I'm trying to figure out what actually a standard emote collection would be. Happy, sad, mad, etc? Or anything goes as long as someone thinks its clever, funny? I did find guidelines for making a Twitch emote. That's useful but I don't use Twitch. Still, its something to start with while making plans. (I've paraphrased to keep it simple).

I'm thinking about using my stick figure ASCII art girl/woman as emotes. I would need to make more for the different emotions or themes. That's why I'm trying to figure out what they should be. If it works out I thought I would try offering them for sale online. If it just costs my time, how can it go wrong? Or, not far wrong.

Standard Emotes

• The image must be in a .png format
• A single PNG between 112 x 112px and 4096 x 4096px, or three image sizes: 28 x 28px, 56 x 56px and 112 x 112px. For example:
• Images must be square shape (e.g., same pixel height and width)
• The file size cannot exceed 1MB
• A fully transparent background.
• Ensure you have viewed the emote at 100% resolution to check that the art has clear lines and, if you are including words, that the letters are correct and easy to read. Make sure that lines are sharp (no unnecessary blurring or feathering)

𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘

Found included in a post from Witch of the Wildwood. I hope they copy and paste here.

Kaomoji Emoticons

Kaomoji are probably what you think of when you think of Japanese emoticons. These are text based emoticons made out of a wide variety of different 2-byte characters. Kaomoji means “Facemark” in Japanese.

Emoji Emoticons

Emoji are small image emoticons that were invented in Japan for use with cellphones. The word Emoji means “Picture Letter” in Japanese. Emoji are built into a bunch of different cell phones and are standardized across devices.

Source: About JapaneseEmoticons.net

I like having a real phrase for the text versus graphic image emoticons. I still think of emoticons as the basic keyboard text, ASCII style. I guess they could be known as ASCII emoticons.

Emoticons, also known as smileys, are used to convey emotion in your writing. They are a great way to use text in an otherwise flat email. Emoticons can also show when you are teasing versus being serious.

Making emoticons is as simple as typing anything else on your keyboard. Look down there at your fingers, find the characters, press and release. It's not the act of typing emoticons which is difficult, of course. It's knowing which characters to type in order to be understood.

Some emoticons, like the basic smile face, have developed several different versions over the years. Some have a nose and some are shortened to a two character smiley, no nose included. (The nose has become optional).

Text-Based Emoticons

`😀 Smiley face

😎 Cool

|-O Yawn

=D Laughing out loud

-( Annoyed

X-( Angry

X-P Joking

😉 Winking

=) Happy face

%-) Confused

8-O Shocked

) Evil

O:) Angel

8-# Zombie

@>_; A rose

%%- Good luck

</3 Broken heart

😍 Heart `

Using Emoticons for Online Chat

Online chat uses text emoticons and turns them into graphics. I find people who ask about how to make emoticons are not actually talking about making emoticons, but these graphics.

Although they are based on the original text emoticons they display as graphics. Each chat (Yahoo, MSN, etc.) uses different emoticons and graphics. However, the basic smiley is still a smiley whether it comes with a big mouth, red cheeks or not.