Geafus 2 & Geafus Animated ( Also how to make an animated emoji.

What’s up Reggae emoji lovers?

Its been a while. 

Since "Hotta Gyals" release, I’ve released 2 other emoji sets. Geafus 2 ( keep rollin) and also Geafus animated.  Thats right!! We have created the first 420 emoji and animated 420 emoji.  ( I wish that could be copyrighted)  

Geafus 2 has no reggae phrases and is more of  a main stream sticker set. The character’s colour is also a bit brighter around the edges. While the set is good, I don’t think its as great as the original. Its actually a compliment for users who already have the original Geafus. (A few lost phrases to make the original more rounded.) I’ve also priced Geafus 2 at $0.99 / ¥120 instead of $1.99/240. The set does have some very cool stickers for people in the Hi Life; the studio, lets roll, wake n bake and the beach scenes are sure to be hits with the modern day enlightened "rebels". For some reason, Iran has been downloading this set at a steady pace and I gotta say BIG UPS to Iran and I look forward to visiting and partaking in the life. If you really like the Hi-life, download Geafus 2 and KEEP ROLLIN.

View the sticker set here, download & enjoy.  

http://line.me/S/sticker/1281664

"Geafus Animated" on the other hand, is OUT OF THIS WORLD. Simple animations of a leafy character that so many people wish existed, and now it does. It was a real challenge at first to create the animations, but with practice comes know how LOL ( not perfection).

Each animation took an average of 35 minutes to complete. (Some took an hour or more.)

In this set there is a little Reggae, a lil HipHop and every day phrases that anyone can use in their conversations. What I actually did was use some of the illustrations from the original Geafus and Geafus 2 to create the animations. That saved me a tun of time. So far Geafus Animated has been downloaded in Japan, the U.K., the USA, Iran, Pakistan, Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Brazil, India, Jamaica, Thailand and other countries. I expect it to be worldwide just like the leaf it represents.   

                     View the set here, download and enjoy. http://line.me/S/sticker/1303492

I’m not a designer. Im not an animator, I’m just an individual that has many ideas and I do what I can to push them into reality. If you so wish to create your own animated sticker set, please watch my tutorial below. Thank you for reading my blog, stay blessed, stay creating, stay INSPIRED.

HOTTA GYAL REGGAE STICKER #Reggaeemoji

Why I made this sticker set

       Let me first say that the reason I made a reggae sticker set with only  female characters was because I knew a lot of people weren't thinking to do it but eventually someone would, and I  love women.   I created this set to represent the hot girls who like  Reggae, HIPHOP  and Dancehall culture. Independent, hardworking , outgoing girls. 

まず私がこのステッカを作ったかについてお話します。なぜ女性のキャラクターのみのレゲエステッカーセットを作成したかというと、そのような女性のみのステッカー作成は、一部の人しか思いつかないようなことだと思い、また自分が女性が好きなこともあり作成することにしました。このセットは、レゲエ、ヒップホップまたクラブカルチャーが好きなHot Girlを表現してます。    

Creation & Background  (Keila the main character)

    At first,  Keila's hair was long, then shoulder length  and even  Afro  as seen above.  I showed the illustration to my brothers and cousins in Jamaica. One of my female cousins with short hair said " long hair nah wear again, a short hair a do it" ( Miss Jamaica also had short hair at the time and was a favorite in the pageant )
 So I tried with the short hair and something about it just gave a demeanor of coolness, strength, confidence and risk taking. All traits that a real HOT GYAL MUST HAVE.

