Emoji portraits

Posted:
24 Jan 2015, 11:14
by annie

Who knew emojis - those goofy cartoonish symbols that are popping up all over the place - could be used to make highly detailed artworks?
Yung Jake, a rapper and perhaps the world's first notable emoji artist, has been sending out clever celebrity portraits to his 12,000 Twitter followers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-30936632
Re: Emoji portraits

Posted:
24 Jan 2015, 17:34
by wendy
It took me a minute or two to understand this, but it is amazing and mind blowing.
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Re: Emoji portraits

Posted:
24 Jan 2015, 18:38
by annie
I had never heard of emojis, they look like they are embroidered, I did similar portraits of Bill & I in embroidery when I was at college
Re: Emoji portraits

Posted:
24 Jan 2015, 18:41
by maureenho
I had never heard of it either, brilliant artwork , it's amazing what we learn on Chill. go90