meep Jul 9, 2022 @ 9:06am
Best way to make a collection of Steam emoticon artwork?
I've lately gotten into making art using emoticons on Steam, which can then be displayed on Steam profiles using custom info boxes. I want to start building a shareable collection of these artworks, but I'm unsure of how best to do so. This collection should ideally be categorized by the ip the artworks are from, allow you to easily copy them and also see what emoticons are required. A Steam guide would almost let me do all this, but sadly Steam guides do not display emoticons.

There is a workaround for this, but it makes it a lot more work. I can upload images of the artworks, and then place the pure-text in a code block, but then I also have to add an image of each emoticon used if I want to be user friendly. To do this for each artwork means I have to edit my profile, paste in the art, screenshot my profile, edit the image to make the background transparent, upload the image to my collection, upload images of the emoticons used, paste the text required to generate the art.

Compare this with the actual emoticon mosaic being displayed, I would just need to paste it in my collection and users can then highlight it to copy or hover over parts to see the emoticon's name.

If anyone can think of a way to do what I am aiming, or to make the workaround more efficient, I would greatly appreciate it!
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meep Jul 9, 2022 @ 10:06am 
Originally posted by my new friend:
This is how others have done it.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=736635300
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=901025836
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1814025223
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1869876954
Those all use images, which is probably the only viable way to do what I'm trying to do, but I just want to make sure there isn't a more efficient process before I commit.
my new friend Jul 9, 2022 @ 10:09am 
If there were, the ones who have had the most experience with this, all those listed above, would have done it.
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Date Posted: Jul 9, 2022 @ 9:06am
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