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I know I always say this, but...

Journal Entry: Sun Oct 18, 2009, 5:26 AM


I feel really old. :XD:
I've just been looking back at more older emotes from when I was twelve: reminiscing on the old days. It kind of looks like... that nothing has really changed. I might even say that the animations were better and more fluent, the expressions as well, and even the shading, which has only been modified slightly (I still love `darkmoon3636's 'central' or ';pillow' shading and wonderful use of colours) looked better back then. My :tardfire: emote still remains on of my favourites.

Ever since `darkmoon3636 left dA, my inspiration levels remain lower. I adored her shading, and that sort of encouraged my present shading and emotes/animations today. :iconsadtardplz:

The emoticon community is great as well... but it was also different back then. There were way less projects. Emotes were made for solely MSN purposes, and only the few odd ones weren't. Now, their are ones with backgrounds: some which I wouldn't call emotes, or even pixel art to that matter. :B

Anyways, I'm probably just grumpy from being tired. :XD: So, I might go to sleep and see if I feel better the next morning. :V

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*Full-Cheese Oct 18, 2009, 5:47:52 AM
haha
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*Mirz123 Oct 18, 2009, 5:53:49 AM
It is the evolution of any art. You find that people want to stretch the boundaries and try different things. I do believe there really needs to be a sub-classification: emote-art. I still view emoticons with the purpose of being used on MSN and forum systems. Emote-art is pretty, but it's not practical to be used everyday.

I got in smiley-emoting because I wanted them for use on my forums. I make mostly static due for that reason. I have always felt that emotes should be made to be used and shared. Though, I can appreciate and respect when an artist wants to keep their work out of the public's reach.

I find that shading is a matter of preference. I happen to like less shiney so that facial detail is clearer. I just find it frustrating when people say I am not as good/skilled because I choose to do it differently.

Anyhow, sorry. Your post just got me thinking about this all and I'm rambling. I wasn't around 2 years ago, so I can't really comment more than I have.

Oh, and darkmoon is a girl. ;)

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~Niallmeister Oct 18, 2009, 6:04:29 AM
Good lawd, please add some z-index to your CSS H2 tag, it's annoying the living kitty out of me to see the text beneath the box.
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=Caeser1993 Oct 18, 2009, 6:27:04 AM
`darkmoon3636 is a girl. :whisper:

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=zachriel Oct 18, 2009, 6:44:10 AM
I agree. While there are some great new artists in the community today, nobody can match what `darkmoon3636 did for us. Her pastel colored little buggers were easy to see and the animations were always great. Few of them were really useful in a chatroom, but the few that were were great (poof for example).

:ahoy: Here's to less projects, and more MSN emotes! :#1:

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=Marc-pHX Oct 18, 2009, 6:52:27 AM
Dude. Stop saying you feel old. You make me feel bad. :crying:

I miss `darkmoon3636 too. I believe I wouldn't start making emoticons if it weren't for her. :c

Ah, the projects. You're right: there are too many right now. Some months ago, I was going to release a project called "Thank you Livius", but there were a bunch of projects going on that they really demotivated me to launch mine. :shrug:

About the emoticons with background, I can't say anything against it. I've even made some. In 2006. :XD:

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~tenmuki Oct 18, 2009, 9:29:44 AM
lol I thought I was paranoid when I say I feel old, but since you're younger than me, you must be even more paranoid lols~~~

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=dbestarchitect Oct 18, 2009, 9:35:24 AM
You joined when you were 12? :ninja:

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`CookiemagiK Oct 18, 2009, 11:18:51 AM
darkmoon3636 is a boy? D:

I'm fine with the way emotes are "evolving" right now. I mainly just use plz accoutns for msn so I have no problem with emotes being big or having backgrounds :p
But I do agree with there being a lot of projects now... too many :/

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=Kermodog Oct 18, 2009, 3:45:21 PM
I joined when I was 11. :ninja: Made emotes when I was 12. :B

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