Let's Make Smilies!

[Geo]

Pretty good. And getting rid of the black background works too.

[Geo]

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Looks good.

[Flux]

It's not fair that BUncle gets all the fun.
Here is my attempt at a grossed-out smilie.
The frames build on to eachother for some unknown reason, so I'll include what it came out too and all 3 frames. Doesn't look that good when they stack.
via Imgflip GIF Maker

[Buster's Uncle]

See my tutorial series on smilies - in this thread, and collected in Articles under Internet Art.

Also?  I don't really see puke smilies here.  Keep trying, though. 

Pretty good. And getting rid of the black background works too.

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Looks good.

Okay; I aim to please.  I'll replace with that.

[Buster's Uncle]

 

[Flux]

Okay. An angry face hitting a happy face. Happy face turns into a sad face.

So mean...
It actually took longer to find a program to make a GIF then to make the frames.

[Buster's Uncle]

That's better - but you can do better yet in GIMP.

See my tutorial series on smilies - in this thread, and collected in Articles under Internet Art.

[Geo]

Okay. An angry face hitting a happy face. Happy face turns into a sad face.

So mean...
It actually took longer to find a program to make a GIF then to make the frames.

Funny. 

[Flux]

That's better - but you can do better yet in GIMP.

See my tutorial series on smilies - in this thread, and collected in Articles under Internet Art.

You referring to your making of the panda dancing?
Hmm... I kind of did that one based on
Though, unless you made the random brown blocks they are sitting on more detailed, I don't see how you could make it any better without just adding more frames.

[Buster's Uncle]

I'll demonstrate.  Be back in a few...

[Buster's Uncle]

Your automatic program does sloppy work.  Compare the dimensions of your submission with my revision.  Compare the file sizes.  Compare how much crisper my smilies you incorporated look after I fixed it.

The program took up a LOT of unnecessary space on the right of the frame where there was white with nothing in it in either frame.  Only the rage smilie needed to be elevated.  The colors were not indexed.  The background was not transparent, to look good against any color webpage.

A program doesn't have the judgment to move the eye on the sad smilie to match the happy better...

Smilies should ALWAYS attempt to be as small as possible, both in dimensions and file size, which is why the older ones on the older websites are two or three colors and 15x15 pixels - it's a minimum burden on the bandwidth and throws off the line spacing the least.  Notice how this  spaces the line of type a little extra - it's not 1997 tech we have anymore, and I'm an artist, so I indulge myself that much.

Smaller and simpler is better, where feasible.  It DID keep the number of frames low, at least.

[Buster's Uncle]

BTW - do keep making stuff.  You have talent, and I enjoy teaching, so don't take it too seriously if I come off sounding stern.  I'm pleased with you, Blue.

[Buster's Uncle]

...After seeing how it looked on the forum, I put the eye movement back.  Funnier that way, I think.  Successive drafts is part of the process, often...

[Buster's Uncle]

Geo, I think I found the health thingy you were talking about in a screenshot I saw.  I wonder if what I'm visualizing was what you had in mind?  Stay tuned...

[Buster's Uncle]

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