Artist recreates masterpiece paintings with only emojis

There’s a special place in our hearts for emojis. They help us emote, punctuate, and jazz up our texts. Above Average is taking the love of emojis to a new level.

Above Average director Tim Bierbaum is using Emoji.ink, a Web app, to recreate well-known masterpieces such as Edvard Munch’s The Scream and Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night, with nothing but emojis as his palette.

The Emoji Scream

Above Average/Tim Bierbaum

Check out his ode to Starry Night, and his surrealist emoji-homage to Magritte. Keep your eye on Above Average for more to come.

Photo via Above Average