I created a virtual avatar for my friend Cory Scheviak, who is a developer for the video game Minecraft. The Pixel art character was front and center during Mojang’s annual update reveal livestream called “Minecraft LIVE”, which was being broadcast to nearly half a million people across the globe at the time. The avatar even made an appearance on Minecraft’s official Instagram account, with a following of 9.5 million people. I’m really glad the avatar’s funny face made a lot of people laugh and smile, (apparently even the event’s film crew was in hysterics)