Okay guys so in response to another thread if you think there should be an emoticon on the board that we don't have you can use the blank I have provided below to fill in your own expression!

http://www.isketchforum.net/blank-emoticon.gif

Emoticons should be used to convey emotion or set the tone of a sentence (like the the sarcasm ^o) smiley on MSN/Live Messenger.

You're all welcome to submit as many emoticons as you like but when it comes to graphic design I'm a right d**k so don't be offended if I don't upload your emoticon. On a similar note if two emoticons of the same type are submitted and one looks better than the other the better one will be chosen.

Please submit the emoticons in .gif format and bear in mind that the gif format uses a boolean alpha channel, basically this means a pixel in the image is either transparent or it's opaque - no in-between. This means you might have to merge your layers to preserve anti-aliasing and then take out the white background colour (the background behind semi-transparent pixels should be white even though the forum post background colour for this template is blue).

Also try employ anti-aliasing/shading techniques where necessary.

tl;dr: Here's a blank emoticon:

http://www.isketchforum.net/blank-emoticon.gif

give it some feeling, if it doesn't fit in with the current emoticon set it won't get added.

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On a legal note please realise that by posting your emoticon on here you're releasing it in to the public domain for anyone to distribute/edit. If you intend to keep your work copyrighted don't submit it.

Brilliant... you know what I'm going to say next... can someone please come up with a :geek: one :razz:

btw... are msn's smilies copyrighted? Because I love their ^o) one

Great idea.

I have a little confusion about the formatting and all.. I just made an attempt on an icon, not sure if it satisfies the specifications. I am posting it here so I can correct it if its wrong.
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/test-icon.gif

Yeah, we definitely need a :geek: icon, that would be great :biggrin:

http://i373.photobucket.com/albums/oo177/db1986/Treasure%20Hunt/EasterEgg5.jpg

^_^ :D :P ..can i have a dancing one? or a -_- one? i dont even know which ones there are.... btw. i fail at images.so thats why im not trying to make one.

Great idea.

I have a little confusion about the formatting and all.. I just made an attempt on an icon, not sure if it satisfies the specifications. I am posting it here so I can correct it if its wrong.
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/test-icon.gif



Yeahhhhh :D that's exactly what I mean :D although could you maybe make the last frame last a couple seconds longer and see how that looks?

Here's one I made a request for on an MSN forum in 2005 and a kind soul named "Shoop" made for me.

I just attached it cos I cba to upload it anywhere.

Your technical chat is too advanced for me so I dunno if it is ok.

Hmm.. I think if I get bored, I will get out the old animating/framestuff knowledge I have somewhere.. and make some.. :P hmm.. :) Could be fun... ohh the possibilities.. :o

But I hope some good stuff comes out whatever :) I'd like some new emoticons :)

Here's one I made a request for on an MSN forum in 2005 and a kind soul named "Shoop" made for me.

I just attached it cos I cba to upload it anywhere.

Your technical chat is too advanced for me so I dunno if it is ok.

Lol NoHints that smiley has your name written all over it. I made a version that matches our current smiley set if that's okay?..

http://www.isketchforum.net/images/smilies/disapprove.gif ... http://www.isketchforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=139&d=1232746942... hmm, seems okay.

There are a couple that I would like to see added, like:

these MSN ones (or similar)

:P - poke tongue out

;) - wink

:-O - surprise/shock


but I'm useless with creating them - no idea - and I tried to find out where they were stored on Windows Live. I found the folder with a heap of files with .dt2 extensions - no idea what that is.......so can't show anyone which ones I like :rolleyes:

But apart from those standard MSN ones above, there are two that I have that I want to show, so if anyone can help me locate them......please?

I remember on an old version, before Live messenger, emoticons were stored on your computer in Application Data\\\\Emoticons as files with a .dat extension and if you changed the extension manually to .gif the file changed to a working version of the emoticon that you could view and edit.

I don't know if that will work with these .dt2 files, and don't have Live messenger on my laptop to check. Even if it did work, you'd need to go through them all individually until you found the right one :P

There are some programs that will back up all the things you have stored on it, so you could maybe use something like that to get copies. Would be quicker and more sensible than the above.

Heh. I saw you logged on, MrHints - figured you would have the answer ;)

I did try your first suggestion - it's what was suggested on a few places I found when I googled it - but the .dat must be for older versions, I guess, and I couldn't view any of the changed files.

I'll try the backup thing. TY.

