AuthorTopic: Forum Smilies - (UPDATED RULES!) (Read 57824 times)

Indigo · **on:** May 02, 2006, 02:02:29 am

Alrighty - Here is the official forum smilies thread! Heres how it works...

Everybody pitch in to create some smilies for the forum. The ones the pixelopolis staff likes best will get integrated into the forum. If yours is not chosen, no need to get upset, just ask how it can be fixed. Rules are pretty simple;

1) Try to keep it within a 22 by 22 pixel space. Sure there can be acceptions, but its alot cleaner if they're all uniform
2) Try to keep a limited and constant pallette with the other smilies. (there is already starting to be a problem with this) and yes, there are acceptions to this too, however try not to go overboard. (and please keep in the GIF format so the colours dont shift)
3) Give as much C+C you can to improve all smilies posted. Hopefully all of them can be integrated into the forum
4) dont expect credit to be given whenever somebody posts a smiley once integrated. By posting these here, you are allowing pixelopolis to do with as they please with your piece.

here are the ones already created: (with and without outline + AA)

My compy is reading a 21 colour count which doesn't seem right to me. If somebody wants to help me bring that down a bit, that'd be greatly appriciated.

current contributors:
Indigo, TinyGiant, Larwick, Tremulant, Naso, Akira, Zolthorg, MrMean

get crackin!

UPDATED RULES=============================================
Alright guys - the cutoff date for this project is now June 30th. That gives you guys 15 days to fit in some more smiley pixellin' skillz. After which, as said before, the pixelopolis staff will choose which ones they like best and they will get utilized into the forum. If yours did not get utilized - dont feel too bad, because we will continue to have smiley activities every few months (i'm thinking bi-annually, but it's not exactly set). A mini competition will be held in which anybody can sumbitt a new smiley with their own distinct style, and then we will vote on which style we'd like to use. A new style will be selected and we will start all over once again.

have fun and lets get some more smilies on-board.

Xion · **Reply #1 on:** May 02, 2006, 04:49:05 am

Whaddabout mine:

Akira · **Reply #2 on:** May 02, 2006, 05:37:09 am

down to 13 colours including background.

Smileys with edited colours:
3rd row, 4th from left - blush used two unneeded (IMO) colours
4th row, 4th from left - lips used three unneeded (IMO) colours
Various other colours were edited to match the other smileys (like the yellows and greys)

sorry if disagrees with my edits, feel free to change them back. We should try to keep the pallete updated with any new colours though.

Lick · **Reply #3 on:** May 02, 2006, 10:32:09 am

The bottom two are mine. I used 2 new blues and 1 new red.

Sohashu · **Reply #4 on:** May 02, 2006, 11:12:32 am

ITs teh flamer. He has his flame.

Indigo · **Reply #5 on:** May 02, 2006, 11:31:22 am

xion:
i'm sorry - I must've skipped over yours. Which is quite sad, really, because yours were some of my favorites. sorry bout that.

Akira:
thanks for that colour edit. Helped alot.

Lick and Sohashu:
nice! They look awesome

I'll try to post a few more myself

neverest · **Reply #6 on:** May 02, 2006, 01:01:57 pm

Lick · **Reply #7 on:** May 02, 2006, 09:55:37 pm

neverest, those are awsome. I really like the idiotic smily, but what is the third smily supposed to express?

alkaline · **Reply #8 on:** May 02, 2006, 10:59:12 pm

I've always liked the

better. So 'ere's my contributions.

flaber · **Reply #9 on:** May 03, 2006, 09:50:34 pm

ehhhh
had time to kill so i made one.
perhaps ill make more later..

Crazy Asian Gamer · **Reply #10 on:** May 04, 2006, 02:36:42 am

Your generic shocked pixel-smily + MEGAMAN GONE WILY

EDIT: I really need to increase that contrast... and animate them...
EDIT2: And I need to conform it to teh new color edit x_x
...
And somebody should do (x_x). T'would be nice.

EDIT3:

mEgaman is CHARGIN' UP! W00.

Fixed some color issues.

Helm · **Reply #11 on:** May 08, 2006, 03:07:11 pm

heh I present the YUS expression. Don't think anyone would have a use for this, but it was momentarily fun to do. The color choice is crazy, but ment to work on 1x zoom anyway.

posted this in the wrong place before

Filax_666 · **Reply #12 on:** May 09, 2006, 12:36:37 pm

Sorry for putting new colours in...I tried with the red we had there, but it was too light...

Helm, I don't know what YUS is supposed to mean, but the smiley is awsome!

EDIT:

Did another and edited the devil one so it has less colours. Actually, one colour less. And the left one is just a base I'm using.

