Icon Maker Club

[Nicholas-Deary]

Ok, so I had a look around the Clubs and Crews forum and couldn't find a topic about this yet, please correct me if i'm wrong.

Background Info:
Anyway, as you guys will know, everyday loads of flash submissions are submitted without custom display icons. Either the author is too lazy to make one or he/she doesn't have the right software to make a good looking icon of those dimensions. I propose that we work as a club and strive to make icons for the submissions without them to make Newgrounds look better! I myself have already submitted 100+ icons to help the cause so far.

Useful Stuff:
- Icon helpers page
- I recommend using MS Paint and Fireworks to produce the best quality icons. Take a screenshot of the flash window, paste it into MS Paint, then crop the section you want to use, resize in Fireworks and then export as a GIF.

Get making, yo ;)

[Sir-Nuts]

Not a bad idea! I'll join this club!

I make icons sometimes when I have nothing else to do. I made about 100 so far.

I use GIMP for making icons. I used MSPaint, and I had colour loss after saving it to .gif. I highly recommend it. Also, it's free!

I hope this club survives!

[sirtom93]

This is a great idea for a club, id like to see this go far.

[Nicholas-Deary]

At 5/16/08 07:19 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Not a bad idea! I'll join this club!

awesome, you're second in command!

At 5/16/08 07:25 PM, sirtom93 wrote: This is a great idea for a club, id like to see this go far.

thanks!

[mooguy]

Fan of Deary here. I'll join. I use a little known program called Photoshop Elements 4. Too poor to get 6.

[Nicholas-Deary]

At 5/16/08 08:06 PM, mooguy wrote: Fan of Deary here. I'll join. I use a little known program called Photoshop Elements 4. Too poor to get 6.

awesome ^_^

[sirtom93]

So Nicholas, do you wish to become an icon mod or do you think stating that you want to be one will ruin all your chances?

[Nicholas-Deary]

At 5/16/08 08:42 PM, sirtom93 wrote: So Nicholas, do you wish to become an icon mod or do you think stating that you want to be one will ruin all your chances?

I don't know, I guess it could be quite fun. I do enjoy making icons for stuff, it's kind of relaxing, how about you?

Also in other news, ramagi just sent me a PM with some useful resources for our club:

-Old, dead icon maker topic
-more stuff to come

[SoulKnight96]

Right now, I am trying to make NG icons with the program GIMP like Nuts said. My problem is that when it says to press m and hold shift and make the box, all it does is drag the picture. Can I get any help with this? Thanks in advance!

[Nicholas-Deary]

At 5/16/08 09:02 PM, SoulKnight96 wrote: Right now, I am trying to make NG icons with the program GIMP like Nuts said. My problem is that when it says to press m and hold shift and make the box, all it does is drag the picture. Can I get any help with this? Thanks in advance!

This may help

[SoulKnight96]

I know this might really sound noobish, but which tutorial? <.<.

[Sir-Nuts]

At 5/16/08 07:36 PM, Nicholas-Deary wrote:

At 5/16/08 07:19 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: Not a bad idea! I'll join this club!

awesome, you're second in command!

Hey, thanks! I'll do my best here.

At 5/16/08 09:02 PM, SoulKnight96 wrote: Right now, I am trying to make NG icons with the program GIMP like Nuts said. My problem is that when it says to press m and hold shift and make the box, all it does is drag the picture. Can I get any help with this? Thanks in advance!

I don't see why you're doing this. When I make icons, all I do is crop the part of the image I want (hold Shift and press C), resize it and save it as a .gif. Usually I don't use the move tool, just the crop tool. =)

Anyway, let's move on!

I had a good idea: making some sort of weekly report on the icon helpers page. How many icons were made and how many are left to do. It's small, but it wouldn't be bad nor hurt anyone.

Right now, we have 903 done and 22,333 required.

[mooguy]

I had a good idea: making some sort of weekly report on the icon helpers page. How many icons were made and how many are left to do. It's small, but it wouldn't be bad nor hurt anyone.

Right now, we have 903 done and 22,333 required.

