You might have noticed I've fixed the smilies - we now have a consolidated smiley set (the phpBB3 style, as voted in by you guys (http://2000adonline.com/forum/index.php/topic,26844.0.html)).
What this means is we can now add some custom smileys to the forum. Seeing as this is the official 2000AD forums, I don't want to just add any garbage willy-nilly, so there are a few rules.
what rules?
Can't be offensive.
Must not look hideous.
Must be of the same style as the current smilies.
Same style?
Yeah. Basically we want the smilies to all look similar and not a mish-mash of different head styles.
To help you guys out with that I've made a .psd file (zipped attachment (http://2000adonline.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=27147.0;attach=1019)) with a bunch of different facial features and a blank face for you to work from. I've included my attempt at a Judge Dredd smiley so you get an idea of what to do.
(http://2000adonline.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=27147.0;attach=1020;image)
Once you've made the smiley pixel-by-pixel, resize the image by 50% (from 40x40 to 20x20 pixels) and you'll have a nicely aliased smiley, with soft edges.
Save this as a .gif and attach it to your post.
Go hog wild!
Cool! Thanks very much.
:D
Quote from: Matt Timson on 18 December, 2009, 09:45:04 PM
Cool! Thanks very much.
And what the fuck do you mean by
that, Timson? Eh?
Cheers!
Jim
(Watchmen/Alan Moore themed Smiley)
(http://home.contextshift.co.uk/~adrianbamforth/Watchmen%20Smiley.gif)
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 18 December, 2009, 09:46:27 PM
Quote from: Matt Timson on 18 December, 2009, 09:45:04 PM
Cool! Thanks very much.
And what the fuck do you mean by that, Timson? Eh?
Cheers!
Jim
Hmmm.... Cool? And thanks very much? :|
Will it upload?Ooops done this a bit wrong. It's a sort of Manga icon hence the oversized eyes.
Doesn't look too clear at 20x20, I don't think-
It's supposed tae be Middenface, but there might be too many lumps!
and a Tharg as well (building on the 'cool' smilie)
Superb Dog Deever!
Dog Deeve3r - that's just a startled green person upside down isn't it? :)
That's a really nice one Dog Deever, glad people are working on stuff.
Thought I'd take a back seat and let others have a go for a bit. Seeing as no-one else has posted one just yet, I thought I'd have another shottie as I had an idea. This one is based on the winkie smilie- it's Nikolai Dante...
Bollocks!
I forgot tae shrink the bastard!
Not sure if it's clear enough at half size...
Abelard Snazz smiley
Those two are great.
I thought I'd give this a try. It is Ampney Crucis.
I like that, Nev. Most amusing.
I'll have to add some of these soon. Pretty awesome so far.
Again, it looked ok at 40 x 40, but maybe a bit ambitious at 20 x 20...
for when somebody pisses you off, or when things are going against you...
Is this getting too far from the look of the basic smilies?
One of a set?
gaze into the emoticon of fear!
Hmmm- forgot his helmet wings!. I'll try to add them.
shouldn't all these be above the typey-in box??
Ha-ha, they're ace Bruce. Must have a crack at this.
Like that Ampney Nev.
Here's some Tharg smilies I made using Vincebot's template
those are very good, real emotion in those faces - but has he had his Rosette of Sirius amputated?
Quote from: Dandontdare on 10 June, 2010, 02:35:35 PM
those are very good, real emotion in those faces - but has he had his Rosette of Sirius amputated?
(http://www.2000adonline.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=27147.0;attach=1866;image) You're right. That was the first time I've drawn Tharg.
Just made some more smilies.
I'm a complete and utter idiot when it comes to these things, I save them, then how do I use them in a post?
Attach file.
Click additional options below the bit you normally write in when post in.
cheers
oh, I think I did something wrong. :(
When I said I'd saved them, I meant I'd saved the ones people put up, how do I use those?
If it helps anyway I found this linky and they do work. It provides an ICO file extension for use with Photoshop (mac and pc) and paintshopro
http://www.telegraphics.com.au/svn/icoformat/trunk/dist/README.html (http://www.telegraphics.com.au/svn/icoformat/trunk/dist/README.html)
These are excellent.
I like the Tharg. And the Krool.
I love the Abelard Snazz !
- C
Oh, I thought they were going to appear with all the other smileys for anyone to use without downloading them first. Is that hard to make happen?
Here goes nothing...I hope this works...'There's a man at the door, dear, he's come about the reaping'.
That man again, he wot came about the reaping...now with with receding gums!
...bigger teeth this time.
Hi. My smile icon:
(http://s004.radikal.ru/i206/1210/a5/a69bf38d0496.png)
this seems like a lot of fun, right up my street
i made a human dredd head and a yellow smiley-man one.
(http://i.imgur.com/UyYHWRQ.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/DzyQ8cD.gif)
couldnt modify my last post for some reason!
did a johnny alpha one
(http://i.imgur.com/YlJPYnk.gif)
did some more and touched up the others, sorry about the triple post but i cant edit.
(http://i.imgur.com/ELI4fXR.gif)
these are great!
cheers mate! theyre fun to make, any requests? though some are more suited than others, i couldnt think how to make hammerstein as a cute smiley, and his head doesnt fit the square dimensions very well so i added the helmet thing he used to have. I wanted to do Finn but no idea how those pipes would fit in the picture
Excellent stuff.
Quote from: GrudgeJohnDeed on 18 July, 2013, 11:32:02 PM
cheers mate! theyre fun to make, any requests?
Nemesis & Torquemada - but they've both got long pointy bits, so may not be easy.
(http://i.imgur.com/JnoEIzI.gif)
hows that? couldnt really make it look like the big circular smileys!
nice - maybe narrow the snout a bit, shouldn't be as wide as his head, but I like it!
yeah im not very familiar with nemesis the warlock, most of it was before my time and then i mustve missed book ten..
i was using images like this for reference http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/n/nemesis.jpg
i thought it best to pronounce it for the smiley? makes good use of the space too.
but here it is a little narrower - (http://i.imgur.com/74l6hKt.gif)
right, heres my go at torquemada for ya bud.. it was a nightmare! his mask seems to vary so much, from my google search.
(http://i.imgur.com/NwKWLKg.gif)
Grobbendonk? Or the Gronk?