Jack-O-Lantern On/Off Gifs?

[Steve Machol]

Since Halloween is coming up (this is a particularly bizarre American holiday!), I'd like to create a Halloween style set for my Board.

Does anyone know where I could find a decent set of Jack-O-Lantern gifs that could be used as On/Off icons? I've searched everywhere with no luck. It would be great if the On icon could be animated and show the glowing flicker of light inside the Jack-O-Lantern.

P.S. For all non-Americans, a Jack-O-Lantern is a pumpkin carved into sometimes grotesque faces.

[Chen]

You should really start using Altavista.com: ;)
http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?q=jack+lantern&search=Search&imgset=1&stype=simage&pg=q&ipht=1&igrph=1&iclr=1&mmW=1&micat=value%3D%220%22

This is a good one I found while scanning the first few pages:
http://www.viewimages.com/viewimage/?imageid=82024&promotionid=1&partnerid=2&type=results

Oooh, here's a good one:
http://heartofsanantonio.com/raoulspartypics/halloween98/index.html
Even animated. :D

Take a look here as well:
http://www.bluemountain.com/cdb/HDY/H/
You will most likely find exactly what you want there, there are also Flash cards, so they can be animated.

[Steve Machol]

Thanks FireFly. I should have mentioned I was able to find plenty of Jack-O-Lanterns, but none of them were suitable as On/Off icons. Generally I want something no larger than 20x20 and when I try to resize these larger images, they just don't look right.

I'll continue looking through your examples to see if I can find anything that works.

[Chen]

Been here?
http://www.jack-o-lantern.com/

:)

[Sinecure]

I'll make a set when I get home :)

[Steve Machol]

Never mind! I just found a great icon on one of the pages you supplied. It's not animated, but I may be able to make it work. Thanks again!

[Steve Machol]

Originally posted by Sinecure
I'll make a set when I get home :) If you do, I'll be sure to publicly thank you! ;)

[c-prompt]

Originally posted by smachol
If you do, I'll be sure to publicly thank you! ;)

LMAO!!!

[Alien]

I put these up a week or so ago, and they work nicely on my board...

You're freely welcome to use them (and you don't even have to thank anyone) ;)

http://www.eternia.com/images/on.gif
http://www.eternia.com/images/off.gif

32x32 & transparent.

Enjoy.

[Alien]

Additional resource:

http://www.halloween-clipart.com

[Steve Machol]

Thanks Alien!

[Alien]

lol

No problem. ;)

[Sinecure]

alrighty, I got the rusty pencil tool out and made a pretty mean jack-o-lantern for everyone to use for their halloween on/offs.
They are 20X20 just for you Steve :)

The jack-o-lanterns come in black background, white background and transparent :) Here is a picture if you dont get what i mean




The zip file attatched includes the black, white and transparent set of on and off images. Happy downloading everyone.

[Steve Machol]

Excellent! Thanks Sinecure! :)

[Sinecure]

your welcome :) hehe lol

I got a question for you steve. That text on optiboard (the logo text). What program was that made in?

[Steve Machol]

I use PhotoImpact 6.0 (can't afford PhotoShop!) I believe the font I used on that logo was Vogel.

[Sinecure]

oh, hehe nice man :) I purchased photoshop from my school for a really dirt chea price :) got it for 150 :)

[Wayne Luke]

I might use these as well. I don't usually give public thanks when someone makes something freely available but I do give recognition where it is due and put a link where necessary.

Anyway thanks.

[Sinecure]

I dont except a public thanks, I dont except anything..

[Sinecure]

Hey wluke. I noticed proposalkit sponsors one of the sections at sitepoint. Did they contact you, or did you contact them? I have had the pleasure of being able to use their software. I must say its truly amazing!!

I have a contest at my website to win a free copy of it. More details can be found at my website if anyone is interested..

[Wayne Luke]

Oh I would like to add that Halloween is not an American Holiday. It was brought over here by Irish Immigrants who have been carving Jack-O-Lanterns since the 1500's, only they used Turnips instead of Pumpkins. Before Christianity, Halloween was considered the New Year by many of the folk religions throughout Europe and was commonly referred to by its gaelic name of Samhain (pronounced SOWEN).

Christianity even celebrates a ALL-Saints day on November 1st as a kind of homage to this holiday. This is because Christianity had to assume the 8 Pagan festivals to win over the common people of feudal Europe.

In Mexico it there are festivals and dancing to honor the families ancestors. People still celebrate the holiday in Europe and other countries as well. No one still celebrates it in as lavish a fashion as the United States but it is still celebrated elsewhere.

