The Horse Challenge
2Current Challenge: Set a timer on your phone for 30 seconds and draw a picture of a horse. Post the result.
WHAT’S GOING ON HERE??
The basics: We’re doing a little April Fools’ Day game, asking our users to complete a series of ridiculous, stupid, and fun (we hope) photography/writing/drawing tasks throughout the day.
But why: Because April Fools’ Day has grown tiresome. Sure, maybe we laughed the first few years that corporations took on the challenge of lying to their customers. But then, we got to the point where Continental was tweeting about their new airliner constructed entirely from bacon or whatever and it got a little old. We want to celebrate April Fools’ Day in a fun way.
Okay, but why on March 31st: Because you’re more likely to be tethered to your computer on a Friday than a Saturday.
Will there be winners: Yes! The winner will be whoever gets the most votes on their entry!
Will there be prizes: Yes! The pride of knowing you had some fun on the internet!
So, there won’t be prizes: Correct. Anyway, we hope you enjoy yourself.
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Good thing that I have a day job.
@j2 I loved your picture of a cat.
using one of my favorite childhood hacks of writing what it is so nobody gets confused
@awk se
I am a hor
@Targaryen you’re a what?
@awk I said:
…se
I am a hor
It didn’t edit the way I wanted the first time. Or this time either… sadly.
@Targaryen yes I se
An hour timer would have gotten about the same result.
@sammydog01 I do like how the one foot stepping is giving the horse a sense of movement.
@Targaryen Thanks, that’s totally what I was going for.
/showme An amazing drawing of a horse using a blue ballpoint pen on paper
@mediocrebot …I think this guy cheated.
I did this… but trust me… no one wants to see that abomination
@mbersiam I showed you my abomination, it’s your turn.
@mbersiam @sammydog01 We kinda do.
@sammydog01 @Targaryen ugh… fine …
@mbersiam @sammydog01
@mbersiam @Targaryen
@mbersiam @sammydog01 Ah! This makes more sense.
I made this!
@Nate311 Yours is the only one so far that I would guess is a horse.
/giphy congrats
@Nate311 Nice, a mini horse.
I am not artistic.
@remo28 I am Targaryen, and this horse needs an intervention.
@gti16vman
@ircon96 Wait this is good.
/giphy no fair
@ircon96 @sammydog01 This is definitely a horse.
@ircon96
/giphy gobsmacked
I’m too busy to draw a horse. Instead I’ll link a video to my favorite youtuber drawing a horse. Much funnier, imo.
@Rueki Oh hey a Dunkey video.
tremble before my artistic prowess losers, i did this with 2 seconds to spare. a regular einstein. just call me claude money
@nadz1312 At least you got the trail right, a lot of people draw a giraffe tail. Although, he does appear to need a hoof trim.
@nadz1312 It’s not bad for 30 seconds, world’s first ballerina horse?
@ircon96 @nadz1312 He’s an Antarctic horse and those are his ice spikes.
@awk @ircon96 @nadz1312 I see it now.
@awk @ircon96 @nadz1312 @Targaryen
Oh shit.
@ircon96 good thing im also a professional farrier there’s simply nothing i can’t do
30 seconds is definitely hard. Yikes.
@Pony You’re name is Pony and you sent us a broken link labeled badly drawn horse. This works.
Halp. I don’t know why it isn’t showing.
@Pony I think the uploader only allows certain files types. PNG, Jpeg that kind of thing.
@Targaryen I am still trying to figure out this iMac my husband gave me. Always been a PC girl. This thing is weird and simple things are hard. Ugh.