Topic: New emoticons.

I was thinking that Blunty's emotes are getting a little out of date, and don't seem to keep with the beautiful shininess of the new site.

So I recreated them using the head from the avatars you can create on Lego.com as a template.

Here's the one's I've done so far, just to see if they're liked. I put them side by side to the old ones for comparison.


http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/1.gif  mini/smile                              http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/3.gif  mini/blankexpression                              http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/2.gif  mini/sad



http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/4.gif  mini/bigsmile                              http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/5.gif  mini/eek                              http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/13.gif  mini/wink



http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/6.gif  mini/confused                              http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/7.gif  mini/tongue                              http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/8.gif  mini/lol



http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/9.gif  mini/madhead                              http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/10.gif  mini/rolleyes                              http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/11.gif  mini/sunnies


If these are liked I can easily make more, just tell me what emotes you'd like. I really want to give something back to this community, and this is something of decent quality I can offer.

Even if they're not used, people can feel free to request a custom emote from me. I quite enjoy making them.

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As per request, the following is a list of all the latest emotes, to save people from having to sift through page after page looking for them.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/1-4.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/2-3.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/3-3.gif     http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/smeagol/Movies/smileyd.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/5-3.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/6-3.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/7-4.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/8-4.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/9-4.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/10-4.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/53.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/12-2.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/13-3.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/14-3.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/15-2.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/19-2.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/21-1.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/22.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/24.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/23.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/26.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/28.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/29.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/30.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/25-2.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/32.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/34.gif     http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/smeagol/Movies/smileycool3.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/36-1.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/37.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/39.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/40.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/33.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/41.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/42.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/43.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/44.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/45.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/46.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/47.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/48.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/49.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/50.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/51.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/52.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/54.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/55.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/56.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/57.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/58.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/59.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/60.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/61.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/62.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/63.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/17-2.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/16-2.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/64.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/65.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/66.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/68.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/69.gif     http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/StevieCollins/smiles/camerathing.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/71.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/70.gif




People seem to enjoy coming up with their own, so here is a blank template: http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/20-1.gif

Last edited by Sean (December 20, 2010 (06:19pm))

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Re: New emoticons.

Except for the http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/4.gif one, stretching out the moth wider would make it a little better, I like them! Although, since the old ones have been around for so long it'd take a while for these to catch on.

Re: New emoticons.

I like some of them, but I think their foreheads are all a little too tall.

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Re: New emoticons.

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Here's the updated emotes with a wider grin for mini/bigsmile and shorter foreheads.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/1-1.gif          http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/2-1.gif          http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/3-1.gif          http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/4-2.gif          http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/5-1.gif          http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/6-1.gif          http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/7-1.gif          http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/8-1.gif          http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/9-1.gif          http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/10-1.gif          http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/11-1.gif          http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/13-1.gif

Last edited by Sean (December 27, 2008 (11:38pm))

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Re: New emoticons.

Looks great Sean. I really like these new emoticons. Slightly larger mouth on the laughing one but that's all I can think of. Works well with the site theme.

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Last edited by Pierre Films (December 27, 2008 (09:59pm))

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Re: New emoticons.

Updated laughing emote: http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/8-2.gif

Thankyou for your praise mini/smile At the risk of tooting my own horn, I do agree that these suit the new sleek look of BiM more than the old ones.

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Re: New emoticons.

Nice work.  I like these better, the old ones look a bit dated, and I had tried to do something similar to this recently and failed.

I do, however, feel strongly that we need a Mr. Green; he is a common feature on other messageboards as well.  Here's one I whipped up, based on your design: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/smeagol/Movies/mrgreen.gif

I'd also like to shamelessly promote my read http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/smeagol/Movies/brick_read.jpg and unread http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/smeagol/Movies/brick_unread.jpg icons.  I think it would be nice if this forum did have at least some LEGO-ness.

http://i.imgur.com/wcmcdmf.png

Re: New emoticons.

Nice work on the Mr Green. I can't believe I overlooked him xD

I don't mind your read and unread icons, but at the moment they're too big for my tastes. It almost looks juniorised. I assume they'd match colours with the ones Schlaeps has chosen?

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Here's a couple of my takes on Mr Green. (Really just different tones of green) http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/14.gif     http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/15.gif

Last edited by Sean (December 27, 2008 (10:25pm))

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Re: New emoticons.

I have to say I like the old ones better. It's hard to explain but it just seems like they fit a lot better. I mean, just look at this. mini/bigsmile Ain't it cute?

Re: New emoticons.

I suppose new emoticons is a bit of an adjustment.

I like your first version of Mr. Green.  Blunty's rendition was a little too turquoise.  I agree the read/unread icons might be a bit large, that's an easy fix, though.  And yeah, I was thinking they could vary by color for the different sections.

http://i.imgur.com/wcmcdmf.png

Re: New emoticons.

Remember that these aren' going to be the new emotes unless Schlaeps approves them. I'm only offering them and my services to make more http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/1-1.gif

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Re: New emoticons.

Sean wrote:

Nice work on the Mr Green. I can't believe I overlooked him xD

You should also make an xD emoticon.

Re: New emoticons.

I'll whip one up right away.

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How's this? http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/16.gif

Last edited by Sean (December 27, 2008 (11:20pm))

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Re: New emoticons.

Those look pretty good. As much as I liked the classic emotes, one gets tired of looking at them after two or more years. I've made a few from scratch, but they are a tad too big.

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Re: New emoticons.

Spudster wrote:

I mean, just look at this. mini/bigsmile Ain't it cute?

Not really. http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p84/UberSocks/7-1.gif The shape looks more like Supermans logo than a mouth to me.

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Re: New emoticons.

I like all of them better than the ones we have now.

My old YouTube is since long ago defunct - now even removed.
Here is my new one.

Re: New emoticons.

Thanks Filip.

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Re: New emoticons.

Not bad although I like the significance of the older emoticons. They're like a part of brickfilming history.

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/COTB/FunkyJunk/RUMBLE/mg.jpg

Re: New emoticons.

^^ we need to update, its like technology to kids; if it looks better and more interesting, they will come and join.  mini/wink

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http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/5372/bannerapf.jpg

Re: New emoticons.

I think the faces are a little low on the actual head which is what was making them look like they had large foreheads. Even with the edit's you made, I still think they look a little low on the head. I've also always been a big fan of the mini/tongue actually being animated. Would you be able to do something similar?