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:megaphone: Attention!
Considering the great amount of time since I have thought about emotes, never mind the neglect I've put on my emoting programs, I can no longer truly provide satisfactory advice for all you budding emoticonists. I still love to see a new emote now and then, and the comments on both my tutorials are very uplifting. However, the flood of questions must come to an end.
But, I won't just leave you in the dark. There are many resources out there in the deviantART community that can really help.
Be sure to check out #Emotication for other tutorials and a long list of resources for all aspects of emoticon creation. If you need a mentor, they have a program set up to give you the kind of help you need.
If you have a specific question about emoticons or emoticon creation (including animation), head over to #WeEmote. The group there are sure to have an answer for you, or at least point you in the right direction.

And of course, dA has a massive section on tutorials for some of the most popular programs (as well as general tutorials) that can be easily found in the Resources and Stock Images > Tutorials gallery.

If you comment or send me a note, please don't be offended if I direct you elsewhere. I really can't provide you with the help you deserve.

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Warning: File size is fairly gigantic.

Well, seeing as how I had a tutorial for GIMP emoticon animations, I figured I'd make an actual emoticon tutorial.
This is a beginners tutorial, and the likelihood of me teaching more complicated colouring styles, how to colour and how not to colour, and things like that is fairly minimal. Be happy with what you have, people.

(Oh, and this one has a prettier layout than the last one. :w00t:)

The tutorial covers programs, outlines, two colouring styles, and hands. And again, this is just a simple tutorial. Build off and learn from it; I recommend any new emoticonist that REALLY feels comfortable with the above two colouring styles to try their own; make more complicated symbols and gradually make your way to something unique to yourself.

And if you make an emote with the help of this tutorial, don't be afraid to show and tell. :D I'd love to see 'em. ^__^

Thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you for the DD, =davebold370 and ^Hanratty-Stock!
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davebold370 said - Emoticon Tutorial by =12hc12 For us gimp users this is an amazing tutorial for pixel art work. Simple and very effectively put is what you will find here. Also the colouring of the image itself helps the reader read the page without any kind of distraction due to colours. I am now on my way to create some funny emotes thanks to this tutorial. ( Suggested by =davebold370 and Featured by `UnicornReality )
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~raykawolf Apr 2, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Wow, this helped SOOOOO MUCH!!!
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Mood: Love ~Kornelcia01 Feb 25, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Hi! Very good tutorial :D
Can I translate this tutorial and add on dA? (Of course I will give a link to your original.)
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~fairytale5353 Feb 19, 2013  Student Traditional Artist
e5353.deviantart.com/art/mah-first-emote-done-in-Gimp-2-355298116?q=gallery%3Afairytale5353&qo=0 ^^
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!MHfan1011 Jan 20, 2013  Student Artist
i really want to make an emoticon but i dont have Microsoft Paint. :-(
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~ZeroZeroRen Jan 11, 2013  Hobbyist Artist
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and again thank you=)
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~ZeroZeroRen Jan 11, 2013  Hobbyist Artist
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thanks for tutorial =)
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Thanks for the tutorial,it is really helpful!
Here's my emote - [link]
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~makachop12 Oct 12, 2012  Hobbyist
thanks for this! really helpful :)
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~GreenieCake Aug 24, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
this is so cool! I'll definately have to try it!
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