Okay, if I were to create some smilies for the board, how big are they supposed to be? Or how small? File size would help and so would dimensions. Erin's yours are so good, so I am not going to promise anything here in case I can't produce something as good. ;) But just in case.

Great question!
I should let you all know, first off, that we have 16 MB of space for files (ie: emoticons and pips (group icons) for this board. Let me be clear, this space has nothing to do with your individual images (ie:your signatures, etc...). The 16 MB only relates to our board images, like our emoticons, and NOT even the graphics you see in the background with the cartoon images. I have custom skinned our board this way. So you can see, Invision is very good about this, and I am thankful :)

So, as far as creating some emoticons as your own for us all to use here, I would stand by the guideline of, if you would like them actual SMILEY sized with just a face :
Width = 30 pixels
Height = 30 pixels

I used a space 30 pi x 30 pi to draw :heman
He is 1022 btyes

If you keep stick those dimensions as a rule of thumb, we could easily have lots of cool little faces.

If you have something in mind that includes a full body, just let me know first.

So have fun with this. I am always open for some cool 80s emoticons :hemanwink

EDITED TO ADD:
In case anyone is interested, as of right now, we are only using 0.19% of the total space allotted for this community

great answer! 30 x 30 pixels it is then. :D And thanks for clearing that up about how much space we get for the board. I really like this board too.

Great!

I am glad I answered your questions and I have been meaning to post our board's space size and how much we are using presently so this gave me the perfect outlet to do so!

I am happy you are having fun here. :)

I can't wait to see what you all come up with! :D