LOLCATS!!1! A Tutorial

Everyone loves LolCats and we’re no exception. Dreaming of creating your own LolCats but you’re not sure how? Don’t have the time, or the cats? No problem. We have found the solution. No more fretting about captions and how to correctly misspell. No longer will you be forced to spend your evenings searching the neighborhood for stray cat models. No more tricking your model into cleverly posing in front of your computer. And no more invisible bike scratch-fests. With the the help of the Layercake LolCat Tutorial and some technical support from LolCat Builder and Kitten Generator you’re free to build LolCats on the fly. You will be the ruler of LolCats.

Before you build your first LolCat you’ll need some grammar guidelines.

Step 1 Review Anil Dash’s helpful tips for writing LolCat captions:

An excerpt:

• I’M IN UR X Ying your Z. This construct, based on i’m in ur base, killin ur d00ds has morphed into a catch-all structure for annotating cat pictures.

• Invisible Item. Variations on the seminal Invisible Bike, these are images of cats, usually in midair, with captions that prompt us to fill in imaginary objects or actions that complete the scene. There’s something brilliant to these images, speaking to our mind’s ability to intuitively extrapolate unseen details.

• Kitty Pidgin. And finally, the newly dominant lolcats, of the family I Can Has Cheezeburger? These seem to be spawning nearly infinite variations, and have exploded in popularity since being named “lolcats” instead of the more general “image macro” or “cat macro”.

Step 2: Hire a kitten model or get free Kitten photos at Kittenwar’s Random Kitten Generator!

Step 3 Using your kitten model and your lolcat caption skills create a funny caption. We have created some dos and don’ts to as guidelines. We were unable to obtain releases from our models so taking a cue from Glamour magazine we have taken measures to protect the privacy of our models.

LolCats Grammar: A Visual Guideline

Alternate subject matter:

Use alternate subject matter where appropriate. Hamsters are commonly substituted as are political figures and celebrities. Use caution when determining what is LOLable.

Here is our visual guideline for alternate LolCats subject matter:

Step 4: Generating your LOL________

Using the LolCat Buildr you can combine all of your new skillz into an amazing and hilarious LolCat that is sure to get some DIGG lovin’ when you post it on your shiny happy blog. Simply upload your kitten model, select your text style and placement and type in your caption. We’re laughing already! No really, you’re pretty funny.

For more inspiration go here or here to see more. And don’t miss the genius of LolBats at Apropos of Something or the fabulous LolBush at My Alter Ego Speaks.

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