Chappal (Flip-flop) Emoji
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2 min readOct 21, 2018
Designing the emoji and drafting a proposal addressed to Unicode
Why a chappal?
Coz why not?… It struck me that this widespread item of footwear, so integral to our daily lives was not on the emoji list. There were a number of other footwear options but no flip flops. It is a fairly universal object and deserves and needs to be included on keyboards across the world.
The Process — Chappal Study
It sounds exactly like it is, studying a chappal in all it’s simplicity. Sketch after sketch to understand the form and shape of a chappal.
Digitising it…
This started with making a vector of the image and giving it colors and shading. This was followed by a long and tedious process…
