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We need new forum icons, new smilies, new avatars, everything!

(I'm going to be on dialup over the next while and won't be able to do much.)

If anyone wants to make a paler blue or beigeish skin for those who don't like the dark blue that'd be cool too. B)

Don't Vamp&Angelus have a smiley collection at their board? Maybe we could ask them to spare a few smileys.

You could try asking them, Jafar.

Here's Spikey's emoticon collection. I'm sure he won't mind seeing them used here.

http://members.lycos.nl/rustedpipe/smileys/ (http://members.lycos.nl/rustedpipe/smileys/)

http://www.eternal-anubis.com/Smilies.html (http://www.eternal-anubis.com/Smilies.html)
And heres the aforementioned collection. They probably won't mind, but its politer to ask.

Cool smilies.

I love this one:

(http://www.eternal-anubis.com/nature-smiley-015.gif)

I still think this one is funny:
(http://members.lycos.nl/rustedpipe/smileys/hammer.gif)

This would be the perfect icon to show your hero (wizard class) in training (http://www.eternal-anubis.com/magic.gif)

All those are cool, but I think we should find some basic smileys and stick with them.

Are you still looking for icons/avatars/smilies, or have you finished?

Hi LN!

I think they're still looking. Do you have any?

I was thinking more along the lines of making some. :P

Either that, or converting some Tux/penguin smilies. XD

EDIT: I don't know if this is what you meant, but here are some websites, that have free smileys.

Googled Emoticons (http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Graphics/Web/Free/Smilies/)

P.S. I have NO idea if they were meant for the purpose you're wanting them for.

I think this is gross. :lol:

(http://romeo.messageboard.nl/8755/images/smiles/new_microwave.gif)

LOL

Poor Mr Smily...

Ouch! :blink:

I'm very glad that that isn't me.

I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting tired of that ugly white border thing around the smilies... It's high time we do something about them.

Now, the way I see it, we have two choices.

A:Use the smilies, but find a way to get rid of that awful border.
OR
B:Scrap these and get new smilies.

What does everyone else think? I could always ask the owners of the aforementioned sites if this place could use some of the smilies there.
And maybe you could find someone who can make smilies. So, who's with me? Stay with the annoying border, or fix the smilies?

Lol, I never noticed the border until you mentioned it just now  ^_^

Yeap, this competition is still going, so design new smilies, edit the current ones, or find new ones :D

From Spikeys collection, I think these are the best:
Angelic - (http://members.lycos.nl/rustedpipe/smileys/angel2.gif)
Happeh Birthday - (http://members.lycos.nl/rustedpipe/smileys/birthday.gif)
Crying - (http://members.lycos.nl/rustedpipe/smileys/cry.gif)
Upset - (http://members.lycos.nl/rustedpipe/smileys/frown.gif)
BONK - (http://members.lycos.nl/rustedpipe/smileys/hammer.gif)
Snarl - (http://members.lycos.nl/rustedpipe/smileys/frustration.gif)
Rolling eyes. - (http://members.lycos.nl/rustedpipe/smileys/rolleyes.gif)
Laugh - (http://members.lycos.nl/rustedpipe/smileys/lol.gif)
Love-Eyes - (http://members.lycos.nl/rustedpipe/smileys/love.gif)
Shocked - (http://members.lycos.nl/rustedpipe/smileys/shocked.gif)
Smile - (http://members.lycos.nl/rustedpipe/smileys/happy.gif)
Swi- er, Whip - (http://members.lycos.nl/rustedpipe/smileys/whip.gif)

I'll probably try to create some emoticons this week. I'm not sure if I can make them, but I'll give it a shot, and I suggest you guys try making some too.

Can they be similar to the current ones?  (The current ones are SO cute!)  ^_^

Yeah, I was thinking of using the current ones as the base for making new ones since I've never made emoticons before.

Edit: How to make Smilies (http://www.esmileys.com/makesmileys.php)

Look what I did!

:D B) ;) -_- <_< ^_^ :lol: :angry: :mellow: :huh: :o :ph34r: :) :P

Got rid of the white border. What do you guys think?

