--- title: Celebrity Emoji Portraits: Miley Cyrus, Kim Kardashian, Larry David description: See Kim Kardashian made of pigs and hamburgers and Miley Cyrus made of basketballs and cookies canonical: https://time.com/3678716/celebrity-emoji-portraits/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-23T15:50:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:08.458Z og:title: These Incredibly Realistic Celebrity Portraits Were Made Entirely With Emoji og:description: Featuring Miley Cyrus made of basketballs and cookies og:url: https://time.com/3678716/celebrity-emoji-portraits/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0abcdb382ac8552b/69877ba63c16396dd54515a0/jay-z-emoji-portrait.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jay-Z Emoji Portrait og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Incredibly Realistic Celebrity Portraits Were Made Entirely With Emoji twitter:description: Featuring Miley Cyrus made of basketballs and cookies twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0abcdb382ac8552b/69877ba63c16396dd54515a0/jay-z-emoji-portrait.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Incredibly Realistic Celebrity Portraits Were Made Entirely With Emoji by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) and [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) Jan 23, 2015 3:50 PM UTC  Jay-Z Jay-ZYung Jake by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) and [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) Jan 23, 2015 3:50 PM UTC Most Emoji enthusiasts would agree that selecting the right one is an art form — and rapper [Yung Jake](https://twitter.com/yungjake) is truly taking that idea to the next level. Using a new site called [emoji.ink](http://emoji.ink/), he’s been creating impressively lifelike portraits of celebrities ranging from comedy icons like Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld to rappers like Wiz Khalifa and Cam’ron. It may sound like a silly gimmick — but these portraits actually incorporate a striking attention to detail and a clear sense of creativity. Naturally, when we reached out to Yung Jake for more information about his artistic process, his response was riddled with Emoji:  See some of the best portraits above and check out the rest on Yung Jake’s[ Instagram](http://instagram.com/yungjake/).  Jay-Z Yung Jake  Kim Kardashian Yung Jake  Jerry Seinfeld Yung Jake  Larry David Yung Jake  Miley Cyrus Yung Jake  Rihanna Yung Jake  Cam'ron Yung Jake  Wiz Khalifa Yung Jake  Young Thug Yung Jake  ASAP Yams Yung Jake ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3678716/celebrity-emoji-portraits/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3678716/celebrity-emoji-portraits/"},"headline":"These Incredibly Realistic Celebrity Portraits Were Made Entirely With Emoji","datePublished":"2015-01-23T15:50:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:08.458Z","description":"See Kim Kardashian made of pigs and hamburgers and Miley Cyrus made of basketballs and cookies","url":"https://time.com/3678716/celebrity-emoji-portraits/","keywords":["Newsfeed","photography","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0abcdb382ac8552b/69877ba63c16396dd54515a0/jay-z-emoji-portrait.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0abcdb382ac8552b/69877ba63c16396dd54515a0/jay-z-emoji-portrait.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jay-Z Emoji Portrait","caption":"Jay-Z Emoji Portrait","creditText":"Yung Jake","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3678716/celebrity-emoji-portraits/","name":"These Incredibly Realistic Celebrity Portraits Were Made Entirely With Emoji"}}]}] ```