| Cartoon emoticons are a set of images which are based on cartoon shapes and form thematic,symbolic and serialized structures with auxiliary emotional expression functions.Cartoon emoticons are widely used in emotional communication and information dissemination,and their functions and applications in social life are gradually diversified.This paper takes this as the research object and analyzes it through the following four parts:Chapter one explains the concept,definition and correlation between cartoons and emoticons;Chapter two describes the development of cartoon emoticons.The third chapter,with design research as the core,analyzes the contents and themes,information transmission,technical forms,industrial culture and other characteristics of cartoon emoticons design.The fourth chapter is about the design and application of emoticons and their future development.The above research focuses on the connotation,evolution,characteristics and trend of cartoon emoticons design,and explores its cultural and commercial value.It is of academic significance and reference value to study the design characteristics of cartoon emoticons in related fields of art creation,culture and education,industrial communication and so on. |