Please Welcome dutchie17's Brilliance

[livius drusus]

I've been admiring dutchie17's work on deviantART for a while, but didn't check out his full gallery until this morning. Suffice it to say, there's gold in them thar hills. He has graciously permitted himself to be added to the hoard, so please welcome our newest registered user and his magnificent work.

:tickle:

:marker:

:cheered:

:evileye:

:damnemo:

:choke:

:rush:

:buttscratch:

:toiletdance:

:handfire:

:djspin:

:lonebday:

:tutu:

:candyod:

:cycleluv:

Thank you, dutchie. :bow:

[viscousmemories]

Wow, that's some truly amazing work and a great style.

Excellent job, dutchie17, and :welcome: to the :ff:

[livius drusus]

Isn't it, though? That two-tone shading is sheer genius.

[MonCapitan2002]

That scratch and sniff smilie is hilari-fucking-ous.

[Ymir's blood]

Very nice designs. The coloring is a bit too bright for my liking, but that's to be expected, I guess.

It is always good to see multi-smilie interaction in the .gif files.

[MonCapitan2002]

Isn't it, though? That two-tone shading is sheer genius.
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">There is also the fact that the new user's contributions now add to an increasingly impressive smilie collection.&nbsp; I do find it funny that we have more smilies than we do members.&nbsp; I shudder to think how big the collection will be at the end of the year.&nbsp; There will come a point where the smilie collection will reach critical mass and suck the entirety of the internet into a black hole.&nbsp; I hope you guys will be prepared for the consequences.</P>

[Skep]

Very nice. The tickle one is cute. :D

[Crumb]

Very cool work dutchie. :1thumbup: Good to have you around.

[dutchie17]

thx ya all :banana:

[Leesifer]

Excellent smilies, all.

[JoeP]

I shudder to think how big the collection will be at the end of the year.&amp;nbsp; There will come a point where the smilie collection will reach critical mass and suck the entirety of the internet into a black hole.&amp;nbsp; I hope you guys will be prepared for the consequences.
Prepared? It's been obvious for a long time. Some of us are preparing to launch a new internet into space.

[livius drusus]

I keep thinking we've reached the limit of ultra-cool smilies, but then I stumble on a genius like dutchie17 and it's like we're back in the early days when we had a mere 900.

[Legs]

hi dutchie :wave:

:welcome1:

[MonCapitan2002]

I keep thinking we've reached the limit of ultra-cool smilies, but then I stumble on a genius like dutchie17 and it's like we're back in the early days when we had a mere 900.
Talking about smilies, your FAQ is horribly out of date. In the section referencing smilies, it mentions a mere 1,400 when the current total is roughly 2,200. It should definitely be updated to reflect the current amount.

[livius drusus]

What FAQ entry did you mean, exactly? I've looked through the 4 on smilies and don't see the 1400 reference.

[Ensign Steve]

Isn't it, though? That two-tone shading is sheer genius.

:yup: The that's the first thing I noticed. Inspired! And gorgeous.

[livius drusus]

I think the blue-yellow combo is my favorite.

[MonCapitan2002]

What FAQ entry did you mean, exactly? I've looked through the 4 on smilies and don't see the 1400 reference.
D'oh! I meant this (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/ffintro.php?do=ffother) page.

[MonCapitan2002]

Nevermind. It looks like it was updated recently. :)

[viscousmemories]

Nevermind. It looks like it was updated recently. :)
I tracked it down and updated it thanks to your hints. :1thumbup:

[livius drusus]

As it turns out, not only is dutchie17 immensely talented, but he's also immensely productive. Check out the latest additions from him:

:goal:

:elevator:

:worldluv:

[viscousmemories]

Those are awesome! The first one made me laugh out loud. :appl:

[MonCapitan2002]

I like the Goal! smilie.