Weekly 49 — Smileys mockup 29 Jun 2015 sunglasses

I made a set of emoticons for the old forums I frequented (Nintenzone and Triline), but in my opinion they were weak imitations of Riceballs. Ever since I’ve wanted to develop my own original set of smileys, and these were some concepts I made in Illustrator. While I like these, I can’t say when (or if) I’ll finish them—optimizing smileys to still be recognizable and clear at small sizes can be difficult. For now…

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