Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderThe site is in French. It's possibly "blog spam" in that it points to another French site as the original source: https://bibigreycat.blogspot.com/search/label/dessiner?updat... On both sites, the images can be clicked to enlarge them. You probably don't need to know any French to figure that out, but I thought I would mention it in case it was helpful to someone. Edit: This info is from the top of the article: sur le site de l'Agence Eureka = from the site Agence…
So this is where my grandmother learned all this! It seems that years later, she still remembered how to make them. I spent a lot of time sitting next to her doodling while she did chores around the house. I was always amazed at how she started with triangles, squares and circles and then came up with amazing animals. They are so identical to her drawings (which we no longer have) that they bring tears to my eyes.
These are nice - and honestly, if anyone is wanting to learn to draw, a good resource for it. I learned to draw animals and people in a similar manner - this is really good for training the eyes to notice where the mass in a subject is.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 829
- Total comments
- 210
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-15 | How to Draw a Cat (1930) | wei_jok | 7 | 7 |
| 2019-06-06 | How to Draw Animals (1930)First breakout · Best thread | hardmaru | 595 | 104 |
| 2022-06-05 | How to Draw Animals (1930)Latest 20+ point return | ddtaylor | 227 | 99 |
