Emma Kumer

Fan fiction used to be a scarlet letter for writers trying to get traditionally published. Now, it's a bona fide pipeline. But as fic becomes more and more mainstream, how exactly do we define it? And what makes it so alluring? (gif art from @EmmaKumer)

The Society for News Design is excited to announce @EmmaKumer of @washingtonpost as the World’s Best Emerging Designer for her individual social media portfolio in the #SND46 Creative Competition. Read the full announcement at snd.org/national-geogr…

@twtrlssanna This is going to be my moodboard for the next year. 27 is going to be gritty and cool and 3D but also there will be photocopies

its emmas birthday and i was gonna make something that reflects her personality but i got caught up and i made this and it looks too good to not put online lol

@twtrlssanna I AM CURIOUS!!!!

if anyones curious (no one is): text: 3d in illustrator, mess with roughness/metallics, add like 9 lighting scenes, then rasterize > bitmap > 72pt > render. then i built it in PS w a few istock vectors in diff blending modes and some displaced shit on the bottom

@CarolynBurt_ @KyleyBSchultz Tortured animators department (jk I love to animate 😁😁😁)

@KyleyBSchultz @EmmaKumer Emma never misses 👏👏👏

Washington Post coming out with an article about Swifties obsession with track 5? We love. Also the visual for this is great. 🔗: wapo.st/3JnQR0f (Gift link) #TSTTPD #TaylorSwift #solonglondon #thetorturedpoetsdepartment

@twtrlssanna Me, myself, I got nothing to prove

you got a fast car i got a plan to get us out of here

I’m joining 700+ of my Washington Post colleagues and walking off the job today because the company is breaking the law and bargaining in bad faith. @PostGuild is fighting for better wages and a fair contract. Respect our picket line by avoiding Post journalism for 24 hours.

@hadleybgreen I just know Those Kids came up with this ❤️‍🔥

No one... me:

just ran into a mourning dove on my walk home. we chatted about hooo, oouu, coo, things of that nature

part 1 of a stunning new @washingtonpost investigation revealing the massive Smithsonian "racial brain collection." most of which were taken from Black and Indigenous people at the behest of an anthropologist who believed in white superiority: washingtonpost.com/history/intera…

@joshiedimension TOO GOOD!! He never misses!!!! 🔥💅🏼

NEW: Deep underground, a machine named “Hazel” is digging a 2-mile-long tunnel. It’s meant to keep millions of gallons of sewage from seeping into the Potomac. And it’s drilling below the historic city of Alexandria, Va. Come 138 feet under w/ @postlocal wapo.st/44xYx8L

Attention font Twitter! @lmshap @geoffreyfowler and I got to the bottom of how fonts are actually tested for legibility and replicated those tests for everyone to try! Check it out, paywall-free this week: washingtonpost.com/technology/int…

We're those weirdos. Our latest: What’s your type? How fonts change the way you read and write. washingtonpost.com/technology/int…

the wapo paywall is off until thursday (!!!) and we have this HOT NEW STORY about FONTS just in time 😉 washingtonpost.com/technology/int…

@EmGusk So glad you liked it! All dev credits to @lmshap 😁😁😁 we had a ton of fun with this one

My little font-loving heart loved this delightful interactive by ⁦@EmmaKumer⁩ washingtonpost.com/technology/int…

@brandonetc @sarahnpineda One of my favorite things I’ve made this year… truly so fun to adapt such a gorgeous web presentation by @garlandpotts and illustrations commissioned by @chelsea_conrad_ 🦜🦢🦅🦆🦃

some incredible work from @sarahnpineda and @EmmaKumer adapting this WaPo piece on bird sounds to the Instagram Story format! look at these little guys! washingtonpost.com/wellness/inter…