Microsoft Emojis
Tendril collaborated with the team at Microsoft to conceptualize, design and execute a complete refresh of their existing library of Emojis. Together with an incredible team, I worked as a 3D Art Director and Animator for the initial design development of the Emojis Fluent Design System.
This included the creation of a guideline for every smiley, person, animal, food, object, and symbol (there’s more than 1800 of them!). The end result is an eclectic, colourful celebration of joy and a heartfelt embrace of visual communication.
Client
Microsoft
Production
Tendril
3D Art Director, Lead Animator
Jonathan Lindgren
(full credits below)
Inclusivity, honesty and vulnerability are all elements we sought out to encompass in our new Emojis. We wanted our designs to celebrate the beautiful differences and imperfections in human expressions. Which is why our Emoji silhouettes aren’t 100% geometrically circular, but instead what we came to call the ‘imperfect circle.’
Credits
Emojis System
Client
Microsoft
Microsoft Team
Nando Costa, Claire Anderson,
Cassie Klingler, Jason Custer,
Judy Safran-Aasen, Sam Cundall
Production Company
Tendril
Creative Director
Alexandre Torres
Director
Matthias Winckelmann, Leo Mateus
Art Director
Rodrigo Rezende
3D Art Director
Jonathan Lindgren
Executive Producer
Ivelle Jargalyn
Producer
Emily McCallen, Brittany Sheahan
Coordinator
Jelena Sibalija
CG Supervisor
Ben Pilgrim
Design
Andras Csuka, Felipe Medina,
Henrique Athayde, Leo Natsume,
Margarida Lemos, Runbo Chen,
Plenty Studios
Lead Modeller
Flavio Diniz
Model, Light, Render
Aleksandra Liubas, Benjamin Lüthold,
Dominik Grejc, Edgar Ferrer,
Eric Macedo, Flavio Diniz,
Gustavo Henrique, Leonardo Bortolussi,
Plenty Studio, Rita Louro,
Zach Landua
Rigging
Tyrell Scott
Lead Animators
Will Sharkey, Samuel Bohn,
Jonathan Lindgren
Animation
Dominik Grejc, Emiliano Flores,
Flavio Diniz, Guilherme Vasconcellos,
Hernan Lindenbaum, Jessica Herrera,
Leonardo Bortolussi, Plenty Studio, Zach Landua
Compositor
Corey Larson
Emoji Film
Creative Director
Nidia Dias, Chris Bahry
Executive Producer
Ivelle Jargalyn
Director
Leo Mateus, Facu Labo
Producer
Emily McCallen
Design
Jordi Pages, Lenar Singatullov
Modelling
Flavio Diniz, Lenar Singatullov,
Jordi Pages
Animators
Lenar Singatullov, Samuel Bohn
Lighting and Render
Brad Husband
Compositors
Brad Husband, Astrid Cardenas
Sound
Zelig