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Welcome to this week's volume of so we heard you liek emotes. This is the 19th volume in a weekly series aimed towards promoting emote and emoticonists from the dA community. It features emotes posted within the past week from both well known and new emoticonists, as well as featuring some other great emote projects and contests.
Featured Emoticons:</u>
1.
From the moment I got a sneaky look at a WIP of Why Jetpacks Should No Exist by the-unnamed21 I fell in love with it. It takes all that is good about an emoticon and squishes it into one animation. The idea is extremely original, and the animation is a brilliant test of perspective. The emoticon is animated very well and the shading is excellent. I can't help but giggle every time its posted on dAmn and watch it over and over, which is why it is a must see emoticon posted this week.
2.
I am always amused to see how people can use emoticons in different ways which is what drew my attention to Emotigrapes by 7Soul1. The emoticons are put together very well and the shading is excellent. The faces on the individual grapes is a very nice touch, giving this emote a place in the feature area this week.
3.
Another excellent emoticon posted this week is :WereMote: by LeoLeonardo. Not only does it have a stunning background, but also an amazing animation sequence. The transformation of the emoticon is nicely done and the emoticon loops well as a whole. Overall it is a brilliant emoticon that is well worth watching a few time to take in all the details
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With valentines day yesterday, there have been a number of hug and love related emoticons posted. You by UnicornReality is one of the ones that stood out. Sometimes just a simple gesture such as a hug is all a person need and this emoticon represents it perfectly. The expression on its face and the hand positioning is brilliant and really enhances the whole emoticon.
5.
:pond: by aMortician is this week's final featured emoticon. The shading of the fountain on this emoticon is very interesting to look at and each emoticon is nicely placed. The animation is simple yet very effective giving a great look to the overall emoticon.
Other great emoticons posted recently </u>
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Featured Project</u>
This week a new emoticon project was launched
hosted by Emoticlown-ist
The theme of the project is a skate park and anything relating to it. Both animated and static entries are allowed, and the use of flash for the project allows you to even more the characters around the screen and listen into some gossip. It's well worth checking out and entering, even if its only a static emote to stand and watch.
So grab those decks, helmets and elbow pads and head over to the skatepark
Valentines feature</u>
As stated last week, I am posting a valentine's day feature for emoticons made at any point that in some way relate to valentines day
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Noticeboard </u>
A new emoticon contest was announced this week. GinkgoWerkstatt is hosting a CSS fairy contest for which a fairy emoticon meeting certain specification must be designed and created. For a full list of details and prizes, check out this journal.
Hopefully the new set of Gallery Moderators will be announced soon and a new GM for emotes put in place
A closing date for the Blank Emoticon Contest has now been set as 20th March. For more information and updates, take a look at this news article
I am trying to compile a list of ways to improve the emoticon gallery and community and have set up a poll here for suggestions
A 3rd volume of the interview series linked with this news article was posted earlier this week. If you missed it, you can catch up on it here
Notes</u>
If you would like to suggest a project, emote or emoticonist to be featured please leave me a note on my Synfull account. I am also looking for more questions and tutorials to be featured, so any suggestions are welcome . Tutorials do not have to have been submitted in the week of the news article.
Previous volumes</u>
Volume 1 - 12th Oct
Volume 2 - 19th Oct
Volume 3 - 27th Oct
Volume 4 - 2nd Nov
Volume 5 - 9th Nov
Volume 6 - 16th Nov
Volume 7 - 23rd Nov
Volume 8 - 30th Nov
Volume 9 - 7th Dec
Volume 10 - 14th Dec
Volume 11 - 21st Dec
Volume 12 - 28th Dec
Volume 13 - 4th Jan
Volume 14 - 11th Jan
Volume 15 - 18th Jan
Volume 16 - 25th Jan
Volume 17 - 1st Feb
Volume 18 - 8th Feb
Interview 1- CookiemagiK - 15th January
Interview 2 - Cmotes - 30th January
Interview 2 - MenInASuitcase - 12th February
Featured Emoticons:</u>
1.
From the moment I got a sneaky look at a WIP of Why Jetpacks Should No Exist by the-unnamed21 I fell in love with it. It takes all that is good about an emoticon and squishes it into one animation. The idea is extremely original, and the animation is a brilliant test of perspective. The emoticon is animated very well and the shading is excellent. I can't help but giggle every time its posted on dAmn and watch it over and over, which is why it is a must see emoticon posted this week.
2.
I am always amused to see how people can use emoticons in different ways which is what drew my attention to Emotigrapes by 7Soul1. The emoticons are put together very well and the shading is excellent. The faces on the individual grapes is a very nice touch, giving this emote a place in the feature area this week.
3.
Another excellent emoticon posted this week is :WereMote: by LeoLeonardo. Not only does it have a stunning background, but also an amazing animation sequence. The transformation of the emoticon is nicely done and the emoticon loops well as a whole. Overall it is a brilliant emoticon that is well worth watching a few time to take in all the details
4. :thumb112673761:
With valentines day yesterday, there have been a number of hug and love related emoticons posted. You by UnicornReality is one of the ones that stood out. Sometimes just a simple gesture such as a hug is all a person need and this emoticon represents it perfectly. The expression on its face and the hand positioning is brilliant and really enhances the whole emoticon.
5.
:pond: by aMortician is this week's final featured emoticon. The shading of the fountain on this emoticon is very interesting to look at and each emoticon is nicely placed. The animation is simple yet very effective giving a great look to the overall emoticon.
