Request anything and this guy will draw it.

July 1, 2006 3:34 AM

Request anything and this guy will draw it.
posted by johndog (22 comments total)

This guy, does he pay postage? This isn't some goofy scam to get people on a mailing list, is it? A front for shady groups who want to attach an IP to a name and address? What gives? This raises far too many questions, I'm going to bed.
posted by IronLizard at 3:37 AM on July 1, 2006

But before I do.... Your posting history is a bit on the spammy side, are you a viral-marketing-bot?
posted by IronLizard at 3:42 AM on July 1, 2006

Will he draw Superman?
posted by NinjaTadpole at 3:49 AM on July 1, 2006

Here's Mike. Perhaps it's an art project. And in case you're wondering, not the same as Mike Godwin, the promulgator of Godwin's law.
posted by beagle at 4:21 AM on July 1, 2006

I asked for an Android dreaming of Electric Sheep.
posted by Meccabilly at 4:21 AM on July 1, 2006

http://www.mikegodwin.org/

Mike Godwin, eh? Surely not this Mike Godwin?

Because I hear that guy draws like a Nazi.
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 4:35 AM on July 1, 2006

Hey, beagle: I guess I should preview next time, eh?
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 4:36 AM on July 1, 2006

Don't forget Exploding Dog.
posted by swift at 5:19 AM on July 1, 2006

Examples?
posted by dgaicun at 5:37 AM on July 1, 2006

See also sketch it.
posted by dabitch at 6:04 AM on July 1, 2006

The sketch-it guy's pretty good. He has examples, and pretty good ones too.
posted by Blue Stone at 10:57 AM on July 1, 2006

Some more information would be nice here. I'm not sure what the etiquette for such a request would be because I don't know what's going on. Is this some sort of personal project he set himself just to see how long he could keep up with requests? Judging by the size of the address box, I presume he wants a postal address and not an e-mail address, and that's a lot of postage. Unless he just wants to get a bunch of requests and only fill a subset of them (which is what most people who do free sketch requests online do). By the title of the Metafilter post, I'm inclined to think that the requests are some sort of challenge to Mike, either as they are hard to visualize (an abstract concept, say), complex or tedious to draw (such as "draw the Mandelbrot set"), or emotionally difficult to work with (something violent, sexual, or morally repugnant to the artist). However, that connotation does not seem to be present in the text of the site itself.

It's possible that he merely wants to see what kinds of requests he'll get if he _doesn't_ put up any guidelines. It'd be interesting to see the results, in that case.
posted by ErWenn at 11:04 AM on July 1, 2006

I ordered:

"That one scene in the Wild Bunch where Borgnine, Bill Holden, etc are all walking down the street to the shootout, only they all have ice cream cones."


I AM EXCITED.
posted by stenseng at 11:05 AM on July 1, 2006

I hope this guy likes to draw pornographic images, as I expect he's going to get a lot of requests for them....
posted by JHarris at 11:13 AM on July 1, 2006

somebody ask for an atmospheric head of death sodomizing a grand piano. i dont need him to send me one since dali already winked at the knuckerhole in my parlour this morning.

too much coffee.
posted by joeblough at 11:21 AM on July 1, 2006

i asked for one--i'll flickr it if it comes : >
posted by amberglow at 12:39 PM on July 1, 2006

What's to stop you from requesting something and putting in someone else's address?

Say, fella, I'd like a drawing of a severed head with a note, "I'm watching you." Send it to this address. Thanks!

Or, maybe, could you just do a drawing of a fat cock and a little valentine's heart and send it to this other address?

BETTER! Do a picture of the president blowing a terrorist. Not up, mind you, just blowing, and send it to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. That'd be swell.
posted by JWright at 12:47 PM on July 1, 2006

I've recieved your request for a drawing of:
Two gentlemen on a tandem bicycle

You'll be recieving your
free drawing very soon.

Sweet! Maybe we can all chip in and buy him a dictionary in return?
posted by Mr. Six at 3:14 PM on July 1, 2006

Songs to Wear Pants To is sort of a musical version of this.
posted by Tlogmer at 5:35 PM on July 1, 2006

Ultimate stalking tool... put someone's address in BOTH fields.
posted by emelenjr at 6:51 PM on July 1, 2006

Hey, Stenseng, can I have a copy of yours? I like that.
posted by nyxxxx at 12:04 AM on July 2, 2006

I've asked him to draw himself, drawing the picture of himself, drawing the picture of himself etc. It's just a shame I don't know his address so he could send it to himself too...

But yeah, what's the deal with postage?
posted by Tokil at 9:21 AM on July 3, 2006