自立して、何事にも熱心で、社交的なGirls達です。　製作とその背景については、まずKeila（メインキャラクター）は、肩までの長さのある髪ですが、上記にあるようにアフロです。私は、そのイラストをジャマイカの兄弟といとこに見せました。いとこの中の一人、ショートヘアの女性のいとこが、”長い髪は、もう流行りじゃない。短い髪がトレンドでなのよ”といいました。（その時のミスジャマイカもショートヘアでしたし、その美人コンテストの中でもショートヘアが好まれていました。）そこで、私は、ショートヘアで尚且つかっこよさ、強さ、自信に満ちたように見えるようなものを表現することにしました。

After deciding on the short hair , the next step was to really think of the expressions and phrases. At one point I was thinking to use a lot of English to make the set easier to use. But Instead I decided to balance it out by using patois phrases as well as English as both languages are spoken in Jamaica.

Feedback process

Hotta Gyal went through a rigorous feedback process , scrutinized by Hot Gyals from Jamaica, Japan, Britain, Germany, America , Philippines, Costa Rica , Brazil and  Russia. Some of them didn't really like the short hair at first but eventually it grew on the majority.

 

Variety, the spice of life 

I listened to what many different women had to say and it dawned on me that I needed to make the sticker set more appealing to a wider audience. So I used some of the older illustrations  ( long hair and the Afro style. From that,  I created two  new charters;  Aiyana ( Afro style )   and Tatiana ( long hair). I think the  characters will appeal to a wide variety of women , especial woman of color who aren't really represented much in sticker/emoji sets.

実際のＨＯＴ GYALが持っているすべての特徴を表現することにしました。ショートヘアにすることにし、次のステップとして、フレーズの表現について試行錯誤しました。ポイントとして、使いやすいセットを作るためにたくさんの英語の表現を考えてみました。しかし、ジャマイカで、英語と同様に使用されているパトワ語もバランスを考えながら使うことに決めました。Hotta Gyal のフィードバックの方法としてジャマイカ、日本、イギリス、ドイツ、アメリカ、フィリピン、コスタリカ、ブラジルそしてロシアのHot Gyals達に細かいところまで確認し厳しいフィードバックをもらいながら行いました。そのうち何人かには、当初ショートヘアーが人気はなかったが最後は、大多数が賛成した。何度かの見直しフィードバック後、多様性、醍醐味のあるものになりました。そして、もっと幅広い方々をひきつけるような魅力的なステッカー作る必要があるとわかりました。そこで、古いイラストも使用しすることにしました。（長い髪とアフロスタイル。）それにより、2つの新しいキャラクター Aiyana （アフロスタイル）

Tatiana ( long hair). も作ることにしました。このステッカー・絵文字セットは、格別な女性色をイメージをしていないが、このキャラクター達は、広くさまざまな女性によって気に入られる魅力的なものができたと思います。

My plan for Hotta Gyal:

My plan is to create a Jamaican Barbie like figure that can represent the many faces of Jamaica. I will be creating more HOTTA GYAL characters to represent the diversity of Jamaica and I hope I will realize my dream of making Hotta Gyal into a brand that people all over the world will love and appreciate.

Download Hotta Gyal and have fun with Keila and her friends.

http://line.me/S/sticker/1265495

http://line.me/S/sticker/1265495

"GEAFUS" the 420 maple leaf ( Reggae emoji)

What's up Reggae Emoji lovers? 

Depaiso aka Dean Jackson here again with another  must get sticker set.

Meet "Geafus";  a maple leaf that wished to come alive before he fell from a maple tree. ( cough)
Yes. Yes. It is what it is!!! And it's finally here. A cute, green, lovable leaf with purple accents. ( Just how we like it!!!! Purple skunk from Orange Hill.)
Note: I used the name Geafus because "Gea"  has meaning to me.  At first I was gonna call him "Leafus" but that just didn't resonate with me. ( Geefus from Stone Love, I didn't  steal your name. It just sounded good to me and fit the character, LOL.)

With all the stickers I create and with this one as well, the Jamaican vibe can easily be felt.  I made this set easier to use, more mainstream and pop culture but still had to get my IRIE , Reggae vibe in it to represent me.

