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Published: 2008-02-18 23:34:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 124; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 5
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ok ok so this is my first emoticon...I know it's so lame and boring but I'm so proud of it because I'm a loser like that.
Anyway, I've always wanted to try this out. What do you guys think? I don't know why I put his arms like that. Maybe he's presenting himself??
Did I put this in the right category?! Ahhh!
Anyway, I would love any advice anyone has to give...As long as you're not a douche bag about it. *shifty eyes*
edit: oh shiii I don't know how to make the background not white...
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as it's not a moving emoticon you have 2 options to remove the background.
both need you to first delete the white background, so that it is just your emoticon man.
then you can either save it as a .gif that allows transparency or you can save it as a .png, either way would work.
I think with his arms like that, he looks like he's cheering.
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Wow for a first try that's quite good 
Maybe you should have made the dark part of the emote a bit darker, so that it looks even more "3D"
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Um quick question...What do I save a animated emoticon as so I can upload it to DA? I tried jpeg and it didn't work. Sorry for being a bother.
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You save it as a gif 
That's when you can choose for the gif to have "alpha transparency", which makes the background transparent.
if the emote is static then you can also choose to save it as png, but the thumbnail for it in DA will look like crap :/
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Ohh ok! Thank you for your help! I started making animated ones last night...And damn! There's a lot of working involved with them. 
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yeah i know
Are you using Fireworks now?
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Yea I'm using fireworks. I like it a lot. It's very user friendly.
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Thank you very much! And thank you for taking a look! I can't wait to start making animated ones. I just need to get off work. Yea I really should try to make it darker...I made a cat one last night and it looks like a tard with a tail. lmao
Thanks again for the advice!
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rock on Joseyyyyyy!!! I look forward to seeing you grow in emoticon skills!!
and yeah I;m not sure about the white background part, but you have it in the right category :3
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It looks pretty good for your first. Maybe make the shading a little darker, but that's just my opinion. And if you want to make the background not white, well... it depends on what program you're using.
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I use fireworks CS3. Hm. I can't figure it out...
Thanks a million for taking a look!
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I don't know anything about Fireworks, sorry.
And no problem!
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No big deal. ^^ Thank you anyway!
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