FQuest: Smilie Wizards please apply

[Terra]

I have always wanted a really cool smilie face for the AOTA Forums and the following image has always conjured up...

http://www.aota.net/Face.jpg

For those of you that know Douglas Adams, this is from his excellent series 'Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'...[nbsp][nbsp]One of my favorite books when I was younger...

Could someone please take a moment to see if it's feasable to iconize it...[nbsp][nbsp]I would love to see this new smilie added to our icon set for replacing - :p

Thanks!

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Terra
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"And wow! Hey! What's this thing coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding word like... ow... ound... round... ground! That's it! That's a good name - ground!
I wonder if it will be friends with me?"
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FutureQuest

PS: one of my favorite lines from the 'HHGTTG' :)

[elite]

You want that as a smiley ie .gif for ubb or an .ico ?

[Deb]

He's looking for a gif for the UBB :)

[Jason]

Hehe... In the midst of my Christmas shopping this year I noticed that they'd reissued the "complete" HHGTTG anthology in one book, and that it was 40% of at Barnes and Noble. I was thinking of picking it up and getting reacquainted with the series - and now that I read the quote Terra just posted, I think I'll head back this weekend.

Or maybe I'll just buy the audiobook ;)

Jason
[This message has been edited by Jason (edited 01-04-00@10:47 am)]

[Tatu]

That thing is impossible to make it look good when it is resized!!!

The best I could get it look would be 30x23 pixels, but I figure that is too big, tho. Did you try posting at the UBB UBB?

[Mandi]

I always wanted a pair of those sunglasses that would go completely dark so I wouldn't have to bothered with the dangerous and scary things that were heading towards me . . .[nbsp]

[Mandi]

PS - for grownups who loved Hitchhiker's et al - check out the new Harry Potter series; I managed to sneak the three volumes avail in the US (one by one, of course) away from my 9 year old daughter while we drove to NY state and back over vacation - they are excellent, and not "just for kids!"

[sheila]

Well, Hitchhiker's is cool and all, but maybe simplifying the graphic would be better. What about loosing the arms and[nbsp][nbsp]just making it basically a face with a tongue coming out?

Or, what about that fairly common graphic of the big, fat lips with the tongue coming out?

[Terra]

Hehehe,

I already tried trading off the eyes for the arms... ;)

Possibly loosing a couple teeth, and maybe a smaller open mouth... :þ

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Terra
--Beginning to think it can't be done-- :(
FutureQuest

[Carol-H]

Will this do?

http://www.dragonbear.com/images/face.gif

- Carol Hanson
[nbsp][nbsp]www.dragonbear.com (http://www.dragonbear.com)

(edited: maybe make the tongue a brighter red so that it stands out more?)
[This message has been edited by Carol-H (edited 01-06-00@10:47 am)]

[Carol-H]

I think this is a slightly better version:

http://www.dragonbear.com/images/face2.gif

old version:

http://www.dragonbear.com/images/face.gif

both of those were 15 x 15
and new version with arms (21 wide x 15 high):

http://www.dragonbear.com/images/face3.gif

and shaded new version with arms (also 21 x 15):

http://www.dragonbear.com/images/face4.gif

- Carol Hanson
[nbsp][nbsp]www.dragonbear.com (http://www.dragonbear.com)

(keeps editing to add images and info :) but that's it now!)
[This message has been edited by Carol-H (edited 01-06-00@11:27 am)]

[Dan Kaplan]

Carol,

You're good -- that looks better than the original!

Dan

[tedloh]

I agree with Dan, Carol.[nbsp][nbsp]Those are great!

I vote for #4 :)
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Tygre Systems Co Ltd
Bangkok, Thailand, Land of Smiles :) :)
http://www.tygresystems.com (work currently on hold)
ted@tygresystems.com

[Phoenix]

Or with eyes?

This one is 17x13.[nbsp][nbsp]http://www.multiplechoicedesign.com/Face2.gif

[Terra]

I AGREE!

#4 looks great!!!

Thanks a bunch...[nbsp][nbsp]I'll get Justin right on injecting it into our UBB (With your permission - of course) :þ

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Terra
--The Minds of Minolta--
FutureQuest

[Justin]

I actually like Pheonix's myself... shall we vote or??

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Justin Nelson
FutureQuest Support

[Dan Kaplan]

I like it with the eyes, but I prefer the detail of #4.[nbsp][nbsp]Could they be combined?[nbsp][nbsp]Would that be an insult to the two artists in question?[nbsp][nbsp]:)

Dtail

edit: For a fair comparison of detail, we really should see them on the same background...


[This message has been edited by Dan Kaplan (edited 01-06-00@7:13 pm)]

[Justin]

Actually, looking at them again, I do kinda like the #4 above, w/o the eyes... hm... weird...

With permission I'd love to add that for the :þ - I didn't have time to draw a :þ smiley so I just set it up for the :þ... but a graphic would be much nicer :)


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Justin Nelson
FutureQuest Support

[sheila]

Well, I'm impressed. I wouldn't have thought it could be done. Good Job!

(I'm clearly no graphics designer.)

[Drew]

4 is my favorite as well.[nbsp][nbsp]Great job!!!

_/ drew /_

[Drew]

My vote goes for no eyes :þ
-drew

[Carol-H]

wow, guys, thanks for such nice compliments! feel free to send me your graphics requests any time! (MOSTLY KIDDING: guess how much real-world work I did this morning!)

I also like #4 best...without the arms it looks too much like a stuffed olive with the pimento falling out ;)

- Carol Hanson
[nbsp][nbsp]www.dragonbear.com (http://www.dragonbear.com)[nbsp][nbsp]

[Terra]

For the AOTA forums, I've selected the #4 image...[nbsp][nbsp]It is as close as I would have hoped it to come...

Great job on the image, exactly what I was looking for... :)

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Terra
--Hey Justin, how about replacing the ':P' tag with the new smiley?-- :þ :þ :D
FutureQuest

[Jazz]

I like #4 too; nice work, Carol! (Oh Terra made it official now! Great!)

BTW, re: HHGTTG--My sister and bro-in-law named their daughter Trillian. You know, Zaphod Beeblebrox's girlfriend from the first book? I just ROFL when I heard THAT!

Jazz
[This message has been edited by Jazz (edited 01-07-00@01:30 am)]

[Carol-H]

Whoops, now that I'm back: of course permission granted![nbsp][nbsp]Sorry if you were waiting on that: I only have a 56K modem at home (and I do have two kids) so all my weekday web-walking is done at work (tongue-twister there!).

- Carol Hanson
[nbsp][nbsp]www.dragonbear.com (http://www.dragonbear.com)

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[Justin]

Yes, we were waiting on you :P

All updated, and testing now of course - the only change I made was adding the transparent background...

Thanks, Carol :)

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Justin Nelson
FutureQuest Support

[Justin]

It does now :)

:p == :P
:P == :P

I'm going to miss the :þ though... ;)

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Justin Nelson
FutureQuest Support

[Deb]

ACK!!! NOOoooooooooo :(

I use :P way way way way too much in my ramblings.[nbsp][nbsp]How can I do this : ppPPpppPPP w/o the space?

My posts will end up all slobbery -- I demand choice! *hmph*

Deb
[nbsp]-- Wiping the slobber off my monitor.

[Justin]

Okay, how about this:

:p == :þ
:P == :P

???

Or how about random?? ;)

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Justin Nelson
FutureQuest Support

[Deb]

Why not user preferences where we can all upload our own images and define our own hot keys for them? You could add it to our cookies yes? This way upon registration we could add/delete whatever we liked and everyone would have their own unique set of images etc to make for a very colorful message forum.[nbsp][nbsp]Ohhhh Justin Puuuulllllleeeeesss?

Deb
[nbsp]- Leash?!?!?!??! HA!

