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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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Comments: 271
Short, sweet, to the point. Quite helpful.
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Thanks a LOT!
Dude, you totally rocked at this one
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I'm glad you found it useful
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I'M DEFINATLY TRYING THIS!!!! xDDDD
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This is a great tutorial!
I've been looking for a good one, and I fiinally found one! 
Great job cookie! :3
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OMG! YES! Thank you! XD This totally brightened up my day! :'D
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This would be helpful if I was an emoticon making machine.
Unfortunately, I am not. 
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You are a toast making monkey.
Try anyway!
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I have no program to do it in.
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I'd certainly appreciate more tutorials like this, just to get an idea of how you do animation, frame by frame.
At the moment, if I want to check out exactly what someone is doing in a particular frame I have to download the whole thing and find the relevant frame, or take a super precise printscreen
Would definitely like to see more.
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Then I will definitely consider doing a few more
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Nice! Is it possible to make a plz-account of Gleeful-Randomness?
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I so need to try this!! But what program do you use? And you need to do more tutorials like this!!!!! XDD
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It dones't matter what program you use 
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I think he uses Photoshop
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No idea. But Any Photoshop works I supose. CS2 and below have ImageReady, Cs3 and over has animation options already
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Oh thats cool thanks XDD
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are you pretending that you don't know it?
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Are you trying to fool me Amoi ?
I know what you are trying to do here.....
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Joal is being confusing
Amoi doesn't understand anything
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I don't believe Amoi doesn't understand anything
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Joal should stop confusing Amoi
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Joal will stop it if Amoi remembers what LS means
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Lamb Stew?! Amoi is not hungry!
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Amoi should stops pretending as an amnesiac
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Amoi is not pretending Joal should stop confusing Amoi ;^;
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Joal never does that, only because of Amoi always forgets promise
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Amoi never forgets anything Joal is just making things up.
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