how would i go about creating something like this?

Do you mean emojis in general?
Any vector based programm would do i think.

just any vector based program, they're not complicated at all.

The image is a gif of the emoji being rapidly distorted.

>>296622
that's...that's somewhat disturbing to look at

>>296597
Some kind of a mesh/ripple effect in any movie editing program I guess

Try gradual distortion in illustrator and export or take screenshots of each step. Then combine.