Gallery structure
The current structure of the Emoticon gallery is shown below
EmoticonsChat friendly Emotes
Small - Up to 25x50
Static
Category descriptions
Emoticons
Emoticons, also known as 'emotes, 'smilies' or 'emojis' intend to represent facial expressions, actions, or situations.
An emoticon is a small piece of art designed to help express people's feelings, moods and emotions. They are generally pixel based, round and contain some sort of action or facial expression to put across the emotion it is meant to show.
Chat Friendly
Chat friendly emotes are emoticons designed for use in conversation. They may be used with chatrooms, IM programs or forums to show some sort of action, emotion or expression. They generally have small canvas sizes and transparent backgrounds and those designed for dAmn (dA chatrooms) should not exceed dimensions of 150 pixels in height or width.
The chat friendly gallery is then broken down into further sections depending on the canvas size of the emote. Within each of these size categories the emotes are then separated into Static (non-moving) and Animated (moving with multiple frames)
Visual purpose
Visual purpose emoticons are emotes designed purely to look at. They can range from small to large canvases, can be animated or static and often display a pixelled background as they have no use in conversation
Packs
Packs are deviations containing a range of emoticons submitted within a single downloadable file. The emotes within the pack may be used within other deviations, IMs or forums. A pack can contain a variety of emoticons, including animated, static, varying colours or even emoticon bases. It is always advisable to state terms of use within a pack's comments, and to always check these if you intend to use a certain pack.
Other
The Misc category is available for any emoticons that do not fit into the other categories.
