--- 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=1049&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1049 og:image:height: 590 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=1049&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Incredibly Realistic Celebrity Portraits Were Made Entirely With Emoji > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. 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-Z Yung 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/).  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