Discord Custom Emoji Challenge

Contests and Challenges
Adrian Bellworthy


The primary function of an emoji is to fill in emotional cues otherwise missing from typed conversation πŸ™‚

The emoji was predated by the emoticon, short for "emotion icon", also known simply as an emote :-)

The word emoji comes from Japanese Γ© (η΅΅Β , 'picture') +Β  mojiΒ (ζ–‡ε­— , 'character').


πŸ›‘πŸ“œπŸ‘¨β€πŸŽ“ Stop, enough of the history lesson.

baker_cheesy_grin.png

πŸ† The Challenge:

Design and create custom emojis for Discord. You can use any software you wish to create your custom emoji(s). Follow the criteria set out below.Β 

Name your emoji appropriately.


πŸ“‘ Criteria:

  • CG Cookie and/or Blender relevant
  • No rude or offensive emojis or emoji names
  • Recommended image size of 108x108
  • Maximum file size of 256KB
  • Emoji names must be at least 2 characters long and only contain alphanumeric characters and underscores
  • Image emojis are .png files
  • Animated emojis are .gif files (only usable by members with Discord Nitro)
  • You can use Photoshop, Gimp, Krita, or an image editing software of your choice


⏱ Timing:

Challenge - May 23rd 2022 to 23:59 US CST June 5th 2022

Judgement - June 6th 2022 to 23:59 US CST June 12th 2022Β 


🚫 How to enter:

Post your final .png or .gif in the custom-emoji-entries channel in the CUSTOM EMOJI CHALLENGE category on the CG Cookie Discord.


βš– Judgement:

You, the CG Cookie community will be the judges for this challenge.

Votes will be made via reaction emoji, with 5 categories,


creative = πŸ‘¨β€πŸŽ¨

fun = πŸ₯³

on brand = πŸͺ

relatable = πŸ™‹β€β™€οΈ

best in show = πŸ†


For fairness, emoji reactions will be enabled for the week of judgement only.

The top emoji for each category will be selected for CG Cookie Discord, subject to meeting required community standards.

πŸ€”πŸ§’πŸ”› = Thinking Cap On

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  • Adrian Bellworthy replied

    If you haven't already jumped in on the action over on the CG Cookie Discord server,
    Go check it out.
    CGCookie Discord

  • Shawn Blanch(blanchsb) replied

    Excellent I am excited to make an emoji!

    • 😎 Cool
  • Shawn Blanch(blanchsb) replied

    The discord channel for entries is currently set to locked but I'll share what I got so far:

    Emoji name: rofl_milk_and_cookie
    rofl_milk_and_cookie.png

  • Adrian Bellworthy replied

    Community voting has now commenced.

    How to vote:

    Head over to the #custom-emoji-entries channel on CG Cookies Discord server, and vote for each category using the following emojis

    πŸ‘¨β€πŸŽ¨= Artistic

    πŸ₯³= Fun

    πŸͺ= On Brand

    πŸ™‹β€β™€οΈ= Relatable

    πŸ†= Best in Show

    You can select more than one category per entry,
    for example, if an entry is artistic and fun, select both πŸ‘¨β€πŸŽ¨ and πŸ₯³

    The highest number of votes for each category will be selected for use on CG Cookie Discord.

    Voting ends 23:59 US CST, Sunday 19th June.

    Thanks to everyone who entered, well done,
    and thanks to everyone for casting your votes.

  • Adrian Bellworthy replied

    Here are the top selection for each of the 5 categories.

    Artistic
    Hotkey_Master.png
    by Rossco

    Fun
    PicsArt_06-08-07.55.15.jpg
    by Niteesh Kumar

    On Brand
    rofl_milk_and_cookie.png
    by blanchsb

    Relatable
    face_palm_cookie.png
    by BlueWizzard

    Best in Show
    Happy_Melvin.png
    by Rossco

  • Shawn Blanch(blanchsb) replied

    Great job everyone! I love using these in the discord.

    • πŸ