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What Is 'Blobslop'? The Term Used To Criticize Supposedly 'Low Effort' Twitter Blob Art Explained
The age-old internet artist tradition of using low-effort blob-shaped homunculi to comment on repeating themes and clichés in popular media has finally found its haters over on X, The Everything App.
A recent spike in blob-y art, often drawn by younger artists, has made it such that the viral art form is now landing on the internet feeds of people who can't really think of media beyond Arcane where someone got "brainwashed of that thing."
Some of the wider internet community are now mad at Twitter artists for whetting their pop culture appetites with quick and easy templates for exploitable memes, and they've coined a word to deride the practice: Blobslop.
For those less engaged with the minute internet arguments that sites like Twitter / X thrive on, here's a recap of how Blob Art became the popular genre of art it is now, and why people are so mad at it.
Where Did 'Blop Art' Come From, And What Does It Look Like?
"Blob Art" looks like amorphous line art featuring humanoid beings, often without distinguishing features or colors. This is a time immemorial form of internet art, dating back to popular 2016 trends like Draw The Squad Playing Monopoly over on Tumblr.
The purpose of Blob Art has always been pretty consistent: The artwork acts as a blank template upon which any fandom-obsessed internet user can insert their favorite characters. Think, superlatives for artists who just need a hint of inspiration to get their juices flowing.
A popular and recent Blob Art trend called Sometimes I Wonder How I Taste did just that, as seen in the Sonic example shown below.
Where Did The Term 'Blobslop' Come From?
The popularity of Fallenchungus inspired memes led to a renewed uptick in Blob Art in 2024, and led to the creation of the phrase "Blobslop." An early notable post using the phrase was a July 17th, 2024, tweet by X user @hood_sanctuary that read, "twitter artists find their obligatory white blob slop to draw for a week." The post was in reference to a webcomic by @GloomyGarg.
As with anything that gathered any modicum of hate on the internet, someone made a Wojak hating on Blobslop almost immediately. On November 8th, 2024, Twitter / X[3] user @saintlipstick a Wojak depicting an angry bearded man wearing a shirt that referenced "Blobslop," alongside various "blob-comics." The meme was posted in reaction to a comic about a "group of misfits" being in love with a "girl who only feels like herself around them."
How Did Discussions About 'Blobslop' Spread Online?
The continued popularity of viral templates like the Discovered something in hoping it could save lives / Gets brainwashed of that thing going from 2024 to 2025 led many internet users to post memes and jokes mocking what they described as "Blobslop."
On January 21st, 2025, Twitter / X user @fakerateater quoted a webcomic by @thew_rshippe to write, "all these blobslop 'art' tweets inexplicably spawn in with 40k likes," pointing to how an intra-art community meme format was now bleeding into the feeds of people who simply didn't care for it.
On March 8th, 2025, Twitter user and artist @holo303_ posted a webcomic joking about blobslop-style art, gathering over 31,000 likes in two days. The comic featured the anti-Blobslop Wojak, as well as artwork by @teox1759, originally posted on February 26th. Both memes mocked the "Blobslop" format.
For the full history of Blobslop, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.
