Okay, let me tell you about this little project I got into recently – making some david memes. Or, well, just memes in general, but the idea kinda sparked from something related to a David, doesn’t matter who.
Getting Started
So I was just kicking back, scrolling online, you know how it is. See all these funny pictures with captions, memes they call ’em. Some are genuinely clever, made me chuckle. Then I thought, heck, maybe I could try making a few myself. Looked easy enough, right? How hard could it be to stick some words on a picture?
First step, needed some pictures. Didn’t want to just grab stuff randomly online, felt a bit weird. So, I started digging through my own phone photos. Took ages, honestly. Looking for something with a bit of potential, you know?
- Found a silly picture of my dog sleeping with his tongue out.
- Found one of me looking confused trying to follow a DIY instruction manual.
- Even found an old one of a pigeon looking particularly judgmental.
The Actual Making Part
Alright, got the pictures. Now, how to slap text on them? Didn’t want to download any fancy software. Too much hassle. I remembered the basic paint program that’s on pretty much every computer. Fired that up.
Tried the dog picture first. Thought of a caption like “Me waking up on Monday morning”. Typed it out. Fiddled with the font, the size, the color. Getting it positioned just right was surprisingly tricky. It looked a bit… amateurish. But hey, it was my first try.
Then I tried one of those free online meme maker websites. Found one that wasn’t too cluttered with ads. Uploaded my confused DIY picture. This was a bit easier because they often have the standard meme font ready to go – that white text with the black outline. Made one about trying to understand tax forms. Felt slightly more polished, I guess.
Making the text funny is the real challenge, though. You can have the perfect picture, but if the words don’t land, it’s just a picture with text on it. Spent a good while just thinking of captions. Some ideas came quickly, others felt forced.
The Result?
So, after maybe an hour or so of messing around, I had maybe three or four images that could, generously, be called memes. The dog one, the DIY one, the pigeon judging my life choices.
Did I share them widely? Nah. Sent the dog one to my wife, she gave a little laugh. Sent the DIY one to my buddy who’s also terrible at building flat-pack furniture. He sent back a thumbs up emoji. That was about the extent of my meme empire.
It was a fun little diversion, though. A way to kill some time and try something different. Didn’t exactly break the internet, and probably won’t be quitting my day job to become a full-time meme lord. But, you know, I did it. Made some memes. That was the goal, really. Just a simple afternoon messing with pictures and text.