These came from the "Post Icons" section of the forums. I didn't convert them all as some of them looked too similar to the emoticons available. What do you think?

:cheerygrin: :annoyed: :whatever: :sick: :heart: :!: :?:

[edit] Using the current smileys now.

Great job. They look alot better without the border. The animated ones will be harder though...

(First post)

Very true. I'll have to install Fireworks and remove the white borders frame by frame...


(Second post)

Look! I made these!

:emb: :blush: ;P :kawaii:

Comments, anyone?
Any ideas what emoticons we should have?

Also, for those of you who want to make your own emoticons, here is the base face for you to work on.
(http://cc.domaindlx.com/Moonflower/blank.gif)

I've attached it to this post so you can download it from here.

Great job, Swift! Keep it up. Some of those remind me of those cool KQ9 smilies. =)

Great job, Swift!

Thank you! *bows*

Nice work Swift!!!

excellent I like those Swift, particularly the winking tongue.  I've always wanted one of those.

Nice smilies, there consistant with the existing set good work. Also it'd be cool if someone made a pirate emoticon, always wanted one don't know why ofcourse id probably never find a use for it.

What about a kirby smiley?   ^_^

Or an Evil smiley.

Thanks for the comments. Good suggestions, everyone! Here are some emoticon ideas from me.

Fighter
Paladin
Thief
Wizard
Hero/ Superhero/ Famous Adventurer Badge
Star
Elf
Crown-wearing smiley or a prince and princess smiley
Magic symbol, probably a pentagram
Thumbs-up/thumbs-down or a smiley with the thumbs-up/thumbs-down
A hands-covering eyes smiley
Angel
Sweat-drop smiley
Kiss and/or kissing smiley
Devil smiley
Scared smiley
Shocked smiley
Dragon
Fairy
ROFL smiley

What do you think of the list? Anymore suggestions?

Note, everyone is welcome to make any of these emoticons that are mentioned in this topic as well as create their own.

[edit] Forgot about the crying smiley and the whip-wielding smiley!

Hey, as I said... great smilies!

/postcount +1

Thanks, Striker.

Finished editing the animated smileys with Fireworks.

:blink:
:rolleyes:
:unsure:
:wub:
:wacko:

I suppose making new animated smileys would be harder, so I'll probably attempt that another time.

[edit]Now using the current smileys.

We also need a bonking smiley. You know, the one with the guy with the hammer hitting the other guy on the head with the hammer.

he he he  ^_^

Indeed.

(first post, Jan 21 2005, 10:10 AM)

Good idea.

(second post)

All existing smileys have been modified and uploaded. :)

If you're still seeing the smileys with the white boarder, you'll have to clear your cache in order to see the updated ones.

As for the new ones, I don't quite know how to add those.

(third post, 06:49 PM)

New smileys.

:angel: - Angel
(http://cc.domaindlx.com/Moonflower/sweatdrop.gif) - Sweat-drop 1
(http://cc.domaindlx.com/Moonflower/sweatdrop2.gif) - Sweat-drop 2
:'( - Cry
:royal: - Crown-wearing Smiley

Any comments on how they can be improved? Which Sweat-drop smiley is better, or are they both bad?

Another smiley I just thought of is a Clown smiley.

Both of the sweating smileys are bad.

Could you suggest how they can be improved then?

Have them screaming in terror while Robin Hood shoots arrows at them.

Haha, very funny. Seriously, how can the sweat-drop smiley be improved? Use a bigger sweat drop?

Same sweat drop, but have the smiley smiling and looking to one side.

Thanks. Would you like to try and make smileys? It's rather simple. So far, I did a lot of cut-and-paste to make the new ones.

Just to point out to everyone, we're also looking for new post icons (the little pic right next to the title) and avatars. So even if you can't make smileys, you can still contribute avatars, for instance. It'll be neat if they're somewhat related to the fantasy setting.

So no Death Star Avatars? Aww.

Well, you are allowed to submit anything which you think might be suitable for this forum, but whether it gets picked is probably up to the admins to decide. I think they're more likely to pick an avatar that's original over something which can be easily found on the Net. I just happen to think that it'll be cool to have the avatars fit the Hero6 theme, but you're not restricted to doing only fantasy-based avatars.