Edit - too easy! OK, here are a couple:

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/56.gif

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/32.gif

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/_Saffron/53.png

Haha well I whipped up a geek in a few minutes for storm and deebs

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/4725/icongeekkd3.gif

Comments and criticism welcome

Omg, that is awesome! Ha!
They're gonna love that! XD

It's missing some tape.. lol. Just kidding :P

For Sapphy
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1358/icontonguewx0.gif http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5509/iconwinkpa2.gif http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/8190/icongaspdp8.gif
And an embarassed one while I was at it.
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/658/iconembarassedfk6.gif

C&C welcome as usual :smile:

Awww I can see your influence in those smilies. :D I think it's the eyes.. :P
Aww they're well cute though :)

I love ALL of those! Much better than all of the current ones we have, heh :) I'm really hoping that Peter will agree and add those in! You're good, coder. Nice work! :D

Awww I can see your influence in those smilies. :D I think it's the eyes.. :P
Aww they're well cute though :)

Ironically, I tried to copy the eyes based on the MSN-style eyes (well .. not clone it, but basically that style) Haha http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/4725/icongeekkd3.gif

edit
I love ALL of those! Much better than all of the current ones we have, heh :) I'm really hoping that Peter will agree and add those in! You're good, coder. Nice work! :D
You're too kind :hug: <3
Thanks Nerdy http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1358/icontonguewx0.gif

I would love to see a more animated :razz: emote

...maybe a tired one too?

I would love to see a more animated :razz: emote

...maybe a tired one too?


Perhaps too animated haha---
This is how I look when I'm excited -->http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8553/icongrinit1.gif This is how I look after 36 hours of work --> http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4857/icontiredcv7.gif

Oh Oh I want a :3 face please. :P

And lol I don't know what's wrong about the excited face, but there's something about it I don't like... hmm.. -shrugs- Maybe it's a bit scary xD lol, or needs to be less sharp at the edges of the mouth? Hmm Iono what it is yet...

Animated http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4479/iconembarassed1ui1.gif
Sorsie http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7590/iconx3lk6.gif

EDIT
Sorsie http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4659/iconx3fangds1.gif

Hehe http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5509/iconwinkpa2.gif

lol TGF XD

Ooo... how about a new animated :twisted: emote and :mad: one? lol

You are one talented coder TGF :biggrin:

lol TGF XD

Ooo... how about a new animated :twisted: emote and :mad: one? lol

You are one talented coder TGF :biggrin:


Lol you should be careful when saying animated when talking about an image to a coder http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7590/iconx3lk6.gif

EDIT:
Done http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9529/iconevilbh3.gif and done http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2203/iconangryzw7.gif

Oh my god... VAMPIRE :3 :D ITS SO COOL.. I may have to use that alot.. and if it gets uploaded.. but even if it doesn't.. :p

Oh Oh I want a :3 face please. :P

And lol I don't know what's wrong about the excited face, but there's something about it I don't like... hmm.. -shrugs- Maybe it's a bit scary xD lol, or needs to be less sharp at the edges of the mouth? Hmm Iono what it is yet...

It's meant to be scarily hyperactive. But is this one better?
(Comparison) http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8553/icongrinit1.gif / http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9648/icongrinio3.gif

Edit: Woops.. better one..:
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8269/icongrineb6.gif

I dunno now.. :P the one on the left looks better in comparison to the one on the right for hyper... :P -shrugs-
lol I really dunno.. p.s. I've nicked some of these.. they're really good CODEEEEY

/me hugs CODEEEEEEEEY! :D

Any chance of a O_o; (with kinda like a sweat drop kinda thang?)

I dunno now.. :P the one on the left looks better in comparison to the one on the right for hyper... :P -shrugs-
lol I really dunno.. p.s. I've nicked some of these.. they're really good CODEEEEY

* Sorsie;166221 hugs CODEEEEEEEEY! :D

Any chance of a O_o; (with kinda like a sweat drop kinda thang?)


/me hugs Super Sorsieeeeeeeeee!! http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/6386/iconooih2.gif

Whoa there, coder. Brill job on thos smilies. So quick, so slick!

Just my two pennies on what you've come up with:

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/4725/icongeekkd3.gif - absolutely love this! I nominate this as the official :geek: one! It's geeky, but still nice.

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1358/icontonguewx0.gif - I like this too. We don't have a :P so this is really useful for all those =p moments.

