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thebarman
QUOTE (Me_Again @ Jun 25 2004, 05:37 PM)
Ohhhh I loved to be surprised, would you make one for me without me telling you what I want. You see I'm never sure about what I really want... What I need however is a different story...

Barman's back!

Apologies all I only have internet access at work so you wont see me around at the weekends, great stuff UA love what you've done.

Having a look back at the thread I think it's "Me Again" that's next in line, so something surprisingly fruity coming up...
thebarman
QUOTE (Me_Again @ Jun 26 2004, 01:20 AM)
I would like a "new" one. I am a vegitarian, so I do like fruits and vegetables grin2.gif

OK, lets see if this works, I was going to add some text to this but I thought I'd upload it as it was to see what people thought.

Thanks to the Oracle for the flashy new gif animator program, I like it a lot but somehow I seem to feel less satisfaction from using it, it does all the work for you.

Right...

Design brief from Me Again:

something 'surprising' and with 'fruits and vegetables'

Here we go:
thebarman
QUOTE (Nikolaos @ Jun 27 2004, 03:10 AM)
Let's see what you can do with this.  wink2.gif

EDIT: I'll reupload it and stuff, lol.  My host is down.

user posted image

OK Nik,

Yours is next...

EDIT: Can someone help me, I need to know the name of the font in the picture above
Universal Absurdity
Dunno the name of that font thebarman, i was never really good at remembering.

Whisper9 I came up with a startled cat for ya, i hope you like.

thebarman
Well I finally had to give in and register with photobucket, damn gif is 53kb!

Apologies if my designs are getting a bit crazy I'm still getting to grips with this new program, here's the latest one for Nikolaos...

user posted image
Universal Absurdity
QUOTE
I'm still getting to grips with this new program

ohmy.gif Whats this? Lemme know what program it is so i can get it!
Very nice work! thumbsup.gif

Raven asked that i make his a bit darker....
user posted image

I hope this works well enough cool.gif
thebarman
QUOTE (UniversalAbsurdity @ Jun 28 2004, 04:19 PM)
user posted image

Nice work UA thumbsup.gif

one comment though, you might want to make the frame that says "were you in that Hitchcock movie?" a little longer as it goes by quite fast and is hard to read quickly enough
thebarman
QUOTE (UniversalAbsurdity @ Jun 28 2004, 04:19 PM)
ohmy.gif Whats this? Lemme know what program it is so i can get it!
Very nice work! thumbsup.gif

It's called Ulead gif animator,

TheOracle sent it to me through msn messenger, it's a cool program but it does take away some of the creative flare that's become a trademark of our gif's.

If all you want to do is add some spankingly flashtastic effects very quickly then this is the program to use, if you ask him I'm sure he can send it to you wink2.gif
Universal Absurdity
The pic was fixed,

Thanks for the info on ulead, i will ask the oricle when i have more time. i'm off till later today or tomorrow.

Thanks again cool.gif
odinsgrl
OMGosh! UA, I LOVE the new avatar for whisper9! That is sooo cute!
Curiosity
Thank you so much UA! wub.gif I love it! thumbsup.gif
BurnSide
It's lookin good guys, keep up the good work!!
Snowbaby
Howz about me u guys?? Something snowy and babyish?? i cant find a cool one anywhere sad.gif
sasass
Hey guys..
Great place you,ve got going here. (Permanent residence ?) grin2.gif
-can you do somethin with mine ?
( an occasional blink and the left side(your left) of the mouth curling up every now and then ?)(don't really want it synchronized)
Don't know if i want any eyebrow thing, might be to much..don't know.... wacko.gif
( i don't want it to be distracting )

Thanks UA. & Barman thumbsup.gif
( I wasn't gonna do this, but ya'll have been coming up with some really
good GIF's)

Great job.
original.gif
Scorpius
I haven't done another one yet, in awhile. I'm gonna have to do another one sooner or later. You all know about the new Contest being held in this forum group "Writer's and Artist's Hangout". It's the new Advertisements. Create one and maybe your's will be chosen. thumbsup.gif
thebarman
Thanks everyone for the compliments,

If you are using a gif me or UA has done would you mind putting our animation in you signature, the URL needed is:

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/uploads/post-68-1087979960.gif

Thanks very much if you can thumbsup.gif

Right, snowbaby's next in line...
thebarman
OK Snowbaby,

You've gotta use this it's definately my favourite so far, hope you like Rugrats...