 

Geafus took me a weekend to complete, but I think it turned out pretty well. Something about the purple and green really blend well together.  There are also a lot of useful stickers that emoji lovers will find really cute and convenient. Not to mention the reaction they will get when they use it in a conversation. " OMG I NEED THIS STICKER SET RIGHT NOW"

 

For Geafus, I didn't use any Japanese phrases in the expressions as I feel that the "Gea" is a universal character and if you're down with the "G",  you probably have a good understanding of English and pop culture. Maybe in the next installment I'll consider using some Japanese and other languages.

My hope for Geafus is for it to be a viral emoji set that will bring joy and laughter to all those who come in contact with the leafy character.  Download "Geafus" and let the good times roll. 

Until next time Reggae Emoji lovers, Fulljoy, be safe and keep on creating your future thought by thought. Task by task.

http://line.me/S/sticker/1231210

RASS SCLIFFY ( Spliff, joint emoji, doobie emoji)

What up Reggae emoji lovers. One more crazy high-grade sticker set here for yah. Ras Scliffy, who first appeared in "Scliffy Second" now has his own sticker set. This set took me about a month, on and off to create. I didn't throw in a bunch of characters like in the previous Scliffy because I wanted to focus on the RAS. This sticker set has a few Japanese phrases but I wrote a few in Romaji ( Alphabetic letters). The reason, I thought it would be different and easier for individuals to use Japanese with people who don't actually understand Japanese and in a sense, actually teach them. ( Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, they can learn on their own)

I actually finished "Geafus" before "Ras Scliffy" but I started Ras Scliffy first. The reason being was that I was inspired to make Geafus  and I made him quickly and got on to finishing Ras. The two sets will be out at the same time creating High-Grade history. ( Thank me later blazers)

For Ras Scliffy, I was thinking of telling a story line with the entire set. But instead, I made a portion of it a story line with an alien visit form planet G. 

Ras Scliffy has a lot of convenient stickers and some  far out "messages" like the one above ( Yes I, herbs is the healing of the nation). With this set, I also tried different drawing styles just to see how it would look and the reaction it would get.

Well Reggae Emoji lovers!!!! One more installment to the reggae emoji collection. Please note. I do this for fun and because I was inspired by the most high to do this. I represent Jamaican culture and I want the world to keep on loving Jamaican. Give thanks every time and feel free to leave a comment or contact me via email ( depaiso@hotmail.com)

UP UP UP!!!!

Alright blazers, DOWNLOAD RAS SCLIFFY and let the high times roll.

Scliffy Second the REGGAE , HIPHOP, anything goes sticker

What's going on irie people!!! Thanks for viewing.

First of all I gave it the name "Scliffy Second" so  it would be different and also, real Jamaicans don't play number 2 hahaha. That's some Jamaican culture for you. 

After seeing the positive response to the first Scliffy set, I immediately decided to start Scliffy second ( that and I knew with twins on the way, I wouldn't have much time to illustrate. Thank you for the congrats, I appreciate it :)

        What I did with Scliffy second 

 I decided to explore and be free with this set. As you can see there are many characters. 
The main ones being " Reggae scliffy" and "Rap scliffy". You'll also find a shark, turtle and a humming bird in this set, even a gun slinging cowboy. You can say I decide to get a little crazy with Scliffy Second. 

 

   What happened to all the positive phrases ? 

If you know the first Scliffy sticker set, it had a lot of positive uplifting phrases. Scliffy second , not so much. I wanted to create a sticker set that would be cool, cultural , positive , funny and unique. ( I think I managed to accomplish that)  and let's face it, I think I exhausted the positive vibes in the first Scliffy set.

 

What makes Scliffy second special? 

I think Scliffy second is special because I managed to use cultures and ideas that have meaning to me. I'm from Jamaica , the birth place of Reggae and HIPHOP and I though it would be cool to incorporate the two cultures. Most sticker sets focus on one or the other or a wide range of musical cultures. I decided to stick to what I know and grew up with. 

It's also comical if you  fully understand some of the details in the set. I think a wide variety of people will be able to use this sticker set for a long time to come. 