Ryumaru · **Reply #13 on:** May 09, 2006, 03:19:23 pm

probably the expression of the yus bird

Helm · **Reply #14 on:** May 09, 2006, 04:30:20 pm

Filax_666 · **Reply #15 on:** May 09, 2006, 08:23:08 pm

So, I was trying to do a SweatyDude smiley and everything was doing alright...until I got to the mouth. If someone feels like editing it, please, go for it!

Kennethfejer · **Reply #16 on:** May 10, 2006, 08:54:08 pm

sorry, dont have any smilies to add to the collection, just want to say, that they all look really cool.

great work everyone.

.TakaM · **Reply #17 on:** May 20, 2006, 05:33:45 am

made some of my favourite expressions:

._.

:orly:

:/

and a fool who is too happy for all hes done

Faktablad · **Reply #18 on:** May 20, 2006, 03:35:12 pm

The smiley for use when describing old and tired concepts:

Dusty · **Reply #19 on:** May 24, 2006, 12:56:26 pm

Here's my small contribution...

Faktablad · **Reply #20 on:** May 31, 2006, 11:01:37 pm

"Took the words right out of my mouth"

.TakaM · **Reply #21 on:** June 01, 2006, 06:42:30 am

just wondering, these smilies are going to be implemented right?
if so, who or how do we decide which smilies make the cut?

Opacus · **Reply #22 on:** June 01, 2006, 07:28:59 am

What r u talkin 'bout?
I don't get it...

Akira · **Reply #23 on:** June 01, 2006, 09:05:15 am

Quote from: .TakaM on June 01, 2006, 06:42:30 am

just wondering, these smilies are going to be implemented right?
if so, who or how do we decide which smilies make the cut?

Quote from: Indigo on May 02, 2006, 02:02:29 am

The ones the pixelopolis staff likes best will get integrated into the forum.

Evil-Ville · **Reply #24 on:** June 04, 2006, 07:38:44 pm

Quote from: .TakaM on May 20, 2006, 05:33:45 am

:orly:

Oh god no. :(

Dan · **Reply #25 on:** June 04, 2006, 11:04:38 pm

Clown smilie! An adaptation of my avatar

Larwick · **Reply #26 on:** June 04, 2006, 11:25:34 pm

Hehe, these are great.
Summor:

dtek · **Reply #27 on:** June 05, 2006, 07:06:02 pm

its a celebrity charicature,
(here's a hint: he is a rapper and he was in the Treacherous Three)

I added some blues, so i hope that's not a problem

Aleiav · **Reply #28 on:** June 10, 2006, 10:54:07 pm

We need some Darth up in here.

ptoing · **Reply #29 on:** June 14, 2006, 06:29:44 pm

Ok, i got ftp access now and i will start uploading and setting up a new theme this weekend. Will prolly take a while since i have to cut the smilies apart and name them all, but i have some freetime coming up so they should be latest be up and running sometime next week.

About what will be taken and what not. I will go after 2 things mainly, being same style (close to what indigo did as a start) and actuall emoticon, so stuff like that red ball thing or the naruto character prolly wont cut it. Perhaps later on, but first i will implement what makes the most sense.

.TakaM · **Reply #30 on:** June 15, 2006, 03:03:46 am

Quote from: Evil-Ville on June 04, 2006, 07:38:44 pm

Quote from: .TakaM on May 20, 2006, 05:33:45 am
:orly:

Oh god no.

lol, it can be funny sometimes when its subtle

these two arent exactly smilies, and I didnt make them myself 100%, there are messy versions at some forums and I tend to use them quite a bt, so I cleaned them up for here:

Gil · **Reply #31 on:** June 15, 2006, 01:56:07 pm

TakaM, none of yours fit the style. You need alot more highlights I'm afraid. You didn't even use the highlight colour on those hands...

Indigo · **Reply #32 on:** June 15, 2006, 05:42:03 pm

Alright guys - the cutoff date for this project is now June 30th. That gives you guys 15 days to fit in some more smiley pixellin' skillz. After which, as said before, the pixelopolis staff will choose which ones they like best and they will get utilized into the forum. If yours did not get utilized - dont feel too bad, because we will continue to have smiley activities every few months (i'm thinking bi-annually, but it's not exactly set). A mini competition will be held in which anybody can sumbitt a new smiley with their own distinct style, and then we will vote on which style we'd like to use. A new style will be selected and we will start all over once again.

have fun and lets get some more smilies on-board.