Here's the URL if you need it:
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/uploads/post-68-1088502100.gif
thebarman
QUOTE (sasass @ Jun 28 2004, 10:47 PM)
( an occasional blink and the left side(your left) of the mouth curling up every now and then ?)(don't really want it synchronized)

OK sasass,

Is this what you had in mind??

Here's the URL if you need it:
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/uploads/post-68-1088508418.gif

Personally I'm not too keen on the mouth movement, I think an eyebrow lift instead would look better. If you would like a change ask me or UA and we'd be glad to help thumbsup.gif
Universal Absurdity
Very good one for sasass, and snowbaby, thebarman thumbsup.gif

I did come up with something different for snowbaby.
i would have posted it sooner, but i was a bit ill this morning
MaNgO_gIrL_hErE
QUOTE (MaNgO_gIrL_hErE @ Jun 26 2004, 04:23 AM)
Wow! Great work u guys  w00t.gif  thumbsup.gif
Could u pweeez do sth to mine??? I'll leave it up to u to decide what to do tongue.gif
Thanks  sleep.gif

Did u forget about me??? dontgetit.gif sad.gif crying.gif crying.gif
Universal Absurdity
QUOTE
Did u forget about me???


Oops... I'll get started original.gif
MaNgO_gIrL_hErE
Thanks UA wub.gif wub.gif wub.gif
Universal Absurdity
Allrighty Mango girl

Heres what i came up with. Its a very small image so it was difficult.
Let me know if you want any changes

Barman, i havent gotten the uled gif animator yet, but since you have it, see if you can do something different with this one, i was thinking have the mango do that cool glow thing like on MC's.

MaNgO_gIrL_hErE
Thanks UA original.gif
I was wondering if it was possible to remove that thing underneath the arms (right in between)...It really sticks out now with the arms going up and down.Thanks! wink2.gif
sasass
Looks good so far. grin2.gif
Can you make it blink faster ?
right now you have it blinking once every 4 or 5 seconds.
Can you make it blink twice in the same time frame.
I like the grin thing. Cool !
I'm going for an uneasy creepy look..
Thanks. I know ya'll have a lot of work.
Ooh.....How do i get your advert into my signature ?
thumbsup.gif
Universal Absurdity
No problem mangogirl

That was actually what i had the most problems with. tomorrow first thing i'll fix it
sasass
Got the advert in the signature....( in anticipation) grin2.gif
Just had to read....Duh.. whistling2.gif
Am patiently waiting whistling2.gif w00t.gif w00t.gif
bounce.gif

thumbup.gif
thebarman
QUOTE (sasass @ Jun 30 2004, 07:58 AM)
Got the advert in the signature....( in anticipation) grin2.gif
Just had to read....Duh.. whistling2.gif
Am patiently waiting whistling2.gif  w00t.gif  w00t.gif
bounce.gif

thumbup.gif

Apologies if you've been waiting a long time sasass but the UK-USA time difference is unavoidable.

Still, you're probably in bed right about now but when you wake up this new avatar will be waiting...

Edit: OK, is the animation in the blinking running slow on anyone elses browser? UA could you have a look at this gif for me and confirm the frame rate for the blinking is 0.00 seconds, which in my mind should be pretty fast but it's running damn slow and I need to know if it's just me, cheers thumbsup.gif
Universal Absurdity
thebarman, too many frames!
try cutting it down to 3 or 4 frames for the up and down movement

Mangogirl, i had to shorten the image a bit to get it to look right


Snowbaby
QUOTE (UniversalAbsurdity @ Jun 29 2004, 09:21 PM)
Very good one for sasass, and snowbaby, thebarman thumbsup.gif

I did come up with something different for snowbaby.
i would have posted it sooner, but i was a bit ill this morning

Awwwwww UA, u okies now?