Hopes for Scliffy  

My dream for Scliffy is for it to become like a ghetto smurf, you know they have lazy smurf and brainy smurf? My wish is for Scliffy to be like that. Multiple characters that represent me in essence and the things I appreciate. Hopefully the world will appreciate it too. 

Download Scliffy Second and enjoy this fun filled sticker set.

  DOWNLOAD HERE
 http://line.me/S/sticker/1189254

YAAD DOGS JAMAICAN REGGAE (and bit of HipHop )Slang sticker

WAAHHHGAAAN !!!

So my next sticker set "YAAD DOGS" is up and running. This project took me about a month to complete. ( About 3 months in total to be approved and on sale ) Had a few rejections and had to change some things but it worked out to my advantage.For example , the illustration below was not in the set at first, but because of the rejections I was able to replace one of the rejected illustration with this. So always remember to find the opportunity in what may seem to be a set back. 

私の最新のステッカーセット "YAAD DOGS"が販売されます。完成に約１カ月かかりました。（作成から販売まではトータルで３カ月を要しました。）何度か却下されいくつかの点を修正することとなりましたが、自分にとっては結果好機となりました。例えば、下にあるイラストについては、当初はスタンプの一つとして存在していなかったものですが、あるイラストが却下されたことによりその代わりスタンプの一つとなったものです。そのようなことから、いつも失敗は成功のもとであるということを忘れずにおります。

 

"KICK OUT" is a new slang ina Dancehall,  

"KiCK OUT"は新しいダンスホールスラング

KICK OUT is a dance move and it also means to go hard.

 KICK OUTはダンスの動きそして、意味はひどい目に会うもしくは頑張ろうという意味です。

About the sticker set

ステッカーセットについて

  This set was actually inspired by my dogs in Jamaica.  ( by that I mean my pet/guard dogs) I tell you, you can get inspiration from anywhere. I used a lot of Dancehall  and a few HIPHOP slangs in the set. Gave it a nice flavor I think. "YAAD DOGS" is  hardcore , cool and a touch of cute (not too much). A major theme you can see is that the dogs are in gold chains. I tried the look on the first few illustrations and I liked it and ran with it. There are a lot of different characters, but its one big family of crazy, friendly YAAD DOGS. It really has some nice slangs and phrases that people in tune with the culture,  will enjoy using on LINE MESSENGER.

このスタンプセットは、ジャマイカにいる実際の犬（私が飼っている番犬）から思いついたものです。我々はどこからでもインスピレーションを得ることができます！私は「YAAD DOGS」に新しいたくさんのダンスホールスラングといくつかのヒップホップのスラングを使用していました。いい味を出していると思います。「YAAD DOGS」は、ハードコアでクールでちょっと可愛いです。主なテーマは、犬が金の鎖をしているところです。最初のいくつかのイラストでそれを試してみたら、良かったので、金の鎖を取り入れました。多くの異なるタイプのキャラクターがいますが、どれもフレンドーで、素敵なYAAD DOGS family です。レゲエ好きの人には、スラングやフレーズを利用したLINEメッセンジャーを楽しめることでしょう

Hopes for YAAD DOOGS「YAAD DOGS」への期待

I hope people download and enjoy  YAAD DOGS, get some laughs, feel inspired and overall just fulljoy Jamaican culture with their friends.

ジャマイカ文化を十分に感じ、笑いのある「YAAD DOGS」をダウンロードして友人同士でお楽しみいただけることと願っております。

For the creation itself , I'd like to see it grow into a cartoon series. So if anyone is interested in partnering to create the animation, contact me here and lets talk dean1_jakcon@yahoo.com.

作成自体については、漫画のシリーズにも展開していきたいと思っております。どなたか共同でアニメーションを作成することに興味がある人は、連絡ををお待ちしております。dean1_jakcon@yahoo.com

I'd also like to create a clothing line from the series as well and in fact I've already started to plant those seeds. I've put up a couple designs on UTME ( Uniqlo's T-shirt/design/drop-shipping service)]

 Click on the T-shirts below to see more.

