Self-Made Emoticon Competition!

[Virgil Showlion]

We've all seen them: those cute, shocking, funny, crass, creative jumbles of characters that look like "things". For example,

(ಥ﹏ಥ) - Crying

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Butterfly

(ᵔᴥᵔ) - Happy Animal

~~~ ╔͎═͓═͙╗
~~~ ╚̨̈́═̈́﴾ ̥̂˖̫˖̥  ̂ )  - The "Nyan Cat" (Meme)

But seeing them is one thing, creating them is another!

Do you have what it takes to make a creative emoticon?

Entries are welcome from all, and the emoticons can be anything. There are just two rules:

1. The emoticon should occupy no more than three lines.
   
   
2. The emoticon must consist entirely of characters. You may use different fonts, sizes, colours, and formatting like bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough, but no images or tables.
   

Entries will be judged by a panel of judges (TBD) based on creativity, skill, and overall likability. The top five entries will receive a fabulous prize.

There are no bad entries, so put on your creative hat and submit as many as you like!

Please provide a name with each entry (see examples above).

You can use any of the characters from the Full Unicode Character Set, but beware: there are a lot of them to choose from.

Show people your artistic glory! Happy emoting!

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Bunny (or Kitty)

(\___/)
(+°.°+)
('')__('')

[busymom]

SL, I think yours looks like Pikachu!

Virgil, I'm no artist, but I've got an idea.  You remember the old Pac Man game, where first a ghost is chasing Pac Man, then Pac Man gets "energy", & roles are reversed as Pac Man is chasing the ghost?  Virgil,  I want you to create a moving emo, where first someone is chasing a snow leopard, but then suddenly they're running the opposite direction with the snow leopard chasing them.  Virgil, I KNOW you can do it! 

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Christmas Tree

¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ★
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ **
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨*o*
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨*♥*o*
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨***o***
¨¨¨¨¨¨**o**♥*o*
¨¨¨¨¨**♥**o**o**
¨¨¨¨**o**♥***♥*o*
¨¨¨*****♥*o**o****
¨¨**♥**o*****o**♥**
¨******o*****♥**o***
****o***♥**o***o***♥ *
¨¨¨¨¨____!_!____
¨¨¨¨¨\_________/¨¨¨

[Virgil Showlion]

Anti- Snow Leopard Gun

ⱆ༕ཀᚄᚎ៙ᗙ៚✴   ◦   ◦   ◦ ¤
  ﹾⰣⵯⵯⵯ

[MarleyKeezy78]

I wish I could use my iPad emots here   I suck at do it yourselfers.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Snow Leopard

 (\____/)
(❛)︵(❛) 
 == ° ==
 ('')__('')

Rawwwrrr!

[Jaguar]

tigerpause

your really good with this stuff, what can you dream up ?

[Sammy]

Dec 10, 2013 20:38:15 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

Anti- Snow Leopard Gun

ⱆ༕ཀᚄᚎ៙ᗙ៚✴   ◦   ◦   ◦ ¤
  ﹾⰣⵯⵯⵯ

  I am shocked!  

[Virgil Showlion]

Dec 10, 2013 23:15:51 GMT -5 Sammy said:

Dec 10, 2013 20:38:15 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

Anti- Snow Leopard Gun

ⱆ༕ཀᚄᚎ៙ᗙ៚✴   ◦   ◦   ◦ ¤
  ﹾⰣⵯⵯⵯ

  I am shocked!  

That it doesn't have the pain enhancement module attached?

I know. Those things cost an arm and a leg, and I could only afford the base model.

One day, though...

One day...

[Peace Of Mind]

( . Y . )













Owl eyes. 

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

POM - you know those are boobs.

You didn't make them big enough though - these are also more "perky":


( ° )Y( ° )

[Sammy]

Dec 10, 2013 23:22:30 GMT -5 Peace Of Mind said:

( . Y . )



Owl eyes. 

