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The Animated GIF Contest

The poll is now CLOSED. 81 people voted! Thanks for voting everyone!
The final results are as follows:

1st Place (13 votes):

Eagle by [GregowicH]:
<img:img/new/gregowich.gif>

Your prize badge:
<img:stuff/saffrons_animated_badge_1st.gif>

2nd Place (7 votes):

Cheetah by [sky]:
<img:img/new/skys_animation.gif>

Your prize badge:
<img:stuff/saffron_animated_badge_2nd.gif>

3rd Place (5 votes):

City by [RoyDante]:
<img:stuff/city.gif>

Your prize badge:
<img:stuff/saffrons_animated_badge_3rd.gif>

Congratulations!

All other participants get the participant badge:
<img:stuff/saffrons_animated_badge_participant.gif>

4th Place (4 votes):
[iippo] (5 votes -1 vote size penalty)
Hug by [Zab]
[Melocrie]
[spiritee]'s 2nd entry

5th Place (3 votes):
Smart smiley by [Different Realities] (10 votes - 7 votes "vote for me" penalty)
Ice cream by [Aidan Ryuko]

How to put the badge in your house:
- Go to your house and click the "Change personal data" button at the top of the page
- Paste the following code into you description box:
<img:stuff/saffrons_animated_badge_participant.gif>
- Then, write "Approved by the Guardsteam" underneath it, so the guards won't delete it from your house because it's animated
- Link to this page by writing [Animated GIF Contest@wiki] (you don't have to, but at least people will be able to see where you got the badge!)

This contest is now CLOSED! The voting will be open until Februari 1st, after which I will announce the winners
Note: The entries that were too big are thumbnailed, click to view (Don't worry, none of them is over 1MB :P). 5% of their total number of votes will be substracted for each 100 kB too-big-ness of these entries

And: No asking people to vote for you, just ask them to vote. If I see you breaking this rule, votes will be substracted

1571) What is the best animation, considering the smoothness and amount of action? (No administrator)

Number of voters: 81
a) A fangirl's dream by [Guenevere_L]
Number of votes: 2 (2%)

b) Cheetah by [sky]
Number of votes: 7 (9%)

c) Banner by [xDyingx Valentinex]
Number of votes: 2 (2%)

d) DeviantArt icon by [xDyingx Valentinex]
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

e) Dune by [Amerthyst]
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

f) by [barutha]
Number of votes: 1 (1%)

g) Eagle by [GregowicH]
Number of votes: 13 (16%)

h) by [Gwendolen]
Number of votes: 1 (1%)

i) by [amuletts]
Number of votes: 1 (1%)

j) by [amuletts]
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

k) Marionette by [amuletts]
Number of votes: 1 (1%)

l) Angel Flight by [amuletts]
Number of votes: 1 (1%)

m) by [Inkpot]
Number of votes: 1 (1%)

n) by [Nere]
Number of votes: 1 (1%)

o) Ice cream by [Aidan Ryuko]
Number of votes: 3 (4%)

p) by [Zab]
Number of votes: 2 (2%)

q) Hug by [Zab]
Number of votes: 4 (5%)

r) by [Fox_Child]
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

s) Keyshika by [Janouk]
Number of votes: 2 (2%)

t) DeviantArt icon by [Janouk]
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

u) by [Melocrie]
Number of votes: 4 (5%)

v) by [Artsieladie]
Number of votes: 1 (1%)

w) by [Artsieladie]
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

x) by [Artsieladie]
Number of votes: 1 (1%)

y) by [Artsieladie]
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

z) by [spiritee]
Number of votes: 2 (2%)

A) by [spiritee]
Number of votes: 4 (5%)

B) City by [RoyDante]
Number of votes: 5 (6%)

C) Legoman by [RoyDante]
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

D) by [RoyDante]
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

E) by [Jitter]
Number of votes: 1 (1%)

F) Smart smiley by [Different Realities]
Number of votes: 10 (12%)

G) Dustin by [Quellealcar]
Number of votes: 1 (1%)

H) Catboy by [Quellealcar]
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

I) by [iippo]
Number of votes: 5 (6%)

J) by [stuffAEAmade]
Number of votes: 0 (0%)

K) by [stuffAEAmade]
Number of votes: 2 (2%)

L) KIARIP by [Solitary Comfort]
Number of votes: 1 (1%)

M) Bear by [Alexxei]
Number of votes: 2 (2%)

People of Elftown, I challenge you to make your pictures MOVE for once!

- The subject can be anything, as long as it doesn't offend anyone
- Entries will be judged by the quality of the animation, rather than detail etc, quality means:
- Smoothness (this generally means more different frames)
- Smooth transition between last and first frame, if there's a loop
- There's a fair amount of action, not just the eyes blinking or something
- Please upload your entries directly to this page, because your house can't handle animated gifs!
- Don't make it too big, 250 kB has to be enough, resize if necessary! (the really really big ones need to be thumbnailed, but I won't disqualify you)
- It must be your own work, of course!
- Entries per person: Unlimited, but remember they will all be considered as separate entries in a poll!

