emoji appreciation blog

T.O.S🐸Discord Servers My DNI: r.adqueer, pr.oship, excl.usionist, support these; support ignoring DNI pages just to reblog emojis, Emojifarm supporters, support people who draw over emojis and call them theirs; intending to start discourse

[emojis-are-cool]

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Hi I'm 'Frogverbal'/Emojis-are-cool, and I post about cool emojis and make custom emojis and stickers!

🐸About/Before You Follow

I'm an AuADHD system host who really likes emojis. I think they're very cool, so here is my account where I express my love for cool images that could be Discord emojis, and generally just post about emoji stuff!

I take requests for custom emojis! Click here for the request information.

Please don't follow this account and block me instead if you are/post something on the DNI. Exclusionists, r.adqueers, emoji thieves/Cute Emoji server supporters, Emojifarm supporters and DNI ignorers aren't welcome here. 🐸💛⭐💞 Please read this, but TW for ableism and fakeclaiming.<-

For what it's worth, I don't consider myself part of the 'Tumblr emoji community'.

🎁Free emoji stuff for you

All my free emojis and stuff are being moved to my Neocities!

I also have a big compilation page with links to every single place to find free stuff that I know of!

You can also find even more free stuff by following for free on Patreon, or access over 2000 emojis I've made by becoming a Patron. Patrons also get cool physical stickers after subcribing for a while.

🐛Things I Post About

Custom Discord emojis, updates to Discord, free Nitro events

Custom emojis, stickers, communication cards & similar things I make

Emoji analysis, news and resources

Steam stickers/emoticons, Telegram stickers, Giphy GIFs - Pretty much any platform's version of stickers/emojis

Nonverbal communication

And sometimes fonts & graphic design stuff!

🎈You Might Enjoy…

emoji facts

emoji news

emoji merchandise

emoji art

emoji jokes

resources

🔗Me Elsewhere On The Web & Emoji Discord Servers

Discord Servers for Emojis that I run

Neocities profile

Bluesky

Ko-Fi

Patreon

DeviantArt

Blog runs on an untagged queue!

[boxedsprouts]

apex predators

[sycamorality]

💯 but its 000 for when something's fuckall

[inspiration-rain]

Doctor/vaccine emojis I drew for my discord server’s infection game.

In the game, Players can use a command to get temporary immunity from zombie bites, and Doctors can vaccinate afk players to give them immunity as well. There’s a whole bunch of mechanics but those are the ones I had in mind for these specific emojis.

[pinkmoondoll9shihtzu]

My favorite emoji expression me and my friends came up with is "throwing rocks at it"

Basically if you ever see or hear something that displeases you, You go like this:

🫳🪨

🫳🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨

☺️🫳🪨🪨🪨

So on and so forth. But also if something is beautiful or true you throw lotus.

🫳🪷🪷🪷

[phineastratchet-deactivated2025]

I have one that;s called "picking grapes off the vine"

🍇🤏

🤌🟣

this method could also be used to pick other things, if you'd like...

🎂🤏🤌🕯️

🐒🤏🤌🦟

[slightlydraconic]

⛰️🤏🤌🪨

🫳🪨

[emojis-are-cool]

Various stickers from Flipline Studios games

[emojis-are-cool]

Hand drawn social networks

[swordoftheberserkgutsrage-deact]

Can you believe this shit

[commandergoretusk]

bullshit

[niedopalek]

come on man

[thunderpibb]

we are fucked

[agpsoundsystem]

best feature discord has added in years

[mechactually]

folder covers for our aac board; our usage for them is listed below, but they can be used however one likes ^^

actions

adjectives

neurodivergent

neurodivergent; other

personality disorders

plural

nouns

animals

animals; marine

[petrichoremojis]

A Guide to Making AAC Symbols, for Emoji Artists

[PT: A guide to making AAC symbols, for emoji artists. End PT]

Making symbols for AAC is not as easy as adding the AAC symbols tag to one of your normal emojis. Here are some things to keep in mind when creating AAC symbols.

AAC symbols should be representative, not abstract. [PT: AAc symbols should be representative, not abstract.]

An AAC symbol is usually used by an AAC user to distinguish the button they want from the other buttons on the page. Most AAC users scan in some form, and many look for the symbols and not the button's label, meaning that an AAC symbol should in some way be a visual symbol for the concept. This means that wordmojis do not typically work as AAC symbols.

2. The symbols are typically seen only by the user and not who they are speaking with. [PT: The symbols are typically seen only by the user and not who they are speaking with.]

In a Discord emoji, both the person communicating and who they are communicating with see the emoji. With high-tech AAC, typically only the AAC user sees the symbol, with the people they're talking with audibly hearing the words instead. There are some exceptions, such as light tech AAC or situations where an AAC user is showing their screen to who they are talking with, but they are generally exceptions.

