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Published: 2006-03-13 02:14:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 69061; Favourites: 2016; Downloads: 11875
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Description 'Bout time I made one of these (well, I've made one before, but it was like a year ago). Some people were asking about how I did style 2 and 3, so I was all like "yo yo mofoz, darkz in da hi-zouse, here fo' yo emoting needs foo'". Then I imploded for saying such a retarded sentence.

Please ignore the typos. D: I KNOW THEY"RE THERE....TAUNTING ME O_O


BY THE WAY.... here's a tutorial on the very simple basics [link] if you don't know how to use programs or something
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Comments: 282

darkmoon3636 In reply to ??? [2006-03-13 20:58:15 +0000 UTC]

yeah, I'm still experimenting with the second style, it looks cool but the contrast takes away from the emote >_>

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budgieishere In reply to darkmoon3636 [2006-03-14 03:40:39 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, that's what I was feeling. I guess though it forces viewers to concentrate harder to see the expressions

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CarterTribe [2006-03-13 18:51:01 +0000 UTC]

Oh this rocks I tried to make an emoticon *dance*
I'm just gonna throw it on my page now, so you can check it and tell me how crap it is if you want

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pinaki93 [2006-03-13 17:47:19 +0000 UTC]

awesome tutorial. I can't believe I read through the whole thing and not notice that you made it. XD

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oashisu [2006-03-13 17:42:49 +0000 UTC]

Ooo, this is wicked! Really well presented!

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diamond281 [2006-03-13 17:37:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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jforged In reply to ??? [2006-03-13 17:32:12 +0000 UTC]

Hey can u tell me what program do u use to creat these EMOTS??!

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darkmoon3636 In reply to jforged [2006-03-13 21:00:51 +0000 UTC]

I use Ulead Gif Animator 5
:] though this tutorial will work with any graphics program for the first two, and any that supports partial transparency for the third.

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jforged In reply to darkmoon3636 [2006-03-13 21:03:55 +0000 UTC]

XD nice signiture!! ^_^

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Avhaz [2006-03-13 17:18:46 +0000 UTC]

Nice work

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Arisma [2006-03-13 16:55:18 +0000 UTC]

very usefull always wondered how to make these cute icons for my msn

may i ask what font you used to make this tutorial..i love it

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darkmoon3636 In reply to Arisma [2006-03-13 21:03:21 +0000 UTC]

[link] here's the font

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Arisma In reply to darkmoon3636 [2006-03-13 23:41:29 +0000 UTC]

thx bud

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magicmanad In reply to ??? [2006-03-13 16:44:23 +0000 UTC]

nice tut. It would be cool if the result was a little more optimized.

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LeoLeonardo In reply to ??? [2006-03-13 16:42:14 +0000 UTC]

Nice, I'm gonna try out that third way sometime, I never tried it before. I usually use the style to the left.

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MajinSamurai [2006-03-13 16:39:06 +0000 UTC]

bwahaha omg ... empty space!!! D: ... *dies* XD
*fav*

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joelee88 [2006-03-13 16:35:03 +0000 UTC]

wooo.. awesome!!!!

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WoodlandSpirit [2006-03-13 16:30:10 +0000 UTC]

Ooo this could well come in handy thank you

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ppgrainbow [2006-03-13 16:19:35 +0000 UTC]

That's one good tutorial. I use PSP 7 to do my attempt at emoticons and I'm not good at shading those emotes. Is there a way that I can do it properly under PSP 7?

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darkmoon3636 In reply to ppgrainbow [2006-03-13 21:06:20 +0000 UTC]

you should be able to this tutorial works for any graphics program

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ppgrainbow In reply to darkmoon3636 [2006-03-13 22:06:02 +0000 UTC]

Yeah...but somehow with PSP 7, I'll try to learn things...sadly, it appears that learning to shade circles the hard way.

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darkmoon3636 In reply to ppgrainbow [2006-03-13 22:17:29 +0000 UTC]

hmm...I don't have any experience with PSP 7 D: just make sure you have your 1px brush with maximum hardness and no opacity

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ppgrainbow In reply to darkmoon3636 [2006-03-13 23:52:12 +0000 UTC]

Oh, alright. I'll try that.

