role
Designer / Illustrator
classification
Illustration / Graphic Design
Moonmoji
When Adobe Illustrator unveiled its freeform gradient tool, I wanted to learn its possibilities. Emoji felt like a challenging but fun project to produce. Sailor Moon was my introduction to female empowerment and positive LGBTQ+ plotlines as a child, so I wanted to pay homage to it and base the emoji on those characters. My plans for Moonmoji are to complete every character from the show and include options for diversification (skin tones, hair textures, etc.).
*This project is a work in progress.
character design
My thought process behind the character design reimagines Apple's emoji style and Sailor Moon's art style and fuses crucial elements from both. Once I got a base down, I subtly adjusted facial features, hair, and clothing to match each character.
Neo Queen Serenity character creation process.
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