In Faust's psychiatrist's office waiting room, we were waiting. I showed him how my mother would overwork smiley faces to the point they'd become unnerving.

The first is about accurate except maybe the hair, because I don't well recall how she'd draw that. But the many eyelash lines around a tiny eye dot is part of what causes the effect. Too much detail on something simple.

Neither I nor my mother drew this or this, but they reminded me of her style, which I am not sure she knows is disturbing.

The second one, my personality was getting in there, because it's a devil. Maybe this is some subconsious rebellion against my mother. Maybe I am just self-fixated and wanted to make the style into my own. I kind of do this already.

It is like a shit version of the archetype of 's Gimpy mixed with a heart

It is home made valentine's day corner-of-the-card bad, which makes it endearing to me.

The third one.
While Faust was seeing his doc I sat giggling attempting to draw an even more detailed version of the too-much-detail-simple-face. He came back before I could improve it much or draw Step 2 of the logical extreme of this style but, the potential for what this could have become is showing and its weird enough to keep pleasantly spooking me from the top of my printer.
Faust: "Ricardio"