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Emoticonists on dA (10):iconkrissi001:
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I asked in a previous Journal that every Emoticonist should write a comment there.
You can still do it on this Journal if you haven't commented yet.
I sent notes to all of those who commented there and asked them a couple of questions.
And now I am going to feature all of this deviants and their answers

If you saw that I have featured you and i didn't include all of your answers/or any answers, you could write a Journal and include all of your answers there. ;D
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=Indae
What is your first reaction when you find a new Emoticonist?

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Pick 5 of your most favourite Emoticonists and describe why they are special to you, what makes them stand out from the others?
`BlissfullySarcastic, ~Lushbob, `Synfull, ~Dead-Deviant and

Emoticon Contest: past vs. present vs. futureI am proud to present you my first "official" Emoticon Contest.

At first I want to tell you something about the theme:
As you have read the theme is past vs. present vs. future, this means your entry has to include something from the past, present and future. The time isn't set, this means that the past could be just 1 day ago or 100 years ago it's the same with the future. For example: you could display how the emotes have lived in the past how they are living now and how they could live in the future.
Be creative and surprise me with your imagination

The Contest is divided into 2 Categories:
The first Category will be for deviants who would like to work alone. And the second category is for deviants who want to work with somebody (a collaboration category ;D) 2 deviants can work together.
But you could also enter in both categories!

Below you can find the rules of each category and what you have to keep in mind.
Deadline:
start d

A (modern) history of dA emoticonsIntro
As you wander around deviantART pages, there is noticeably one art medium that invades almost every element of the site. Whether it is the deviantART galleries, journals, news section, comments, forums, chatrooms, avatars or even dA profiles, it is hard to find a spot that hasn't been infiltrated by a familiar set of small, coloured, pixel circles. The art form I am talking about is of course the emoticon and throughout the past 10 or so years they have been happily adopted by deviantART and its community.
Although emoticons can often be spotted on a wide range of other instant messengers (IMs) and social media sites, deviantART has come to house a unique branch of these miniature art pieces. Whilst the majority of these alternative sites opt for simple, predominately yellow emotes with a range of basic expressions, the art community here at dA have stretched the art form far beyond its natural boundaries and developed entirely new styles of emoticons

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 123Welcome to the latest volume of so i herd u liek emotes??. This is the 123rd 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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Your call is important to us by =pjuk really captures how people feel when placed on hold. The simple animation works well with the emote’s expression to create a cute little emoticon.
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dA emote community by ~LedMaiden is an adorable representative of the emote community. The full spectrum of colours just goes to show how varied our community is and the wave of bouncing really catches your eye. Be sure to look past the preview.
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Member of the community stamp by ~PokeartKid is a brilliant stamp for any emoticonist. The emotes used

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

Random Emote Awesomeness - Volume 10Volume 10 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 - It's Christmas in July!

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Amazing Emoticonists & More - Volume 34Welcome to Amazing Emoticonists & More. This is the 34th 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

:iconbeaken: ~Beaken

I am a huge fan of fan-art emotes and this one is great. Readily recognizable and lovely white shading.

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So i herd u liek emotes?? - Volume 122Welcome to the latest volume of so i herd u liek emotes??. This is the 122nd 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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I found *litecrush and =Indae’s entry to the ‘Opposites’ themed collab event a really interesting twist on the theme. Both sides have been nicely pixelled with a clever link between them to make a single great piece of work.
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I just love how ~ROBlNHOOD has managed to animate a range of different water themed items into H2O in one fluent emoticon. Each has a great feel to it and some of the special effects really shine through
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Character emotes aren’t always easy to master, but :devsparklyde

The ABCs of Deviants: BlissfullySarcastic:thumb207371353::thumb207371410::thumb207371453:
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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

Emoticonists on dA (7):iconkrissi001:
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I asked in a previous Journal that every Emoticonist should write a comment there.
You can still do it on this Journal if you haven't commented yet.
I sent notes to all of those who commented there and asked them a couple of questions.
And now I am going to feature all of this deviants and their answers