.TakaM · **Reply #33 on:** June 16, 2006, 03:05:33 am

yeah, youre right gil..:

ptoing · **Reply #34 on:** June 16, 2006, 04:10:43 am

Hey indigo, i like that idea with having biannual smiley contests. But instead of just setting a default one we can make the members choose the smiley set. There can be more than one and everyone can use what he likes best. That would pretty much require the same smileys for every set tho.

Conzeit · **Reply #35 on:** June 16, 2006, 04:23:26 am

Quote from: ptoing on June 16, 2006, 04:10:43 am

Hey indigo, i like that idea with having biannual smiley contests. But instead of just setting a default one we can make the members choose the smiley set. There can be more than one and everyone can use what he likes best. That would pretty much require the same smileys for every set tho.

agreed. the pre-set template is the reason I didnt contribute anything

Dark Rogue · **Reply #36 on:** June 20, 2006, 01:39:05 pm

I'm still a supah-noob at animating, and here at the forums. I might make more, depends how I feel about them.

Meta|Fox · **Reply #37 on:** June 23, 2006, 08:27:45 am

Manic, Undead, Shock

Skull · **Reply #38 on:** June 23, 2006, 11:03:24 am

Very nice so far..
We're lacking a Pirate.

Meta|Fox · **Reply #39 on:** June 23, 2006, 11:37:59 am

GBPaxton · **Reply #40 on:** June 23, 2006, 05:16:06 pm

Wow, these look really nice.

Is there any chance that I could use these on another forum? They're really slick.

Meta|Fox · **Reply #41 on:** June 24, 2006, 01:42:14 am

Thats up to one of the moderaters.

GBPaxton · **Reply #42 on:** June 27, 2006, 01:13:28 pm

Wouldn't it be up to the people who made the smileys? =)

Xion · **Reply #43 on:** June 27, 2006, 10:08:09 pm

Quote

4) dont expect credit to be given whenever somebody posts a smiley once integrated. By posting these here, you are allowing pixelopolis to do with as they please with your piece.

Pixelopolis thus owns the piece. Therefore it would be up to the mods.

GBPaxton · **Reply #44 on:** June 28, 2006, 02:20:42 am

Mm, pixelopolis is allowed to do with the piece as they please, but that agreement doesn't say anything about taking away the rights of the artist

Tremulant · **Reply #45 on:** June 28, 2006, 02:36:56 am

I think what's being said, though, is that we're all members of the community here, freely giving our work to be used as part of the community, thus handing over 'ownership' to the mods. the smilies are, I think, meant to give the board more of a comfortable, unique (for lack of a better word) feeling. Like, they're something unique that the members contributed, and as such the boards become more personalized, more like a, well, community. So yeah, it's up to the mods, cause we gave up out work to them. No one took our rights, we gave up our pieces willingly.

Didn't mean that to sound as ranty as it might come off. Just voicing my thoughts on the matter. I'd say, though, if you want custom smilies for your boards, I'd, like, ask around, see if any of the members can contribute anything. That way you'd have a more unique site anyway.

ptoing · **Reply #46 on:** June 28, 2006, 11:40:49 am

Btw, i am at it implementing stuff, i just am very busy atm so it might take a while longer before they are up and running.

GBPaxton · **Reply #47 on:** June 28, 2006, 12:47:13 pm

That makes good sense, Tremulant

I will honor the desire for distinction, and actually make some smileys of my own instead of leeching

Indigo · **Reply #48 on:** July 02, 2006, 10:45:24 pm

this activity is now closed as of the 30th. The mods will now discuss which smilies will be implimented into the forum. New smiley rounds will be held every so often (most likely bi-annually) which consists of 2 seperate events each.

event 1:
anybody can submit a smiley in their own style within the designated time limit. At the end of that time, the community will vote on which style they will use for event 2

event 2:
much like we have done here, people then submit all of the different emoticons in that designated style for use in the forum. you would then have the option to choose which smiley set you'd like to use on the forum as we gain more and more collections of them. (much like choosing a skin for the forum)

more details will come in future months. for now, great work everybody with the smilies! they all look great. I wish i could have contributed more myself, but i'm actually out of town on vacation right now. these things will hopefully be implimented soon.

-Dan

Meta|Fox · **Reply #49 on:** August 01, 2006, 07:53:01 am

anything happend with this yet? its been a month.

Indigo · **Reply #50 on:** August 01, 2006, 08:37:22 am

soon my friend - we're working on integrating these

Lick · **Reply #51 on:** August 07, 2006, 10:41:59 pm

It's been two years.. but nothing was heard. They could not wait any second longer or war would break out. There just had to be another way.. But what? Then suddenly, a young girl with big blue eyes came to him and said: "We are what we are, ..

