pencilslop

From pencil +‎ -slop, by analogy with AI slop. The earliest known use of the meme is in a tweet posted by @Ill1i_n0st7xzr on March 29, 2025 (see quotation below). The term was popularized in December 2025 on TikTok.^[1]

pencilslop (uncountable)

1. (Internet slang, derogatory, humorous, neologism) Art created by hand with a pencil or coloured pencils, (usually satirically) considered to be inferior to AI art.
   • 2025 March 29, @Ill1i_n0st7xzr, X (formerly Twitter)‎^[1] (post), archived from the original on 19 January 2026:

     mine has more soul thank your pencilslop

   • 2025 December 19, u/shave_your_eyebrows, “[OC] Slopcore”, in r/comics‎^[2] (Reddit post), archived from the original on 19 January 2026:

     PROUD TO CREATE PENCILSLOP ✊😤

   • 2026 January 13, @Pixel_Perfect69, X (formerly Twitter)‎^[3] (post), archived from the original on 19 January 2026:

     mid lecture currently so i had to use pencilslop #deltarune #undertale

   • 2026 January 17, u/GPTMCT, “ts is so tuff”, in r/67club‎^[4] (Reddit post), archived from the original on 19 January 2026:

     These people make pencilslop because they aren't up for the greuling task of making tuff AI art. I lowkirkenuinely spent the first 67 years of my life studying to make ts and it pmo to see all these people taking shortcuts🥀.

   • 2026 January 18, @Gigafly67, X (formerly Twitter)‎^[5] (post), archived from the original on 19 January 2026:

     More pencilslop for my people (ignore the failed Vriska drawing and all the text surrounding it I crashed out)