Thread: Mantis' Smilies

Originally Posted by Mantis

Early version of the Black Point smiley. Cool points if you actually know what this is. Attachment 1939

(Sucks that it won't be as visible on a dark background.)

I guess i'm out of the running for guessing who/what that is. I really hope someone surprises us and knows all about it, haha.

I'm probably the only one here who does. But I'm sure you will soon.

Originally Posted by Mantis

I'm probably the only one here who does. But I'm sure you will soon.

Well i sort of know who/what it is from our discussion(s) about it, that's why I'm disqualified from guessing or impressing you

Very experimental smiley I whipped up earlier today in around twenty minutes.



It's based on an expression from the Outlaw Star manga. I'm not sure whether a manga smiley set is worth pursuing. I mean, the manga is really important right now so it's not like it doesn't deserve recognition. The characters in the manga are very expressive. You can use a more general template for the anime's art style and a set of expressions for all anime smilies, but with the manga, Takehiko Ito probably drew Gene in a hundred different ways!

So it's unclear what a general manga smile would look like. This is based on a smirk. You might notice that it imitates the dot b/w shading style found in manga by using a technique called dithering. It doesn't work that great but it was worth a try.