Train Wreck ~ Crumb's first smiley

[Crumb]

Well since I kept getting credit for making smilies I didn't (and couldn't) make. I decided to try my hand at one. Here it is. If liv likes it, she can add it to the bunch. Thanks liv for your help and for letting me steal the train.

http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~conradj/TrainWreck1.gif

[justaman]

:clap:

A little bit morbid, but otherwise fine work.

[livius drusus]

Are you kidding me? He's in like motherfucking Flynn, my friend. It's an amazing piece of work for anyone at any level, nevermind for a first time out. Congratulations and many, many thanks. :bow: :appl: :bow:


:trainrek:

[Skep]

Great job, Crumb! :yup:

[Sauron]

What application do you use to make smileys with?

[viscousmemories]

Good work, Crumb. Welcome to the smiliedome. :D

[Crumb]

Thanks guys! :bowing: I am glad you like it.

What application do you use to make smileys with?
Well I used MS Paint to draw the frames (yes, you heard right.) and a little shareware program called CoffeeCup GIF Animator to animate them.

[inland wave]

Nice work!

[livius drusus]

:jawdrop: You made those flames in Paint?! Jesus, Crumb...

[Crumb]

Nice work!

Thanks.


You made those flames in Paint?! Jesus, Crumb...
Yes, my initials are JC, no my first name is not Jesus. I am not sure what the big deal is. They are just yellow and red dots. :scratch:

[livius drusus]

Seurat probably said that too.

[Legs]

I love it! but I thought it needed a little something....

http://img187.echo.cx/img187/7225/hofftrain8wg.gif

[viscousmemories]

:laugh:

[Skep]

Legs,

http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/LMAO.gif

[Crumb]

Seurat probably said that too.
I had to Google him. I don't think that is an apt comparison. :ptht:

I love it! but I thought it needed a little something....
Now legs is a true arteest!

[Dingfod]

That's the first smiley I've liked.

[Ymir's blood]

Well since I kept getting credit for making smilies I didn't (and couldn't) make. I decided to try my hand at one. Here it is. If liv likes it, she can add it to the bunch. Thanks liv for your help and for letting me steal the train.

http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~conradj/TrainWreck1.gif

Cool. Gomez Addams would be so happy.

[beyelzu]

I really like the new smilie crumb,

it is uberbadass :dancebey:

[Crumb]

Thank you bey! :gleam:

[Skep]

I forgot to ask... Can I post it at the Emotipad forum, Crumb? :)

[Crumb]

If you give me a link to it. :wink:

[Skep]

Sure thing. :yup:

[Skep]

Here ya go, Crumb: link to thread (http://www.emotipad.com/phpBB2/index.php?act=ST&f=26&t=2452) :)

[livius drusus]

Hey cool! We're famous. :beaugest: You know what I really like about your train wreck, Crumb? I like how the last two cars on each train crash differently. It's just such a nice touch. :thumbup:

[ceptimus]

I like that too. :yup: But it's not only the last two cars, it's the whole set.

[livius drusus]

You're right, cep. It's just more noticeable with the last two. :)

[Beth]

I love it! but I thought it needed a little something....

http://img187.echo.cx/img187/7225/hofftrain8wg.gif
Sadist :glare:

[Legs]

Sadist :glare:

Well I guess you aren't going to like this one too much either :wave:

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/4454/hoffsmack9ed.gif

[Beth]

Sadist :glare:

Well I guess you aren't going to like this one too much either :wave:

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/4454/hoffsmack9ed.gif :eek: You evil wench! :fuming: :whup:

[Legs]

:eek: You evil wench! :fuming: :whup:

Well I'm not going to give you any arguments there :wink:

[godfry n. glad]

Hey cool! We're famous. :beaugest: You know what I really like about your train wreck, Crumb? I like how the last two cars on each train crash differently. It's just such a nice touch. :thumbup:

I agree. Good touch.

This is the realization of a dream expressed months ago in another thread. We had a 'locomotive bump' we were considering, but everybody dissed it. The one you've made incorporates all the effects that were asked for...well, at least the ones I thought worthy.

Thank you, Crumb.

[Beth]

:eek: You evil wench! :fuming: :whup:

Well I'm not going to give you any arguments there :wink:You dare to desecrate the Baywatch god of the Germans! Blasphemous heathen!

[Legs]

You dare to desecrate the Baywatch god of the Germans! Blasphemous heathen!

Why yes.... yes I do :angel:

[Beth]

You dare to desecrate the Baywatch god of the Germans! Blasphemous heathen!

Why yes.... yes I do :angel:May the Lord Hasselhoff sentence you to an eternity of shaving with generic bic razors.



:giggle: His wrath is swift and just.;)

[Legs]

an eternity of shaving with generic bic razors.

Now THAT was low! :glare:

But we really should get back to discussing crumb's first smilie... very cool indeed, I also noticed how he could have just done a mirror image - but instead took the time to make each side unique. Way to go crumb :yup:

http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~conradj/TrainWreck1.gif

[Beth]

Yup. How the heck did you manage that in paint, Crumb?

[Crumb]

This is the realization of a dream expressed months ago in another thread. We had a 'locomotive bump' we were considering, but everybody dissed it. The one you've made incorporates all the effects that were asked for...well, at least the ones I thought worthy.

Thank you, Crumb.
I am glad I could satisfy your request. :) That is obviously where I got the idea.

Yup. How the heck did you manage that in paint, Crumb?
Very carefully, with a lot of stretching and skewing.

