Make Moving Icons for Deviantart
Deviantart is a website designed for artists to host their original artwork. The site generally has a large number of artists who contribute anime (Japanese cartoons) artwork. There are categories for other types of artwork as well, such as moving icons. Moving icons can also referred to as emoticons. They are usually added to a Deviantart profile to help identify an account so one can associate an icon with a specific artist.
Instructions
1. Find an animation program you'd like to use to make your moving icon for Deviantart.
2. Try Flash (there is a link to this program's website in the Resources section). Flash is an expensive animation program made by Adobe. This company also makes the popular image-editing program Photoshop. Adobe Flash has plenty of tools to help you make moving icons. One of its best features is the ability to import and use many picture and movie formats to make your moving icon.
3. Try Pencil (download link available in the Resources section). Pencil is a free, open-source animation program. Use pencil to develop and export your animated icon as a GIF image format and then upload it to Deviantart.
4. Try Toonboom (there is a link to this program's website in the Resources). Toonboom is a little less expensive than Adobe Flash. It is made by a studio out of Canada and has won many awards. Toonboom offers a virtual camera feature that allows you to view your moving icon from multiple angles should you want to make it a 3D moving icon for Deviantart.
