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2000AD Smilies: Make your own!

Started by VinceBot, 18 December, 2009, 05:01:33 PM

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VinceBot

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).

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) 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.



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!

Matt Timson

Pffft...

Jim_Campbell

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
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Matt Timson

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?  :|
Pffft...

IAMTHESYSTEM

Will it upload?Ooops done this a bit wrong. It's a sort of Manga icon hence the oversized eyes.

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Dog Deever

Doesn't look too clear at 20x20, I don't think-
It's supposed tae be Middenface, but there might be too many lumps!
Just a little rough and tumble, Judge man.

Dog Deever

and a Tharg as well (building on the 'cool' smilie)
Just a little rough and tumble, Judge man.

IAMTHESYSTEM

"You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension."

http://artriad.deviantart.com/
― Nikola Tesla

mistersaxon

Dog Deeve3r - that's just a startled green person upside down isn't it? :)
No - I can't commit to a sig yet. I hardly know you!

VinceBot

That's a really nice one Dog Deever, glad people are working on stuff.

Dog Deever

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...
Just a little rough and tumble, Judge man.

Dog Deever

Bollocks!
I forgot tae shrink the bastard!
Not sure if it's clear enough at half size...
Just a little rough and tumble, Judge man.

Mr Eight


Kev Levell