Other great emoticons posted recently </u>
:thumb112850425: :thumb112823223: :thumb112697528: :thumb112796290: :thumb112315742: :thumb112444359: :thumb112668621: :thumb112642908:
Featured Project</u>
This week a new emoticon project was launched
hosted by Emoticlown-ist
The theme of the project is a skate park and anything relating to it. Both animated and static entries are allowed, and the use of flash for the project allows you to even more the characters around the screen and listen into some gossip. It's well worth checking out and entering, even if its only a static emote to stand and watch.
So grab those decks, helmets and elbow pads and head over to the skatepark
Valentines feature</u>
As stated last week, I am posting a valentine's day feature for emoticons made at any point that in some way relate to valentines day
:thumb112870061: :thumb35110972: :thumb48658907: :thumb28712851:
Noticeboard </u>
A new emoticon contest was announced this week. GinkgoWerkstatt is hosting a CSS fairy contest for which a fairy emoticon meeting certain specification must be designed and created. For a full list of details and prizes, check out this journal.
Hopefully the new set of Gallery Moderators will be announced soon and a new GM for emotes put in place
A closing date for the Blank Emoticon Contest has now been set as 20th March. For more information and updates, take a look at this news article
I am trying to compile a list of ways to improve the emoticon gallery and community and have set up a poll here for suggestions
A 3rd volume of the interview series linked with this news article was posted earlier this week. If you missed it, you can catch up on it here
Notes</u>
If you would like to suggest a project, emote or emoticonist to be featured please leave me a note on my Synfull account. I am also looking for more questions and tutorials to be featured, so any suggestions are welcome . Tutorials do not have to have been submitted in the week of the news article.
Previous volumes</u>
Volume 1 - 12th Oct
Volume 2 - 19th Oct
Volume 3 - 27th Oct
Volume 4 - 2nd Nov
Volume 5 - 9th Nov
Volume 6 - 16th Nov
Volume 7 - 23rd Nov
Volume 8 - 30th Nov
Volume 9 - 7th Dec
Volume 10 - 14th Dec
Volume 11 - 21st Dec
Volume 12 - 28th Dec
Volume 13 - 4th Jan
Volume 14 - 11th Jan
Volume 15 - 18th Jan
Volume 16 - 25th Jan
Volume 17 - 1st Feb
Volume 18 - 8th Feb
Interview 1- CookiemagiK - 15th January
Interview 2 - Cmotes - 30th January
Interview 2 - MenInASuitcase - 12th February
Winds of change
Whilst I'm not overly active on dA any more, I still pop in once in a while and thought I'd do a bit of a life update for anyone else who still lurks around here. The last few months have been a bit of a whirlwind for me. At the end of June, the software company I worked for failed to get the investment it needed, meaning that I lost my job along with the majority of out Dev and QA team. I'd been working in the same company for nearly 10 years and really enjoyed my time there, so it was a shame I had to leave. Luckily for me, I had quite a long notice period (9 weeks) which was long enough to find a new job and then have a few weeks off. This gave me the chance to spend a lot of time with my sister and her family (who were visiting from America) and go for a number of walks in my local national park called The Peak District. I started my new role a few weeks ago. I think it's going ok but it will take some time to adjust to working in a new company. It didn't help that I caught
Welcome to 2023!
Happy New Year! I just realised that I didn't write a single journal in 2022. Whoops. I am still lurking around here and pop in a few times a week, but I haven't had much to post/update. So what was 2022 like for me? Quite mixed. The year started off strong. I spent the Spring months working on my house - I painted the fences, shed and decking, decorated a blank wall in my office and then spent a few days painting my bathroom. Over the summer, things hit a bump in the road. I had a number of fun plans arranged, which all had to be scrapped as I (and a friend staying with me) caught Covid. Fortunately no long lasting effects, and we both made the most of the situation, but it wasn't quite the relaxing week we had planned. Oh well. In Autumn, I tried to make up for missed opportunities, and think I took on a little too much at once. I filled a lot of my free time with meetups or walks or other house improvements, which resulted in feeling exhausted since around the end of
NaNoEmo Roundup 2021
With the blink of an eye it's now December and NaNoEmo has finished for another year. It has been an absolute delight to see a number of emoticonist take part, breathing some life back into a community that is dormant for much of the year. To add to the celebrations, two of the entries received a Daily Deviation (DD) and one emoticonist ( @MerelyCubed) managed to complete the "30 in 30" challenge - a truly impressive achievement. Without further ado, here are a selection of the entries from this year: @MerelyCubed 30 entries @Phlum 6 entries @BlissfullySarcastic 7 entries @nillemotes 11 entries Emotes submitted privately
Please Sir, can I have some more?!
Within the blink of an eye it seems to be August, and I'm really starting to wonder where the year has gone. I can't say I have a load of stuff to update this journal with, but I fancied an update nonetheless. I'm now well settled in the new house. In April/May I managed to finish unpacking most of my belongings, so it started to feel like it was my home rather than just a place I was living. In June I had the boiler replaced, which was an experience and a half, but I'm glad that's all done. I have the windows to replace and some work to do in the loft, but I'm just taking some time out to enjoy the house as it is before it descends into chaos again. I was also pleasantly surprised when I found a new hedgehog that visits the house. I was a little sad that I left the others behind when I moved, but I discovered him outside the shed one night and have been looking after him ever since. He's been given the nickname Oliver after one late night session where he threw his food bowls
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