Thread by @baph0meat

rating bat emojis bc i feel like it, starting w apple
this is the one i’m used to so i’ve gotten fond of it. shape is interesting. i like his ugly lil nose but i wish it was pointier. most of the things i have a problem w (like his drumstick legs) cant be seen at emoji size. 7/10

google. EXTREMELY cute. thank you for the prominent fangs and big ears and little thumbs. why do the legs just end in line with the overall silhouette, though? 9/10

microsoft. i actually love this one, artistically, but it does not look like a bat. the bizarre little head is the best part. 9/10 as an image in the purest sense of critique, 5/10 as an image that’s supposed to be a bat emoji

samsung. this is the classic bat shape. this is what i think of when i think of a bat. fingers and legs are both there, which other bat emojis seem to struggle with. docking points for no fangs and for not being particularly cute. 7/10

whatsapp. this looks like a rabbit-pig with wings. hideous. only saving grace is the interesting silhouette and the fact that he has fingers, but they’re so ugly that i almost wish he didn’t. 3/10

twitter. i hate this one. it could be worse and it’s not that ugly all things considered but i just hate it. the completely incoherent body shape and crunched little wings drive me crazy. this bat emoji is wretched. 2/10

facebook. this looks like a bat and i know for the rest of this thread i’ve given the impression that i value realism over everything but they overshot it. what is the point of all this when it’s at emoji size. also apple did this pose better. 4/10 for overrendered potato bat

joypixels. fantastic silhouette but this bat emoji looks like a paw patrol character and its tail is missing. also what the fuck is joypixels. 5/10

openmoji. this is a symbol of a bat. 10/10

emojidex. big ears, check. great silhouette, check. fingers, legs, and a tail, check check check. i am willing to forgive a lack of fangs because of the red eyes, the chest fluff, and the fact that this is god’s perfect creature. 56/10

emojipedia. i absolutely hate this. i despise this. the wing shape is a atrocious and the airbrushing thoroughly demonstrates everything i can potentially despise about digital art as if targeted to make me angry. wretched, wretched image. stupid looking. offensive to bats. 0/10

final semi-related note: check out the facebook vampire emoji

my initial reaction was "ugh" bc i dislike the head but the longer i look the more i feel a sense of shame. for my shallowness, and my lack of openness. this bat bears me no ill. this bat comes with goodwill and childlike enthusiasm. also he's purple. 7/10

also i made this one very curt because that was funny but now i want to revisit. i love this emoji bc it is drawn the same exact way i draw my vampire comics: with lingering eye contact, the artist says, “absolutely fuck you. i’m not drawing anything i don’t feel like drawing”

“this is the bat i have made. i am being paid almost nothing for this, and so i do as much or as little pleases me. do you hate my little bat? does it make you want to hurt me? go draw your own, you worm.” i connect w this, creatively