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5509/iconwinkpa2.gif - this is cute. Again, don't have it, so great addition.

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/8190/icongaspdp8.gif - not sure about this. Looks a bit off.

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/658/iconembarassedfk6.gif / http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4479/iconembarassed1ui1.gif - I personally prefer the :embarrassed: one we have now. Looks more... mmm, embarrassed? xD

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8553/icongrinit1.gif - lol this one looks like it's high on something. o_O

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4857/icontiredcv7.gif - lol...very tired... nice. Looks a bit drugged out as well xD

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7590/iconx3lk6.gif - I have never really understood what :3 was supposed to mean? The smiley in characters looks really weird. Reminds me of a walrus. x)

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4659/iconx3fangds1.gif - lol... just for Sorsie, I guess ;)

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9529/iconevilbh3.gif - cute, but not quite there yet. There's something about the ears.

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2203/iconangryzw7.gif - I like this! but incomparision to :mad: I'm not sure. The current one has more emotion, although yours is cuter.

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/6386/iconooih2.gif - It's OK. A bit on the dark side for the forum (the colouring). Not sure about the sweat drop.

I would really like the following emoticons:

XD ¬_¬ o.O >_< and ^o) (the sarcastic one on MSN).

I have the first three MSN-style. I'll see if I can upload the ones I have on here. The one I have for o.O even blinks.

/me stops procrastinating and gets to work on that wordsearch...? >.<

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7590/iconx3lk6.gif
That one has moobs on its face.
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4659/iconx3fangds1.gif
That one has pierced moobs on its face.

/me likes.
/me no like moobs though.

I love the geek one too.
I agree with storm on the embarrassed one, I really like the one that we have on here.
And I like the wink one too.

(post omitted to allow more images)
* storm;166263 stops procrastinating and gets to work on that wordsearch...? >.<

Thanks a lot for that. I'll make some more, and we'll see what happens. This time it won't be 3AM and in-between website development :D

That one has moobs on its face.

That one has pierced moobs on its face.

* *AJ*;166267 likes.
* *AJ*;166267 no like moobs though.

It's supposed to be a cat-like smile. I think the closest thing to a real expression of it would be along the lines of

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7083/28111139xj5.jpg


I love the geek one too.
I agree with storm on the embarrassed one, I really like the one that we have on here.
And I like the wink one too.

Thanks Sapphy :)

/me goes to make a more embarrassed embarrassed one, a proper :O face, the devil (ears or horns?? :|) and some other of storms suggestions...

Edit:

:embarrassed:
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1653/iconembarassedanimbj2.gif A fairly similar embarrased one, which goes more red instead of purple.

:eek:
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/1294/icongaspdx1.gif Just by moving the mouth down a bit, it looks more realistic! Gasp!

:mad:
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/1024/iconangryuv2.gif Same design as current, but anti-aliased, and with a healthy dose of red.

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/2353/iconbj2.gif ">_<"... fairly close to the text emote

:twisted:
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/3926/iconevilfo1.gif Made the "ears" (I thought they were horns -___-) less brown/more yellow. hahaha

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/9373/iconhuhsg5.gif My take on ^o) from MSN.

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/4213/iconunimpressednj4.gif "Unimpressed".. fairly close to the text emote

Aww all these smileys are so coooooool!
/me gives tgf a round of applause :)

Thanks Mini Medssssssss <3333
/hug meds

Nice work, tgf. I love the new smileys :)

I tried a few...

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/heart.gif

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/geeek.gif

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/lol-1.gif

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/P.gif

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/xD.gif

My favourites on the forum : :embarrassed::eek::twisted:


Edit : Er.. some of them are not moving...

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/heart.gif - this rocks, Aless!

omggggggg, i want that one stormy! phooey, where is peterrrr,. if he adds that, i'll start using emotes XD its soooo amazing :)

niceeeeeee aless :D haha, hes a genius XD (no matter what he says)

*wanders off before someone accuses her of spam :$*

I don't really agree with adding ones that won't be useful for many people (eg, I don't see many people expressing themselves via a vampire face).

I'd like the wink to be added, but prefer winks which slant upwards, not downwards (and wink emots are crying out to be animated).

I'd quite like to have just a standard smiling emoticon:

The :smile: :biggrin: and :razz: open mouth types just aren't as pleasant as http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:eb9L8Gvwx2Sf2M:http://baka.philianime.eu/public/smileys/023014msn_smiley.png

Hmm... a few more...