Now, tell me why we have to do 22,333 icons in one week when this is just a "request type" crew or "show off Photoshoping skills" type crew. explain.

I r confuzzled

[Nicholas-Deary]

At 5/16/08 11:06 PM, mooguy wrote: Now, tell me why we have to do 22,333 icons in one week when this is just a "request type" crew or "show off Photoshoping skills" type crew. explain.

for the good of humanity ^^

[Nicholas-Deary]

Hows things going lads?

[FBIpolux]

This is a very good idea. BlueHippo told me people rarely submitted Icons anymore...

I'll try and help whenever I have free time ;)

[Nicholas-Deary]

At 5/17/08 06:42 PM, FBIpolux wrote: This is a very good idea. BlueHippo told me people rarely submitted Icons anymore...

I'll try and help whenever I have free time ;)

thanks, BlueHippo tells me about icons too ^^

[mooguy]

At 5/17/08 07:16 PM, Nicholas-Deary wrote:

At 5/17/08 06:42 PM, FBIpolux wrote: This is a very good idea. BlueHippo told me people rarely submitted Icons anymore...

I'll try and help whenever I have free time ;)

thanks, BlueHippo tells me about icons too ^^

I guess BlueHippo talks to everyone else but me. Speaking of which, when did BlueHippo become a mod? I know it was pretty recent.

BUMP, btw

[aldlv]

I completely like the idea...
I started doing it a long time ago.. but I didn't continue... but the idea of a club, is really cool
=D
I'm totally in!

so.. back to the icon section right Sir-nuts???

[Nicholas-Deary]

At 5/18/08 05:32 PM, mooguy wrote: I guess BlueHippo talks to everyone else but me. Speaking of which, when did BlueHippo become a mod? I know it was pretty recent.

he was a review mod for a little while, then he become a fully fledged forum mod quite recently.

[Sir-Nuts]

At 5/18/08 05:39 PM, aldlv wrote: I completely like the idea...
I started doing it a long time ago.. but I didn't continue... but the idea of a club, is really cool
=D
I'm totally in!

Welcome aldlv! Good to see you around here!

so.. back to the icon section right Sir-nuts???

Haha, yeah. When the Portal is inactive I have somewhere else to go. =)

Also, what do you guys think of this? Will it work?

[TheGS]

Can theGS be in? We're pretty legend at animation!

[Nicholas-Deary]

At 5/19/08 02:52 PM, TheGS wrote: Can theGS be in? We're pretty legend at animation!

anyone is allowed to join this club, the more the merrier!

[PinballWizard976]

Yes, we do need to get to work it looks like.

[Nicholas-Deary]

At 5/19/08 05:08 PM, PinballWizard976 wrote: Yes, we do need to get to work it looks like.

indeed

[TheGS]

At 5/19/08 05:38 PM, Nicholas-Deary wrote:

At 5/19/08 05:08 PM, PinballWizard976 wrote: Yes, we do need to get to work it looks like.

indeed

Haha, I do like 15 a day from now, I know, little, how many do you do :D, if you scroll to the bottom the submissions are literally brand new ones!

[Nicholas-Deary]

At 5/19/08 06:17 PM, TheGS wrote: Haha, I do like 15 a day from now, I know, little, how many do you do :D, if you scroll to the bottom the submissions are literally brand new ones!

15 a day is very good. I usually do them in clumps of 100 or so.

[Sir-Nuts]

At 5/19/08 06:44 PM, Nicholas-Deary wrote:

At 5/19/08 06:17 PM, TheGS wrote: Haha, I do like 15 a day from now, I know, little, how many do you do :D, if you scroll to the bottom the submissions are literally brand new ones!

15 a day is very good. I usually do them in clumps of 100 or so.

100 a day?? Are you crazy??

I do about 2 a day, but I stopped doing them a while ago. I might come back after studying like crazy. I like doing icons, it's pretty fun cropping images. =)

[Vociferousmime]

I CALL 3RD IN COMMAND
lol jk

[Nicholas-Deary]

At 5/20/08 08:27 PM, Sir-Nuts wrote: 100 a day?? Are you crazy??

lol no, I mean that every so often I'll do a clump of 100 or so icons.