Okay. I'm not much of an artist, but I'm sure I can scrounge up something. Actually, I make a mean signature. Just give me a web-comic and thirty minutes. Anyone want one? Just tell me the webcomic and I'll have one for you before you can say "Rubber Ducky"

Maybe if the sweating smilie looked more nervous.

Check out the new icons! (when you post your next post)  :royal:

Coolness! :angel:

Wow!  :angel:  :royal: :cheerygrin:  :kawai:  :blush:

Thanks to the person/s who added the new smileys! :wub:

Where's EVIL?

Phattie uploaded the new pic's and I added the links  ;P

Again, where is EVIL?

EVIL hasn't ben made yet. You're free to create it.

Thanks Pwincess and PHattiE. B)

Yeah, thanks, Fatty and Pwincess.

What other icons do we need to add to our smilies?  

a smiley with his head on fire.

BRILLIANT!!!

A bonking smiley, so KLK's trademark will live on in headacheful Smilazation. :P

A BRILLIANT smiley. Not sure how to do it, but it needs one.

These are all the smileys that were suggested so far:

Evil
Hero/ Superhero/ Famous Adventurer Badge
Star
Thumbs-up/thumbs-down or a smiley with the thumbs-up/thumbs-down
A hands-covering eyes smiley
Whip-wielding smiley
Clown
Happy Birthday
Fire-on-head smiley
Ghost smiley
Brilliant smiley
Lightbulb smiley
Stuck in snowdrift smiley
Pirate

[edit]

Completed
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Fighter
Paladin
Fairy
Sweat-drop smiley
Chilly smiley
Wizard
Magic Symbol
Clover
Kirby
Thief
Dragon
Elf
Unicorn
Blackguard
Devil
ROFL
Kissing smiley
Nerd
XD
Bonking smiley
cake

A smilie being chased by a stick?  (in memory of klk)  ;P

how about a smiley that's stuck in a snowdrift?

You forgot my BRILLIANT!!! smiley.

you mean like a lightbulb smiley?

No, I mean like a guy in a brown tuxedo saying BRILLIANT!!!

I think I'd rather have the lightbulb.

lightbulb = new idea smilie/brilliant smilie  :D

That would make a good post icon too.

Aw, so no REAL BRILLIANT!!! smiley..

You can always design it Corsair, if you have time  ^_^

Okay.

Possible avatars? (http://cc.domaindlx.com/Moonflower/avatar.htm)
These were taken from the Gallery and the Demo.

What do you think of these as forum avatars?

I think that the color ones would do nicely. And maybe that pic of the Hero too, it looks cool. B)

What about the black and white ones? Should they be coloured?

More importantly, who wants to colour them?

What Jafar said.

I think I like my dragon.

I like my Bonehead.

New emoticons!

:clover: (http://cc.domaindlx.com/Moonflower/paladin.gif) (http://cc.domaindlx.com/Moonflower/fighter.gif) :fighter: :pentagram:

What do you think? And which fighter emoticon is better?

cool
I think the second one is better, just by a little bit though.  they're both good

Great job! I've been needing a Paladin Smiley. :D
I think Fighter 2 is better.

Thanks for the feedback, guys.

Love the last two. The shamrock is also very pretty!

Thanks, Ianfe. That shamrock is really Malone's old avatar. I just borrowed his avatar and extended the stem.

I agree. Fighter 2 is better. The first one looks like a Scimitar, the second's looks more like a broadsword.

I like fighter 2 as well.

Then we are agreed!

What about the paladin smiley? What do you guys think of it?

He needs a shield, but other than that, r0xx0rz!!!11!1!

What kind (and colour) of shield would you suggest? I want to try and make the fighter and paladin emoticons distinct.

Silver circular shield is my suggestion.

K, thanks.

My pleasure.

Made a second version of the paladin.

:paladin:

These two were done by Kailkay!
-_-;
:chilly:

What do you think?

Boo! Kailkay, you suck! Never do smiley graphics again!

Very funny, Klk. Those smilies of yours look great. Do make more please :).

Okay, I guess. :/

Paladin one = Uber.

