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Indae β€” Emoticon expression tutorial

Published: 2011-04-17 17:17:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 13465; Favourites: 335; Downloads: 727
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Description Disclaimer: I'm not an expert This is just the way I work.

I really hope this is a helpful step by step guide for someone looking to improve their emote expressions. I find that having exagerated facial features helps a lot with static emotes, as there is no movement. (And sorry if there are typos)

If you want any help, don't hesitate to ask Note or comment~

Here are the stock images I mentioned:

Thanks to ~Gracies-Stock , `DanHeffer-Stock and ~DeAtHBuTtErFly-stock



EDIT:
Thank you so so much for the Daily deviation! This make four, I'm really honoured :') My keyboard is broken at the moment, but I'm replying as fast as I can!
Thanks to ^krissi001 too!
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Comments: 115

bubbIies [2012-12-07 19:36:14 +0000 UTC]

Very helpful Indae, thank you.

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Indae In reply to bubbIies [2013-02-10 17:27:21 +0000 UTC]

Pleasure

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Fooy723 [2011-06-15 21:30:40 +0000 UTC]

lol gotta love that face

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Indae In reply to Fooy723 [2011-06-15 21:33:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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ThornAngel [2011-05-11 14:02:39 +0000 UTC]

Cool, thats an intresting way to do it lol

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Indae In reply to ThornAngel [2011-05-23 13:05:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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ThornAngel In reply to Indae [2011-05-24 13:38:27 +0000 UTC]

No problem :3

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BeastlyVR [2011-05-11 03:34:29 +0000 UTC]

how do you use it

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Indae In reply to BeastlyVR [2011-05-23 13:05:48 +0000 UTC]

You learn from it...

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BeastlyVR In reply to Indae [2011-05-23 14:33:24 +0000 UTC]

oh ok

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NMNA [2011-05-11 00:00:32 +0000 UTC]

I'm not an emoticonist, but this is brilliant (: looks very helpful, well-deserved DD!

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Indae In reply to NMNA [2011-05-23 13:06:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much I hope that it is helpful~

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replevy In reply to NMNA [2011-05-11 04:40:28 +0000 UTC]

I SEE YOU HERE.

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NMNA In reply to replevy [2011-05-15 03:12:37 +0000 UTC]

why are you even this far down in the comments

why are you

ok hi

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replevy In reply to NMNA [2011-05-15 04:01:05 +0000 UTC]

Because, you were at the top when I saw it and commented

trolololol

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spring-sky [2011-05-10 22:17:18 +0000 UTC]

Aww..Very sweet

Thanks for making the tutorial

And congrats for the DD

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Indae In reply to spring-sky [2011-05-23 13:06:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks I hope you find it helpful

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spring-sky In reply to Indae [2011-05-28 22:09:31 +0000 UTC]

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Katana-Nova-Cat [2011-05-10 21:49:05 +0000 UTC]

I don't really make emoticons, but this is pretty well done!

Congrats on the DD!

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Indae In reply to Katana-Nova-Cat [2011-05-23 13:06:47 +0000 UTC]

Nice use of plz accounts

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Katana-Nova-Cat In reply to Indae [2011-05-25 00:48:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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niekitty [2011-05-10 21:47:22 +0000 UTC]

=O_O=

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Indae In reply to niekitty [2011-05-23 13:06:52 +0000 UTC]

^_^

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niekitty In reply to Indae [2011-05-23 13:58:43 +0000 UTC]

=^^= *purr*

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Llightdriver [2011-05-10 20:57:16 +0000 UTC]

Wow. I Didn'T know about this "behind the scenes" of emoticons...

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Indae In reply to Llightdriver [2011-05-10 21:03:11 +0000 UTC]

I don't think many people do A lot of people pass off emotes as being easy work compared to the brilliance of traditional paintings, but if as you can see, the placing of each pixel can determine a whole range of emotions, if anything, the restricted canvas size means that work has to be near to perfect to achieve a 'wow factor'.

No creo que mucha gente hace Un montΓ³n de gente pasar emotes como un trabajo fΓ‘cil en comparaciΓ³n con el brillo de la pintura tradicional, pero si como se puede ver, la colocaciΓ³n de cada pΓ­xel puede determinar toda una gama de emociones, en todo caso, el tamaΓ±o del lienzo restringida significa que el trabajo tiene que estar cerca de perfecto para lograr un "factor sorpresa".

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Llightdriver In reply to Indae [2011-05-10 21:07:59 +0000 UTC]

Hm I can see all this. And let me say that there is no small categories..

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Indae In reply to Llightdriver [2011-05-10 21:09:59 +0000 UTC]

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Llightdriver [2011-05-10 20:56:53 +0000 UTC]

Wow. Yo no sabΓ­a acerca de este "detrΓ‘s de escena" de emoticonos ...

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Indae In reply to Llightdriver [2011-05-10 20:59:49 +0000 UTC]

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rickyrico [2011-05-10 20:53:29 +0000 UTC]

Congratulations on the Daily Deviation!

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Indae In reply to rickyrico [2011-05-10 20:54:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you Rico!

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rickyrico In reply to Indae [2011-05-10 20:58:37 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome Indie the kidd!

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Indae In reply to rickyrico [2011-05-10 21:05:09 +0000 UTC]

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Tuskface [2011-05-10 20:45:26 +0000 UTC]

How has it taken this long for this to become a DD?!

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Indae In reply to Tuskface [2011-05-10 20:54:34 +0000 UTC]

Is that a good point?

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Tuskface In reply to Indae [2011-05-10 20:57:35 +0000 UTC]

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Indae In reply to Tuskface [2011-05-10 21:05:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Tuskface In reply to Indae [2011-05-10 21:10:28 +0000 UTC]

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ZutaraMushroom [2011-05-10 19:57:46 +0000 UTC]

Ahah I actually really wanna do that last stock image now!

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Indae In reply to ZutaraMushroom [2011-05-10 20:12:30 +0000 UTC]

You should!

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ZutaraMushroom In reply to Indae [2011-05-10 21:22:08 +0000 UTC]

maybe when I have time I have an essay that I should be writing

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Indae In reply to ZutaraMushroom [2011-05-10 21:25:44 +0000 UTC]

Then write! Then, after that, emote!

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ZutaraMushroom In reply to Indae [2011-05-11 15:37:44 +0000 UTC]

yes m'am!

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Achimstyle [2011-05-10 18:16:23 +0000 UTC]

Nice picture!

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Indae In reply to Achimstyle [2011-05-10 18:17:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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lizziecat1279 [2011-05-10 17:54:33 +0000 UTC]

Congrats on the DD *attempts later when I'm not at school and have my MSPaint baaaaaack*

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Indae In reply to lizziecat1279 [2011-05-10 18:03:33 +0000 UTC]

Sounds good! Good luck! Thanks

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lizziecat1279 In reply to Indae [2011-05-11 00:10:09 +0000 UTC]

[link] poof! i'm pretty proud of this, although i almost wish they were more complicated xD but with pixels...simpler the better lol

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Indae In reply to lizziecat1279 [2011-05-11 17:36:10 +0000 UTC]

Yes that is often true, the simpler the better, though if you want to get around that you could try using similar colours, so it looks simple, but there are subtle gradients etc
And that is really lovely work! I left a comment

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