DOOMED!"

Meta|Fox · **Reply #52 on:** August 08, 2006, 06:20:02 am

Well colour me confused....

?

And indigo, any progress?

Terley · **Reply #53 on:** August 11, 2006, 04:25:29 am

yeah..

Indigo · **Reply #54 on:** September 19, 2006, 11:57:23 pm

main smilies are now in.

updating more

Meta|Fox · **Reply #55 on:** September 20, 2006, 07:21:25 am

yay! 2 of mine made the cut

Gil · **Reply #56 on:** September 20, 2006, 01:23:36 pm

Gogo smilies! (smilies on Pixelation? Where has the world gone to?)

Did we really need those horrid white outlines?

Feron · **Reply #57 on:** September 20, 2006, 03:24:54 pm

I actually like the white outlines.

Helm · **Reply #58 on:** September 20, 2006, 03:39:31 pm

Most of us do.

snake · **Reply #59 on:** September 20, 2006, 03:39:43 pm

Ditto. Works really well with the new layout. The new emotes are fantastic, I've allready fallen in love with:

Larwick · **Reply #60 on:** September 20, 2006, 04:12:54 pm

<- that is just awesome.

And yey mine is 'LOL'!

Souly · **Reply #61 on:** September 21, 2006, 12:15:58 am

Gene Simmons needed an emote.

Werewolf · **Reply #62 on:** September 25, 2006, 01:28:07 am

I know it's not correct, but hope it inspires someone to get up and get the c64 set done. Unless I could do it........

Why do people insist upon attacking me... it's not like I said "You LAZY muthaF#%*ERS, DO THE F&*&ING WORK, GOD DAMN IT, I F*#%ING KILL YOUR ASS!!!!!"

I meant it in the nicest way.

Godslayer · **Reply #63 on:** September 25, 2006, 02:19:51 am

Its being worked on, stop being impatient.

Helm · **Reply #64 on:** September 25, 2006, 02:34:22 am

Werewolf, how old are you?

Godslayer · **Reply #65 on:** September 25, 2006, 02:51:03 am

Stop being so oversensitive, no one is attacking you.

'oh no he used a mean looking smiley!'

Bo · **Reply #66 on:** September 25, 2006, 06:31:33 am

Quote from: Helm on September 25, 2006, 02:34:22 am

Werewolf, how old are you?

If i didnt know better i would have thought that you were the immature one by that comment.
Usualy its people who are slightly above that despised 12-14 years that try to pick on the younger people by insulting their age to sound older.
Nothing against you but its a wellknown fact that age has nothing to do with childishness.

Helm · **Reply #67 on:** September 25, 2006, 09:04:17 am

Bo, my question is a honest one. I am asking for his age.

So then:

What's it to you? Do you have some issue that you want to bring to my attention? I checked your message history and it seems all you've contributed to this forum so far is a load of attitude. Please amend this situation as soon as possible. Thank you.

Bo · **Reply #68 on:** September 25, 2006, 11:13:31 am

attitude. only if honest opinions are counted as attitude. why have people become so hostile against my opinions since i returned to this forum?

what i said in my post was also honest. I just dont see what his age would have to do with anything.

Gil · **Reply #69 on:** September 25, 2006, 12:26:50 pm

1. Bo, consider your usage of this forum, we're making art here if you didn't notice
2. Your honest opinions seem a lot like bitching to me. Helm was very polite and politically correct when he used the term attitude
3. Since you returned? Your presence on pixelation has always been controversial. I wish this was your second or even third chance of making it up to some people
4. No need to reply to this post, I'm going to try and ignore your presence and pray to the heathen gods that your stay won't be longer than the last couple of times

And Werewolf:

Stuff doesn't happen in a day here on Pix', it never has. We're currently experiencing one of the best administration teams Pixelation has seen to date, with a culmination of talent and maturity. Please show us those same qualities as the moderation is giving back to you. I'm sure there's a very nice and pro-active member inside you.

Feron · **Reply #70 on:** September 25, 2006, 03:47:04 pm

I've already seen the C64 smileys ptoing is doing... Don;t worry they are in progress!

Im not even gonna bother to post about the werewolf/bo situation, but a word of advice to you guys: Don't mess with the guys who have power.

Terley · **Reply #71 on:** October 02, 2006, 09:45:20 am

wow a few of mine were selected

I Am Uh · **Reply #72 on:** October 05, 2006, 12:05:06 am

Heres one I made.

Indigo · **Reply #73 on:** October 08, 2006, 06:28:02 pm

I see no reason for this thread to remain open as the activity has long been over. Thanks to all those who participated.

*locked*

-Dan

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