Nice job, K. and the Paladin one is also cool. B)

Nice work on the Smileys. Do you guys use PhotoShop for those or what program?

I used Photoshop, while Kailkay used Fireworks. You can use Paint to make the smilies.  

I don't know how to make a good one, in any case.

Just practise with the existing smilies first. Experiment with the different tools available and try to modify your smiley. For me, I resized the pictures that I want to add (eg. Sword) and pasted them on an existing smiley.

If you're working on a saved file, remember to select and copy the picture, and then paste it on a new screen. This is to ensure that you're able to add colours and/or pictures without any weird colour effects.

The typical pixel dimensions for the smilies are 20 by 20.

Hm. I'll try that.

Kailkay sent in more smilies.

(http://cc.domaindlx.com/Moonflower/pirate.gif) - Pirate

(http://cc.domaindlx.com/Moonflower/thief.gif) - Thief

Whatcha think of them?

Pirate is good, but the thief looks more like a guy in earrings.

Any suggestions on how Thief can be improved?

Made two smilies.

(http://cc.domaindlx.com/Moonflower/fairy.gif) - Fairy
(http://cc.domaindlx.com/Moonflower/wizard.gif) - Wizard

Hmm... that staff doesn't look so good. I'll probably have to get him a new one. Anyway, what do you think of them, and how can they be improved on if they don't look so good?  

they look cute.  maybe you could add a magic effect to the staff

Thanks. I'll probably add the magical effect after completing a few more stationary smilies.

Thief is prettp good, I think you need to make it more clear that it's a dagger though. There's something funny about the Pirates mouth...maybe if it was more of a snarl...

Fairy is cool, and I agree with LB about the magic effect.

Give him a hood, maybe, or a little cloak.

The thief was supposed to be a moving .gif where the dude falls from the top like QFG 2 beginning, looks to either side, and takes off. :/

I'll have to stay up till 1 o'clock again, working on them.

Gyar.





Actually this is really wierd now, since the water drop smiley worked.... Huh. Ah well.  :rolleyes:

One day, when I look back on this, I won't want to destroy the human race.

Unfortunately, until then... I toy with nuclear physics! Ahahahaha!

Pirate = alright, but the mouth (or mustache is weird)
Thief = EDIT: I guess we'll wait for the full animated one

Fairy = The smile is a bit too large, I think.  Other than that, excellent.
Wizard = Quite good.  Maybe a pointy hat, too?

That's odd. The file you sent me didn't move at all. Also, the background was still there, so I had it removed via Photoshop (which also didn't detect that it's an animated gif).

[edit] Striker: K, thanks for the comments. I'll see what I can do about them.

Ok, I edited the smileys. How are they?

(http://cc.domaindlx.com/Moonflower/fairy.gif) - Original
:fairy: - Version 2

(http://cc.domaindlx.com/Moonflower/wizard.gif) - Original
(http://cc.domaindlx.com/Moonflower/wizard2.gif) - Version 2
:wizard: - Version 3

What do you think?

Wiz 3 = Best, imo.

I agree with corsair, but why does the wiz look so agry?

Hesperian Mercenaries. Or maybe it's just because of QfG5.

Wizards are always angry at the piddling mortals and their insignificant affairs.

I should know; I'm one of those wizards.

Bow to me, mortal slave and polish my shoes, or I shall wreak havoc upon the world known on the global scale as only preposterously destructive. The human race shall pay for your ignorance, pitiful wor-

Hrm, enough of wizard-me.

Darkness. 'nuff said.

I thought you were a fighter! :P

Well, he was, until he discovered the mystic power of the Stick of Impenetrable Sorcering. It's a big stick with a rock in it.

I thought it'll look cool to have the wizard look as though he was about to cast an offensive spell, and decided to show his agressive side. It was partly inspired by Vaarsuvius in this article: http://www.giantitp.com/ootsChars.html (http://www.giantitp.com/ootsChars.html).

Hm..I'm thinking I like this preg_replace('/(.{39})/', '$1 ', 'Vaarsivicu..Vaarsumac...Varsmiley...Dodge') Caravan..BLAST AND BEBOTHER it all!