Deadline: January 1st 23:59 (in the last possible time zone)
- Prize: Could be an animated badge or request

<img:stuff/saffrons_animated_badge_1st.gif>

Prize Badges! ^^ Can you here them buzzing?
Note: a one-time exception has been made to allow you to put this in your house. Make sure you state under the image that it was "approved by the Guardsteam". Normally it isn't allowed to put animated GIF's in your house unless you've made them yourself.

List of programs capable of making animated gifs:
(please add if you can)
- Animation Shop (comes with Paint Shop Pro)
- Adobe Photoshop (all versions of this program)
- Easytoon
- Gimp

~[Saffron]

Entries:

a. (42 kB) A Fangirl's Dream [Guenevere_L]
I don't have any fancy shmancy animation programs, just EasyToon!
<img:img/new/gueneveres_animation.gif>

b. (94 kB) [sky]'s cheetah
Little cheetah with a sunrise in the background
<img:img/new/skys_animation.gif>

c. (382 kB) (-5% size penalty) [xDyingx Valentinex] first one i did hehe

<img200*0:img/new/dueces_animation1.gif>

(click to view)

d. (7 kB) and this is the one i use for my DA icon
<img:img/new/dueces_animation2.gif>

e. (43 kB) [Amerthyst] hehe... first animation i've made of Dune
<img:img/new/amerthysts_animation2.gif>

f. (962 kB) (-35% size penalty) [barutha] hello i am back. mad another one along with [Radagast]. video, then edited. i hope it isnt too violent for you. do state if you are offended.

(click to view)

g. (74 kB)Eagle by [GregowicH]
<img:img/new/gregowich.gif>

h. (50 kB) [Gwendolen]Hehe, my first tryout's with Jasc's Animation Shop 3 came out with this... Probably not my last entry, just wait when I get a hang on this...
<img:img/new/gwendolen.gif>

i. (249 kB) [amuletts] My first ever try at this. Hand drawn, scanned and dropped into a GIf animating programme. Extremely lo tech but at least I tried...
<img:img/new/amuletts1.gif>

j. (213 kB) [amuletts] Photography and computer drawing. Click onthe link to see full size and wait for it to load. 'Tis big!
<img:img/new/amuletts2.gif>

http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs5/f/2004/286/0/5/eye2.gif

k. (61 kB) [amuletts] 'Marionette'
<img:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/amuletts/marionette.gif>

l. (228 kB) [amuletts] Angel Flight
<img:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/amuletts/angelflight.gif>

http://fs5.deviantart.com/f/2004/340/2/c/angelflight.gif - Click for full sized image.

m. (138 kB) [Inkpot]'s entry
<img:img/new/inkpot.gif>

n. (2 kB) [Nere] -from when I first started dabbling in pixel art and aimation...nothing big, but he is cute :P
<img:stuff/nere_squeak.gif>

o. (57 kB) [Aidan Ryuko] - ice cream, problem to almost every problem.
<img:stuff/C%3ADocuments%20and%20SettingsAda%20BazuinBureaubladaidsig4.gif>

p. (217 kB) [Zab]
Well..this is what I think of when I get's depressed..*lol*
<img:stuff/crying.blood.gif>

q. (28 kB)
Ok, a nicer one.^_^ Less depressing. (I hope..O_o)
<img:stuff/huggings.gif>

r. (18 kB) [Fox_Child] <n.n''> I was learning how to use Animation Shop 3. The bit in Japanese is simply "What?"
<img:http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b50/FoxChild/Blink.gif>

<img:http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b50/FoxChild/Blink.gif>

s. (74 kB) [Janouk] O well, I might as well enter this one then :p It's [Levoton]! Just a sketch actually, I'd just learned how to do things.
<img:stuff/KeyAnimationTry.gif>

t. (5 kB) [Janouk] O well, I can always add my DeviantArt thingie as well ^^ It's a photograph I made with shutter-speed etc. A drawing with light ^^
<img:stuff/janouk_da.gif>

u. (77 kB) [Melocrie] This is my first animation ever, done in Adobe Image Reader. It's a scene from one of my stories.
<img:stuff/C%3ADocuments%20and%20SettingsPaulienMijn%20documentenMijn%20afbeeldingenTekeningenliam.gif>

<img:stuff/C%3ADocuments%20and%20SettingsPaulienMijn%20documentenMijn%20afbeeldingenTekeningenliam.gif>

v. (107 kB) [Artsieladie] My second one I've ever made....
<img:stuff/CalCatAnimSm.gif>

w. (118 kB)
... and my third one....
<img:stuff/AnimCtreeSM!.gif>

x. (201 kB) [Artsieladie] This is a snowman I drew, painted in Photoshop & animated it In Jasc's Animation Shop.
<img:stuff/AnimColorsSnwmnSM.gif>

y. (18 kB)
<img:stuff/AnimWavSnwmn.gif>

z. (24 kB) [spiritee] total noob at this XD
<img:http://elftown.eu/stuff/hehekitty.gif>

first animation ever!
A. (64 kB)
<img:http://elftown.eu/stuff/cvbdfg.gif>

and a slightly better one...

