Gallery: Reddit's (Best) Worst Painter Turns Comment Threads Into Art

  • Shitty Watercolour for Wired
    Hector JvR
    01

    shitty-watercolour-for-wired

    *Wired asked Shitty Watercolour to illustrate the summer's big blockbuster movies. This is what he sent back.*
  • Shitty Watercolour's SelfPortrait
    02

    shitty-watercolours-self-portrait

    *Shitty Watercolour's self-portrait*
  • Call Me Maybe
    03

    call-me-maybe

    *In a reddit thread [dedicated to guilty pleasures](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/upjgt/reddit_what_is_your_guilty_pleasure/), one redditor [responded with the lyrics](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/upjgt/reddit_what_is_your_guilty_pleasure/c4xf596) to Carly Rae Jepsen's viral hit "[Call Me Maybe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_Me_Maybe)." Watercolour posted this in response.*
  • The Best Wedding Photo I Have Ever Seen
    04

    the-best-wedding-photo-i-have-ever-seen

    *Illustration for "The best wedding photo I have ever seen" [photo posted on reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/u7oon/the_best_wedding_photo_i_have_ever_seen/c4t0u5p)*
  • Stop Driving with Hot Plates and Loaded Guns
    05

    stop-driving-with-hot-plates-and-loaded-guns

    *Response to a [thread asking for life advice](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/uamlb/my_moms_life_advice_there_are_two_types_of_jobs/) that read, "The gun is always loaded, the plate is always hot, and the person driving in front of you is always going to stop suddenly."*
  • Waiting By the Toaster
    06

    waiting-by-the-toaster

    *Comment: "I always [wait by the toaster](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/s62r2/every_single_time_i_open_my_oven_i_dont_wait_long/c4beubx?context=4), and yet am always scared when the toast pops up."*
  • Obama Endorses Gay Marriage
    07

    obama-endorses-gay-marriage

    *Illustration of a comment in "President Obama Endorses Gay Marriage on ABC Nightly News" [thread](http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/tf3wy/president_obama_endorses_gay_marriage_on_abc/c4m3qiw)*
  • What Amazing Fact or Colloquialism Do You Know Is Actually Wrong
    08

    what-amazing-fact-or-colloquialism-do-you-know-is-actually-wrong

    *Illustration of comment left in "What 'amazing fact' or colloquialism do you know is actually wrong, and you're sick of correcting people about it?" [thread](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/txjkk/what_amazing_fact_or_colloquialism_do_you_know_is/c4qkdpi)*
  • Bitch Please
    09

    bitch-please

    *Illustration of an [image of Robert Downey Jr.](http://i.imgur.com/RGsf9.jpg) that was posted on reddit under the heading "Bitch please!"*
  • Doctor Who
    10

    doctor-who-3

    *Shitty Watercolour's[](http://www.reddit.com/r/doctorwho/comments/tzhji/doctor_who_watercolour/)* Doctor Who *tribute image*
  • Flux Pavilion
    11

    flux-pavilion

    *Illustration from "[I Am Flux Pavilion](http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/tb0g0/i_am_flux_pavilion_im_lucky_enough_to_write_and/c4l2vae), Im lucky enough to write and play music for a living"*
  • Happy Birthday Minecraft
    12

    happy-birthday-minecraft

    *Shitty Watercolour's "[Happy Birthday, Minecraft](http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/tlfzu/happy_birthday_minecraft/)!" post*
  • Jack Black
    13

    jack-black

    *Jack Black illustration from [IAmA Tenacious D](http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/tit2z/iama_tenacious_d_jack_black_kyle_gass_ama_with/c4mzapn), Jack Black & Kyle Gass. AMA -- with Special Guest Bob Odenkirk*
  • My Parents and a Mummified Cat
    14

    my-parents-and-a-mummified-cat

    *Illustration of "How else to put this? My parents and a mummified cat they found under the house..." [photo posted on reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/txnx6/how_else_to_put_this_my_parents_and_a_mummified/c4qlgoe)*
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