Emojillustration
2021 — present
collage
exhibition photos
© Nick Moons
Ever since emoji came into our existence, I have been a fond user of them. Like many others, I use emoji as a visual equivalent of typography.
Emoji have a high level of recognizability thanks to their universal accessibility. I enjoy using this rich visual language to create new narratives by compiling, extending or morphing these well-known characters.
For these emojillustrations I worked with Apple's Color Emoji font.
Thanks to its transparent glyphs, I have a simple tool at hand to work with in my collages.
![Hole Field](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d67b23dae951f20ffe072129df679957a5ee0843d543d5dc4e74c4dcce057b7/gatenveld.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af6fba768291df16da66b08b24db260b18482320ff97a06b6157eabd27a01e40/noodlebadminton.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60fb7f56165586358697af2813ae3e4aca3dd5fc3da1091c3ebf0dd38213486c/glijbaan.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/540f72eedf173e32500961fd3ba52582c2babfedb6413b4b67e2a4d4334353cb/banoeter-2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a97409533c85ec5eda9044327878fc78116f582a46ef1dcf137dcce74ac8b71/sandwich.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41f41fbbc9cdc1b4f0bc5d037cf66ba5d9e4d280c74fb4aa69839ef58ef13cb2/Sandala_BroosStoffels.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/156d70b0aa800a696a9d16f90ddf41b5d1dd93a6537db37ec50f80bb1f067439/fruitgun.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac7004faaa6956e0be1e7e535bb1e946162f632828275cd0f770cc43f06a8fad/holes.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00493bce2ec5a22c549990a3f738556508f161402542142b8de88714afc24560/peahat.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ee3c906c5ed3b4fe43ec02517848b4d7a824be3c4d1a458c0e857ce85b9fdc4/knifed.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c309adacade7eed4cd9b3bf04b21a1314a47b322b0c5bd0feb3286efdda71fc7/attack.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da65efe7aa9757cf8e213924d26e02819c83d5fd610d84cd2713bef804914f74/kaas.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16854b142923cca0a92b45848392db8bd9a8a661b03622b821b4cb999db4da91/sigarethand.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/464b751de1ea7f43f58a7d2a2900148d400321a63c22d231aa686f9b879fa890/stuff-2.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d83c0c6e501c7a945c36a992891ad5eb84beddad9be0c202cd870c5e02aabb0/ritshand.jpg)
![Sandala exhibited at SMAK Ghent, The ABC of Subbacultcha, 2022](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07b0fd7cf637d712b8fc20aeb924f6c097747110857a87c09a992b333d40b7bf/Sandala_Emojillustration_Smak_2.jpg)
![Sandala exhibited at SMAK Ghent, The ABC of Subbacultcha, 2022](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/949caf211b0d9826befdc5968efba4788c35654ab0af5d7b1496dd192bbd3077/Sandala_Emojillustration_SMAK.jpg)