Emojis are something that I could never see being used as to make a portrait. But then again in every graphic design class ever one of the assignments is to make a portrait using only words or letters so it's not too far off. In my opinion emojis are like modern day hieroglyphics they get a message across in the same space as two letters but can convey so much more. The article about emoji portraits is really interesting to me because the portraits are truly unique and the concept behind them is equally as abstract. One thing that really threw me off was the artist, in the article the artist's name is Yung Jake. Nothing to crazy their considering the fact that he's making emoji portraits, the strange part is that he's a rapper with 12,000 twitter followers. Some of the works are of musicians but the buck stops there when it comes to creating a bridge between his rapping career and art career.
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The interview in the article was interesting as well, it was mostly emoji based which is no surprise to the reader. However it did offer some insight into the mind of the man behind the portraits. Sadly Yung Jake did not give away all of his trade secrets he declined to comment on how long it takes to make one. He also said that he had done commissioned work but refused to say for whom it was. I am more curious as to how he made the transition from rapping to emoji portraits. I would also like to know why he choose the people he did for the portraits and what motivates him to keep doing this work. With this all this being said I think the portraits are pretty cool and would make for a great conversation piece in a hip upper east side apartment.
P.S. The seinfeld one is cool but a fraiser one would have taken the cake.
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