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Random Emote Awesomeness - Volume 11Volume 11 in the series that showcases a random variety of emoticons: some old, some new, some by seasoned emoticonists, some by new artists. There's no real rhyme or reason as to which pieces are featured. Sometimes I pick a theme such as animals, other times it's just whatever strikes my fancy. Below are the current group of awesome emotes hand-picked by me (and sometimes a guest). Much like the title, this News feature will publish a bit randomly. Maybe weekly, maybe every third Thursday, maybe three days in a row--but hopefully at least once a month.
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Random Emote Awesomeness - Big Emotes

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Emotiviews 11 - Interview with =OnionBlitz
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Welcome to a new Edition of Emotiviews!
The interviewee of this edition is:
:iconcheerplz: :iconOnionBlitz: =OnionBlaze :iconOnionBlitz: :iconcheerplz:
opening words of the Artist:
=OnionBlaze
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Hai! I don’t really talk too much, so this will probably be the shortest interview you’ll ever see.

1. Programs of choice for emoting?
=OnionBlaze
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I use Photoshop.

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2. What is your favorite legend emote?
=OnionBlaze
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My favourite one is

, but the emotes that I use the most are

and

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3. How important is shading/size/colour in emotes?
=OnionBlaze
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I think shading makes an emote more appealing to look at. Size doesn’t really matter to me.

I think the color of an emote depends on the emotion you want to show.

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4. Have you told people in real life about your emotes?
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Random Emote Awesomeness - Volume 10Volume 10 in the series that showcases a random variety of emoticons: some old, some new, some by seasoned emoticonists, some by new artists. There's no real rhyme or reason as to which pieces are featured. Sometimes I pick a theme such as animals, other times it's just whatever strikes my fancy. Below are the current group of awesome emotes hand-picked by me (and sometimes a guest). Much like the title, this News feature will publish a bit randomly. Maybe weekly, maybe every third Thursday, maybe three days in a row--but hopefully at least once a month.
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Random Emote Awesomeness - It's Christmas in July!

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Emotiviews 3 - Interview with *yarjor

The interviewee of this edition is:
:iconcheerplz: :iconyarjor: *yarjor    :iconyarjor:  :iconcheerplz:

opening words of the Artist:
" *flies on a huge rocket and lands in the middle of interview room* OMGHAI PEOPLE :iconexcitedplz: "

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1. Programs of choice for emoting?
ImageReady :happybounce: There's all the basic Photoshop tools, but it is less heavy and doesn't kill my computer :stare: And animating with it is really easy, mostly becaus

Emoticon Contest: past vs. present vs. futureI am proud to present you my first "official" Emoticon Contest.

At first I want to tell you something about the theme:
As you have read the theme is past vs. present vs. future, this means your entry has to include something from the past, present and future. The time isn't set, this means that the past could be just 1 day ago or 100 years ago it's the same with the future. For example: you could display how the emotes have lived in the past how they are living now and how they could live in the future.
Be creative and surprise me with your imagination

The Contest is divided into 2 Categories:
The first Category will be for deviants who would like to work alone. And the second category is for deviants who want to work with somebody (a collaboration category ;D) 2 deviants can work together.
But you could also enter in both categories!

Below you can find the rules of each category and what you have to keep in mind.
Deadline:
start d

Emotiviews 8 - Interview with =converse-kidd

The interviewee of this edition is:
:iconcheerplz: :iconconverse-kidd: =Indae    :iconconverse-kidd:  :iconcheerplz:

opening words of the Artist:
" Hello World.   "

Amazing Emoticonists & More - Volume 37

Welcome to Amazing Emoticonists...and More. This is the 37th installment of the twice-monthly feature dedicated to showcasing the emoticon creations of up-and-coming and veteran emoticonists. Be sure to check out the rest of their galleries for other amazing works. This article also features projects, contests, groups, and more, in the hopes of exposing them to new deviants and those not familiar with the emoticon community.
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Lesser-Known Emoticonists

:iconpsychocookee: =tyberii

Such a sweet and sad emote. I think we can all relate to this feeling.

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:iconseapuppy: ~seapuppy

Such a cute and simple emote.

Amazing Emoticonists & More - Volume 36

Welcome to Unknown Amazing Emoticonists...and More. This is the 36th installment of the mostly-weekly feature dedicated to showcasing the emoticon creations of up-and-coming and veteran emoticonists. Be sure to check out the rest of their galleries for other amazing works. This article also features projects, contests, groups, and more, in the hopes of exposing them to new deviants and those not familiar with the emoticon community.
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Lesser-Known Emoticonists

:iconI-is-smart: =I-is-smart

A sweet way to show the connection between friends. Cute expression.

