Bronze Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design · 2021

Dabai Emoje

by Cheng Xiangsheng

A' Design Award 2021 Bronze Winner in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
Awarded April 15, 2021
CLIENT: Cheng Xiangsheng
Estimated Number of Design Views: 10,195
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About Dabai Emoje

Dabai is a success emoji. As of January 17, 2021, it has received a total of 104,460 downloads and 1994,885 shipments. In China, people's communication methods have quickly entered the Internet era, which has changed people's lifestyles. As a result, the requirements for communication have become richer. It wants to convey more content and more emotions, and simple words can no longer complete such tasks. The derivation of emoji is an expansion of the communication boundary, and the results of "Dabai" fully demonstrate this change.

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Unique Properties: Dabai emoji is an extended design based on the traditional emoje design. It’s added more popular internet symbols and internet terms in the design to make it more lively and interesting, and added more application scenarios, so It’s got a wide range of downloads and transmissions. Compared with the traditional yellow emoji, Dabai emoji has a more character, and with the spicy Internet language, it has gained a breakthrough in the Internet trend and has become popular.
Dimensions & Packaging: In the emoji design, the size of the main image is 240 pixels * 240 pixels, and the size of the thumbnail is 120 pixels * 120 pixels. Among them, the main image is best to add a 2 pixel white stroke, which can better apply to many Kind of chat background.
Tags: emoji, communication method, language change, communication method
Production Technology: Emoji design first needs to design expressions and body language based on the character of the cartoon image. The most important principle is to increase the frequency of use in chat.
Design Challenge: Emoji design should pay attention to the boundary between text and body language, and should not touch the taboos of some people in the society; in addition, we should pay attention to copyright protection; the most important point is to maintain continuous output. The design is complete and contemporary.
Project Duration: The project was created in June 2017 and is divided into 3 series. The 2 displayed were completed on July 24 and August 5, 2017, and were released on the emoji platform of wechat.
Operation Flow: First add emoji in the chat software, in the chat, you can preview the effect by clicking the thumbnail, after confirming, click to send directly
Research: Emoji design is to improve and change the way of chatting through design. There are many forms of expression: graphic creation, real expressions, pure text design, etc. There are also many ways to complete, such as: hand drawing, computer production, shooting, etc.Emoji itself is a change in the way of communication, it enriches the content and scenes of chat, and is a reform of language art. There is no doubt that this will have a profound impact on society, which has already begun to manifest in China.
Inspiration: Emoji is a new design branch, based on the popularization of mobile phone applications, people have a new demand for communication. Just like designing a chair, designing a set of Emoji also needs to take into account practicality and beauty. Emoji brings a new way of chatting, which is beyond the reach of text.Society and history evolve. Similarly, art and design are also evolving. Emoji designers adapt to this trend and once again push the boundaries of design forward.
Image Credits: Image #1: Emoji designer Xiangsheng Cheng, display picture, 2017.
Image #2: Emoji designer Xiangsheng Cheng, poster, 2017.
Image #1: Emoji designer Xiangsheng Cheng, summary display, 2017.
Image #1: Emoji designer Xiangsheng Chengg, application presentation, 2017.
Image #1: Emoji designer Xiangsheng Cheng, data, 2017.