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/shock.gif (lol that looks dumb)

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/brow.gif

Probably as NH pointed out...

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/wink.gif

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/smile.gif

Thinking of doing a whole lot of emoticons in spare time.. It's 1:30 AM though :P And it's V-day tomorrow.. And I need to release my game xD Oh.. and enrol in tutorials for uni on the 16th... :S

Feel free to edit/change/copy whatever I've posted (it's all original and PD.)

There are some great emoticons up there, and I especially love your geek one tgf!

* db1986 thinks that should be the picture for the :geek: social group
Maybe we should have a poll where people can choose the ones that they like?

Edit: RH: Originally posted at pi :razz:

http://i373.photobucket.com/albums/oo177/db1986/russianeggdoll-1.png

Wow some of these emotes are brilliant! :razz: We need a cheeky wink emote (or I need one! xD) rather than a cute one I feel :p

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/heart.gif http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/geeek.gif
I love the heart one. That's gotta be added to the forum, FTW!
The second one reminds me of my dad's youngest sister - I love it! :$ http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/lol-1.gif. <-- And this one, there is a nice "hehe" emote out there, I'd like to see that one used if there isn't a copyright on it (someone mentioned that earlier... storm I think?)

Hmm... a few more...

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/shock.gif (lol that looks dumb)
First one makes me laugh. I can't see people using it regularly here but it's still an idea :)

I think we really need one to match the MSN ^o) I've seen loads but none have matched it thus far :(

Edit: I like these http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z61/ajuk7/th_Bye_VZFAWC.gif http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z61/ajuk7/th_faint.gif http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z61/ajuk7/th_Tease_7OBMTU.gif http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z61/ajuk7/th_blink.gif

Others people might like: http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z61/ajuk7/th_nono_DSIUVI.gif http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z61/ajuk7/th_nono4_7PXIP9.gif :P

Thanksss :)

Oh copyrights.. hmm.. the ones i made are "inspired from" (:embarrassed:) the ones that are being circulated in IM programs...

Some of those listed are like out of the 19x19 square range... I don't know if it is allowed to "leave" the restricted area. Only Peter knows. xD
(I like the fainting one)



Hmm... a couple more..

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/clap.gif

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/sh.gif

Arg... they are too slow... hmm.. must find a way :/

I can't make any kind of useful contribution to this as I don't know how to make those things...

but...

I like my 'tongue-sticking-out-smilies' with the tongue pointing to one side!

I wonder if anyone has one of those up their sleeves?

Here's some that I thought were cute. No I didn't make em...just found em. =)

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-forum/censored.gif

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-forum/drool.gif

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-forum/welcome.gif

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-forum/tmi.gif

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-forum/wtf.gif

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-whacky011.gif

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp135/Alessadri/clap.gif

Lol that one made me smile.. it's like a really slow sarcastic clap at the moment.

Loving the ones you guys are putting up. Also agree with the idea of having just a nice smile, as :smile: and :biggrin: look kind of evil to me!

Lol, I don't think I've ever used this one: :smile: 'cause it just looks like such a fake smile. Almost like "Oh God, I'm only smiling 'cause I have to. Darn, my jaw hurts" kind of thing, lol.

Aless: really professional emotes :P
I'm just wondering if the eyes match our current set?
Really well animated though. Is that Flash? Or an animation package?
I've looked into GAP (GIMP animation package).. but I'm too lazy :P

I'll probably contribute more when I'm free-er (anywhere from 2 days onward)

Thanks, tgf :)

Yeah, the eyes :/

Hmm, it is a combination.. of Flash and Photoshop..

Wow amazing stuff tgf and Gav :), I especially love the /<3 and :geek: ones :D. Thanks for putting in all that hard work too!

Here's my entry. A hug for someone who needs cheering up!

http://www.isketchforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=145&stc=1&d=1235739676


Hope you like it

Oh Yes!!
That captures the emotion fantastically!
Well done, Nay

Thanks :)

Some of you may have noticed that a lot of the ones posted on the thread have been added now, so thank you very much everyone who helped come up with/make the new additions.

:geek::lol::excited::fangs::hug::wink:

Oh wonderful! Thanks Peter!!!

Nothing more can be said then :biggrin:

Awesome, thanks for the additions :hug: :xD: :lol:

Just noticed there is a "More..." (http://www.isketchforum.net/misc.php?do=getsmilies&editorid=vB_Editor_001) link too :fangs: