16px x 16px Smiles + Post Icons Pack. (W.I.P)

[Shelley_c]

I'm working on a pack of miniature smilies (16px by 16 px) along with integrating post icons which will result in a mega pack. I'm just wondering if there's an interest in such a small sized smiley+post icon pack and possibly to get some suggestions.

Preview Below. Suggestions on post Icons are welcomed, I plan on adding support and other icons to convey designers/coders/ etc so other suggestions will be considered and implemented into the final pack.

[vijayninel]

Its too small IMO.. I like big smilies.

[Shelley_c]

Originally Posted by vijayninel

Its too small IMO.. I like big smilies.

I'll partially agree with you, but I'll put that down to our own personal preference for preferring the larger smilies.

I'm thinking more of the people that prefer to have their text formatting not broken as much. if they used their larger variants which was a focus point on the last smiley pack I submitted in here for a critique.

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You see where I am coming from. Some people hate this. And much prefer the following.

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[Winterworks]

Wow, Shelley! That's actually the thing I hate most. When you see a post, with a long paragraph of text, and in it has like 10 smilies that make the whole post look like crap.

I'd actually be interested in these greatly.

I am also looking for post icons. Here's a few ideas for them: A bug post icon (for if you're reporting bugs - obviously), some of the normal ones, one with an exclamation mark, one with a question mark, a new poll one to match, and just a few smiley icons I guess.

If you ever did that and released it here, please PM me and I'd download them instantly! I love your work Shelley.

[Aclikyano]

looks nice, i prefer animated smilies over any though :\

[Shelley_c]

Originally Posted by Winterworks

Wow, Shelley! That's actually the thing I hate most. When you see a post, with a long paragraph of text, and in it has like 10 smilies that make the whole post look like crap.

I'd actually be interested in these greatly.

I am also looking for post icons. Here's a few ideas for them: A bug post icon (for if you're reporting bugs - obviously), some of the normal ones, one with an exclamation mark, one with a question mark, a new poll one to match, and just a few smiley icons I guess.

If you ever did that and released it here, please PM me and I'd download them instantly! I love your work Shelley.

I already Designed a bug (insect) related post icon a minute or so after I submitted this preview amongst others. I''ll also design support related icons too. Anymore suggestions you think for post icons feel free to suggest. afterall, some post icons are best suit to be used by the staff so I'm taking this onboard and with post icons using the usergroup system I can design post icons used by only staff.

I'll update the preview a little later with what I have so far.

Originally Posted by Aclikyano

looks nice, i prefer animated smilies over any though :\

I'll be releasing a separate animated pack though the pack will be in the gif format.

EDIT: UPDATED/ADDED PREVIEW IN THE FIRST POST IN THIS THREAD.

[vijayninel]

Originally Posted by Shelley_c

You see where I am coming from. Some people hate this. And much prefer the following.

I hate small smilies but love my text formatting looking neat.I hate small smilies but love my text formatting looking neat.I hate small smilies but love my text formatting looking neat.I hate small smilies but love my text formatting looking neat.I hate small smilies but love my text formatting looking neat.I hate small smilies but love my text formatting looking neat.

That is a very good demo you have given there and you are entirely correct in saying that larger smileys break up the text formatting (if used in between) while smaller ones do not.

While that is undeniable, I think the reason we use smiley's is not for some practical purpose but for fun. And IMHO small smilies are no fun even if they are "practical" It is difficult to even make out what the smiley is trying to convey.

I would rather use one larger smiley at the end than ten small ones in the text. But as you said its personal preference.

Cheers.

[Shelley_c]

A preference that i share with you on. But I like to cater for everyone which from the last thread I created similiar to this had that very issue highlighted so It's mainly for others benefits than my own as I won't be using the smilies myself.

[exel]

they are perfect, I LOVE THEM!

[Winterworks]

Shelley, would you release them yet?