Hotta Gyal

The next set I created was done through my designer again. The idea behind Hotta Gyal was simple, there were many reggae emojis popping up in Japan after mine was released. So instead of doing what I thought others would do, I switched it up and created a sticker set of Gals.

Line messenger App Store

To be honest I kind of watered down the Line Messenger version and used less patois slang to appeal to wider market. But in the App store version I went back to the foundation. The app store version has more emojis, items and text images to play with compared to the Line version.

MadRass

Madrass was my first attempt at creating an emoji set on my own ( Idrin Animated came after) and boy was it some lameness IMO ( people still buy it. The idea behind this is that there was a dog and dancehall character ( as many males use "dawg" as a slang for their acquaintances in the culture.) Am yeah it was a crazy idea, so I gave it the name MADRASS, meaning crazy.

Yaad Dogs

Yaad dogs branched out from the Madrass idea. I already had the dog drawing thing going on and hey, I really like dogs. Animals also make the best emojis. Well this set doesn't do so well but every now and then their are some sales. One thing is for sure though, I enjoyed creating it.

Scliffy

Next I made a character called scliffy on my own again with my limited illustration skills. scliffy = Spliffy. I got the name from an elder Jamaican friend that called spliffs, scliffs. Now this was a pretty decent idea. When this sticker set came out there were strict rules about the use of drugs and alcohol in emojis on Line Messenger. So what I did in the description was call it a radish LOL. It passed the review. For some reason Indonesia and Thailand really love this sticker as that is where most of the sales come from.

Geafus

And the idea that really made a little splash came. GEAFUS the Weed emoji. But again I had to find the grey area by calling it a maple leaf in order for it to be available on LINE messenger. I made three series of this sticker on my own as the first one I did sold pretty well. The third one was an animated version. Geafus Animated. I then went on to use the same animated PNG files to make a App for iMessage. I also added more animations as on the app store, anything goes.

Now the investment in time, learning how to illustrate and animate was time consuming. I enjoyed that phase though. Even to this day these stickers still sell without me even doing anything. I'd like to create maybe 3 more sets, but I just don't have the time or inspiration for that now.

The good thing about me paying an illustrator first instead of attempting to do it myself was that it got me in the emoji game fast and I learnt a thing or two about the terms and tools used. Another good thing is that all the illustrations are mine to do whatever I want with them, and that I have done.

From Idrin I created key-chains , T-shirts, phone cases etc. There is no limit to where these illustrations can be used. Cups, decal, accessories you name it. At the moment Idrin is also in the ReggaeSteem discord doing his thing. This chapter of my creative mind doors is closed at the moment but it is interesting to see how it spills over into the current flow of things.

Well I hope you had a good read. Have a good one. Off to building!

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