Normal Eye vs. Horny Eye

About

Normal Eye vs. Horny Eye refers to a series of memes based on a humorous guide on how to draw a "horny"-looking eye. The memes gained brief popularity on Twitter in mid-September 2020.

Origin

On September 8th, 2020, Twitter^[1] user @dustails posted a humorous drawing guide showing a difference between a "normal" eye and a "horny" eye (tweet and image shown below). The tweet received over 3,300 retweets and 27,000 likes in one week.

Spread

On September 9th, 2020, Twitter^[2] user @BrandonGamingBA posted the earliest found meme based on the image, in which the "horny" eye was replaced with Garfield's eyes (shown below, left). The format did not see viral spread until on September 10th, 2020, Twitter^[3] user @doodlino posted a similar meme which received over 2,700 retweets and 18,500 likes (shown below, right).

Starting on September 10th, the format received notable spread on Twitter, with users posting memes comparing the "normal" eye with eyes of various characters.

Various Examples

Search Interest

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