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:iconl-rM: ~l-rM

The whole scene and the faces on the emotes make me LOL. Funny.
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The ABCs of Deviants: BlissfullySarcastic:thumb207371353::thumb207371410::thumb207371453:
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To read the introduction to this series, please re-direct yourself to this article.
This issue’s letter is:
B
The deviant that is being featured and interviewed today is:
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`BlissfullySarcastic
First off, could you give us a brief introduction of yourself?
Yo! <3 My name is Kristen, but most people know me as Bliss. I'm eighteen years old and live in the U.S.A.
What gave you the idea to register with your username?
BlissfullySarcastic was a pen name of mine, and this account was originally for lurking and writing, so I figured I'd use the same name. Oxymorons...fun stuff.
How has deviantART changed your life?
I've never really thought about it. Huh.
It glued me to my computer, if that counts as changing my life. It taught me how to trollolololo

Emoticonists on dA (8):iconkrissi001:
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I asked in a previous Journal that every Emoticonist should write a comment there.
You can still do it on this Journal if you haven't commented yet.
I sent notes to all of those who commented there and asked them a couple of questions.
And now I am going to feature all of this deviants and their answers

If you saw that I have featured you and i didn't include all of your answers/or any answers, you could write a Journal and include all of your answers there. ;D
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What is your first reaction when you find a new Emoticonist?
If they are really good and just started, i will watch them and give them positive comments! if they are just a beginner, i will watch them and give them constructive feedback.
Pick 5 of your most favourite Emoticonists and describe why they are special to you, wha

So i herd u liek emotes?? - Volume 123Welcome to the latest volume of so i herd u liek emotes??. This is the 123rd volume in a fortnightly series aimed towards promoting emote and emoticonists from the dA community. It features emotes posted within the past few weeks from both well known and new emoticonists, as well as featuring emote projects, contests and news.
Featured Emoticons
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Your call is important to us by =pjuk really captures how people feel when placed on hold. The simple animation works well with the emote’s expression to create a cute little emoticon.
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dA emote community by ~LedMaiden is an adorable representative of the emote community. The full spectrum of colours just goes to show how varied our community is and the wave of bouncing really catches your eye. Be sure to look past the preview.
3.

Member of the community stamp by ~PokeartKid is a brilliant stamp for any emoticonist. The emotes used

Amazing Emoticonists & More - Volume 34Welcome to Amazing Emoticonists & More. This is the 34th installment of the mostly-weekly feature dedicated to showcasing the emoticon creations of up-and-coming and veteran emoticonists. Be sure to check out the rest of their galleries for other amazing works. This article also features projects, contests, groups, and more, in the hopes of exposing them to new deviants and those not familiar with the emoticon community.
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Lesser-Known Emoticonists

:iconbeaken: ~Beaken

I am a huge fan of fan-art emotes and this one is great. Readily recognizable and lovely white shading.

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Emotiviews 4 - Interview with `SanguineEpitaph

The interviewee of this edition is:
:iconcheerplz: :iconSanguineEpitaph: `SanguineEpitaph    :iconSanguineEpitaph:  :iconcheerplz:

opening words of the Artist:
   " Thank you for interviewing me!
I'll be as interesting as possible. :iconlaeyesplz:
This goes out to Mother Umbra, ILYSM u sooo kawaii ne~~ . <3  "

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1. Programs of choice for emoting?

ointr: I use Photoshop CS5 for both static and anim

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Emotiviews 5 - Interview with =phlum

by `Krissi001, Sep 22, 2011, 8:34:47 AM
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The interviewee of this edition is:

=Phlum

opening words of the Artist:
"   Hello! Or good mornafterning, if you prefer ¬3¬

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1. Programs of choice for emoting?

I use The Gimp, because I'm cheap. And also because I don't really get along with Photoshop.

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2. What is your favorite legend emote?

Ooh, tricky. Possibly though the one I (over)use a lot is

3. How important is shading/size/colour in emotes? ?

Well. Put it this way: without shading, all emotes would look like pieces of paper. Colour is rather necessary to get the expression of the emote across - for example, you wouldn't make a sad emote bright yellow or pink, but you'd make it blue or possibly grey. And size totally matters, for the reason that if emotes fluctuated in size then they wouldn't be particularly handy in comments. It'd just look bizarre.

