My First Telegram Sticker Pack
Drawing a Funny Horse Character for the Year of the Horse
I had been thinking about making my own sticker pack for a while, but in truth it took only one day from the moment the idea finally landed to the moment it existed. It came to me before sleep — that soft, dangerous hour when a thought feels small, but somehow refuses to leave. I decided the character would be tied to the symbol of the coming year, and from there everything began to move very quickly.
First I opened my notes and wrote down all the phrases that I associate with a horse — silly ones, familiar ones, the kind that already carry a little personality inside them. Then I went to Pinterest to look at horse references, not because I wanted realism, but because I wanted a shape, a mood, a body language I could simplify into something expressive and funny. After that, the character almost drew itself.
What I love most in projects like this is the moment when one simple figure starts changing costumes, emotions, and roles. The horse stayed the same at the center, but each phrase asked for its own little expression, its own gesture, its own ridiculous truth. In one sticker he stands in a coat, in another he is exhausted, in another completely falling apart with laughter. That is where the fun really was for me — not only drawing one horse, but letting him become many moods at once.
Since this was my first sticker pack, there was also something especially tender about the process. It felt less like a polished launch and more like a quick burst of affection — an idea made before it had time to become too serious. I think that is why I like it so much. It has playfulness in it. It was born fast, but not carelessly. Fast because the idea was ready.
I called the sticker pack “Knights Move”, uploaded it to Telegram, and left the link for anyone who wants to keep this strange little horse close at hand. That makes me especially happy: when a drawing leaves the sketchbook and starts living in small everyday conversations, carrying humor into someone’s ordinary day.
So this reel is really about that first step — the first sticker pack, the first time a passing thought became a usable little world, and the first horse who turned into a whole set of feelings.
