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Welcome to the latest volume of so i herd u liek emotes??. This is the 120th 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 love how :achoo: by SwissCheesy has been cleverly arranged so it can sneeze from one canvas to the next if place next to another copy of the deviation. The animation is fluent throughout with brilliant, life like expressions and a really fun feel to it
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There is something simple but adorable about What if ... by Kyramy. It’s expression and hand placement work together to clearly display a puzzled emotion and make a cute emoticon
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With summer starting to appear in my area of the world, Colours if renewal by Mirz123 is a brilliant piece of artwork to bring the summer spirit to your computer screens. The flower is been pixelled very well which when combined with the emote creates a gorgeous scene.
Other great emoticons posted recently
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Featured project
Phlum and stuck-in-suburbia have started a fun community project to make a new ‘i support emoticonists’ stamp. Deviants can make a frame for up to 2 individual emoticonists that will then be animated together to make an awesome stamp. You can find out more info here and the template below:
Guest section
This week’s guest section has been written by the adorable stuck-in-suburbia
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I've got a soft spot for stamps with emotes in them. I don't know if it's because I do both art forms, or if it's because the emote just adds so much life to the stamp. Either way, here's a collection of recent(ish) awesome stamps, featuring some classy emotes.
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Noticeboard
- Mr-Jaunty is looking for 3 emoticonists to help him with a project. If you’re interested, you can find more info here
- The winners of the latest RMS contest have been announced. You can check out the results on this page
- Krissi001’s legend revamp contest has been extended again to the original deadline of 28th June which gives you a couple more days to get entries in. You can see the announcement here
- For those taking part in EmoteOCs’ current emote pageant, round 3 has now been announced. You can find the theme and more information in this blog. Don’t forget the deadline for round 2 is 1st July (if you haven’t already used your extension)
- A new volume of Random Emote Awesomeness was posted this week. You can grab a copy here
- The winners for the recent Opus zombies contest have also been announced. You can find the list of winners in this journal
- The second emotiviews interview has also recently been released this time interviewing the lovely stuck-in-suburbia. You can check it out here
- Don’t forget to also check out the latest volume of Awesome Emoticonists
- BlissfullySarcastic has launched a new 2 part emote contest with an epic list of prizes. You need to sign up to take part. You can find more info (and the prize list) here
- DryBones44 has also launched a multi-round tournament contest which requires you to sign up in advance. Check out this journal for the full details.
Previous volumes
Volumes 1-115
Volume 116 - 23rd Apr 2011
Volume 117 - 11th May 2011
Volume 118 - 29th May 2011
Volume 119 - 11th June 2011
Featured Emoticons
1.
I love how :achoo: by SwissCheesy has been cleverly arranged so it can sneeze from one canvas to the next if place next to another copy of the deviation. The animation is fluent throughout with brilliant, life like expressions and a really fun feel to it
2.
There is something simple but adorable about What if ... by Kyramy. It’s expression and hand placement work together to clearly display a puzzled emotion and make a cute emoticon
3. :thumb213691874:
With summer starting to appear in my area of the world, Colours if renewal by Mirz123 is a brilliant piece of artwork to bring the summer spirit to your computer screens. The flower is been pixelled very well which when combined with the emote creates a gorgeous scene.
Other great emoticons posted recently
:thumb213156021: :thumb213614579: :thumb214405299: :thumb214556164:
Featured project
Phlum and stuck-in-suburbia have started a fun community project to make a new ‘i support emoticonists’ stamp. Deviants can make a frame for up to 2 individual emoticonists that will then be animated together to make an awesome stamp. You can find out more info here and the template below:
Guest section
This week’s guest section has been written by the adorable stuck-in-suburbia
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I've got a soft spot for stamps with emotes in them. I don't know if it's because I do both art forms, or if it's because the emote just adds so much life to the stamp. Either way, here's a collection of recent(ish) awesome stamps, featuring some classy emotes.
:thumb204184309: :thumb203808417: :thumb199994035: :thumb210116307:
Noticeboard
- Mr-Jaunty is looking for 3 emoticonists to help him with a project. If you’re interested, you can find more info here
- The winners of the latest RMS contest have been announced. You can check out the results on this page
- Krissi001’s legend revamp contest has been extended again to the original deadline of 28th June which gives you a couple more days to get entries in. You can see the announcement here
- For those taking part in EmoteOCs’ current emote pageant, round 3 has now been announced. You can find the theme and more information in this blog. Don’t forget the deadline for round 2 is 1st July (if you haven’t already used your extension)
- A new volume of Random Emote Awesomeness was posted this week. You can grab a copy here
- The winners for the recent Opus zombies contest have also been announced. You can find the list of winners in this journal
- The second emotiviews interview has also recently been released this time interviewing the lovely stuck-in-suburbia. You can check it out here
- Don’t forget to also check out the latest volume of Awesome Emoticonists
- BlissfullySarcastic has launched a new 2 part emote contest with an epic list of prizes. You need to sign up to take part. You can find more info (and the prize list) here
- DryBones44 has also launched a multi-round tournament contest which requires you to sign up in advance. Check out this journal for the full details.
Previous volumes
Volumes 1-115
Volume 116 - 23rd Apr 2011
Volume 117 - 11th May 2011
Volume 118 - 29th May 2011
Volume 119 - 11th June 2011
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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