Good work, POM, keeping his mind off those cute kitties.   We all know how Virgil gets when he sees boobs. 

[Peace Of Mind]

SL - That is one bad boob job! 

Sammy, LMAO!!  We all know he'll deny his love for owl eyes. 

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

SL - That is one bad boob job!

I know, right? There's a bit too much "lift" in them. Bad plastic surgeon.

[Virgil Showlion]

Woman on the Go

       ᙉ༤
   /ᗻ\
   ﹾ ꌷ⫿ﹾ
        ﹾ ﹾ

[Artemis Windsong]

I do not get the woman on the go, Virgil.

[Deleted]

Dec 10, 2013 19:49:42 GMT -5 ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ said:

Bunny (or Kitty)

(\___/)
(+°.°+)
('')__('')

PIKACHU! 

ETA: I see busymom sees the world like I do!  

[Deleted]

( @ Y @ )   <--- pasties! 

[The Captain]

Dec 10, 2013 19:40:46 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

Do you have what it takes to make a creative emoticon?

Me, personally - no!  You know what I do for a living right?

Entries are welcome from all, and the emoticons can be anything. There are just two rules:

1. The emoticon should occupy no more than three lines.
   
   
2. The emoticon must consist entirely of characters. You may use different fonts, sizes, colours, and formatting like bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough, but no images or tables.
   

Entries will be judged by a panel of judges (TBD) based on creativity, skill, and overall likability. The top five entries will receive a fabulous prize.

There are no bad entries, so put on your creative hat and submit as many as you like!

I'm taking you at your word on this, only because I lol'd when I got this one.

Please provide a name with each entry (see examples above).

You can use any of the characters from the Full Unicode Character Set, but beware: there are a lot of them to choose from.

Show people your artistic glory! Happy emoting!

No explanation needed:

凸(-_-)凸

[Bluerobin]

   .

Small pic of the world.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Are you sure that's not Uranus?

[Deleted]

Dec 11, 2013 13:41:30 GMT -5 ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ said:

Are you sure that's not Uranus?

I am still cracking up at our car talk with 7 year old DS while we were driving home on Saturday night:

Me: look how bright the stars are tonight!
DS: Did you know that stars are giant balls of hot gas?
Me: just like Dad's butt! 
DH: Hey!   I think that one's not a star, it's a planet.
Me: maybe it's Uranus. BADUM DUM *chee* 
DS: Why is that so funny?
Me: <explains what the medical term is>
DS: << starts laughing so hard he hits his head on the door of the car >>

I told him as we were walking into the house that he can't tell that one at school. At least not for a couple of years anyway.  

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

And of course now that you've told him he can't repeat that story at school, he's going to.

[Virgil Showlion]

SL is putting out some pretty good entries. Come on, all you creative souls.

[MarleyKeezy78]

OMG beer! I asked my four year old what are stars made of and he yelled chicken! Lmao 

[kittensaver]

=^..^=

(kitten face. Not original, but I like it )

[Bluerobin]

When Jupiter aligns with Mars:
0    .

[MarleyKeezy78]

Then peace will guide the planets and loooove will steer the stars   Thanks now I have tthis song stuck in my head

[Virgil Showlion]

I've "liked" every last entry that isn't boobs.   Or a dot.

Come on, people. I know there are some artists out there. This is a chance to get in touch with your creative inner self. Do something new and unorthodox to stave off Alzheimer's and creeping dementia.

I'm not kidding. Neurologists swear to the heavens that puzzles, crafts, and creative activities are the surest way of staving off degenerative mental illnesses. And in addition to that, these kinds of activities combat neural plasticity, improve retention and focus, and stave off the fog of old age. The earlier you get into the habit, the better.

This page has a great layout of 15,000 useful characters accessible all at once.

So do like SL and kittensaver and save not only kittens... but also your mind!

Did I mention a fabulous prize for the winners?