It’s World Emoji Day, a totally made-up holiday honoring the small pictures we send over text to let people know that we are, in fact, smiling as we send messages.
Celebrate World Emoji Day with this artist’s incredible emoji portraits
Blake Griffin has never looked so ‘100 emoji’
But in case you ever thought our emoji usage didn’t go far enough, Los Angeles-based artist, rapper, and video director Yung Jake has you covered. Over the past year, he’s been creating amazing emoji-based portraits of celebrities, including Blake Griffin.
A 10-foot tall version of that piece, commissioned by the Los Angeles Clippers, is on display at the Staples Center, behind Section 301. It’s a cool collision between the worlds of sports and art, but it isn’t the only emoji art Yung Jake has done. He’s also created portraits of celebrities like Jay-Z, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Harambe ... and they’re all incredible.
Just look at that detail!
This one should win an Oscar.
RIP.
You can find dozens of Yung Jake’s emoji paintings on his Instagram, and he currently has an art show featuring the work at Tripoli Gallery in Southampton, N.Y.
And as for the rest of us, we’ll just keep emoji-ing 😜.
