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Published on February 20, 2008 By Zoomba In WinCustomize News

Ok, we have a nice new forum look, but we still have the same old, tired smiley faces we've had for years.  Well, it's time for some new ones!  Instead of just going out to Google and searching for free smiley sets, we're turning to the community for help.  With so many outstanding graphic artists here, I'm betting we'll end up with some outstanding smileys.

Whoever submits the winning smiley set will receive a free ObjectDesktop subscription (or extension to their current sub), as well as having their art become a part of the site for the next several years.

Here are the details:

  • All smileys should be 24x24px
  • Individual smileys should be in .png format
  • You must be able to provide the original Photoshop/Corel/Fireworks/Whatever file used to create the images
  • You must, at a minimum, recreate all the smileys already on the site, plus the ones found here.  You are however free to make more.
  • All smileys should match/have a theme (no pink dinosaur smiley mixed in with a blue alien smiley)
  • For new smileys, suggest appropriate text representations

You have until Friday, March 7th to enter.  And entering is as simple as making a post on this thread with a preview shot of all of your smileys.  We'll pick the winners the following week.

I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.  We're definitely in need of new smileys.

Edit: Updated the contest rules to require a few more smileys.  We are giving away an ODNT sub afterall...


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on Mar 03, 2008
Non-conformist....   



on Mar 03, 2008
lol... well, gentlemen do prefer blondes   
on Mar 03, 2008
thanks for liking them everybody... but be patient, I know at least one great set I liked thats coming down the pipe

Indeed.
on Mar 04, 2008

lol... well, gentlemen do prefer blondes

Forget that... I'm a brunette/redhead guy myself!

on Mar 04, 2008
Those look great SK!
I'm curious, when you work on something that's going to be that small, do you work in a larger res and then reduce the size? If so is there a "rule of thumb" for how much larger....2X, 3X etc.
on Mar 04, 2008
SK, those rock! Bebi, is that a preview?
on Mar 04, 2008
I'm curious, when you work on something that's going to be that small, do you work in a larger res and then reduce the size? If so is there a "rule of thumb" for how much larger....2X, 3X etc.

Those were done at a resolution of 48x48 (twice as large) and the resulting pngs scaled down to size. For something so small I find it easier to get more detail that way, only thing is it takes some 'trial and error' to make sure that detail shows properly once its scaled down

on Mar 04, 2008
Can you post one of the 48x48 images so we can see?
on Mar 04, 2008
lol... well, gentlemen do prefer blondes



Im just happy when I meet one that don't smack me up side the head .. regardless of her hair color..  

on Mar 04, 2008
48x48... I did mine 960x960   
on Mar 04, 2008
Thanks Shawn
on Mar 04, 2008
SK, those rock! Bebi, is that a preview?

Perhaps.
lol... well, gentlemen do prefer blondes
Forget that... I'm a brunette/redhead guy myself!


on Mar 04, 2008
Ditto...
on Mar 04, 2008
Okay, so are we going to be able to see a recap of the smileys for the contest? Oh come on, please.   
on Mar 04, 2008
Okay, so are we going to be able to see a recap of the smileys for the contest? Oh come on, please.   

It's not the the 7th yet.
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