4. Have you told people in real life about your emotes?

...sorta. I don't make a bit fuss over it but I don't mind people watching.

5. Who or what was your main reason / biggest motivation for making emotes? And what makes you want to be an Emoticonist?

The answer to both those questions is largely due to the community. We're a tight bunch. I haven't actually seen any other community as close as we are - and I have seen rather a lot.
Another reason is that I simply love the artform. It's amazing how impressive what is effectively a little blob can turn out.

6. What do you feel are your strengths and weaknesses as an emoticonist? Is there anything you've consciously worked to improve? If so, how?

I think my main weakness is animation, because I don't do enough of it My strength is that I feel I can pull of a range of expressions. goodness, that sounds like a report
And I have worked to improve both my animation (which I'm still working to improve) and my shading - which I think has definitely improved with a little help from the community.

7. If you had to live for a day as an emote, would you hate yourself for the torture and abuse you put them through?

I haven't (yet) Though I did do that Doom thing with Flump...
If I was an emote of somebody who does torture their emotes, I would find a rather large weapon from a previous deviation and attack their gallery with it.

8. What do you think is the most fun part when you make emotes?

The satisfying bit at the end when you look at your emote and it has turned out wonderfully.

9. How long does a simple/complex or animated/still piece take?

Depends on how much detail it has. If I'm hand-shading it, it could take anywhere between 10 minutes to half an hour. More complex emotes...I haven't really delved into yet.

10. If you had to convince someone to become an emoticonist, what would you say?

Give it a go and see what happens. If you're good, you'll get better. If you're bad, you'll get good. And you'll meet some of the most wonderful artists.

11. What are the things that you don't like about the Emoticon Community and what things would you change if you had the power to do it?

I've noticed there are a lot of emoticonists who have either drifted away from the artform or simply left deviantART altogether. I would probably reverse all that - but, in the end, it is their choice and they're leaving behind something brilliant.

12. Do you think the popularity of an emoticon depends on its idea or just how pretty/shiny/bouncy it is?

The more original, the better, I say. If your technique is good too, that's an added bonus that makes it all the better.
Also, bouncy things are awesome.

13. If there was one person (on dA) who you could watch (educationally, of course) as they work without them knowing, who would you pick?

I would pick =Indae because I love her shading.

14. What would you say to those people who argue that emoticons are not art?

I would say, look at this [link] or this [link] and THEN tell me they're not art.

15. Which emoticon in your gallery is your best work? Why?

My personal favourite is [link] it was made because of something trivial yet thoroughly amusing. Also, there is a cone involved and I think I drew it pretty well. And it was made for a dear friend of mine, =conniekidd.

16. What emote do you wish you could use in real life?

O_e
I have yet to work out how to do that in real life, actually.

17. Was there ever a point in your emote making where you went on hiatus? If so, what brought you back?

Nope. I can see me doing that at some point, maybe due to college which I am starting very soon

18. What do you like most about the emoticon community?

That we can get to know each other very quickly, if only by a simple emote posted on a fellow emoticonist's page. I've found the most effective method is to talk on Skype, as well.

19. Which emoticon group do you use most? / Support most?

#Emoticiety, because it seems to be something of a "hub" for emoticonists. I also support #Emotication because it's all about making people betterer at emoting.

20. In the past decade we've gone from plain text colons and parentheses to intricately designed graphics. Where do you think emotes will be 10 years from now?

Not far. They'll stay intricately designed. We'll just have a better animation file than GIF, which lets us have more colours.
Like APNG, which is being implemented into mainsteam use as we speak!

Anything else you want to say?

I hope it's been an interesting read...

Thank you very much for reading!

"See" you next time ;D

_{_{and now a huge thanks to the deviants who suggested these Questions to me:

1.`Mirz123, 2.=EastSideSunsets, 3.=angelStained, 4.`SanguineEpitaph,  5.~litecrush, 5.`HazelCraft,
6.~dirtypaintbrush,  7.`stuck-in-suburbia, 8.`IceXDragon, 9.*eon-krate32, 10.~TheGroovyMurphy,
11. / ,    12.`stuck-in-suburbia, 13.`stuck-in-suburbia, 14.~KatataEtc, 15.~KinnisonArc,
16.^SparklyDest,  17.~litecrush, 18.=Indae, 19.=Indae, 20.~dirtypaintbrush}}

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