Smiley/Emoticon Redesign: Cooperative Member Involved Project (SERCMIP)

Great work guys, what other site gets a chance to make member created custom smilies

Originally posted by Zarniwoop
Maybe keep a couple "retros" around...

ETA: Here is a 32X32 circle template in case anyone wants to experiment.

Found it here and scaled down to size.

edit on 2-9-2013 by Zarniwoop because: (no reason given)

Ahh....now we get some collaboration.

I don't think there is a huge rush for a final product. So we can take a little time to get it all worked out.

reply to post by bigfatfurrytexan

I don't think there is a huge rush for a final product. So we can take a little time to get it all worked out.

I haven't had a ton of free time lately with all the nice weather here and holiday weekend... Both will be ending shortly, though.

I think this project looks like a lot of fun

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IMO, better to have a great product you'll all happy with....but really, you guys are coming along quite nicely....it's only been a couple of days.

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Agreed BFFT.

I'm glad that you've made an appearance here Big Z - I really like those retro examples.

This minion will continue watching from the side lines.

Originally posted by Domo1

How awesome would alien emotes be? The traditional 'Grey' shape and eyes with different expressions?!

An emoticon for grey, reptilian, sasquatch, ufo, ufo abducting cow, tinfoil hat, angry ranting conservative and lib emoticons screaming at each other.
Zombie emoticons.
a planet x emoticon.
A don't feed the trolls sign.

Here's a template of the site icons

Color test for "go-light" "go-dark"





Scale test (down to 20X20)

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the more I work with these little guys, the more I'd hate to see them go...



Most of them translate pretty well without being animated.

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i like them. and I bet no one would really complain

These are interesting quite unique...


I forgot that I purchased them a while back, intending to possibly use them.

I have the original as an Adobe Illustrator file if anyone is interested in expanding on the concept.


The survive scaling-down well also...



The shadow would need work in order to be compatible with the dark UI.

reply to post by bigfatfurrytexan

i like them. and I bet no one would really complain

Agreed... It's one of the few design constants the site has maintained for quite a number of years.

I'll ping S.O. to see if we should continue down this path.

ETA: oops... there he is

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yeah, if you have a vector i would be glad to grab them.

I likely won't turn out vector files But they are nice for scalability.

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using the ones he has, others can be added by quick alteration.

reply to post by bigfatfurrytexan

yeah, if you have a vector i would be glad to grab them.

I likely won't turn out vector files But they are nice for scalability.

OK, y'all just surpassed my pay grade.

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just look up raster and vector. I don't know anything about this either....but a vector can be scaled infinitely without lossyness.

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Pretty good.

We just need to substitute the fourth one in the first row - a duplicate sad face - with an eye roll.

Must. Have. Eye Roll. On. Intarwebz.....

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just look up raster and vector.

Ah... I get it now.

I suppose I'm a raster-based designer.

Zarni no have a graphics editor capable of vector, nor the patience to learn a new one.

ETA: OK, I might... maybe.

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Not sarcastic enough.

I need "Oh Geez!", "O.M.G.!!!", "This guy..." and "Seriously!?" all rolled into one epic eye roll. LOL!