I like how the last two cars on each train crash differently. It's just such a nice touch
I wouldn't have had it any other way.

[Corona688]

Damn, way to jump in the deep end. I have made smilies before and I couldn't make anything as complex and awesome as that. That must've been a hell of a lot of work and it shows.

[Crumb]

:beaugest: You guys are so nice. :blush:

[JoeP]

Awesome.

And Legs, :laughcry:

[Gurdur]

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/4454/hoffsmack9ed.gif

Oooooooooh ! Neat !! I like it !
Thanks, Legs !

And, just to rub the apostasy in further:

Legs, in die Name von aller heiligen Sachen, ich danke Dir aber ja recht herzlich für Deine mütigen Widerstand gegen diese Barbaren.
:yup:

[Legs]

Legs, in die Name von aller heiligen Sachen, ich danke Dir aber ja recht herzlich für Deine mütigen Widerstand gegen diese Barbaren.
:yup:

Danke Ich hoffe, zum Ende zu kämpfen :yup:

PS: I verstehen nicht ein Wort des Deutschen

[Gurdur]

Wir werden in der Schutzgrüben kämpfen ! Wir werden auf dem Strand kämpfen ! Wir werden gewinnen !!

P.S. It's OK --- I'm used to women, in fact everyone, never understanding me, no matter what language I speak in.

[Legs]

Wir werden in der Schutzgrüben kämpfen ! Wir werden auf dem Strand kämpfen ! Wir werden gewinnen !!


Was that a Winston Churchill impersonation in German? :P

[Gurdur]

Was that a Winston Churchill impersonation in German? :P
Yes.
But I badly misspelled Schützengraben.
*sigh*

[livius drusus]

No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben.

[Legs]

But I badly misspelled Schützengraben.
*sigh*

Oh yes, I noticed that - but pointing it out would have been just plain rude

[Gurdur]

No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben.
In Solingen, the town where I live, there is a part (too small to be called a suburb; you could call it a tiny village that was absorbed into the growing town) which is called Schmalzgrube.

This literally translates out to "Fat-Pit", or "Drippings-Pit". Germans like to eat fat and drippings, the remnants of a medieval life.

Mind you, there is another part of Solingen named Geilenberg, which would translate out in modern German and then into English as "Horny Hill".
As in, well, horny.

Go figure.

[Ensign Steve]

When my mom was living in Kiel, she said they would eat hard rolls topped with Schmalz and fresh-ground rock salt. Yummers!

Mom's a bit of a health nut. Germany was wasted on her.

[Gurdur]

Oddly enough, for all their love of fat and drippings, the Germans eat more heathily and suffer less obesity and obesity-related diseases than does the USA.
Such is life.

[Ensign Steve]

So very true, and same with France and every other nation on the planet. But the point is my mom was an American in Germany. We have a reputation to uphold, and frankly I believe she blew it. :yup:

[Legs]

I stayed at lake titisee in the black forest.. and the black forest cake was terrible :vomit:

[Gurdur]

It's possible to meet bad food and cake, though not often.
What bugs me is that in northern Germany, where I live, the food is too often bland, not bad.
In southern Germany they seem to be much more prepared to do really experimental stuff like hot Indian curries that are actually hot, whereas it can be quite, quite difficult to find a restaurant in northern Germany that doesn't make curries as though they were supposed to be wound dressings, instead of really aggro food, food that fights back when you eat it like it should be.

[Crumb]

Does this look like the food forum to you? :glare:

[Legs]

lol ~ wow everyone, have a look at crumb's first smilie

http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~conradj/TrainWreck1.gif

[Crumb]

That's better. :cheerful:

[Gurdur]

What kind of food does Crumb eat ?

[Crumb]

:glare: If you want to know, start a thread about it. IN THE APPROPRIATE FORUM. :P

[Gurdur]

Me: :choccake: :chocoluv:

Crumb: :q?:

[Crumb]

Crumb: Guys like you, for breakfast. and beef jerky.

[Gurdur]

:grouphug:

[Crumb]

:pat:

[JoeP]

Does this look like the food forum to you? :glare:
lol ~ wow everyone, have a look at crumb's first smilie

http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~conradj/TrainWreck1.gif

Crumb, what were they serving in the dining car at the time of the crash? Was there a curry on the menu, and was it bland or firey? If you neglected to draw a dining car in your excellent smilie, you can't blame us. Food discussions are clearly on-topic.

Passenger Joe

[JoeP]

Oddly enough, for all their love of fat and drippings, the Germans eat more heathily and suffer less obesity and obesity-related diseases than does the USA.
Such is life.
There's more:

(A) The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
(B) On the other hand, the French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
(C) The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
(D) The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

Conclusion: Eat & drink what you like. It's speaking English that kills you.

[pescifish]

Crumb: and beef jerky. :chocoluv:

[godfry n. glad]

Does this look like the food forum to you? :glare:
lol ~ wow everyone, have a look at crumb's first smilie

http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~conradj/TrainWreck1.gif

Crumb, what were they serving in the dining car at the time of the crash? Was there a curry on the menu, and was it bland or firey? If you neglected to draw a dining car in your excellent smilie, you can't blame us. Food discussions are clearly on-topic.

Passenger Joe

I think it was the chafing dish that caused the fires.

[WinAce]

Eat & drink what you like. It's speaking English that kills you.

Dang, now I have to make Jessica learn Russian. Oh boy; I didn't want to torture her before we moved!

[One for Sorrow]

:scared: