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[3] [7] In the following months, Ramirez's drawing quickly gained traction on 4chan as the universal emoticon of an internet troll and a versatile rage comic character. From 4chan, Trollface spread to Reddit and Urban Dictionary in 2009, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] eventually reaching other internet image-sharing sites such as Imgur and Facebook .
The base form consists of a sequence of an opening round parenthesis, a character for the left eye, a character for the mouth or nose, a character for the right eye and a closing round parenthesis. The parentheses are often omitted for well-known kaomoji. The mouth/nose part may also be omitted if the eyes are much more important.
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The "Monkey-selfie" became a theme at Wikimania 2014 at the Barbican Centre in London. [29] Conference attendees, including Wikipedia co-founder and Wikimedia Foundation board member Jimmy Wales, [30] posed for selfies with printed copies of the macaque photograph. Reaction to these selfies and to pre-printed monkey posters was mixed.
Most think Toba Sōjō created Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga, who created a painting a lot like Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga; [8] however, it is hard to verify this claim. [10] [11] [12] The drawings of Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga are making fun of Japanese priests in the creator's time period, characterising them as toads, rabbits and monkeys.
The smile of the Joker, a Batman villain, may have been partially inspired by the face. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The face is sometimes seen as an evil clown today, but this was not the original understanding. The face also appeared at other Tilyou amusement properties, such as Steeplechase Pier in Atlantic City, and was also copied regionally, as with the ...
Han started his creative career as a freelance artist selling random prints of his art to various buyers. Han applied as a freelance designer for a clothing manufacturer. While working with at company, he created a lifestyle brand based on a monkey character named Bobby Jack. [ 2 ]
[20] [21] According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary the earliest known use of "smiley face" for "a line drawing of a smiling face" was in 1957. [1] In 1957 Jane McHenry wrote in a write-up in Family Weekly Magazine , Do-It-Yourself Carnival "Tape a paper plate to the mop head for a face, arranging string strands on each side for the hair.