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The story
A thread titled “Someone draw my original character” popped up on 5ch’s VIP board (ニュー速VIP, the site’s freewheeling anything-goes forum). The OP posted a sample of their own artwork, “Fallen Angel Natalie-chan,” as a reference and invited other users to draw it too. Someone suggested just asking an AI to do it, but the OP said, “I’d rather you held off on AI if possible,” hoping for hand-drawn entries instead. A fellow poster actually drew one and submitted it, prompting a delighted reply from the OP: “You’re blushing — that’s adorable.” It was a brief exchange, but a classic slice of VIP’s spontaneous art-sharing culture.
What people said
I'd like everyone else to draw it too
Nope.
Re: #9
If at all possible, I'd rather avoid AI
Thanks!
Re: #15
Oh! You're blushing — that's adorable.
Thanks!
Actually, yeah, that's right
Background and Key Points
5ch’s VIP board has a long-running culture of skilled artists casually whipping up illustrations whenever someone asks. This thread was a textbook example: the OP posted a sample of their own artwork and asked “I’d like everyone else to draw it too,” which prompted a suggestion to just use AI instead. The OP’s explicit response — “I’d rather you held off on AI if possible” — shows that even now, with generative AI everywhere, some users still place real value on hand-drawn exchanges. Note that after this exchange, the original thread got derailed by a flood of long, off-topic spam posts unrelated to the main subject; this article only excerpts the earlier, on-topic portion of the conversation.
※This article is an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (VIP board) thread “[Image] Someone draw my original character.”
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