# Wizardposting Wizardposting is a meme genre that pairs 1980s and 1990s fantasy wizard paintings, mostly by illustrator David B. Mattingly, with modern captions written in Whisper or Algospeak text. It grew out of the Pondering My Orb trend and took off through TikTok slideshows in late 2022. ## Overview Wizardposting is a meme genre that slaps modern captions, slang, and inside jokes onto fantasy wizard paintings, mostly the moody 1980s and 1990s work of American illustrator David B. Mattingly[1]. The format treats hooded, staff-wielding wizards as cool and slightly menacing figures, then labels their vibe with lines about smoking, gym trips, or checking phone notifications[3]. Mattingly, who also painted the Animorphs book covers, is central to the format thanks to pieces like 'The Subway Wizard' and 'The Wizard In The Kitchen'[1]. The look is easy to spot: a shadowy wizard scene lifted from paperback fantasy art, plus a caption written in Whisper text or Algospeak. The wizard's grave expression clashes with the mundane or absurd caption, which is the whole joke[3]. ## How It Spread On September 25, 2022, TikToker @mimofrl posted a photo slideshow set to fantasy wizard illustrations with the Algospeak caption 'the typa $hit i been on,' pulling roughly 303,800 plays and 54,600 likes over seven months[3]. Days later, on September 30, 2022, @armando.1101 used the same sound for a gym slideshow with a friend, which reached around 424,700 plays. Other creators pushed the audio into slideshows about 'smoking za,' On God, and Rizz[3]. By late October 2022, Wizardposting jumped to Instagram through @arcane_scribe, whose wizard memes leaned on Whisper text[3]. An October 31 post riffing on the Haters Will See You X and Be Like Y format was reposted by @crazylipzig and drew around 127,300 likes. A November 4 image captioned 'how it feels to open the Notes app' spread further, and by early 2023 the format was a staple on Instagram and iFunny[3]. In December 2022, the Shadow Wizard Money Gang meme took off on TikTok using Joeyy and DJ Smokey's song 'Gout,' pushing wizard aesthetics deeper into slang edits[2]. ## How to Use A typical Wizardposting meme pairs a 1980s or 1990s fantasy wizard painting, often by David B. Mattingly, with a short caption written in Whisper text or Algospeak[3]. Common conventions include framing the wizard as a stand-in for the poster ('me when...'), matching the wizard's serious mood to a mundane situation like a late-night gas station run or opening the Notes app, or setting the image to the Shadow Wizard Money Gang sound on TikTok[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Wizardposting? Wizardposting is a meme genre that pairs fantasy wizard paintings, mostly by David B. Mattingly, with Whisper-text or Algospeak captions about modern slang and daily life[3]. ### Where did Wizardposting come from? It grew out of the Pondering My Orb trend on Twitter in October 2021 and became its own format after TikToker @mimofrl posted a Mattingly-heavy wizard slideshow on September 25, 2022[3]. ### What does Wizardposting mean? The joke treats fantasy wizards as cool, badass figures and matches their grave expressions to petty or absurd modern captions, like a gas station run or checking notifications[1][3]. ### How do you use Wizardposting? Grab a moody 1980s or 1990s wizard painting, often Mattingly's 'Subway Wizard' or 'Wizard In The Kitchen,' and add a caption in Whisper or Algospeak text, or set it to the Shadow Wizard Money Gang sound[1][2]. ### Is Wizardposting still popular? The format peaked across TikTok, Instagram, and iFunny between late 2022 and early 2023 and is now a classic reference point for wizard-themed slang edits[3]. ## References 1. [https://thefugitivesaint.tumblr.com/post/172491882598/david-b-mattingly-the-subway-wizard-1990]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YaO0ZC-B-8]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wizardposting]() 4. [https://gamebooks.org/Item/1752/Show]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/wizardposting Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library