ober Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I like the first one, with the hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Either one will work. I guess I'm kind of leaning more towards the first one though. Would be cooler if it were animated though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Either one will work. I guess I'm kind of leaning more towards the first one though. Would be cooler if it were animated though.  Animating that one would be a bit of extra work.. I can return to that one and give it a shot (perhaps sometime this weekend).  In the meantime.. here is a what I was thinking for psychic:   When I did a google search on psychic, I started seeing plenty of 'gypsie' type figures (wearing a bandana / mini-cape).. figured this could be a cool direction to head in. So I made this 'gypsie smiley' peering into a crystal ball with circular hand motions, complete with subtle 'sparkle' and glow effects.  Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I like it! But since the point of it is to convey either you don't have a crystal ball or else it's "in the shop" how about having it start out as is but then after a couple of frames it explodes or cracks in half or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I like it! But since the point of it is to convey either you don't have a crystal ball or else it's "in the shop" how about having it start out as is but then after a couple of frames it explodes or cracks in half or something?  Interesting concept, CV. I'll play around with that and see what I can come up with. I was figuring an all general purpose psychic emoticon that could be used in multiple situations, like:  Initial thread post.. no code, samples or anything else... I am using this: preg_match('#d+[^!()-]#', $str, $match).. why isn't it working?!?  Oh, let me just consult my crystal ball Ah, I see what the problem is.. YOU DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY CODE OR SAMPLES!  Or the respose could have been: You'll have to provide more information, as I'm not <-- mouse hover shows 'psychic'.  But I'll give the ball exploding a shot and see what comes of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 could always have both versions  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Head banging against wall anim: Â Â Interesting find while doing this one.. seems not all browsers are on equal footing when it comes to animated gif frame timing. Seems like Chrome doesn't honor the correct timing for frames with no-delay to very small times (like 0.05 seconds). So the 'blur' frame is a tad more noticeable on Chrome than say Firefox and Opera 10 (both of which seem to handle shorter frame times better). Perhaps Chrome will fix this in an upcoming release? Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Nice.  So what about the crystal ball? Any luck on the cracked/exploding ball version? I think it's okay as-is; just thinking it would be a lot cooler if it cracked or exploded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 So what about the crystal ball? Any luck on the cracked/exploding ball version? I think it's okay as-is; just thinking it would be a lot cooler if it cracked or exploded.  I will be working on that one next (took a break from that one to tackle the wall one first). I'll keep you posted once a newer version is ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 How about a smiley that comes up and smacks another smiley upside the head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 How about a smiley that comes up and smacks another smiley upside the head  lol I can see that as your most used smiley, ever!  If the remainder of the powers that be don't have an issue with a smiley slapping another (read - one forum member basically saying to another; 'If I could be there I would friggin' slap you right now!'), then I'll give that one a shot too. I just wouldn't want these forums to give off too bad of an impression (as tempted as such a smiley would be - I'm sure many members would have a field day with that one!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I could use it to portray what I want to do to my landlord, for example. It doesn't have to be against another forum member, any more than any of the other smileys that could be used in a negative fashion. If we are going to give merit to a smiley based on what it could be used for, then we need to nix most of the smileys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I do see what you mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gevans Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I've been away for a couple of weeks, nice to see the smileys were finished and added. They look amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynew Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 If I make an animated penis, will you guys be my friend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 While wayne is thinking about an animated penis, I gave the smacking behind the head a shot. I've avoided having the smiley getting smacked rub the back of his head afterwards in the interest of saving frames and keeping the animation short: Â Â Â Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seventheyejosh Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009     freaking win :thumb-up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 how about having the smacked smiley also do the "BLAH BLAH" text like in that other smiley, so it looks like he's talking stupid shit and then gets smacked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 @seventheyejosh,  Glad you like it  @CV, I could experiment with that.. I was thinking more along the lines of a generic head smack. Given that something like that would probably follow a quote of some sort...  Example: I'm a l33t php h4ck0r, so I noez what im talking ab0ut! Doan argue whit me! whatever! That kind of thing. But I'll play around with the blah effect (just don't want the animation to get bigger than conveniently needs to be). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seventheyejosh Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 How come the posts in the view forum section still use the old smileys? The message icon i believe it is called...  also what is the eta to the back of head smack smiley? i need it soooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 How come the posts in the view forum section still use the old smileys? The message icon i believe it is called...  also what is the eta to the back of head smack smiley? i need it soooo  Sometime this evening or tomorrow, I'll propose the version with the smiley who gets smacked blabbing away prior to the smack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Ok, here's the one with the 'blah' talkative prior to the slap    While I find it more humorous, the issue (imho) is size (the other version without the talkative 'blah' is a cozy ~2.5k, while this one is a tad hefty at 5.4k). So while I enjoy this second one more, I think the original is more practical from a file size standpoint.  Delayed Posting Edit: I tried a 3rd version (which is shorter physically as well as in total frames as compared to version 2) and sits in at a more comfortable ~ 3.3k:   So for me, my vote is for 1st or 3rd version.    Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I like the top one, whatever that is... even if it is bigger. I like seeing the blah blah fall apart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 HAHA NICE I too like how the BLAH breaks apart. I vote that for top smiley. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seventheyejosh Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 breaking blah ftw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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