I can't believe I'm doing this but.....

[Deadlokd]

I'd like to request some smilies. Specifically Discworld smilies, Terry Pratchett's Discworld. Death, Susan, Rincewind, Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Magrat, Agnes/Perdita, Vimes, Carrot, Nobby Nobbs, all of them!

Please. And may the gods forgive me for contributing to the horde.

[livius drusus]

[Deadlokd]

Yeah, laugh it up laughy girl.

[SharonDee]

Yes, yes! I must have Granny Weatherwax!

And Lord Vetinari!


(BTW, Deadlokd, an excellent thread upon which to pop your smilie beggin' cherry!)

[Watser?]

Yeah, we need them badly, please liv

:vetinarii:

[Shelli]

[Watser?]

Ooooooh

And the Librarian!

....

[Leesifer]

[livius drusus]

None of my usual sources have anything in stock. Looks like this will be a commission. I have the perfect artist in mind too, but his online activities have been a bit irregular lately.

[Deadlokd]

How do you make smilies? Is it a pixel by pixel job?

Originally Posted by Deadlokd

Please. And may the gods forgive me for contributing to the horde.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[livius drusus]

Originally Posted by Deadlokd

How do you make smilies? Is it a pixel by pixel job?

Primarily. That's how the great geniuses work. There are shortcuts, though. I personally use gradient fills, but that's not really possible with smilies that are meant to look like specific characters. You need to make facial features and accessories one pixel at a time.

[Deadlokd]

Wow. That sounds time consuming. Would "Paint" work for it? Then a GIF animator?

[livius drusus]

Paint can do the trick, yes, although it's a tad unwieldy. Definitely not a quick and easy thing to do. Until you've tried it, you can't imagine how hard it is to make a quality smiley.

Interested in trying your hand at it? If so, I happen to have the motherlode of emoticon tutorials, listed for your convenience in software order: Making Emotes: The Tutorial Master List

[Crumb]

I know you've posted that link before, but now I think I may check out those GIMP tutorials.

[livius drusus]

Cool! You're a better man than I, Gunga Din. GIMP scared me away permanently the first time I opened it.

[Crumb]

I've used it more than any of the other big ones.

[Deadlokd]

Originally Posted by Crumb

I know you've posted that link before, but now I think I may check out those GIMP tutorials.

All you need is the rubber suit.

Originally Posted by Deadlokd

All you need is the rubber suit.

And a flashlight if you're a Baldwin brother offering to..."assist"...Darryl Hannah.

Wow, the bitter, dark recesses of my brain have vomited forth a horror...

[Crumb]

Not gimp, GIMP.

[Ensign Steve]

Is that one of those recursive acronym things? Gimp Is My Photo editor, or something?

[Crumb]

No but it has one in it.

GNU Image Manipulation Program

[Ensign Steve]

GNU = GNU, Not Unix?

[Crumb]

GNU's not unix

[Stormlight]

Are you guys speaking in tongues again? Quick, someone alert the church elders!