55th volume in a weekly series focused on promoting emotes and emoticonists from the dA community
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So i herd u liek emotes?? - Volume 54
`Synfull
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reports, November 854th volume in a weekly series focused on promoting emotes and emoticonists from the dA community
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So i herd u liek emotes?? - Volume 53
`Synfull reports, November 1
reports, November 153rd volume in a weekly series focused on promoting emotes and emoticonists from the dA community
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Free Halloween Avatars!
=FreeAvatarProject
reports, October 27
reports, October 27Looking for a cool avatar for Halloween? Curious to know how some Halloween traditions got started? Come see a huge selection of free Halloween avatars, and read about some of our favorite Halloween icons!
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So i herd u liek emotes?? - Volume 52
`Synfull reports, October 25
reports, October 2552nd volume in a weekly series focused on promoting emotes and emoticonists from the dA community.
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Free Avatars 4 Breast Cancer Awareness!
=FreeAvatarProject reports, October 21
reports, October 21Find some of dA's pinkest FREE avatars to help raise breast cancer awareness and support for those whose lives have been impacted by breast cancer. Also, find useful links to help fight against breast cancer.
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So i herd u liek emotes?? - Volume 51
`Synfull reports, October 18
reports, October 1851st volume in a weekly series focused on promoting emotes and emoticonists from the dA community.
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So i herd u liek interviews? - BlissfullySarcastic
`Synfull reports, October 16
reports, October 1618th edition of the twice monthly interview with emoticonists from around the site
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So i herd u liek emotes?? - Volume 50
`Synfull reports, October 12
reports, October 1250th volume in a weekly series focused on promoting emotes and emoticonists from the dA community. This week we hit our 1 year anniversary 
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So i herd u liek emotes?? - Volume 55
`Synfull reports, November 15
reports, November 1555th volume in a weekly series focused on promoting emotes and emoticonists from the dA community
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Rainmeter Résumé Vol.2
*Rainmeter
reports, November 15
reports, November 15Information about the Skin Of The Month contests, new avatars and finally about the new page design.
And of course a little feature with a few of the best desktop arrangements with Rainmeter running.
And of course a little feature with a few of the best desktop arrangements with Rainmeter running.
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WindowBlinds 7 Released!
`Island-Dog
reports, November 17
reports, November 17Stardock released WindowBlinds 7 today. WindowBlinds is a program that allows users to customize the user interface of Microsoft Windows. By applying “skins,” WindowBlinds can easily change nearly every element of the Windows experience including the task bar, Start menu, window borders, scrollbars, push buttons, and much more.
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Presents :3
*isarulz
reports, 14h 39m ago
reports, 14h 39m agoI'm going to the US. There i'll buy stuff for my friends to give them as a christmas gift :3
Plus, i'll make some drawings for the dA community, that means that if you want a drawing or a photography or a certain thing, send me a note and i'll do it for you :3
*Sora*
Plus, i'll make some drawings for the dA community, that means that if you want a drawing or a photography or a certain thing, send me a note and i'll do it for you :3
*Sora*
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Making Emotes: The Tutorial Master List
`livius
reports, November 14, 2006
reports, November 14, 2006Several people have commented that they'd like to make emotes but aren't sure where to start. The following tutorials should help you get started and then some.
Static Emotes:
Paint
Paint.NET
Adobe Photoshop
Corel (formerly Jasc) PaintShopPro
Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Fireworks
Once you've got the hang of the basics, you can move on to animation.
Animated Emotes:
Paint.NET
Adobe Photoshop/ImageReady
Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Fireworks
Ulead Gif Animator
GIMP
Next up, focus on improving your shading techniques.
Advanced Shading and Coloring:
Advanced Effects:
And there you have it. deviantART is like Emote University, I swear. If anyone knows of a tutorial I haven't included on the list, please drop me a line and I'll add it toot sweet.
Static Emotes:
Paint
- Emoticon Tutorial 4 Paint by Spaarghy: how to create a hand-shaded static emote using MS Paint.
Paint.NET
- Emoticon Tutorial Part 1 by Jtcgh: how to create a hand-shaded static emote using the free software, Paint.NET
Adobe Photoshop
- Ultimate Emote Tutorial - P1 by eStunt: how to create a static emote using the gradient tool for shading.
- Reflective Emoticon Tutorial by ~emoticons: how to create a static using the airbrush tool for shading.
- Azundo's Emote Person Tutorial by ~Azundo: how to create a static emote using different colored layers and the gradient tool for shading, complete with description of all the tools that come in handy making emotes.
- How to make a emoticon by ~aiwebs2005: how to create a static emote using the gradient tool for shading, complete with detailed pixel count diagrams.
- Emoticon Tut by ~Ravmaster: how to create a static emote using gradients, complete with a section on creating some of the more commonly-used expressions
- Emoticon Tutorial 1: The Base by ~fl00fy: how to create a static emote using hand shading.