[Wayne Luke]

Originally posted by Sinecure
Hey wluke. I noticed proposalkit sponsors one of the sections at sitepoint. Did they contact you, or did you contact them? I have had the pleasure of being able to use their software. I must say its truly amazing!!

I have a contest at my website to win a free copy of it. More details can be found at my website if anyone is interested..

We contacted them after them spammed our forums.

[FWC]

The zip file attatched includes the black, white and transparent set of on and off images. Happy downloading everyone. Thanks, Sinecure. I just installed the clear ones. I'll see if my users freak out when they get up in the morning. :)

[Sinecure]

heheh , I think I might make a halloweenish style for my board...

[NYI Fan]

Hey Sinecure, thanks for the gifs
And Steve, thanks for the idea ;)

Gotta love this place !

[Karas]

Those look great Sinecure!

For those looking for a cheaper alternative to Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro 7.02 can be had anywhere from $60-$100 I've seen. Its what I've been using...made my forum buttons with it (they arent perfect mind you....I noted that they are rounded buttons in a square matting..so I did what I could to match color so the "box" wasnt too apparent).

Its pretty flexible, takes plug ins like Eye Candy 4000...I've had fun making tags for my site's members as well

http://home.netcarrier.com/~traney

[Sinecure]

how much does Gimp cost? I dont know much about it, but I think its for unix or linux..

[rez]

Its for linux. I dont know how much it costs but I hear it's pretty cheap.

[Sinecure]

Yeah, I know its pretty similar to Photoshop, and Linux definatly needs a good graphics proggy. A lot of people have switched over to that in order to boycott adobe.

http://www.boycottadobe.com if anyone is interested :D

[Wayne Luke]

There is a version for Windows as well.. I downloaded, installed it, tried to use it to modify the vBulletin graphics, uninstalled it and deleted it.

It has a pretty pathetic interface. At least for a Windows Application. It looks like the whole thing was written in Java which is also a drawback in my opinion. It was slow and unresponsive and poorly implemented layer controls and other features.

However, I have to agree with Paint Shop Pro. It is well worth the money and in my book a much better value than Photoshop.

[Delhaze]

Originally posted by wluke
There is a version for Windows as well.. I downloaded, installed it, tried to use it to modify the vBulletin graphics, uninstalled it and deleted it.

It has a pretty pathetic interface. At least for a Windows Application. It looks like the whole thing was written in Java which is also a drawback in my opinion. It was slow and unresponsive and poorly implemented layer controls and other features.

However, I have to agree with Paint Shop Pro. It is well worth the money and in my book a much better value than Photoshop.

I downloaded and installed it on windows, and came to the exact same conclusions about its interface, and also unistalled and deleted it.

Paint Shop Pro is excellent value for money, and I also use it, it's a lot easier to get some simple things done with it. However its biggest drawback is .... - it isn't Photoshop.

[Karas]

its not Photoshop...but in essence it does alot of what is needed for most average users / admins....it does suffer a bit for high end desires.


The one thing I find completely frustrating was Photoimpact. It had this great animated text area etc....which is fine and dandy..but if you apply it to a static piece...and save it...it wont save it as an animation...it saves only the *text* as animation...

I ended up getting fed up...so I'd make the base art..then pull it into a gif animator like Ulead or such..and do it there..but what stinks is Ulead is limited in its text animation stock whereas the stuff in Photoimpact looked nice....ah well

[Steve Machol]

It's not done yet, but feel free to check out my Halloween style set. When done, I'll post it on the forums for dowload.

http://www.optiboard.com/forums/index.php?s=&styleid=32

[Karas]

That looks really neat!

[Sinecure]

Thats awesome steve, if you need any help or advice just shoot me a PM :D

[Steve Machol]

Thanks again Sinecure for the Jack-O-Lantern gifs. I turned the ON.GIF into a blinking one. Here it is for anyone that's interested:

[Steve Machol]

Also, here's the OFFLOCK.GIF:

[Sinecure]

did u want me to include these in the ZIP file under black,white and trans??

[Steve Machol]

Sure, if you want. These are both the transparent versions.

[FWC]

Originally posted by smachol
Thanks again Sinecure for the Jack-O-Lantern gifs. I turned the ON.GIF into a blinking one. Here it is for anyone that's interested: I'm a sucker for toys. I added the animation. Thanks again to Sinecure and Smach....I mean Steve. :)

[TheHideoutGuy]

Steve, I love your Halloween theme, it rocks!! Were you still planning on releasing it?

[Steve Machol]

Yeah I will. I need to strip out some things that are unique to my site and would only confuse everyone else. If I haven't posted it by tomorrow, send me an email reminder.

[Steve Machol]

I've posted my Halloween Style set in this thread:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30573