Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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  • Mood: pleased

Flappy Icon

I was looking for something completely different, but I spotted this set of emotion cards and just had to share.  Look!  The excited person is flapping his hands!  :D 3q 3q 3q  I almost never see any positive support for physical expressions of emotion like this, and especially hand flapping.  But here it is, along with other really good body language for feelings.  \o/

I've started keeping an eye out for good icons because some of my characters are highly visual.
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ysabetwordsmith

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

July 3 2016, 04:14:09 UTC 4 years ago

>> Is it just me, or are the icons for anger and frustration actually identical? <<

They look identical to me. Illustrations are often reused in icon sets for similar concepts.

>> I ask because when I'm frustrated, everyone around me reads that as anger. If there's really no good way to tell the difference it would explain a lot. <<

There are a handful of basic emotions which can be identified across cultural lines with specific facial markers. The number varies but it is usually 5-8.

Beyond that, it is difficult to distinguish emotions across cultures or with a high degree of statistical accuracy. People often mistake related emotions for each other. This wheel shows how major emotions break down into smaller and smaller subsets. Angry breaks down to aggressive, frustrated, distant, etc. and frustrated breaks down to infuriated and annoyed. I would probably have filed jealous under frustrated.
mdlbear

Re: Yes...

mdlbear

July 4 2016, 02:32:19 UTC 4 years ago

I'd put jealousy somewhere in the fear spectrum, or more properly a mix of fear and anger. I find their divisions much too simplistic, even given what little I know about emotion labels.
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

July 4 2016, 03:05:14 UTC 4 years ago

There are lots of different emotional maps. I like this flower map.
mdlbear

Re: Yes...

mdlbear

July 4 2016, 03:52:27 UTC 4 years ago

Yes, that one's pretty good. Not as many entries, but the ones it does have make sense, and the illustrations are great for somebody like me who has trouble reading body language.
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

July 4 2016, 03:57:51 UTC 4 years ago

That's why I gravitate to that specific version. Most of the others only have labels. I think the characters make it much more useful. This is the version that Ambrose gave to Shiv for exactly that reason.