Emoticons, Livius, and the like

I'm sure all of you who are emoticonists have taken note already, but livius is currently MIA, which is more or less the saddest thing to happen, ever =< I'm not sure if she's having internet troubles, troubles with life, or just got bored of the site, but in any case I hope she comes back sometime, because she was an awesome person to talk to, and did more for the emoticons category than any other person on this site.



I decided I'm going to start to get involved with icons again. It seems like the emote category as a whole is kind of....disconnected as of late. It received a huge boost in popularity for a while, but now it's back to being pretty obscure and filled with things that aren't emoticons. I don't hear as much from the users, but that's my fault, since I haven't made much of an effort lately, however I'd like to change that. I applied for the icons and/or emoticon GD position but I don't think I'll get it due to the number of better candidates who've been involved consistently throughout the years. Regardless, I want to get back to hosting contests, being involved, knowing what's going on with everyone who's active.

A lot of the emoticonists I used to stay in touch with are gone now, so I'd like like to call out all emoticonists and iconists who see this journal to say high, introduce themselves, and post their favorite work of their own. Warning though, I can give harsh critiques, so if you're not up to it just say so and I'll give general pointers. Also, link to your favorite iconists.

It might take me a while yet, but I'm going to start getting back into making icons, whoo!

PS: come visit me and sg in #ohnoes