CW: the generic state of world politics, violence, a degree of pessimism.
Author Archives: dzuk
Sticker Sheet Prototypes – Photos and Thoughts
The prototypes for the sticker sheets came the other day, and I’m very happy with them!
Why Unicode emoji isn’t (and shouldn’t be) a reliable communication mechanism
I often hear a particular undercurrent of attitudes or beliefs when I hear various discussions about Unicode codepoints and Unicode emoji symbols, and to me, as an illustrator and a designer (ie. a visual communicator), and someone who is trying to navigate their place in the world of languages, I find that these attitudes usually […]
Advance Dev Alert – 0.3.1 Codepoint Package Changes
Hey, this is a little thing to give anyone doing development work with Mutant Standard emoji an advance warning for 0.3.1, which is currently expected to be released late October. This alert only applies to codepoint packages.
I’m closing the Liberapay account.
(UPDATE 2018.10.21 – My account has now been closed by Liberapay support.) Hey, just to let you know, I’m going to close the Liberapay account… as soon as Liberapay lets me.
0.3.0 sketches
Endless, endless testing. 0.3.0 was partly a new emoji update, but also just trying to tie up more loose ends for the future. I wanted to be super-satisfied with various core elements of the aesthetic and design philosophy so I could move on with bigger changes and more new emoji without feeling like I […]
Mutant Standard 0.2.5 Sketches
Okay, here’s the next round of sketches!!!!
Things I’ve thought about for the near future
Here are a couple of outcomes from me thinking about stuff the past week or so…
Housekeeping
Hey, I’m going to break away from normal emoji release schedule for a short while to do a few things that need to be done, both with the project and personally. I also need to think about how I can approach this project in a way that will make the production of certain emoji easier […]
Mutant Standard 0.3.0
0.3.0 represents a significant step forward in getting your gay, furry and weird emoji anywhere. It also includes a much bigger (and more permanent) range of colour modifiers and many design improvements designed to improve the readability of many existing emoji.