3. Avoid low contrast. [PT: Avoid low contrast.]

An AAC symbol on a button is generally very small, and it is usually one of many buttons on a page, and it is usually on a coloured backdrop. Furthermore, there are many AAC users who are blind or low vision. Having high contrast on your symbols, such as by making the lineart much darker than the filling, makes your symbol easier to see and makes the details easier to notice.

4. High levels of detail usually disappear on an AAC board. [PT: High levels of detail usually disappear on an AAC board.]

Because buttons are small and there are usually many buttons on a page, high levels of detail tend to be very hard to notice when a symbol is on a button. Furthermore, lots of detail can make a symbol visually busy and thus potentially overwhelming for an AAC user.

5. Many AAC users dislike words on their symbols. [PT: Many AAC users dislike words on their symbols.]

Most AAC users have words on the button label already. For some, this means that having words on the symbol as well is redundant, overwhelming, or annoying. If you put words on your symbols, it is best to also provide a version without words for those who prefer that.

I hope that this is informative and helpful. Please do keep in mind that while I am an AAC user and an AAC symbol artist, I am only one of many, and AAC users are not a monolith. The advice I have provided here reflects the common attitudes I have seen in the community but it will not reflect the entire community.

[stellas--symbols]

Adding onto this, here's some things I try to do in my emojis

DISCLAIMER! I don't rely on AAC devices for communication, I'm approaching this from my perspective as a design student

1 Avoid making the meaning of your symbols dependent on their color

This makes them less accessible for colorblind people. For example, for things like boy vs girl instead of pink and blue I usually use the Venus and Mars symbols.

2 Make sure the symbol is readable at a small size.

Avoid making any critical elements of the symbol very small. Also make sure that if you have lots of details they don't make it difficult to understand the symbol when you zoom out. It can help to reduce the color contrast on these less important details.

3 Think about different ways of representing each symbol you make

I sometimes try out 4 or 5 different concepts for a symbol before choosing which one I want to go with. In this step I like to think about all the ways people use the word I'm representing, and try to capture as many of those meanings as possible.

4 Clarity is king!

In my opinion you should never sacrifice clarity for anything else when making AAC symbols. The order of goals I use when making my symbols is this:

[ 1 Clear to understand -> 2 As universal as possible -> 3 Fits with my style -> 4 Nice to look at ]

5 Avoid ambiguity

This can be difficult, especially with core words, but make an effort to reduce the amount of meanings a symbol can have. Don't worry about this so much that you add a bunch of extra elements, but keep it in mind.

6 if you're making your symbols just for yourself, it's ok to throw this all out the window. The most important thing is making something that *you* will recognize and understand

[mxmarmar]

A collection of Spamton GIFs I made for fun Feel free to use on Discord or whatever, I've uploaded em to Tenor with the tag 'Marmarmiya'

[mxmarmar]

Thanks for the support on these, glad you like em :0 Transparent versions were requested for discord emotes so here they are (couldn't do the computer ones since they have a bg)

[inspiration-rain]

Clingy hug emojis!

You can now demand more attention from your friends with these.

Included a still version of the animated one. Free to use, credit not required but don't claim the art as your own.

Keywords: comfort, clingy, blushing, cute, friends, partners, couple, duo, tired, sleepy, interaction, shoulder lean, head on shoulder, peeking / looking over shoulder, fake /pretend mad, jealous, touch starved, possessive (in a silly way), lighthearted, sweet

[wonderful-emoji]

Hello ❢

May you make a pink, blue and purple space-themed moodboard, if this is possible, please ? You can use regular emojis & emojis fusions.

Have a nice day ❢

[coco-coquette]

Pokémon Hiroba Hiragana Emoji

Read about Pokémon Hiroba here

[zvmbiemojis]

Zomb asks that you please create it when using the base and keep it appropriate please ! ! Do not use for hate or NSFW reasons ! !

[chrome-barkz-aac]

hey, if you’re a speaking person (or partially speaking due to speech loss episodes or what have you) and you hear another speaking person say shit like “going nonverbal” or “i’m semiverbal bc i go nonverbal sometimes”

stop that shit. program a button into your aac or keep a card in your communication cards or prepare a verbal script to inform others.

a bit lost as to what to say? try this one out for size:

“actually, nonverbal is a permanent state of not talking. it means you don’t talk ever, you don’t “go nonverbal”. some words to describe your experience could be, losing speech, speech loss episode, losing words, verbal shutdown…”

the nonverbal community does not need to do this on their own. we owe them that much.

spread the word like butter on toast yall! call out that shit when you see it.