Bad Sasuke Drawing

About

Bad Sasuke Drawing refers to an artistically lacking pencil drawing of Naruto character Sasuke Uchiha. Online, the image gained significant popularity as a reaction and an exploitable and has been a subject of fan art.

Origin

The author of the drawing is unknown. The image gained initial notoriety on Amino in February 2017, with the earliest available repost of the image made by Amino user Abi$ai jair on February 22nd, 2017 (shown below).^[1] In the following month, more users on Amino reposted the image,^[2][3] with the drawing being posted on /ic/ board of 4chan in March 2017.^[4]

Spread

In the following years, the image gained popularity as a reaction and an exploitable, particularly among the Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking users. For example, on May 2nd, 2017, Amino user Otaku Com Altismo ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) reposted an edit parodying Sasuke's "thinking pose" made by an unknown author (shown below, left).^[5] On December 29th, 2017, another edit by an unknown author was posted on 9GAG, gaining over 90 points (shown below, right).^[6]

Prior to July 17th, 2019, user @lucasuchiha posted a redrawn version of the image on an unknown platform, with the image being reposted by multiple accounts in the following months (shown below, left).^[7][8] Prior to November 9th, artist Kasiax posted another redrawn version of the image to Facebook and Instagram (shown below, right), later replacing the original post with a version that made it more clear that the artwork is a parody.^[9][10]

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