Kim Kardashian's Kimoji

It happened in late 2015: the phone call from Kanye West that launched the most surreal but intriguing project of my career. By early 2016, I was working on revitalizing Kim Kardashian's Kimoji app, where I ended up redesigning its titular "crying Kim" app icon.

The original intent for Kimoji wasn't simply static artwork, but 3D animated emojis. However, the concept was de-scoped, with the intention that it would be added in a later phase. So the emojis had to retain the same quality as the original 3D models, which meant we couldn't clean up too much of low-poly artifacting.

My partner in crime, @Amy Liu, was a fellow collaborator (she worked on the infamous butt emoji).

Check out www.phylissa.com/kimoji for more details!