Draw Something

Draw Something’s developer, OMGPop, was recently purchased by Zynga for $crazy money. It’s a phenomenon that I don’t quite understand but have been dragged in to.

Essentially it’s a drawing game, with no objective. Take it in turns to draw pictures and guess what they are. I don’t understand why I keep playing, but I do!

Draw Something Hints and Tips

Below are a few things I do to try and make my drawings a bit clearer. Maybe they will help :).

  • Don’t use the smallest brush unless absolutely neccessary. It can get messy real quick.
  • Try to draw shapes rather than outlines.
  • Use the colours to block in the form of the object and then add details on top
  • Use background colours. They can set the scene much more quickly than the default white.
  • Buy a stylus. I got a really cheap one and it’s made things a lot easier.
  • Use arrows to point out the word you are guessing (although I am trying to do this as little as possible)
  • Remember the person you are drawing for may not be from your country so may not know what certain things are.

Do you have any tips to add?

Some of my Drawings

Because I like to draw anyway – I have been saving my images as I draw them (on an iPhone/ iPod Touch if you press both the top and front buttons you will save a screenshot to your photo album). I’ve cherry picked some of the best and included them in a gallery below… just for fun! 🙂

Venom

Venom

Unicorn

Unicorn

Trapdoor

Trapdoor

Swag

Swag

Snowman

Snowman

Skinny

Skinny

Skiing

Skiing

Marge

Marge

Field

Field

Mermaid

Mermaid

Minotaur

Minotaur

Pheonix

Pheonix

Pirate

Pirate

Scooby

Scooby

Shore

Shore

Lung

Lung

King Kong

King Kong

Junkfood

Junkfood

Helmet

Helmet

Hawaii

Hawaii

Goldfish

Goldfish

Ballot

Ballot

Bikini

Bikini

Bubble

Bubble

Butcher

Butcher

Cemetry

Cemetry

Centaur

Centaur

Fangs

Fangs

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