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Why Is Everyone Using Among Us In Their Art? Twitter Art Meme Explained

Cover image by @KahoDraws on Twitter
Cover image by @KahoDraws on Twitter

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Published 2 years ago

Published 2 years ago

Why are there suddenly so many Among Us crewmates hidden in drawings? Who came up with using sussy crewmates as the basic template for every single drawable thing? Ponder these questions no more, for our explainer is here to help you trace the Among Us art tutorials art meme to the original culprit (and thoroughly appreciate it in the process.

What Is Among Us Art Tutorials?

Among Us art tutorials is a humorous art trend that involves drawing body parts and other objects using a crewmate from the 2018 video game Among Us as the basic template. Popularized on Twitter in September and October 2022, the trend became a fun exercise for Twitter artists who came up with increasingly more inventive ways to incorporate sussy little crewmates into their drawings.

How Did Among Us Art Tutorials Originate?

The trend started with artists drawing Among Us eyes by drawing the iris and the pupil as a crewmate, which produced the "weepy eyes" effect. The technique originates from a June 2022 Touhou Project fan art created by artist @humihino, who drew character Junko's irises in the shape of red crewmates from Among Us. The technique, however, did not go viral until three months later, when on September 20th, artist @NenekHani posted fan art in which they employed @humihino's method.

After playing around with eye Amoguses for a while, artists explored further as they started using crewmates as a basic template for buttocks, thighs, ears, water and much, much more. It was Twitter artists @shouz140, @Kosushiroll and @NenekHani who were among the first to apply the technique to other body parts, and on October 12th, Twitter user @F0rtuneL0W1ER posted a compilation tweet, helping push the meme to virality.

Among Us Art Tutorials In Memes

Among Us art tutorials are a meme, but a type of meme that takes a lot of skill to pull off properly! If you're an artist, try thinking up an unusual way something can be drawn over an Among Us crewmate. If you're not an artist, well, there are still ways to Amogusify your work! Check out this 3D rock sculpture built from a pile of 3D crewmates stacked upon each other.


For the full history of Among Us art tutorials be sure to check out our entry for more information.

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