Summary

With the start of the month of November, comes one of the most looked forward to emote-related projects all year: NaNoEmo! NaNoEmo for this year is already underway with multiple emoticonists participating.

November NaNoEmo 2014November is approaching fast and Mirz123 and I are happy to announce that the November NaNoEmo will be running this year!
What is NaNoEmo?
NaNoEmo is a fun emoticon challenge hosted every November to match up with NaNoWriMo in the literature community. Over the last 3 years we have had a fair number of emoticonists taking part and some fantastic emotes appearing all through the designated month.
The main purpose of the challenge is to encourage emoticonists to make emotes throughout the month of November. The most common challenge undertaken is to make 30 emotes in 30 days, though others choose to set alternative targets which better suit their other commitments or art style.
Whilst our previous NaNoEmo event hosted earlier this year was restricted to only visual purpose emotes, the November event returns to the 'normal' format where any emote style is accepted. So it is completely up to you whether you o

There's also a few other events going on that you should take part in, or help promote!

 Emote Secret Santa 2014 - Sign Up! at EmoteSecretSanta

2014 Emoticonist Advent Calendar InfoWelcome to the 2014 Emoticonist Advent Calendar!
This year, I volunteered to take over the project because Krissi001 discovered she was unable to due to time constraints.  Bear with me, as it's my first time organizing such a project.
What is an Advent Calendar?  An advent calendar depicts the 24 days in December ending on Christmas Day.
Okay, so what's special about an Emoticonist Advent Calendar?  It's special because the calendar's days are filled with things made by anyone who makes emotes, or emoticons!
Who can sign up for this awesome project? Anyone who can create an emote!  Skill doesn't matter, but you must be willing to commit to the day you choose.
Will we be able to do animated entries?  As it's my first year and I'm quite unfamiliar with flash, thi Emote Advent Calendar 2014, hosted by Banjelerp

I'll also be adding some cool entries from NaNoEmo, and the recent submissions to the gallery in general very soon. Keep promoting and starting activity in the gallery, everyone!