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This artist is ruling Twitter with twisted sketches of peoples’ avatars

If an artist offers to sketch you on Twitter, you might not get what you expected. You might be something even better.

 

David Britton

Internet Culture

Posted on Jun 29, 2018   Updated on May 21, 2021, 12:14 pm CDT

If an artist offers to sketch you for free, you should always, always, always, take them up on it. You might not get what you expected, but in certain cases the results might be even better.

When Anson T Massey, an artist who goes by “ANSON” on Twitter, posted that he was bored, and would sketch people’s profile avatars if they followed and retweeted him, it was an offer many found too good to pass up. It turns out a few of them wished they had, and the rest had their day made.

https://twitter.com/aansontm/status/1010724072831975424

https://twitter.com/aansontm/status/1010728821568532480

https://twitter.com/aansontm/status/1010730183136038912

https://twitter.com/aansontm/status/1012118454588137473

https://twitter.com/aansontm/status/1010731305196249089

https://twitter.com/aansontm/status/1012188407798345729

https://twitter.com/aansontm/status/1012173882730663941

ANSON took some artistic liberties with everyone who sent him a request, but with certain people, he really went off the deep end.

https://twitter.com/aansontm/status/1012049119924416512

https://twitter.com/aansontm/status/1012130798240260096

https://twitter.com/aansontm/status/1012034264484007941

https://twitter.com/aansontm/status/1011118318248517632

https://twitter.com/aansontm/status/1012022806866022400

https://twitter.com/aansontm/status/1012175240187797504

Most people seemed to be amused by ANSON’s artistic interpretations of their avatars.

https://twitter.com/andrecrosdalee/status/1010794813996793856

https://twitter.com/sammeerrzz_/status/1011047113961041920

He’s even gotten some art back from fans.

https://twitter.com/_slimgod/status/1012017383429550082

https://twitter.com/aansontm/status/1012028685384380417

Although a few people seemed less than happy with their results.

https://twitter.com/itsrjhill/status/1010973548532228096

https://twitter.com/ahmedtwinkiee/status/1011092923880837120

If you want to see all of these extremely excellent drawings (and we know you do), you can follow the artist on his Instagram page.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BkgyfKBDA3Y/?taken-by=ansonsart

Also, if you want to have ANSON sketch your profile picture, there might be a bit of a wait. He’s rapidly turning into the most popular artist on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/aansontm/status/1011504726754684929

We’re anxiously awaiting his first gallery show.

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*First Published: Jun 29, 2018, 1:39 pm CDT