Lately I've seen a lot of videos where people pick a character and draw it from memory. These kinds of videos really make me laugh—I love them because the results are always so weird and distorted. I always wanted to try it, but I kept forgetting. Today I remembered, and I mentioned the idea to my son. He loved it, so we started picking out different characters to draw from memory, and I was surprised by how poorly I remembered many of them—even though I swore I had a really good, detailed memory. But today I realized that’s NOT the case, hahaha.
I told my son to pick a character, and he chose Peppa Pig. He likes to watch Peppa every now and then, so I thought, “Phew, we’re starting off super easy,” because the way Peppa is drawn is really simple. But I’d forgotten so many details—as soon as I looked at the sheet of paper where I was going to draw, I got really confused because the image of Peppa in my head just fell apart, haha. The Peppa on the left is mine, and my son’s is on the right… Even though my son’s drawing is a bit lopsided, I feel like it turned out much better than mine since it looks a lot more like her, hahaha.
I picked the next drawing—I chose Hello Kitty—and this one was a little easier since, when I was a kid, I loved drawing Hello Kitty in every possible way, haha. Even though it didn't turn out 100% identical, it looks really good. My son's drawing is the “creepy pasta” version of Hello Kitty, hahaha.
Pikachu is a classic. Mine turned out a little skinny and scrawny, but its essence is still there. My son's doesn't have a soul, hahaha, but I love that he still has a good memory even though he draws it a little weird.
I really liked this one, but I colored it really badly because we were rushing—my son needed the color green, hahaha. I really liked my son’s Mike Wazowski; he looks so cute and tiny.
Pepa's brother George—even though Pepa turned out awful and I could see my mistakes, I ended up making them all over again with George. It's just impossible for me to recreate these little pigs from memory, hahaha. Again, I feel like my son's turned out better; mine looks like a cocaine addict.
And for me, this is the best, the funniest—my son's Patrick Star cracks me up every time I see him; it looks like he's in pain, hahahahaha. I love him so much.
We loved this activity—it's a lot of fun and you laugh a lot—or at least I die laughing at stuff like this.