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HHB-BookMaster [2006-03-13 16:15:16 +0000 UTC]

I might be able to use this sometime. Thanks! ^_^

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Jurodan In reply to ??? [2006-03-13 16:00:42 +0000 UTC]

You know, this IS the only one of it's type that I've seen, and I'm quite impressed with it. Thank you, it's very, very useful.

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Gimler In reply to ??? [2006-03-13 15:49:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks bro. That is really nice
You should make more tutorials, like how you make your emo's animated.
(running, jumping and stuff like that.)

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SiTRUCE [2006-03-13 15:42:50 +0000 UTC]

excellent

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smacintyre [2006-03-13 15:32:54 +0000 UTC]

Any chance of getting a downloadable version of this?
I am at work and am busy at home at the moment and I would like a copy of this to try later.
png just saves as blank.

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darkmoon3636 In reply to smacintyre [2006-03-13 21:12:44 +0000 UTC]

hmm...not sure why it would do that D:

I stuck it in a .zip file for you, try here: [link]

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smacintyre In reply to darkmoon3636 [2006-03-14 02:05:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. Now I will have it to try out this next weekend

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Koholint [2006-03-13 15:30:44 +0000 UTC]

Wow~! This is just what I needed! I've been wanting to make emoticons, but I know barely anything about them... Thanks for the inspiriation! This is a very well done tutorial!

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currentaffair [2006-03-13 15:18:56 +0000 UTC]

good job--thanks!

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NightShadow02 [2006-03-13 13:52:22 +0000 UTC]

i dont plan to make any emotes but this should come in handy. fav

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2istedgirl In reply to ??? [2006-03-13 13:37:13 +0000 UTC]

ur the best!! :hugs: fanx darkmoon3636 WOOHOO!!!!!

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ZebraChan In reply to ??? [2006-03-13 13:07:08 +0000 UTC]

thanks really much for something like this!!!!

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mest In reply to ??? [2006-03-13 13:00:58 +0000 UTC]

HAHAHHA at empty space face ;D

yeah the styles look nice

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Tyaculo [2006-03-13 12:35:50 +0000 UTC]

Wow, looks like a great tutorial I'll try this later (I can't get Ulead GIF animator to work right now). Thanks!

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celinh0 [2006-03-13 12:20:25 +0000 UTC]

heheeheh oh such kindness to do this emote base tutorial...

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ChuckRamos [2006-03-13 12:06:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for posting this man!

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blunaowl [2006-03-13 11:10:26 +0000 UTC]

Empty space!! D=

Cool tutorial though. I may make an emote in Photoshop... Mad change...

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AceDroid [2006-03-13 10:54:58 +0000 UTC]

Ah so that's how you do it. Heh, I tried stea.. borrowing your style before, but my emotes never ended up looking as shiny

So thanks for the helfpful tutorial.

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mysteriouschicken [2006-03-13 09:58:22 +0000 UTC]

Oh yay. I made one in style one It's a much nicer look than the kind of shading I'd been doing before.. I'll have to remember the technique and use it in the future. But not using the exact same base..
I'll try style three when I get home and have a program with transparency

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Plornt In reply to ??? [2006-03-13 09:57:30 +0000 UTC]

Stunning!

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krystal-n [2006-03-13 09:46:54 +0000 UTC]

*eats typos*

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crystalstargazer In reply to ??? [2006-03-13 08:34:30 +0000 UTC]

ohhh! colourful!

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interfeci In reply to ??? [2006-03-13 08:07:21 +0000 UTC]

this will be very helpful to me as I am wanting to try emotions

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tamerofhorses In reply to ??? [2006-03-13 08:06:51 +0000 UTC]

I've never thought of shading emoticons beyond the flat-ish way, so this is really helpful Thanks!

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TheLittle In reply to ??? [2006-03-13 07:43:32 +0000 UTC]

awesome tut, can really use it darkmoon, ill check it later i need to go to school

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box87 In reply to ??? [2006-03-13 07:16:07 +0000 UTC]

Rock on. This should be the set standard.

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ShadowGamers In reply to ??? [2006-03-13 07:10:44 +0000 UTC]

I liked your old base better, the new one seems more like a job for the dodgetool and the dark around the edges of the emoticons is really hard against the light middle...

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