[Justin]

Why don't I download mod_telepathy instead? I'm sure TeRRa will install it into the core - this way we don't even have to actually "click" or "type" things, we can just think them. Our preferences will automatically update according to our mood, and posts will come naturally.

You think that will work instead? :P

Oh, wait, according to the documentation, mod_telepathy isn't compatible with Netscape or Opera - it's an IE only thing.

/me runs far far away ;)

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Justin Nelson
FutureQuest Support

[cheatindex]

AHAHAHAHAA!!! Sorry.... couldn't control myself. Ah, I could care less about browser wars, but it's always enjoyable to see Justin stirr up a riot. hehe.

[wolfstalks]

Where was :P when I posted that three letter word post.
Ya know which one Deb ???[nbsp][nbsp] LOL

Couldn't resist :þ
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Have a Good One
Bob

[sheila]

Oh, Justin, you are VERY BAD!!!

[Armand]

Hey Carol, cool smiley!!!![nbsp][nbsp]Love that.[nbsp][nbsp]Don't suppose you'd be willing to let others use it also for their UBB's.[nbsp][nbsp]Willing to trade.[nbsp][nbsp]See http://www.arcanumcafe.com/ubb/smiley.htm

Hey all we need now is a Babel fish for Terra so we can all understand him. ;)[nbsp][nbsp]LOL.

Joe
~~"So long, and thanks for the fish!"~~

[Tatu]

I got scared the the :þ would be taken away from me forever! I just got used to over using it! I like the idea of the option! :)

: + p = :þ
: + P = :P

Very cool,
-Tatu

[Carol-H]

Cool!
Does it work with both small-p :p
and capital-P :P ?

I'll find out when I submit this... ;)

- Carol Hanson
[nbsp][nbsp]www.dragonbear.com (http://www.dragonbear.com)

[Dan Kaplan]

Oh, wait, according to the documentation, mod_telepathy isn't compatible with Netscape or Opera - it's an IE only thing. Must be Bill Gates' new market research strategy.[nbsp][nbsp]:)[nbsp][nbsp]I guess checking on what software people have installed via their modems didn't go over too well.[nbsp][nbsp]I will sniff out a conspiracy before the day is over...

Dan

[Carol-H]

Oh bother...I made the [mistake?] of showing this off to my husband.[nbsp][nbsp]The copy editor.[nbsp][nbsp]Who brought up the question of copyright infringement. :(

Anyone worried?

Anyone know who designed the HHGTTG original?

- Carol Hanson
[nbsp][nbsp]www.dragonbear.com (http://www.dragonbear.com)

[Tatu]

Honestly though, I don't the designer/illustrator would mind if we use it inconized to 15x15 in a message board? What damage would it do to them? They'd only send notice (if they even ever saw it) if they were a bunch of freaks who need to get --er nevermind, going to far there. ;)

-Tatu

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"Me? Worried? Nahhhh..."
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]Famous words spoken by Tatu just days before a cease and
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]desist letter was received from a friggin` beanie
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]baby company! :)

[Deb]

LOL![nbsp][nbsp]Tatu -- Behave yourself!

As far as the copyright issue... I assume they could possibly become upset about it -- It is in fact their &quot;lil guy&quot; we &quot;swiped&quot; <img src="http://www.aota.net/ubb/confuse.gif" alt=":/" width=15 height=15>[nbsp][nbsp]If we were to receive notice I would promptly remove the image. (....and grab photoshop create a green circle with arms and mouth...)

Deb
[nbsp]-- Can I use it? Huh? Huh? Can I?

[Carol-H]

Then go for it!
and it's fine with me if anyone else wants to use it for other UBBs

- Carol Hanson
[nbsp][nbsp]www.dragonbear.com (http://www.dragonbear.com)

[painterplanet]

When searching the forums I always find the most interesting threads![nbsp][nbsp]I always wondered how the HHGTTG graphic came to be here. :P

-Troy