And thanks u guys!! Ur doing a great job here, thanks to both of u for the avatars, i''l use em both cos im a greedy bint!!!!!!!! devil.gif
*hugs* u both!! wub.gif
Thistle
WOW ! great job guys. clap.gif


Either of you fancy having a go at mine?


pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease


thumbsup.gif
Universal Absurdity
Thanks snowbaby, yes i'm fine now.
Thistle, i'll see what i can do for ya, thebarman, why dont you have a go at it as well.

I fixed the avatar for sasass
Here it is
Snowbaby
What programme do u guys use for these? And where do u get the patience!!!!
thebarman
Nice one UA, cheers for that thumbsup.gif

I'm not too sure how well that image is going to convert to a gif as the colours are limited but I'll give it a go...

here's how it would look as a gif, as you can see the colour is a little distorted:
thebarman
QUOTE (Snowbaby @ Jun 30 2004, 04:45 PM)
What programme do u guys use for these? And where do u get the patience!!!!

Mostly just a combination of windows paint and microsoft gif animator,

as for the patience, given the choice of doing work or animating gifs, well there you have it. The appreciation of people miles away I've never met means more to me than that of the man in the next room I unfortunately call "boss".
Universal Absurdity
QUOTE
as for the patience, given the choice of doing work or animating gifs, well there you have it. The appreciation of people miles away I've never met means more to me than that of the man in the next room I unfortunately call "boss".


I second that laugh.gif

sasass asked me to modify the pic, here it is:
Scorpius
Janielsen666, did you still want me to make you an Avatar. I'll need a picture or image to animate first tongue.gif. Um where you hidin' it?

This is how Thistle1's avatar appears as a gif for me...
MaNgO_gIrL_hErE
QUOTE (UniversalAbsurdity @ Jun 30 2004, 03:22 PM)
thebarman, too many frames!
try cutting it down to 3 or 4 frames for the up and down movement

Mangogirl, i had to shorten the image a bit to get it to look right

Thanks UA, you're a sweetheart thumbsup.gif
sasass
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
thumbsup.gif ............................. thumbsup.gif .............................. thumbsup.gif
oddly creepy
COOL grin2.gif
thebarman
QUOTE (Blue-Scorpion @ Jun 30 2004, 07:13 PM)
This is how Thistle1's avatar appears as a gif for me...

Well that showed me! I'll remember to keep my big mough shut in future tongue.gif

Apologies thistle, both me and UA would be more than happy to animate your avatar thumbsup.gif
Scorpius
Thistle1, what do you think of your new Avatar, made by me of course. tongue.gif
I tried meddling with the hair but it just ain't up to my par.
Scorpius
Or maybe a slower paced Avatar tongue.gif
Universal Absurdity
I got one for ya thistle

user posted image

And here is the url (this is a big file! 87kb!)
img78.photobucket.com/albums/v294/UniversalAbsurdity2/thistle.gif

EDIT- you can now copy the correct url from here, whenever i post the whole url, it gets shortened and made into a url. so add 'http://' in front of it, it should work fine
Thistle
Thankyou muchlies UA..........I love it !


kiss.gif


ty also Blue Scorpion, very nice too



Edit...........awwwwww it's too big and won't let me upload it sad.gif , any ideas?
Universal Absurdity
Thistle

Right click on the image, then select properties. copy the url. Then update your avatar with the url instead of uploading a new image thumbsup.gif
thebarman
Nice work UA, don't think I can top that.

Has everyone been done now? I think we're coming up on hard times UA! There's no one left!
Universal Absurdity
Yep....looks like we'll be competing for the next one... speakin of which, thebarman, can you see what you could do with this?

user posted image

you have that other animator, i was hoping you could make her mouth open up and light come out of it.
thebarman
Right,

it was a long time in the making but I re-worked Burnside's to incorporate the lighter flicking and the light flickering, ooh, tongue twister.

PS: Just checked out the new pics in the gallery, congrats UA on the newborn thumbsup.gif

Universal Absurdity
Thanks barman. He's about 4 1/2 months now and getting big
its gonna be a very cool long road raising him

(i can be so cheesy sometimes)
thebarman
QUOTE (UniversalAbsurdity @ Jul 2 2004, 02:44 PM)
(i can be so cheesy sometimes)

Cheesetastic!

Right I'm having a go at that pic but what's it for?

How much do you want her mouth to open? And what colour light would you like? Or shall I just go with the flow and see what happens?
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