Let's Make A Meme
Let's see if we can create a meme that is funny enough to go viral.
Inspiration
If you want to brush up a little on your memes, watch these videos.
The History of Memes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXKk9CkDFGYEverything you need to know about the history and evolution of memes.
We've come a long way over the years. From the I can haz cheeseburger cat to the this is fine dog to a vile and racist frog.
The Wired's A Guide To Memes
https://www.wired.com/story/guide-memes/If you'd prefer to read a meme's…
Resources
Here are some great places to go if you want to start from scratch by assembling your own images. I challenge you to maybe source an image from the New York Digital Collections to create something a little more unique.
Tools
For a quick and easy meme-making tool, try Meme Generator. If you want to do something more advanced Photopea is a full image editor. Live Meme and Make a Meme are great if you want to "meme-jack" and use a familiar design and idea.
Cartoon-making tools may also be useful.
ToonyTool
https://www.toonytool.com/Although having some quirks, this tool let's you easily add backgrounds, characters and speech bubbles etc, OR use the in-built collection of graphics. Simple, but I like it.
Meme Generator
https://codepen.io/ninivert/full/BpLKRxDesign your own meme, AND get access to the code that make it
