[TUTORIAL] Make Your Own Emoji Portrait

http://www.alanzucconi.com/?p=4049

This tutorial allows to  create emoji portraits and moisacs from any picture. The first page provides a form to test it online. The full code is provided in JavaScript, but the technique can be applied to any language.

• Part 1. Emoji portraits

• Part 2. How it's done...

• Part 3. Extracting emojis

• Part 4. Averaging colours

• Part 5. Image processing

For a gallery or Star Wars-inspired animated GIF rendered wit this technique, check this link.