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CookiemagiK — Flailing Emoticon Tutorial
Published: 2011-05-28 13:52:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 26219; Favourites: 1271; Downloads: 642
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There are a lot of emoticon tutorials out there that show you how do draw and animate emotes like this. If you have no idea how to animate in the first place then this tutorial is obviously useless xD You might find something more helpful here: [link]This is more of a step-by-step walkthrough of my process of making a flailing emote like.... this one:
Most of this tutorial image is static, so you can just download it or take a screenshot and zoom in on one of the frames to see more clearly what I mean in the points below.
ShadingI draw the outline by creating a 15x15 circle with the marquee tool and then using the pencil tool to draw around the edges, Then I use the radial gradient tool to fill in the circle from the top left edge. I add some pixels by hand near the bottom right edge to give it a much smoother look. Then I add the face and hands, and finally some highlighting and shadows and other small details.
WavingYou only need 2 frames for fast waving action. Firth draw the two frames with the waving hand in different positions. After this you keep adding details to make it look less choppy: In the second frame you want to draw a smaller version of the hand from the first frame, in the exact same position. Then in the first frame draw a smaller version of the hand from the second frame, in the same spot. Finally add a few pixels between the big hands and the tiny hands.
WalkingThis is almost the same walking as the one I showed in this tutorial: [link] I've made it a tiny bit squishier since then xD
- Frame 1: I move the body 2 pixels up and 2 pixels to the left, while I move the hands and face only 1 pixel up and 2 pixels to the left.
- Frame 2: I move the body 2 pixels to the left. The hands and face are moved 1 pixel up and 2 pixels to the left so that they can "catch up" to the body.
- Frame 3: I move the body 4 pixels down, 2 pixels to the left and I delete the bottom 2 rows of pixels of the body. I move the hands and face 2 pixel down and 2 pixels to the left.
- Frame 4: I move the body 2 pixels down, 1 pixels to the left. I delete another 2 rows of pixels from the bottom of the body, and stretch it horizontally by 2 pixels. I move the hands and face 2 pixel down and 1 pixels to the left.
WeeeeeeThen you just need to combine the waving and the walking to get:
More?I don't really have the time to create detailed and well worded tutorials with lots of instructions and examples, so I thought I should try making something like this.
If anyone finds this kind of stuff useful then I might consider making more.
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It is like umm remember someone... Justin Bieber told you that you're a awful singer lol!
PS. Your icon is great XD
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thank you! I'm working on another one right now. It'll be an ass, but I'm doing my best. I'll give ya the link!
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I have an unanimated Emote called Frillette
Can you do an animated version of her giggling?
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I'm not the one who made this tutorial, but I think any program with an animation tool would work. Photoshop/Photoshop+Image Ready is what I use. I don't know if Gimp or Sai or any of those free things will do it. And I know there are others, I just dunno what they're called
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Do you suggest Paint to do the drawing part? :3
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Well... I use Photoshop for both aspects of it (drawing and animating). But, I've seen people do some amazing things with paint. Though, I only draw emoticons and stamps and such on the computer. Otherwise, it's drawn by hand (on paper) regardless of whether I intend to animate it or not.
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I see, thank you! But yes, I just recently went through my Photoshop and found that there is a pixel tool, just like Paint, but with more options and easier features! Thanks! ^^
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You're welcome~
Good luck with whatever it is you do x3
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Thank you, and I just really want to learn how to do good pixel art, not any silly project! Have a great day!
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That just sent me to google.
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There is a certain place for this?
Ima lickin chu screen oUo
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you spelled excited wrong.. lmao
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oHH!!!! :iconeveryexcitedplz:
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now you spelled "very" wrong, lolol, : iconveryexcitedplz : without spaces xD
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YAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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:iconTheMOSTUNRATEDutensilofalltime:
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lol, naww you're just a noob
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yea well im kinda a noob too, we both win xD
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