- How to make Emoticons Pt. 1 by `conorschild: how to make a static emote using hand shading and conor's sense of humor.
- Emote Tutorial Part 1 by *ChaosEmeraldHunter: how to make a static emote using hand shading in Imageready.
- Complete Emoticon Guide part 1 by =LeoLeonardo: how to make a static emote using both gradients and hand shading (and some good background music).
- Emoticon Tutorial - The Basics by =Spaarghy: how to make your basic static emote using hand shading.
Corel (formerly Jasc) PaintShopPro
- ++Emoticon Tutorial 1++ by ~aneikitsune how to create a static emote using the dodge tool for shading.
Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Fireworks
- How to make+colour an Emoticon by ~clairebearer: detailed instructions on making static emotes using hand-coloring and using gradients.
- Emote Tutorial 1 by *Zikes: step by step instructions on making a static emote using gradients.
Once you've got the hang of the basics, you can move on to animation.
Animated Emotes:
Paint.NET
- Emoticon Tutorial Part 2 by Jtcgh: how to create an animated emote using the free software Paint.NET and Unfreez for animation.
Adobe Photoshop/ImageReady
- Azundo's Emoticon Tutorial by ~Azundo: how to animate an emote in Imageready once you've made the static emote in Photoshop.
- Animated emoticon_ImageReady by ~aiwebs2005:the follow-up to ~aiwebs2005's tutorial, explaining how to animate an emote.
- Emote Tutorial Part 2 by *ChaosEmeraldHunter: the follow-up to her static emote tutorial, explaining how to animate emotes in Imageready.
- Animated Emoticons Tutorial by ~KeReN-R:how to create an animated blinking emote from beginning to end.
- Blinking.Emot.Tutorial by ~synaesthesia: how to create an animated blinking and smiling emote from beginning to end.
- emoticon tutorial by *dutchie17: how to create an animated blinking emote from beginning to end using gradients for shading.
- Emoticon Tutorial 2: Animation by ~fl00fy: the follow-up to !floofy's static emote tutorial, explaining how to animate an emote.
- Complete Emoticon Guide part 2 by =LeoLeonardo: how to make an animated emote using both gradients and hand shading (and some good background music).
Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Fireworks
- Emote Tutorial 2 by *Zikes: the follow-up to Zikes' first emote tutorial, explaining how to animate the emote.
- Animated Emotes In Fireworks by =brokenboulevard: how to animate an emote.
Ulead Gif Animator
- Emote Tutorial by =darkmoon3636: a Flash presentation on how to hand-shade and animate emoticons.
GIMP
- Basic dA Emote tute for GIMP by =MissLittlewood: how to create an animated blinking emote from beginning to end using the blend tool for shading.
- More Advanced Emotes for GIMP by =popcorn-pops: a follow-up to =MissLittlewood's tutorial explaining how to animate a waving emote using the gradient tool.
Next up, focus on improving your shading techniques.
Advanced Shading and Coloring:
- Emoticon Tutorial : bases by =darkmoon3636: a detailed instructional on 3 different styles of hand shading.
- Emote Tutorial 3: Color Shifts by *Zikes: how to change the color of an emote over the course of several frames using Macromedia Fireworks.
- How to: Shade emoticons by =arrioch: learn how arrioch creates his unique shading look using Adobe Photoshop.
- Wing - Tutorial by `koffeeben: a handy little guide to making emoticon wings which can also be helpful for general shading and highlighting.
- Solve the White Pixel Problem by *BobSmith006: correct the annoying stray white pixels anti-aliasing causes using Fireworks and ImageReady.
- emote shading tutorial by =GirlFlash: Combine gradients, hand-pixeling and semi-transparency for glossy shading in Fireworks.
Advanced Effects:
- A Guide to Pixel Particle Effects - Pt 1: Explosions by =sereneworx: a detailed and versatile description of how to make an explosion that works in several contexts.
- Explosion Tutorial by =bad-blood: click the download link to learn how to make an explosive mushroom cloud.
- Hadoken Tutorial by =bad-blood: click the download link to learn how to make light balls shoot from an emote's hands.
And there you have it. deviantART is like Emote University, I swear. If anyone knows of a tutorial I haven't included on the list, please drop me a line and I'll add it toot sweet.
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Devious Comments
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This will be most helpful
Now we know exactly where to point budding new artists... and in turn improve the quality of everyone's work. Bravo!
I think I have half a tutorial complete on my computer somewhere, maybe over summer I'll get bored and work on it.
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Zac
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Pigs Don't Fly | I Don't Speak German
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I WILL NOT TALK RUBBISH. (Except on Wednesdays.)
Walter- Shut the fuck up, Donny.
Are the fires of hell a'glowing? Is the grisly reaper mowing?
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Anxiety Disorder Awareness
now i can learn more about emotes.. yay!
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