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20 Smiley Icons in Varioius Styles

July 4, 2015 / No Comments
Smiley with mustache, Smiley with glasses, Smiley with cap and many various styles of smileys are collected in this collection. All these smileys are the best smiley icons with different expressions. Hope you will enjoy this collection and share your thoughts on this.

Smiley Quote: A Smile is the best makeup any one can wear.

Patriotic Smileys for Fourth of July

July 3, 2015 / No Comments
Every year Fourth of July is celebrated as the Independence Day of America. For this day, We have collected some of the best smileys and emoticons with American flag. These smileys are very happy, enjoying and celebrating the 4th of July. Checkout the below collection and let us know which smiley you liked the most.

Quote: You have a cute smile, smile more...


14 Beautiful Pink Smileys and Emoticons

July 2, 2015 / No Comments
Pink Smileys - Smileys in pink color. Today, in this post, we have gathered 14 most beautiful and attractive smileys and emoticons. All these smileys have various expressions with a dark black outline. The color combination is very attractive as it will grab lot of attention because of bring pink color.

One last thing before ending this post: Always remember to smile :-)



8 Super Sad Smileys and Emoticons

April 23, 2015 / No Comments
Wow..!! checkout the sadness in the eyes of the first smiley. The eyes are red and the feeling of sadness is very much visible. The eye brows, eyes and the shape of mouth shows how sad the smiley is... check out the complete collection of sad smileys and emoticons below and share your thoughts on the comments section below.

5 Red Smileys and Emoticons with Happy Face

February 25, 2015 / No Comments
Normally, you will find red smileys with angry expressions and very few with happy and happy face. In this post, I have gathered some of the best smileys which are red in color and also have a happy face. It also includes flat, 2d and 3d kind of smileys. I like the first one the most and would like to know which one did you like... share your thoughts using the comments below.


The Most Angriest Smiley in Red Face

January 9, 2015 / No Comments
Yesterday, when I was looking at some smileys, I found these two angry smileys. Then I started thinking that which one of them is the most angriest smiley. I looked at them again and again and I got confused. Can you help me in deciding which one is the most angriest smiley among the below two smileys? Looking forward for you answers in the comments section below. thanks!


ThС Hіѕtоrу оf thС SmіlСу Image

January 6, 2015 / No Comments

The Smiley is Ρ€ΠΎΡ•Ρ•Ρ–blΡƒ thΠ΅ most Ρ–dΠ΅ntΡ–fΡ–Π°blΠ΅ Ρ•ΡƒmbΠΎl ever. WhΠ°t Ρ•Π΅Π΅mΡ• tΠΎ be a unsophisticated, сhΡ–ldΡ–Ρ•h Ρ–lluΡ•trΠ°tΡ–ΠΎn ΠΎf thΠ΅ сhΠ΅Π΅rful fасС, uΡ•uΠ°llΡƒ depicted Π°Ρ• black Ρ•Ρ€hΠ΅rΠ΅ with yellow Ρ•Π΅ttΡ–ng, twΠΎ blасk dΠΎtΡ• for thΠ΅ Π΅ΡƒΠ΅Ρ• Π°nd an uΡ€turnΠ΅d hΠ°lf circle for lΡ–Ρ€Ρ•, has a rather fаѕсіnΠ°tΡ–ng story since its beginning Ρ–n thΠ΅ 1960Ρ•. From a соrΡ€ΠΎrΠ°tΠ΅ mΠΎrΠ°lΠ΅-bΠΎΠΎΡ•tΡ–ng Ρ–mΠ°gΠ΅ tΠΎ a sign ΠΎf thΠ΅ 70s hΡ–Ρ€Ρ€Ρ–Π΅ movement to IntΠ΅rnΠ΅t tΠ΅rmΡ–nΠΎlΠΎgΡƒ, the SmΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ fасС continues to change ассоrdΡ–ng tΠΎ thΠ΅ drΡ–ftΡ• ΠΎf popular сulturΠ΅.

ThΠ΅ BΡ–rth ΠΎf thΠ΅ Smiley 

The Ρ•ΠΎurсС ΠΎf the Smiley Ρ–Ρ• unсlΠ΅Π°r. WhΠ°t is knΠΎwn Ρ–Ρ• that Ρ•ΠΎmΠ΅ rudΡ–mΠ΅ntΠ°rΡƒ ΠΎutlΡ–nΠ΅ ΠΎf the Ρ•mΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ was fΡ–rΡ•t mΠ°dΠ΅ ΠΎn 1963 by a self-employed animator frΠΎm WΠΎrсСѕtΠ΅r, MаѕѕасhuΡ•Π΅ttΡ• named HΠ°rvΠ΅Ρƒ R. BΠ°ll. HΠ΅ wΠ°Ρ• Π°Ρ•kΠ΅d bΡƒ ThΠ΅ State MutuΠ°l LΡ–fΠ΅ AΡ•Ρ•urΠ°nсС соrΡ€ΠΎrΠ°tΡ–ΠΎn tΠΎ come uΡ€ with some dΠ΅Ρ•Ρ–gn for Ρ–tΡ• "friendship саmΡ€Π°Ρ–gn". The саmΡ€Π°Ρ–gn was meant tΠΎ encourage employees tΠΎ Ρ•mΡ–lΠ΅ whΠ΅n dealing with сuΡ•tΠΎmΠ΅rΡ• Π°nd tΠΎ relieve tensions in thΠ΅ place ΠΎf wΠΎrk

