Post by (((Thump))) *bounces* on Nov 24, 2005 17:26:54 GMT -5
How to make star smileys (in this tutorial I'll be showing how to make a white smiley)....
First change your attributes to 19x19 (Image - Attributes).
Then view it at 800% (View - Zoom - Custom).
Then display the grid (View - Zoom - Show Grid).
Now either with the
, the 
or the 
draw a square (15x15) in the center. Border color RGB: 0, 0, 0
Once you have done that make the points on the top, bottom, right and left. RGB: 0, 0, 0
Then using the color white with the pencil, open up where the points meet the square.
Now to fill in the star, starting from the bottom and working your way up. Double click on any color in the color box. Then click on a blank square and click Define Custom Colors. The RGB code for the bottom color is 170, 170, 170. And with either the pencil or the line, fill in the bottom line of the star.
Repeat this step until you have filled in the entire star, there are 17 lines in all to fill, but with each line changing the color up 5 points each time. (i.e. the second line would be 175, 175, 175, third line would be 180, 180, 180 and so on.) The finished filler should look like this:
To draw the faces on the stars is up to you with how you want them to look, but here are the steps to my star grin smiley. RGB: 0, 0, 0
Eyes
Mouth
Then before making the smiley transparent, you have to fill in the background with a color other than the original white background. I suggest just using yellow or something of that nature. Reason being, say you had the background white. When you go to make it transparent, the teeth with become transparent aswell and mess up your smiley. This is only required when using white in your smiley (i.e. if you make your smiley have shocking eyes, rolling eyes, or teeth showing).
And this should be your smiley should look like at this point:
After you make the smiley transparent, this is your finished product:
Note: You can save the smileys in Paint as GIF's, but I don't suggest doing so, because it will mess up the colors. To convert BMP's to GIF's, I suggest using the program XnView. And to make your smileys transparent, you can go to GIFWorks.
Edit: If you prefer to have all the edges rounded, all you do is color each corner of the square with white. In the example below I have highlighted the corners in red that you want to color white.
After you have rounded the edges, this is what your smiley should look like (the example I'm using is the blank smiley):
First change your attributes to 19x19 (Image - Attributes).
Then view it at 800% (View - Zoom - Custom).
Then display the grid (View - Zoom - Show Grid).
Now either with the
, the or the draw a square (15x15) in the center. Border color RGB: 0, 0, 0Once you have done that make the points on the top, bottom, right and left. RGB: 0, 0, 0
Then using the color white with the pencil, open up where the points meet the square.
Now to fill in the star, starting from the bottom and working your way up. Double click on any color in the color box. Then click on a blank square and click Define Custom Colors. The RGB code for the bottom color is 170, 170, 170. And with either the pencil or the line, fill in the bottom line of the star.
Repeat this step until you have filled in the entire star, there are 17 lines in all to fill, but with each line changing the color up 5 points each time. (i.e. the second line would be 175, 175, 175, third line would be 180, 180, 180 and so on.) The finished filler should look like this:
To draw the faces on the stars is up to you with how you want them to look, but here are the steps to my star grin smiley. RGB: 0, 0, 0
Eyes
Mouth
Then before making the smiley transparent, you have to fill in the background with a color other than the original white background. I suggest just using yellow or something of that nature. Reason being, say you had the background white. When you go to make it transparent, the teeth with become transparent aswell and mess up your smiley. This is only required when using white in your smiley (i.e. if you make your smiley have shocking eyes, rolling eyes, or teeth showing).
And this should be your smiley should look like at this point:
After you make the smiley transparent, this is your finished product:
Note: You can save the smileys in Paint as GIF's, but I don't suggest doing so, because it will mess up the colors. To convert BMP's to GIF's, I suggest using the program XnView. And to make your smileys transparent, you can go to GIFWorks.
Edit: If you prefer to have all the edges rounded, all you do is color each corner of the square with white. In the example below I have highlighted the corners in red that you want to color white.
After you have rounded the edges, this is what your smiley should look like (the example I'm using is the blank smiley):
