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Full name: Big Hugs for You my FriendI did my best. Desperately needs to be critiqued my an emoticonist who knows what they're talking about. So for once, I have opened my Request Critique box.
I know it doesn't flow well in the transitions and the faces change too dramatically for their own well-being.
But I learned a trick to pixel bigger emotes so they look like they were meticulously hand pixled. I might share that tip later. The technique I used still needs a little bit of refinement before I decide whether or not it's worthy to continue using and to share.
So, I made this because I've really been wanting to have a big version of the
emote, to turn into a double plz account. But I have way to many frames for that, so it is necessary to shorten it. PLZs!:
Anyway, I hope you like it.
Do not use on other sites or edit it it in any way.
If you're an emoticonist, I'd like to see any versions you could make of a big pixled hug too. Usable as a two part plz account of course.
I'd love to see 'em.Edit: Smoothed out some eye movements. And changed the purple emote's grin to make it bigger.
Edit: I made a emote base pack that has these colors in it [link] , although it's pixeled differently. It corresponds to the colors N and M in the pack.
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You made this!? I've been using this emote a lot! It's so cheerful and lighthearted, and it's great to find the artist who made it! BTW, how many frames can you get in an icon? And where can I download what I need to make an animated gif?
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At first i want to say that it's an really adorable Emote and i adore that you used bigger sized Emotes instead of the normal emotes 
I am sure that you could improve a few things:
Personally i am not a big fan of gradient colouring especially on bigger emotes, since it looks quite odd in my opinion :\ but that's your decision of course
here is how i would have done the base: [link] (zoomed in) [link] (normal zoom) and the example which hue i have used [link]
I noticed that you used the the same hue for the whole Emote maybe you could use a different hue but i was happily surprised that you a used slightly different hue for the green emote
The animation itself is very smooth, but i just noticed that the hand "jumps" a bit a the end, moving the hands in the last 3 frames will probably fix it: like [link] (on the bottom is my version) [link]
maybe you could also squish the hands when the hands are touching the green emote so it look more like that she is really touching him like [link] (my version is on top)
also the face looks like if it isn't attached to the face 
and the transition between the faces bothers me a bit 
here is an example without fading: [link]
some neat tutorials: [link] [link]
I hope this helps you
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(Sorry for not replying sooner.
"At first i want to say that it's an really adorable Emote and i adore that you used bigger sized Emotes instead of the normal emotes
Thanks! (I originally had the idea of making it in vector with the pen tool. But I didn't have the patience for it. But it worked out for the best, pixels are much better.)
I wanted to make a big emote like that filled up most of the icon, plus space to jump around in. Plus, I kinda wanted to make a revamp/mix of 
"I am sure that you could improve a few things:"
"Personally i am not a big fan of gradient colouring especially on bigger emotes, since it looks quite odd in my opinion :\ but that's your decision of course
Yes, I see your point. But I want to become more confident in my pixleing skills before I try pixleing everything by hand. Iβm still learning the ropes. (Very slowly and in my spare time.)
βhere is how i would have done the base: (zoomed in)β
Wow, thatβs big. (I have never figured out how to stretch out pixels in Photoshop without making the pixels fuzzy.)
β(normal zoom)β
βand the example which hue i have usedβ
Ah, and your hue version is on the left? Ok. I can see the difference, it would make it better if it was in a different hue. (One day, when I have time, and I remember it, I will have to go back and change it.
βI noticed that you used the the same hue for the whole Emote maybe you could use a different hueβ
βbut i was happily surprised that you a used slightly different hue for the green emote β
Yay! Thanks.
βThe animation itself is very smooth, but i just noticed that the hand "jumps" a bit a the end, moving the hands in the last 3 frames will probably fix it: like [link] (on the bottom is my version) [link] β
βmaybe you could also squish the hands when the hands are touching the green emote so it look more like that she is really touching him like [link] (my version is on top)β
Ooh, I baraly saw that at first. I agree itβs too 2D, and needs a squish. But the reason I havenβt done squash and stretch yet (like in my walking [link] ) is because since I am not hand pixleing my emotes β and have been using gradients so far, I donβt know how to pixel a squish yetβ¦ As Iβve stated above I havenβt become βconfident in my pixleing skillsβ I would like to βbefore I try pixleing everything by hand.β I would like to learn more about it and practice it though.
βalso the face looks like if it isn't attached to the face
I kinda liked it thoughβ¦ :/ Is that bad? I could try and experiment with shadows though and see what I like. Iβll keep it it mind.
βand the transition between the faces bothers me a bit
"Since real face don't fade like that ;D"
Too true, too true.
"but I noticed that didn't used this transition when the purple emote opens her mouth when she glomps him! This looks good!
Thanks.
βsome neat tutorials:β
Thanks for the links to the neat tutorials.
And I appreciate all the time you took to make all those comparison pictures. It helps to see what youβre talking about.
Thank you for that wonderful critique, it was very helpful.
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Oh don't be shy or sorry about the comment, it was helpful and I needed to hear it. It wasnβt harsh or anything, just truthful. Hopefully I will be able to practice and apply it to future emotes. I mean, this is what this site is all about right?
Thank you for your honest opinion. 
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now i have to be sorry for replying so late
I just zoomed in, in photshop took a screen shot of it and removed the unimportant things
well pixel art is mostly about not using too many colours, and i have already used too many colours, but i agree that the dithering could have been better
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Yay for late replies!
Thank you again for the critique.
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I think it looks very cute
Other than that great job
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Thanks for the comment! It means a lot to me.
"There's just a tiny bit of choppiness in the animation for which I think some additional frames would help. Also the mouths keep warping open and close instead of actually opening and closing. I'm not sure if that was intentional but it looked a little bit odd xD"
Yeah, I see what you're saying.
"Other than that great job 
Thanks! I'm so happy you like it.
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I think it's adorable, very nice to see the green smiley's facial reaction right as he's being hugged
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Why thank you so much for noticing.
It took me awhile to get it to look right, so I'm glad that someone likes it.
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It's subtle things like these I think that make the artwork look so much better
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Oh...This is so cute! 
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Really? Thanks!
Thank you!
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Fantastic work my dearest friend!!! 
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Thank you so much Andreas! 
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ItΒ΄s always my pleasure my dearest friend!
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Very nice!
Yes, this deserves an applause for effort and everything else put into this. 
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That's a lot of hugs!
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