If you saw that I have featured you and i didn't include all of your answers/or any answers, you could write a Journal and include all of your answers there. ;D
:iconsteph1254:
^Steph1254
What is your first reaction when you find a new Emoticonist?
I usually get really excited, it's a bit like finding a new street that leads to a place you've never been before - something new that has the potential to be amazing in the end.
Pick 5 of your most favourite Emoticonists and describe why they are special to you, what

Emotiviews 11 - Interview with =OnionBlitz
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Welcome to a new Edition of Emotiviews!
The interviewee of this edition is:
:iconcheerplz: :iconOnionBlitz: =OnionBlaze :iconOnionBlitz: :iconcheerplz:
opening words of the Artist:
=OnionBlaze
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Hai! I don’t really talk too much, so this will probably be the shortest interview you’ll ever see.

1. Programs of choice for emoting?
=OnionBlaze
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I use Photoshop.

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2. What is your favorite legend emote?
=OnionBlaze
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My favourite one is

, but the emotes that I use the most are

and

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3. How important is shading/size/colour in emotes?
=OnionBlaze
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I think shading makes an emote more appealing to look at. Size doesn’t really matter to me.

I think the color of an emote depends on the emotion you want to show.

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4. Have you told people in real life about your emotes?
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Emoticonists on dA (12):iconkrissi001:
&nbsp;
I asked in a previous Journal that every Emoticonist should write a comment there.
You can still do it on this Journal if you haven't commented yet.
I sent notes to all of those who commented there and asked them a couple of questions.
And now I am going to feature all of this deviants and their answers

If you saw that I have featured you and i didn't include all of your answers/or any answers, you could write a Journal and include all of your answers there. ;D
:iconEmotikonz:
*Emotikonz
What is your first reaction when you find a new Emoticonist?
I watch them right away and add them to my "Fellow Emoters" watch group.
Pick 5 of your most favourite Emoticonists and describe why they are special to you, what makes them stand out from the others?
`BlissfullySarcastic. `stuck-in-suburbia, :devmirz123

Emoticon Gallery Makeover DiscussionGallery Makeover Project
The focus of this journal is to provide a discussion platform about the Gallery Makeover Project for the emote community. This is not the official journal for the emote community, but in the absence of one, does allow us to talk about possible changes. All thoughts and opinions will then be available for the the official Gallery Makeover team to hear the community's views and make final decisions.
Before we dive into the list of suggestions we have so far, I want to give a brief explanation of the project's aims. The main purpose is to simplify the gallery structure by removing and merging categories that are no longer used by the community. It also includes also renaming categories to help reduce confusion and make the whole submission process easier for all.
In addition, it

Emoticon Gallery ChangesGreetings!
There are some changes to the Emoticon Gallery structure that I'm excited to announce. Months ago `Synfull suggested this layout:

and the response from the community has been entirely in favor of this structural change!
While I have made most of the changes the category currently looks like this:

Emoticons

Chat Friendly

Animated

Large - up to 150x150

Medium - up to 50x50

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So I herd u liek features?? - Vol 3

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Well this journal is now a week late but life got in the way. Anyways, enjoy

Featured emotes

The level of detail packed into Watch Workshop by *otohime0394 never fails to amaze me. The watch has been wonderfully made and the small animations of each character bring the whole piece to life

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I was lucky enough to see all the WIPs of Life by ~MerelyCubed and with each additional scene I was blown more and more away. For a relatively new emoticonist ~MerelyCubed has extremely detailed and fluent animations full of great features and effects which combine together into one amazing piece. Be sure to watch it the full way through.

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Time by ~Ricsmond is another brilliant piece which caught my eye. The expressions and motions displayed by each of the emotes creates a very amusing piece which flows well all the way through. Definitely another to sit and take a look at.