Gallery: Reddit's (Best) Worst Painter Turns Comment Threads Into Art
Hector JvR01shitty-watercolour-for-wired
*Wired asked Shitty Watercolour to illustrate the summer's big blockbuster movies. This is what he sent back.*
02shitty-watercolours-self-portrait
*Shitty Watercolour's self-portrait*
03call-me-maybe
*In a reddit thread [dedicated to guilty pleasures](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/upjgt/reddit_what_is_your_guilty_pleasure/), one redditor [responded with the lyrics](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/upjgt/reddit_what_is_your_guilty_pleasure/c4xf596) to Carly Rae Jepsen's viral hit "[Call Me Maybe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_Me_Maybe)." Watercolour posted this in response.*
04the-best-wedding-photo-i-have-ever-seen
*Illustration for "The best wedding photo I have ever seen" [photo posted on reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/u7oon/the_best_wedding_photo_i_have_ever_seen/c4t0u5p)*
05stop-driving-with-hot-plates-and-loaded-guns
*Response to a [thread asking for life advice](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/uamlb/my_moms_life_advice_there_are_two_types_of_jobs/) that read, "The gun is always loaded, the plate is always hot, and the person driving in front of you is always going to stop suddenly."*
06waiting-by-the-toaster
*Comment: "I always [wait by the toaster](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/s62r2/every_single_time_i_open_my_oven_i_dont_wait_long/c4beubx?context=4), and yet am always scared when the toast pops up."*
07obama-endorses-gay-marriage
*Illustration of a comment in "President Obama Endorses Gay Marriage on ABC Nightly News" [thread](http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/tf3wy/president_obama_endorses_gay_marriage_on_abc/c4m3qiw)*
08what-amazing-fact-or-colloquialism-do-you-know-is-actually-wrong
*Illustration of comment left in "What 'amazing fact' or colloquialism do you know is actually wrong, and you're sick of correcting people about it?" [thread](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/txjkk/what_amazing_fact_or_colloquialism_do_you_know_is/c4qkdpi)*
09bitch-please
*Illustration of an [image of Robert Downey Jr.](http://i.imgur.com/RGsf9.jpg) that was posted on reddit under the heading "Bitch please!"*
10doctor-who-3
*Shitty Watercolour's[](http://www.reddit.com/r/doctorwho/comments/tzhji/doctor_who_watercolour/)* Doctor Who *tribute image*
11flux-pavilion
*Illustration from "[I Am Flux Pavilion](http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/tb0g0/i_am_flux_pavilion_im_lucky_enough_to_write_and/c4l2vae), Im lucky enough to write and play music for a living"*
12happy-birthday-minecraft
*Shitty Watercolour's "[Happy Birthday, Minecraft](http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/tlfzu/happy_birthday_minecraft/)!" post*
13jack-black
*Jack Black illustration from [IAmA Tenacious D](http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/tit2z/iama_tenacious_d_jack_black_kyle_gass_ama_with/c4mzapn), Jack Black & Kyle Gass. AMA -- with Special Guest Bob Odenkirk*
14my-parents-and-a-mummified-cat
*Illustration of "How else to put this? My parents and a mummified cat they found under the house..." [photo posted on reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/txnx6/how_else_to_put_this_my_parents_and_a_mummified/c4qlgoe)*
15ed-and-zack
*Shitty Watercolour posted this portrait [in the thread](http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/uq0rg/iama_we_are_ed_skudder_zack_keller_the_creators/) for "IAmA (we are) Ed Skudder and Zack Keller, the creators of the animated YouTube series... "Dick Figures"! Ask us anything!"*
1610-15-minutes
*After Shitty Watercolour posted his image of Skudder and Keller, [they responded by saying](http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/uq0rg/iama_we_are_ed_skudder_zack_keller_the_creators/c4xllkz), "THIS. Is one of the single greatest things either of us have ever seen. We have been staring at it. Amazing job, thank you so much!!! This is seriously awesome. How long did it take to paint??" Watercolour responded with the image above.*
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