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Welcome to this week’s volume of so i herd u liek emotes. This is the 71st 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:
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Just looking at blogblogblog by pyrofiend324 brings a smile to my face. The simple animation works really well in the piece and the expression just enhances the emoticon all round.
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I really adore MONEH by KlauS92. The animation is extremely fluent throughout and the details in the shadow and background work really well with the piece.
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For anyone sick and tired of the craze going through the gallery, : IDidntSayIdFightFairISaidId: by MenInASuitcase is the emote for you. Its original idea is displayed really well with an awesome piece of 3D work included too.
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The animation in :sceptical: by TheUncle2k combines with a great choice of expression to make an awesome usable emote.
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Hypnosis by ManiacalMuffin is a great piece of animation work displaying a brilliant idea to make an adorable and original emote.
Other great emoticons posted recently
Building a stronger community
The emote community seems to have hit a bit of a low recently. Communication, support and projects seem to have dipped a lil meaning the community isn’t as tight knit as it used to be. However to try and make some changes, i have spotted a few things this week which i would suggest to check out.
Mirz123 wrote a great news article called Building a stronger community which is definitely worth a read
I also launched a new feature called someone old, someone new... which i really encourage you to take a look at and consider taking part by writing your own journals.
Krissi001 also launched Emoticon-Projects which aims at featuring and promoting emoticon projects which ones brought much life and entertainment to the community.
flashfrog has relaunched the Monthly Revamp Contests (MRCs) with the challenge to revamp . Be sure to take a look at the info on this page
Orange
Since there’s not much else in the emotes news this week i’m cracking on with the next part of my colour feature. This week’s colour is orange
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Noticeboard
- Earlier this week SparklyDest announced the winners of the Sparkle EMTC and at the same time launched the new contest for March. I definitely suggest you check them both out.
- Although not directly connected to emotes, this week saw the launch of bulletshop online which is a funky program allowing you to design emotes and images out of dA bullet points. If you’re interested then swing by this page to take a look.
- The winners of the ‘real world’ emote contest were also announced this week. You can see the results here
- There have been 2 copies of emotional emoticons since my last news article, so check out edition 11 and edition 12
- As we are now in March you can find a news article containing all of february’s DDs here
- Also be sure to check out the winners of caption contest 15 and have a crack at round 16
Previous volumes
Volumes 1-64
Volume 65 - 23rd Jan 2010
Volume 66 - 31st Jan 2010
Volume 67 - 6th Feb 2010
Volume 68 - 14th Feb 2010
Volume 69 - 20th Feb 2010
Volume 70 - 27th Feb 2010
Featured Emoticons:
1.
Just looking at blogblogblog by pyrofiend324 brings a smile to my face. The simple animation works really well in the piece and the expression just enhances the emoticon all round.
2.
I really adore MONEH by KlauS92. The animation is extremely fluent throughout and the details in the shadow and background work really well with the piece.
3.
For anyone sick and tired of the craze going through the gallery, : IDidntSayIdFightFairISaidId: by MenInASuitcase is the emote for you. Its original idea is displayed really well with an awesome piece of 3D work included too.
4.
The animation in :sceptical: by TheUncle2k combines with a great choice of expression to make an awesome usable emote.
5. :thumb155671342:
Hypnosis by ManiacalMuffin is a great piece of animation work displaying a brilliant idea to make an adorable and original emote.
Other great emoticons posted recently
Building a stronger community
The emote community seems to have hit a bit of a low recently. Communication, support and projects seem to have dipped a lil meaning the community isn’t as tight knit as it used to be. However to try and make some changes, i have spotted a few things this week which i would suggest to check out.
Mirz123 wrote a great news article called Building a stronger community which is definitely worth a read
I also launched a new feature called someone old, someone new... which i really encourage you to take a look at and consider taking part by writing your own journals.
Krissi001 also launched Emoticon-Projects which aims at featuring and promoting emoticon projects which ones brought much life and entertainment to the community.
flashfrog has relaunched the Monthly Revamp Contests (MRCs) with the challenge to revamp . Be sure to take a look at the info on this page
Orange
Since there’s not much else in the emotes news this week i’m cracking on with the next part of my colour feature. This week’s colour is orange
:thumb130176111: :thumb126812583: :thumb93902218:
Noticeboard
- Earlier this week SparklyDest announced the winners of the Sparkle EMTC and at the same time launched the new contest for March. I definitely suggest you check them both out.
- Although not directly connected to emotes, this week saw the launch of bulletshop online which is a funky program allowing you to design emotes and images out of dA bullet points. If you’re interested then swing by this page to take a look.
- The winners of the ‘real world’ emote contest were also announced this week. You can see the results here
- There have been 2 copies of emotional emoticons since my last news article, so check out edition 11 and edition 12
- As we are now in March you can find a news article containing all of february’s DDs here
- Also be sure to check out the winners of caption contest 15 and have a crack at round 16
Previous volumes
Volumes 1-64
Volume 65 - 23rd Jan 2010
Volume 66 - 31st Jan 2010
Volume 67 - 6th Feb 2010
Volume 68 - 14th Feb 2010
Volume 69 - 20th Feb 2010
Volume 70 - 27th Feb 2010
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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