さらには、このシリーズでの服のラインの展開も考えております。実際、これについてはすでにスタートしております。すでにいくつかのデザインの物ををUTME ( Uniqlo's T-shirt/design/drop-shipping service)]
で紹介しております。商品の詳細を見るには、下記、Tシャツをクリックして下さい。

Alright peeps I'm out. Give thanks for viewing this post and feel free to leave a comment . Ask me any and everything or tell me the things you would improve, things you want to see. Peace, love and joy to you dear reader. 

FULLJOY THIS WONDERFUL THING CALLED LIFE AND KEEP ON CREATING.

GIVE THANKS 

今回は、この辺で終わりにしたいと思います。このブログを読んでいただき、ありがとうございます。コメントがあれば是非お願いいたします。あなたが知りたいこと,見たいものなど何でもいいので何かあれば教えてください。これを読んで下さった皆様へPeace, love and Joy.

この素晴らしい人生というものを共に分かち合う楽しみをそして創造し続けることに感謝の意を表します

FULLJOY LIFE

作成をやめないで

 Give Thanks 

 

 

DOWNLOAD LINK http://line.me/S/sticker/1180865

iRIE iDRIN "BIG UP "Metal key-chain now on eBay. Proceeds from sales to help build schools and buy stationary for Jamaican youth through the ROCKHOUSE FOUNDATION

What is the Big Up key-chain. 

    The "Big Up" keychain came from " iRIE iDRIN" LINE sticker ( A Jamaican made patois emoji set for "Line messenger"). It's one of the most used stickers in the set and you can see why. I decided to make the illustration into a key-chain as a collectors item because in my mind this is history and it needs to be solidified, not just in digital format. I wanted people to hold my idea in their hands and what better way to do that than to create a wicked looking key-chain. You are not going to see such a well crafted key-chain like this everyday. 

The size of the key-chain 50 mm* 50mm , quite a decent size and trust me when I say they look criss. I rock one with my keys everyday.

Smiles big enough to light up an entire room via @latergramme #jamaica #negril

A photo posted by Rockhouse Foundation (@rockhousefoundation) on Aug 11, 2015 at 12:08pm PDT

Why I decided to donate to the Rockhouse foundation 

     I  wanted a way to help/build Jamaica while I was living in Japan but I didn't know how. So one day while looking around on eBay, I saw that you could donate a percentage of your sales per item to a foundation. So immediately I searched for foundations that were based or affiliated with Jamaica and that's how I found Rockhouse. So I went on their website and did my research.  I liked  their approach , they were open like a nerd's book. They had videos showing  how they used the money they received to employ people from the rural communities to build/ remake schools in the area. So they weren't only helping the children but the entire community benefited and I though to myself " this is truly wonderful".  At first I was thinking to donate 100% but I'm not in that position yet haha. 

The cost per a keychain shipped is $10 and from that, Rockhouse will receive $2.50 , the shipping cost worldwide ranges from $2-$4 , and then of course there is the cost of production for the key-chains and other expenses such as packaging,  delivery and Ebay/ paypal fees.  I practically break even and that's fine with me. 

Hopes for this endeavor

       I hope that people will see what I'm trying to do and even if they don't buy the key-chain, they will be motivated to give back to Jamaica and remember  that they can do something to help no matter where in the world they are.  I also hope it will motivate other Jamaican entrepreneurs to think of ways they can give back to our beautiful island.In the future, I plan to expand my fundraising activities in creative ways. Even though I'm not based in Jamaica at the moment, everything I do represents and is for Jamaica.  

A photo posted by Rockhouse Foundation (@rockhousefoundation) on Aug 7, 2015 at 2:49pm PDT

Thank you for reading ,  BIG UP YUHSELF & BIG UP JAMAICA

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