitaph and #StaffAppreciation team have come up with a fun project for deviants.
Ever wonder what it's like at deviantART Headquarters? So do we! And since most of us will never know, we've decided to let our imaginations run wild and create what we think HQ would be like...if it were run by emoticons!
This project is open for anyone who can create an emote or some sort of pixel art. The project challenges you to make piece representing a part of dA HQ. You can create something specific to a real-life member, such as an emoticon of $Moonbeam13, or something abstract like a general emote member of the Help Desk. We're also looking for pixel furniture (think desks, chairs, sofas), art for the walls, and other fun stuff you might imagine in the HQ offices. The #StaffAppreciation team has started things out, adding some rooms and props. It's up to you to help us complete the pic

Emote Bookmark Project (20)A couple of days i uploaded a Emote Bookmark of my OC Syn and the response to it has been far more positive than i ever thought it would be. i've had numerous people mention how they have or want to make one themselves and people have really taken up the idea. So after talking to a few fellow emoticonists, i decided i'd make a project out of these bookmarks.

How do i make one?
Its actually really simple and straight forward to make one yourself. There are a couple of different ways to make the base of the bookmark, each of which are easy to complete even for the less paper-craft experienced deviant. The tutorial can be found on this page, so check it out:
Tutorial link
How do i enter the project?
Simply send me a link in a note or comment (preferably on this journal) and i'll add the journal. All of the entries will be displayed here though i may make them into a big canvas at a later date (depending on time and how thin

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CodePLZ - the emoticonist version

Wed Jul 20, 2011, 6:44 PM

_{_{| You know ... | Free Avatars | Comissions | Plz accounts | Rubik Collection |}}

#hq has just announced some more information on the whole 'codePLZ' concept and tbh, i had to read through the journal about 3 times to understand the termonology used. Therefore i decided to write up an 'emoticonists' version. This is my interpretation of what has been written. Let me know if any of the details are wrong.

What is codePLZ?

CodePLZ is a new feature that is currently in production to replace the current Emoticon Legend to allow more emotes to be used anywhere around the site. This means we wont be confined to only emotes on the 'official list' but allowed to pick and choose any 'chat friendly' emoticon available.

This feature would be implemented in the place of the long awaited 'emote dictionary' you may have heard about.

How will it work?

When you submit a chat friendly emote to your gallery, it will be given a unique code (similar to a thumbcode - possibly :emote2523422: ) which could be used in areas of the site where thumbcodes are not normally allowed (ie regular comments). This would mean that if i wanted to use `BlissfullySarcastic's :lovely: emote i could grab the specific emote code for the lovely emote, post it in a comment and it would appear.

What are these categories?

dA wants to scrap out general 'chat friendly' category and replace it with 3 new categories separating the chat friendly emotes by size. The difference in size would allow some emotes (ie the smaller ones) to be used in more places than say the 150x150 ones. These categories are:

chat friendly (Chat friendly PLZ)- 15x15 to 25x50
plz emotes (small PLZ 50x50) - 25x50 to 50x50
full thumb (large PLZ 150x150)- 50x50 to 150x150.

The full thumb limit would be 150x150 as this is the max size an emote can be before you need a preview image

What now?

dA want your input on the categories - especially the category names. Let them know how you feel on the official blog

I hope thats a little clearer now.

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`Synfull Jul 22, 2011

Fair point. Emotes should never be that massive, but 15kb is pretty easy to hit with gradients ... from experience. 100kb should be fine for a chat emote, though not emotes in general.

~ROBlNHOOD Jul 22, 2011

100kb should be plenty enough for "chat friendly" emotes.
(and this is why I don't use gradients

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`Gwendolyn12 Jul 21, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

Even I, who am not a emoticonist, understand it only now that you explained.

`Synfull Jul 21, 2011

`Droneguard Jul 21, 2011

My statement on HQ:

First off it's great to see the spotlights on emotes. They are here to enhance intentions/emotions in messages.

My view:
1. Great idea, people can use about every emote in comments on dA, creating plz accounts would barely be useful anymore
2. Big animations (150x150) are, in my opinion, a bad idea. Why? Me and other people love to go through comments. Now imagine that
100 deviants post 150x150 animations in every comment, taking up loads of space. Scrolling through messages would be a nightmare.
I would scrape that, only small animations would be sufficient enough.
3. Question: If a emote is on that site and you change categories on a deviation will it be removed from that site automatically?

Just my 3 cents on it...

`Synfull Jul 21, 2011

I full agree on scrapping 150x150. Things that large really aren't designed for comments

~BANGDK Jul 21, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

Thanks a lot, this was useful!

`Synfull Jul 21, 2011

$DEVlANT Jul 21, 2011 Student Artist

Something to mention is that you won't be required to write :emote123456789: every time you want an emote. The aim is to be able to simply type ::something and an auto fill in drop down will give you all the emotes about something

the :: may change, we just didn't want something that people would normally type

`Synfull Jul 21, 2011

Fair enough

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