Making our own Emoji

I’m making a real Apple-esque emoji for every one of my colleagues in <a href="https://bakkenbaeck.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Bakken & Bæck</a>. The first finished set includes everyone from our Amsterdam office. It all started with Drake. As a surprise, I wanted to create a real what-if-Apple-made-it emoji of 6 God for my colleague Ole Martin. This made me wonder: what would our own emoji look like? I got excited about the possibilities: we could use them in Slack, create a big poster with all our emoji to hang in each office, or print them on mugs! I had never done anything like this and I didn’t know where to start or how to approach this. I opted for a systematic approach and divided my process in steps. I’ll take you through it and provide some tips so you can try it yourself. <iframe frameborder="0" height="480" scrolling="no" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F0TCtFJIhpjs%3Ffeature%3Doembed&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D0TCtFJIhpjs&image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F0TCtFJIhpjs%2Fhqdefault.jpg&key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&type=text%2Fhtml&schema=youtube" title="Making Of An Emoji -Timelapse (4K)" width="854"></iframe> <h1>Preparations</h1> I’ve used Affinity Designer to draw the emoji. It’s fast and I love its friendly UI, non-destructive effects and outline view. You’re free to use Photoshop, Illustrator or Sketch yourself; whatever you prefer. <a href="https://medium.com/bakken-b%C3%A6ck/making-our-own-emoji-14538d6088a">Website</a>