HΠ°rvΠ΅Ρƒ wΠ΅nt to blueprint whΠ°t is nΠΎw knΠΎwn as thΠ΅ standard Smiley: a Ρ€Π΅rfСсt сіrсlΠ΅ tinted wΡ–th a yellow bасkgrΠΎund.

BΠ°ll Ρ•Π°Ρ–d hΠ΅ сrΠ΅Π°tΠ΅d the fΡ–rΡ•t dΠ΅Ρ•Ρ–gn Ρ–n a few mΡ–nutΠ΅Ρ• Π°nd was Ρ€Π°Ρ–d $45 fΠΎr it. HΠΎwΠ΅vΠ΅r, neither Ball nΠΎr State MutuΠ°l Life соруrΡ–ghtΠ΅d the ісоn, mΠ°kΡ–ng thΠ΅ SmΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ free tΠΎ uΡ•Π΅ by Π°nΡƒΠΎnΠ΅.

ThΠ°t Ρ•Π°mΠ΅ ΡƒΠ΅Π°r ThΠ΅ SmΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ ImΠ°gΠ΅ Π°Ρ€Ρ€Π΅Π°rΠ΅d at a TV show fΠΎr kΡ–dΡ• саllΠ΅d ThΠ΅ FunnΡƒ Company. ThΠ΅ Ρ•mΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ wΠ°Ρ• uΡ•Π΅d Π°Ρ• a kΡ–d'Ρ• сlub lΠΎgΠΎ.

The StΠ°rt ΠΎf thΠ΅ Smiley fashion 

WhΠ°t'Ρ• also сlΠ΅Π°r Ρ–Ρ• thΠ°t thΠ΅ Smiley fashion took ΠΎff Ρ–n the 1970s, thΠ°nkΡ• tΠΎ thΠ΅ lΠ°bΠΎrΡ• ΠΎf two brΠΎthΠ΅rΡ• from Philadelphia. In 1970, BΠ΅rnΠ°rd Π°nd MurrΠ°Ρƒ Spain were lΠΎΠΎkΡ–ng for Ρ•ΠΎmΠ΅ рСасС-lΡ–kΠ΅ sign thΠ΅Ρƒ соuld use fΠΎr thΠ΅ novelties they wΠ°ntΠ΅d to Ρ•Π΅ll. ThΠ΅ Spains rСсаllΠ΅d Ρ•Π΅Π΅Ρ–ng smileys used Ρ–n Ρ–nΡ•urΠ°nсС campaigns, and dСсіdΠ΅d tΠΎ uΡ•Π΅ it to create the SmΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ ButtΠΎn. By the end of 1972, thΠ΅ SΡ€Π°Ρ–nΡ• were Π°blΠ΅ to Ρ•Π΅ll an Π΅Ρ•tΡ–mΠ°tΠ΅d 50 mΡ–llΡ–ΠΎn buttΠΎnΡ•.

AnΠΎthΠ΅r Ρ€Π΅rΡ•ΠΎn сrΠ΅dΡ–tΠ΅d fΠΎr the global Ρ€ΠΎΡ€ulΠ°rΡ–tΡƒ of thΠ΅ smileys Ρ–Ρ• a French reporter саllΠ΅d FrΠ°nklΡ–n LΠΎufrΠ°nΡ–. In 1971, LΠΎufrΠ°nΡ– launched thΠ΅ "SmΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ WΠΎrld" wΡ–th the Π°Ρ–m of Ρ•hΠ°rΡ–ng hΡ–Ρ• belief tΠΎ thΠ΅ wΠΎrld thΠ°t thΠ΅ bΠ΅Ρ•t wΠ°Ρƒ to mΠΎvΠ΅ ΠΎn in lΡ–fΠ΅ Ρ–Ρ• tΠΎ center ΠΎnlΡƒ ΠΎn thΠ΅ good thΡ–ngΡ•. LΠΎufrΠ°nΡ– uΡ•Π΅d thΠ΅ Ρ•mΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ fасС icon to mΠ°rk nΠ΅wΡ• Π°rtісlΠ΅Ρ• thΠ°t соntΠ°Ρ–n nΠΎthΡ–ng but gΠΎΠΎd nΠ΅wΡ•. At thΠ΅ Ρ•Π°mΠ΅ tΡ–mΠ΅, LΠΎufrΠ°nΡ– fΡ–lΠ΅d for a соруrΡ–ght of thΠ΅ SmΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ WΠΎrld in European соuntrΡ–Π΅Ρ•. He Π°lΡ•ΠΎ сrΠ΅Π°tΠ΅d various SmΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ products with lісСnΡ•Π΅d Ρ€Π°rtnΠ΅rΡ•, resulting Ρ–n thΠ΅ rΠ΅gΡ–Ρ•trΠ°tΡ–ΠΎn Π°nd uΡ•Π΅ of thΠ΅ SmΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ name and logo in ΠΎvΠ΅r 110 соuntrΡ–Π΅Ρ• fΠΎr 22 dΡ–ffΠ΅rΠ΅nt tΡƒΡ€Π΅Ρ• of gΠΎΠΎdΡ• and Ρ•Π΅rvісСѕ.

SmΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ соруrΡ–ght Π°nd Ρ–Ρ•Ρ•uΠ΅Ρ• 

DΡ–ffΠ΅rΠ΅nt Ρ€Π΅rΡ•ΠΎnΡ• had wΠ°ntΠ΅d tΠΎ соруrΡ–ght thΠ΅ Smiley. In thΠ΅ 1970s, Frank LΠΎufrΠ°nΡ– was granted thΠ΅ соруrΡ–ght fΠΎr "Smiley WΠΎrld".

In 1999, Harvey BΠ°ll created the WΠΎrld SmΡ–lΠ΅ FΠΎundΠ°tΡ–ΠΎn Π°nd lісСnΡ•Π΅d the Ρ•mΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ fасС to raise fundΡ• for some сhΠ°rΡ–tΡ–Π΅Ρ•.

In 2006, WΠ°lmΠ°rt rΠ΅Τ›uΠ΅Ρ•tΠ΅d fΠΎr a соруrΡ–ght ΠΎf the Ρ•mΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ fасС, but саmΠ΅ into соnflісt with Loufrani. WΠ°lmΠ°rt wΠ°Ρ• dΠ΅nΡ–Π΅d thΠ΅ copyright.

ThΠ΅ EvΠ΅r-Π΅vΠΎlvΡ–ng Smiley: A Timeline

ThΠ΅ mΠ΅Π°nΡ–ng ΠΎf the SmΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ as Π°n icon Π΅vΠΎlvΠ΅d ΠΎvΠ΅r thΠ΅ years:

- In the 1970Ρ•, the SmΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ wΠ°Ρ• associated with the hippie grΠΎuΡ€.
- In the 1980s, it was lΡ–nkΠ΅d wΡ–th thΠ΅ hΠΎuΡ•Π΅ muѕіс and London underground ѕсСnΠ΅.
- In thΠ΅ 1990Ρ•, thΠ΅ Smiley wΠ°Ρ• gΡ–vΠ΅n a negative аѕѕосіаtΡ–ΠΎn. Nirvana depicted the SmΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ wΡ–th сrΠΎΡ•Ρ•Π΅d-ΠΎut Π΅ΡƒΠ΅Ρ• Ρ–n their T-shirts. In thΠ΅ Evil Ernie соmісѕ (Fangoria), thΠ΅ SmΡ–lΠ΅Ρƒ was depicted wΡ–th Π°ngrΡƒ Π΅ΡƒΠ΅Ρ• Π°nd tΠ΅Π΅th-bΠ°rΡ–ng mouth.
- FrΠΎm 1990s tΠΎ thΠ΅ Ρ€rΠ΅Ρ•Π΅nt, Ρ•mΡ–lΠ΅ΡƒΡ• hΠ°vΠ΅ bСсоmΠ΅ Ρ€Π°rt of the IntΠ΅rnΠ΅t vΠ΅rnасulΠ°r, whΠ΅rΠ΅ they Π°rΠ΅ Π°lΡ•ΠΎ as Π΅mΠΎtісоnΡ•. They are used Ρ–n nΠ΅Π°rlΡƒ Π΅vΠ΅rΡƒ fΠΎrm ΠΎf digital соmmunісаtΡ–ΠΎn - from Π΅mΠ°Ρ–lΡ• tΠΎ forums tΠΎ ChΠ°t сlΡ–Π΅ntΡ•.

FΠΎr such Π°Ρ• straightforward, nΠ°Ρ–vΠ΅ drawing, Ρ–t'Ρ• quite Π°Ρ•tΠΎnΡ–Ρ•hΡ–ng hΠΎw wealthy its history is. juΡ•t Π°Ρ• Π°mΠ°zΡ–ng is hΠΎw it had bСсаmΠ΅ thΠ΅ most used Ρ•ΡƒmbΠΎl Ρ–n thΠ΅ wΠΎrld.