Site bot avatar contest!

[Zaldir]

ha, I really like this! :D

 

I like the blue one best. :)

[Pushkatu]

That's why I love this place so much, you're all crazy! :yes:

[HugePinball]

If I can ask one thing, if you go with the HAL eye, please don't animate it. His steady, unwavering eye is an iconic image and turning it into an animated gif... well, the jarring transition from iconic to tacky is almost enough to make me gag. Actually, I'd further ask that any avatar given to Site Bot not be animated. In my opinion the acceptable number of animated gifs on a page can be counted on one hand, preferably if you're a careless sawmill worker. Adding one to the top of EVERY file and image thread on the site pushes that threshold a bit.

 

While I agree with Vagrant that the HAL eye has been overdone, I gave the blue one a go as I'd prefer that to a big red dot on every thread. I'm not quite sure about the hue though:

 

64x64: http://shup.com/Shup/450395/HalBlue01_64x64.png

 

80x80: http://shup.com/Shup/450394/HalBlue01_80x80.png

 

150x150 (profile photo size): http://shup.com/Shup/450393/HalBlue01_150x150.png

 

And a big one for others to play with: 300x300

 

 

After posting these I realized I'd forgotten all about HAL's twin, SAL 9000. Now using a blue eye seems kinda hipster, where the red one is cliche :pinch:

 

 

EDIT: Wow, ninja'd by about five people! I guess I had that window open a long time. BTW, I went searching google images for some originals... turns out the guy who married a video game character also calls himself SAL 9000. Ah, the internet. You've got to love it and hate it at the same time.

Edited December 24, 2010 by HugePinball

[Eiries]

That is a very nice hue, methinks.

 

Although making animations is fun and all, I still agree that a static .png is a better option in the long run.

[TheCalliton]

That is a very nice hue, methinks.

 

Although making animations is fun and all, I still agree that a static .png is a better option in the long run.

its the site bot! he needs to be able to move or something!

[Qwaxalot]

That is a very nice hue, methinks.

 

Although making animations is fun and all, I still agree that a static .png is a better option in the long run.

 

Yep. This ^^^, in the blue hue

[HugePinball]

That is a very nice hue, methinks.

Well it is pleasing, but I guess I don't think it looks enough like a shining blue light. But I went back and did some simple optimization to try to get filesizes down further.

 

 

64x64 px:

8.01 KB (original): http://stashbox.org/1046306/HalBlue01_64x64.png 6.41 KB: http://stashbox.org/1046334/HalBlue01_64x64_opt.png 6.05 KB: http://stashbox.org/1046333/HalBlue01_64x64_opt2.png 5.37 KB: http://stashbox.org/1046342/HalBlue01_64x64_opt3.png 5.02 KB: http://stashbox.org/1046347/HalBlue01_64x64_opt4.png

 

 

80x80 px:

10.97 KB (original): http://stashbox.org/1046305/HalBlue01_80x80.png 8.15 KB: http://stashbox.org/1046350/HalBlue01_80x80_opt.png 7.77 KB: http://stashbox.org/1046351/HalBlue01_80x80_opt2.png 6.89 KB: http://stashbox.org/1046352/HalBlue01_80x80_opt3.png

 

 

By the way, I won't be hurt or disappointed in any way if these are not used, or if SB is not given any avatar at all.

[RustyBlade]

Don't take this wrong, blue is my favorite color, problem is, when you make it blue it just doesn't say "Good Morning Dave" like the red one (or Good-bye for that matter.)

[Eiries]

But could you imagine it saying "Good morning, Rusty..." in a sexy lady's tone? I bet you could! XD

 

Either way, I dig my creepy blinking version. If it doesn't get used, I might have to do something with it. It's just too unnerving. Good idea, LHammonds. Haha.

 

...Maybe I'll do a blinking version of HugePinball's version, if not just to make him rage.

 

...Nah, I'm just messin' with ya. ;)

[TheCalliton]

but blue is kind of the color of the nexus!

i like the blue one that looked around, or maybe pulsates slightly