# Big Twitter Artist On September 16, 2021, artist @Cheesymanfredo's four-panel comic about Big Twitter Artist accounts liking smaller artists' work without retweeting it sparked days of debate[1]. The format of smaller creators drawing complaint and gratitude memes about larger accounts had been building since 2020. By May 2024, a second round of comics from @ThaE_Slug and @TirtTheThing revived the format on X with hundreds of thousands of combined likes[2]. ## Origin Earliest known meme posts in the genre go back to September 29, 2020, when artist @JMG_PartyBean tweeted about feeling honored when a bigger account retweeted their work, picking up over 17,700 retweets and 111,500 likes in a year[5]. On December 26, 2020, @rosy_maple_moth posted an object-labeling meme on the same theme that reached over 11,100 retweets and 74,900 likes[9]. These earlier posts set a template of smaller artists narrating what large accounts do or do not do with their art. The term and discourse crystallized on September 16, 2021, when @Cheesymanfredo posted a four-panel comic claiming that big Twitter artists like small artists' work but refuse to retweet it[1]. That single comic received over 1,000 retweets, 1,100 quote tweets and 6,700 likes within a week, and days of back-and-forth followed between creators defending or criticizing the behavior[3]. - **Platform:** Twitter / X (viral spread) - **Creator:** @Cheesymanfredo - **Date:** 2020 ## Overview The Big Twitter Artist tag describes any art account with roughly 10,000 followers or more, and the memes attached to that label almost always come from smaller artists documenting lopsided interactions on the platform[3]. A typical post is a short comic or image macro in which a bigger account skims a smaller artist's work, taps the like button, then moves on without retweeting it. Other versions flip the tone, with smaller artists drawing earnest thank-you illustrations after a huge account amplifies their art[5]. Visually, formats span four-panel comics, object-labeled diagrams and template edits borrowed from other meme formats, including Abby Choke and Loss[10][8]. Captions are usually blunt and vent-coded, with lines like "they liked it but didn't retweet it" or confessional art about watching bigger accounts quietly scroll by. The humor sits between frustration and self-deprecation, so it reads as inside baseball for art Twitter. ## How to Use Smaller artists typically make a short comic or image macro showing a one-sided interaction, often with a bigger account liking but not retweeting a drawing. Common conventions include labeling the two characters "big artist" and "small artist," borrowing an existing template like Loss or Abby Choke, or writing a caption that vents a specific frustration from art Twitter[7][8]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Big Twitter Artist? It is a label for any Twitter/X artist with a large following, usually around 10,000 or more, and the memes attached to that label are made by smaller artists about one-sided interactions with those accounts[3]. ### Where did Big Twitter Artist come from? Posts about big artists on art Twitter started gaining traction in 2020, and the format took off after @Cheesymanfredo's four-panel comic on September 16, 2021[1]. ### What does Big Twitter Artist mean? In the memes, it refers to a popular Twitter/X artist whose behavior toward smaller accounts, especially liking art without retweeting it, is the target of the joke[1]. ### How do you use Big Twitter Artist? Smaller artists make comics or image macros depicting lopsided interactions, often borrowing templates like Abby Choke or Loss to show the big-versus-small dynamic[7][8]. ### Is Big Twitter Artist still popular? The format had a strong resurgence on X in May 2024 through viral comics by @ThaE_Slug and @TirtTheThing[2]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/Cheesymanfredo/status/1438559271453478915]() 2. [https://twitter.com/ThaE_Slug/status/1785658109572104199]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/big-twitter-artist]() 4. [https://twitter.com/TirtTheThing/status/1785784005033341108]() 5. [https://twitter.com/JMG_PartyBean/status/1310957537752211457]() 6. [https://twitter.com/leecantdraw/status/1432701736586780673]() 7. [https://twitter.com/Kardboardian/status/1438942317923143680]() 8. [https://twitter.com/goofbell/status/1786188760960418270]() 9. [https://twitter.com/rosy_maple_moth/status/1342818217534881792]() 10. [https://twitter.com/WassNonnam/status/1440435984168980488]() 11. [https://twitter.com/obscuritea/status/1786143933057093854]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/big-twitter-artist Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library