B. (119 kB) [RoyDante] city..
<img:stuff/city.gif>

C. (211 kB)
something with a legoman
<img:stuff/LegoRoy.gif>

D. (179 kB)
"Before you die, you will see.."
<img:stuff/ring.gif>

E. (18 kB) [Jitter]
It's an ancient one but I still like it
<img:stuff/calista.gif>

F. (24 kB) (-75% vote spamming penalty) [Different Realities] it's called smart smiley.
<img:stuff/smart_smiley.gif>

G. (72 kB) [Quellealcar] This is Dustin.
<img:stuff/This%20is%20Dustin..gif>

H. (54 kB) and this one is my KatBoy
<img:stuff/Katboy.gif>

I. (779 kB) (-25% size penalty) [iippo]
Trying to do a bit realistic character animation in a cartoon-style... O_o It makes me think of DDR, dunno why.
Bird modelled and animated in 3Ds Max, then painstakingly taken apart in IrfanView and put together in Adobe ImageReady.

<img200*0:http://elftown.eu/stuff/BirdGIF.gif>

(click to view)

J. (23 kB) [stuffAEAmade] A few years old, and really shows it. >.>
<img:stuff/dks_blazebam.gif>

K. (5 kB) [stuffAEAmade] More recent, and alot smoother. :)
<img:stuff/dks_ghosty.gif>

L. (630 kB) (-15% size penalty) [Solitary Comfort] KIARIP (Killed In Amputation, Rest In Pieces)

<img100*0:stuff/C%3ANetwork%20SharingFinished%20KIARIP.gif>

(click the thumbnail)

This was done 3 years ago. It was I who made the animation, and my friend (Liam shows in credits) who thought up the idea.
Please excuse the many and rather annoying scene transitions.

M. (147 kB) I made that hearty baer for Milu iwas so in love with her [Alexxei]
<img:stuff/(i%20love%20u%20).gif>

Back to Art Contests

2005-12-21 [Saffron]: look what a funny animation photobucket.com made :P

2005-12-22 [iippo]: Well... I managed to rezise mine a little... but it still isn't small enough to fit into the contest (it's around 700kb). Ah well, thought you might like to see it: http://elftown.lysator.liu.se/stuff/BirdGIF.gif

2005-12-22 [Saffron]: Cute! But I think I know why it's so big, you probably saved every frame as a different JPEG picture before combining them into an animation. You need to save your separate frames into a more consistant format like PNG or GIF, then the background will always be the same and can be compressed in your animated GIF. JPEG and animation don't go together very well :)

2005-12-22 [Melocrie]: Oh that's why my animation files are so huge O_O

2005-12-22 [iippo]: Ahh, thanks for the tip. Hmm, I'll see what I can do about that.

2005-12-22 [Different Realities]: i like yours [iippo] it has color. mines just a smart ass. so i got some credit there. lol

2005-12-23 [iippo]: Mine has colour? O_o;

2005-12-23 [Saffron]: 22:05:20 Sunrose: Sorry [Saffron], I forgot to say this. The animated GIF can be used as a prize as a one time exception. Make sure the winner states under the image that it was approved by the Guardsteam. This to make sure another Guard does not come along and delete it.. :)

2005-12-23 [Saffron]: :D whee! now I can make the prize badge anyway ^^

2005-12-24 [Different Realities]: yeah [iippo], mine is black and white, yours has shades of gray.

2005-12-24 [iippo]: Ah, got it now ^_^;;;

2005-12-29 [Saffron]: and can anyone see [Athanatos Nivalis]'s entry?

2005-12-29 [Zab]: nope..not me

2005-12-29 [Saffron]: oh and do you guys like the prize badge or will I have to make it prettier/personalize it?

2005-12-29 [Zab]: I love it! But it's illegal to have in houses..

2005-12-29 [Saffron]: and [iippo], I think it would be really nice to have you in the contest, if you can't get it any smaller you can do what [xDyingx Valentinex] did with her first animation, it can now be 250 kb by the way, because it turned out a lot of people were breaking that rule...

2005-12-30 [iippo]: I could put a still on this page and put a link to the animation that would open in a different window. Otherwise the bird will make everyone else's animation lag as well as itself. Erm, what did [xDyingx Valentinex] do with her first entry?

2005-12-30 [Saffron]: she used a < img200 > thumbnail tag, and the animation opens when you click it, so I think it's what you want, [barutha]'s entry was absurdly big as well by the way, I hope the page loads faster now

2005-12-30 [iippo]: Mine's just large in bytes, not so much in dimensions. Ah well, it's worth the try, I suspose. I'll put it up and we'll see if everyone starts going slow, then I'll make a still of it and give a link.

2005-12-30 [Saffron]: update: badges for everyone! ^^ after I announced the results of course

2005-12-30 [Zab]: Uhm... you should let the participants know that those badges are against the rules to have in houses, it's ok on wiki's tho..

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