Breaking Emoticon News

DeviantART’s Next Top Emoticon Community Volunteer has been selected and it is…

SparklyDest!

Hurrah! I think I echo the rest of the community when I say I am delighted! Congratulations!

In other news, National Pride Contest winners have been announced! See below for the fantabulous details!

National Pride Contest - WINNERS!Hey guys, :devWaluigi-Prower: again, the winners have been decided! All of the entries were pretty good, but there can only be one winner! And here they are!-----:star: 3rd Place :star::thumb365374225: the pride to be part of something bigger by :devTanteTabata:Well done! :la:3rd Place Prizes:bulletyellow: 15 :points: from :devWaluigi-Prower: :bulletyellow: 10 :points: from :devIceXDragon: :bulletyellow: Journal feature from :devWaluigi-Prower: :bulletyellow: Journal feature from :devEitvys200:-----:star: 2nd Place :star::thumb364428023: 'MURICA by :devSerrius07:Very nice job! :dummy:2nd Place Prizes:bulletyellow: 25 :points: from :d...

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Emoticon Contests

Emoticon Projects

a-kid-at-heart
The Star Struck Fella Project


Web5teR
The Cubemote Project


SillyWereWolf
The Internet Games Emote Project


Kohaku0827
The Emoti-Shrooms Project


mondscheinsonate
The Fancy Teatime Project


DigitalPear
The Sky High Project


Tahog
The Skyfall Project


stuck-in-suburbia
The Emote Bookcase Project

Emoticon DDs

I am elated to be able to open up this section again, emoticon Daily Deviations are always nice to see!

by a-kid-at-heart is the first DD SparklyDest has awarded and boy is it worthy of that title! Everything about it is absolute perfection!

by happy-gurl is a brilliant example of what beautiful pixelling looks like. The colours are lovely and vibrant but still keep to the gothic theme!

Emoticon Articles

You can always count on EmoteADay for some fabulous features! Here are the most recent:

April 26, 2013The featured emote for today is::thumb173625416: The "great" magician by :devH34:, submitted on August 1, 2010.The animation in this emote, or rather the lack thereof, can be what makes this idea great. The animation does a good job of making it seem like the magician is trying to be amazing, and the expression of the blue emote does justice to how poorly he's doing. April 27, 2013The featured emote for today is::thumb138628196: sandwich by :devsand-wich:, submitted on September 29, 2009.You know what'd be cool? Being able to make sandwiches out of thin air and have them put themselves in your plate. That'd be cool. April 28, 2013The featured emote for today is::thumb339535667: Game Evolution by :devCubicInsanity:, submitted on November 24, 2012.This emote does a very nice homage to the past, present and possible future of gaming. I personally like how smooth the transition is between each console and how enthused the emote is with playing the various consoles.

And being his wonderful self, IceXDragon has rounded up his recent Emoticons of the Week and has also listed some helpful inspirations (many of them emoticon-related)!

Emoticons of the Week!August 17th, 2014 May 25th, 2014 May 5th, 2014 April 27th, 2014 April 20th, 2014 March 23rd, 2014 March 17th, 2014 March 10th, 2014 March 2nd, 2014 February 23rd, 2014 February 9th, 2014 January 27th, 2014 January 20th, 2014 January 13th, 2014 January 6th, 2014 December 16th, 2013 December 8th, 2013 December 1st, 2013 November 4th, 2013 September 29th, 2013 September 23rd, 2013 September 15th, 2013 September 1st, 2013 August 25th, 2013 August 19th, 2013 July 8th, 2013 :thumb378653897: June 23rd, 2013 :thumb376598959: June 9th, 2013 :thumb373236987: May 26th, 2013 :thumb371809009: May 20th, 2013 :bigthumb36871... The 10 Inspirations FeatureHey guys!Here is a little feature for a contest in :devdeviant365: where you take 10 inspiring deviations, 10 inspiring deviants, 10 of your deviantART friends, and list 10 things that inspire you and your art. So lets get started!______________________________________________________________________________________ 10 Inspiring deviations 10 inspiring deviants :iconweb5ter: :devweb5ter: -- :iconkrissi001: :devkrissi001: -- :iconEndorell-Taelos: :devEndorell-Taelos: -- :iconinfinite-heart: :devinfinite-heart: -- :iconsparklydest: :devsparklydest: -- :iconwaluigi-prower: :devwaluigi-prower: -- :iconmiontre: :devmiontre: ...