Don't forget to check out the new icons!  :wizard:  :paladin:   :clover:   :fairy:   -_-;   :pentagram:   :chilly:   :fighter:

As I said, though, the Blackguard is needed!

or a rogue. rogue would be nice.

Stop complaining and start making those smilies guys!  We can't expect Swift to sit down and make all of them

Yes, yes we can.  

Good, I expect to see that new smilie of yours by next Saturday Corsair  ;P

Thank you so much for offering to make smilies, Corsair!  :fairy:

I was referring to the fact that we can expect Swift to do it all. Besides, you'd hate to see my smilies.

Yeah, I knew you were talking about that. But seriously, the more time I spend on smilies, the less time I have to try and make other stuff, like badges.... Don't you want your Hero badge?

Point taken and much taken! No need for a blackguard!

I don't know how to make smilies.

There are online tutorials to read if you want to learn how to make smilies, such as this.

http://www.esmileys.com/makesmileys.php (http://www.esmileys.com/makesmileys.php)

Just in case you guys aren't sure which were modifed, and what the new ones are suppose to be, here they are.

 :blackguard: - Blackguard
 :devil:  - Devil
 :elf: - Elf
 :-* - Kiss
 :rofl:  - ROFL
 :thief:  - Thief
 :dragon:  - Dragon
 :unicorn:  - Unicorn
 :kirby: - Kirby

Modified smilies

 :lol: - LOL
 :wizard: - Wizard
 :fighter:  - Fighter
 :paladin: - Paladin
 :'( - Cry

[edit] Added the cry smiley. Can't believe I forgot about that.

Woohoo! Blackguard smiley!

Like the new Paladin smiley. :paladin: And the ROFL one's good, too. :rofl:  

:dragon: much appreciated, swift.

Ignus, I see that you're still posting via hero6.com/visitors. The new emoticons will not appear there due to some 'broken link to emoticon folder' problem. If you want to make full use of the new and modified emoticons, go to visitors.hero6.com/forums and post from there. I've edited your post so that the dragon can be seen.

thanks swift, but I'll stick to what's familiar until there's no hope of a solution to the problem.

How many of you are interested in making smilies for Hero6? If you're interested, I can make a tutorial so that you guys can try a hand at making them.

I'd try to make smileys.  

Well, I made 2 smilies.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/Rosella500/nerd2.gif)

Or the slightly less obnoxious

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/Rosella500/nerd.gif)

So what do you think?

They're both cool, though I like the one with no buck-teeth better. B)  

I prefer nerd.gif over nerd2.gif, but I'll wait to see what the others say before choosing which to upload.

Nice smilies, by the way. Make more please.

Nerd 1. The teeth are essential and instrumental to a nerd.

Nerd 1.

Request: An Avoozl one. It's essential!  

Here are 2 other smilies I made

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/Rosella500/XD.gif)

Aaaaand, drumroll, please.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/Rosella500/bonkcomplete2.gif)

That looks good. Nice work, Rosella. :)

And now XD and :bonk: have been added to the database. :elf:  

YAY! more smileys

I still need a few more votes before deciding which nerd smiley to upload. Which nerd do you prefer?

why not put  them both up? one is an excessively nerdy nerd, and the other is one of those semi-invisible, no one cares, almost cool kind of nerd

You didn't put up the blackjacking one, Swifty!

Blackjacking one? You mean the bonking emoticon? Obviously somebody didn't bother to check the full emoticon list. :rolleyes:

:bonk: to Corsair

Quick. Stand Guard. I'll go hide the body in a pool of hydrochloric Acid.

In earlier (messed up) versions. The smilie didn't die.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/Rosella500/bonkcomplete1.gif)

He's not actually supposed to die in this one either...But I guess the X's on his eyes prove otherwise.

Voting for Nerd.gif  ^_^  

First one, sil vouz plez.

Your French is atrociuos... :blink:

 :P

Seeing how I don't know how to make them, I request a Mouse smiley...please?

I request a miniature giant space hamster.

And a Minsc one.

A wisely old Kailkay smilie!

