Google Drawing Game
2014

I wrote the set of rules below and then used them to collaborate with Google Image search. (See also a different take on this idea by the digital artist M. Plummer Fernandez.)

  1. Make a drawing.
  2. Take a photo or a screenshot, and drag it into the Google Image search bar.
  3. Draw whatever comes up as the first image result ("visually similar images").
  4. Take a photo or a screenshot, and drag it into the Google Image search bar.
  5. Repeat ad infinitum.
My drawing of My drawing of a face, abstract art, my drawing of the abstract art, a line graph My drawing of a line graph, a horse, my drawing of the horse, an outline-only illustration of a flower My drawing of a flower, a spring, my drawing of a spring, a diagram with circles and Chinese characters My drawing of a diagram with circles and Chinese characters, a diagram of a machine part, my drawing of a machine part, an anime-style wolf My drawing of an anime-style wolf, a snowman, my drawing of a snowman, a cartoon of a man with a book in his teeth and a silly expression My drawing of a cartoon of a man with a book in his teeth and a silly expression, clipart of a person playing volleyball, my drawing of a person playing volleyball, a camera tripod part labeled: Horizontal Mount. My drawing of a horizontal mount, including the label, a simplified flower, ym drawing of a simplified flower, a triangle with angles labeled My drawing of a triangle, a different triangle, my drawing of that triangle, and yet another triangle My drawing of a triangle, an abstract shape with URL in gray, my drawing of the shape and URL, a line graph showing a downward trend My drawing of a line graph showing a downward trend, a line graph showing two upward trends, my drawing of that graph, an illustration of a smiling rain drop falling on a duck's head My drawing of a smiling rain drop falling on a duck's head, a sailboat, my drawing of that sailboat, a diagram of luminous intensity My drawing of the diagram of luminous intensity, a construction diagram, my drawing of the construction diagram, a spaceship My drawing of a spaceship, two cars, my drawing of two cars, an illustration of some kind of mechanical part My drawing of some kind of mechanical part, an illustration of a faucet, my drawing of the faucet, a coat hanger My drawing of a coat hanger, a different coat hanger, my drawing of that coat hanger, a lamp on a tripod My drawing of a lamp on a tripod, the words I AM in Papyrus font, my drawing of the words I AM, an arrow pointing up and to the left My drawing of an arrow, a modern street lamp, my drawing of the street lamp, a more ornate street lamp, my drawing of the more ornate street lamp My drawing of an ornate street lamp, some kind of mechanical part, my drawing of that mechanical part, a pedaling device My drawing of a pedaling device, something that looks like a very abstract high-backed chair viewed from the side, my drawing of that chair, a logo whose sides have been cut off so it only reads ETTY GRE My drawing of My drawing of the incomplete logo, a corporate name logo for Boeing, my drawing of the Boeing logo, a corporate name logo for Bretagne My drawing of the Bretagne logo, a corporate name logo for Clariant, my drawing of the Clariant logo, the corporate name logo for Craft My drawing of the Craft logo, a printer icon, my drawing of a printer icon, a tablet-shaped icon with text below saying: PRODUCT My drawing of a tablet-shaped icon with text below saying: PRODUCT, an illustration of a sticker that says MOO!, my drawing of the sticker, a corporate name logo for Globe Furniture Rentals My drawing of the Globe Furniture Rentals logo, a corporate name logo in old calligraphy for Hamburger Abendblatt, my drawing of that logo, corporate name logo for Sister Jane in a computer-ish font made out of dots My drawing of the Sister Jane logo, computer-ish text that reads: the 90s, my drawing of that text, illustration of a bumper sticker that says: It was me. I let the dogs out. My drawing of a bumper sticker that says: It was me. I let the dogs out, a mathematical formula under the text: Crush Factor Formula, my drawing of that text and formula, a marketing diagram showing things like publicity, products, and promotions coming out of the word marketing My drawing of the marketing diagram, a manufacturing diagram, my drawing of the manufacturing diagram, a diagram of a cylinder My drawing of a diagram of a cylinder, an illustration of an outhouse, my drawing of the outhouse, a cartoon of a man pointing and whistling with a silly expression My drawing of a main pointing and whistling, a cartoon of two women at the beach watching a young woman in a bikini walk by and saying: now that's a real pregnancy time bomb My drawing of a the cartoon of the three women, instructions for drawing a rose, my drawing of those instructions, an outline-only image of Gene Kelly from Singing in the Rain My drawing of Gene Kelly in Singing in the Rain, a cartoon of a student telling his teacher: Yes, I downloaded my book report from the Internet, but I collated and stapled the pages all by myself, with a Cartoonstock.com watermark, my drawing of the cartoon and watermark, a diagram of a chemical My drawing of the diagram of a chemical, an alphabet in a script font, my drawing of the alphabet, several lines of differential equations, my drawing of the equations, a text block in a formal-looking serif font that says: It is Strictly Forbidden on Our Black Forest Camping Site that People of Different Sex, For Instance, Men and Women, Live in One Tent Unless They are Married with Each Other for that Purpose My drawing of the text block, blocks of Latin placeholder text at different sizes showcasing a serif font, my drawing of that font, more Latin placeholder text in a different, more modern font My drawing of the modern font, samples for JLS Data Gothic font, my drawing of that font, the alphabet in a fifties era script font My drawing of the fifties era script font, an informal classroom-like font, my drawing of that font, a cartoon of a cat with large eyes and a bushy tail My drawing of the cat, a cartoon of a dog with a cat behind it and a hamster in a ball, my drawing of the dog, cat, and hamster, and an illustration of a cat and a dog untying the bow around a present