Emoji Tutorial

Two tutorials on how to create emoji for Discord.

How to Emoji: A Design Tutorial

You need fresh, new thonks. Exciting new peaches. Some kind of crying/horror emoji ready for your next Discord event. This design tutorial starts you down the path to finding, or making, what you need. I discuss the three emoji-making methods for non-animated emoji, which roughly breaks down to: low-effort, medium-effort and high-effort emojis. How To Emoji covers how to create low-effort and medium-effort emojis. The tutorial is 65 pages long, and can be found in .doc, .html, or pdf format.


How To Emoji Step Two

Excerpt From How To Emoji: A Design Tutorial, Step Two.





Draw a high-effort emoji from scratch: How to Emoji, Part Two

High effort emojis are hand-drawn emojis that are specific to the concept, scene, or mood that you are trying to convey. These emoji can be very complex or very simple; they can be flat colors or highly painted. This tutorial walks you through the design process for a high effort emoji, showing you how to create a single emoji that is suited to a specific purpose. The tutorial is 45 pages long, and can be found in .doc, .html, or pdf format.


How To Emoji Step Two

Excerpt From Draw a high-effort emoji from scratch, Step One.








Finished high-effort emojis, painted (gemsquid) & cellshaded (flowersquid)