How about a Minsc WITH a minature giant space hamster, commonly known as Boo, who is considerably wiser than Minsc..he took a couple clubs to the head, y'know.

"Go for the eyes, Boo! Go for the eyes!!! RAAAARGH!!!!"

Yeah, Minsc and Boo smiley is a good idea.

How about you guys try making these smilies? I can't make everything.

We weren't asking you. We were just suggesting stuff and hoped at least SOMEONE can take a hint.

I suck at making stuff like that.

Most of the time I'm the one making the emoticons because very few are willing to try and make them. Making emoticons is quite an easy task, and fun too, as Rosella found out recently. Go ahead and try making some emoticons. I'll be attaching a tutorial next week to show you guys how to make them.

If you'll remember, I've made a few.

I forgot about Rosella's nerd emoticon. It's been added to the emoticon family. I think this was what most people voted for? 8B

8B  8B  8B  8B  8B Ah, the eternal nerd!

W00h00!!!

Ok, suggestion for anyone out there who can hear my call:

The  ;) emot looks like it's constipated. Definately not a "wink" emot. I think Invision should revise that. Other than that, Could someone make a better wink emot?

It doesn't look like it's constipated. Maybe if it were gritting it's teeth with both eyes closed..

Oh, please! It looks like Max Payne in the first game!

Hey guys, I joined today (but have been lurking for a while) and made these in Photoshop. I did a print screen of the Greenleaf Demo for them.

Hero6 hero
21x26
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Gaian_Issues/Hero6hero.gif)

Hero6 wait
22x21
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Gaian_Issues/Hero6wait.gif)


Question: How do you make them transparent? Tell me and I'll redo them...

Pretty good. Now if you could just pare off the white on the fringes.

Welcome, Sirus. Those look lovely. Thanks for making them. Here's how to make the background transparent.

Use the Magic Wand and select the areas that you wish to make transparent.
Go to Help->Export Transparent Image

Well, I re-uploaded them.... The logo looks good, but I'll need to play with the Hero a bit....

[edit] Alright, I think I got them pretty good.. Any suggestions?


Hero6 hero
21x26
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Gaian_Issues/Hero6hero.gif)

Hero6 wait
22x21
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Gaian_Issues/Hero6wait.gif)
 

I can't think of any suggestions. They look perfect. Unless anyone has any useful suggestions for improving them, I'd like to add those to the emoticon collection. Thanks. Btw, would you like a custom title? I've decided to give custom titles to those who've contributed emoticons, which last for one week per emoticon.

Cool, thanks for the compliment! ^_^

For a title, how about "Novice Hero" or something like that (sinced I just joined...) Or is that asking too much?  

Oops, I forgot to log in.... :unsure:

[edit] I changed a few pixels on the Hero yet again

I adjusted the contrast for the :hero:. Is this ok?

Both :hero: and :charmed: have been added to the collection.

Btw, check out your title, Sirus.

:hero:  :blackguard:

Ah, excellent. Now we can have Hero vs. Blackguard emoticon duels.

I have a few emoticons but I didn't make them... so I'll just stay as I am ^_^ Nice emoticons

I suggest you post them here, Reish. If the community likes them, I'll add those too, and you'd also get a custom title. I'd prefer if the emoticons are of a similar style to the existing ones.

Ya, but don't forget that the Hero has friends...

 :fighter:  :paladin:  :wizard:  :thief:  :hero:  VS  :blackguard:

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(2nd post)

This one is for Cosair  :D


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Gaian_Issues/Brilliant.gif)
(Any critques?)


[edit]Oops, sorry for the double post.

You found that post? I made that half a year ago, man.

I was bored, and I read through the whole thread..  :cheerygrin:

(I also made this wallpaper, and wasn't sure where to post it)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Gaia.../SpiderWall.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Gaian_Issues/SpiderWall.jpg)

That looks interesting. Would you like me to add your wallpaper under this month's featured wallpaper?  

It reminds me of the Spiderweb Software Logo.

I don't care, I just made it and posted it up here.

Do you have a bigger version, like perhaps 1280 x 960? I notice that it's rather small, and my resizing it might cause the quality to take a dip.  

Sorry, I don't have a bigger version...