Today is the day sponsored by you and you only; we set aside a special time in our hectic lives to honor this tradition and show everyone that we all need a little self gratuity now and then. So pick up a camera (or pen) at work, proudly snap that picture in your cube, awkwardly pose in the company bathroom mirror or just flat out scream “I am taking my GPOYW and don’t care who’s watching!” - that is the dedication and passion we all have grown to love on gratuitous picture of yourself Wednesday (GPOYW!)

It is never too late or too early to gratuitously capture yourself on this day as long as it happens. A slight change in pace though as everyone is encouraged to draw/sketch themselves today. Themes are always optional but we can have a lot of fun with this one. Stick men or 10 foot mosaics, all apply. No time for drawwwings? The traditional camera-gratuity method is absolutely okay too. There will be live updating this afternoon but will most likely be sporadic but I will do my best! A simple e-mail (thacker.ba at gmail) gets you some serious hotlinkage - subject: My self-sketch is better than yours x10.

Here is my sketched up GPOYW, Hulk Hogan flex on a podium of Cheez-its. If you’ve been following my Tumblr for more than 5 minutes this will come as no surprise. The scanner grained it up a little but I still like it.

GPOYW on!

Updates: Kim (kind of cheating), Alla (looking important), Anna (holy crap!), Caitlyn (way better than mine), Kevin (sweet beard vibe), Alex (spicy airport), Kate (post-it drawing win!), Sandlex (street sketch gpoyw), Brooke (i like), Farah (oooo this one’s good), Jasmin (pendant sketch), Michelle (post-it flying!), Daphine (making your sketch look bad), Michael (extreme stick figure), Molls (with foot in face), Bellavita (like an animal), JoeFisher (more artistic than you), Kindacarsick (bugbites on floor), Sarah (gpoyw “blah”), Cameron (the white spot), Elle (big easy big smile), Zoe (beach time), Topher (back ally activities), MarkB (shoes by the water), Marc (way close), Melissa (rooftop beering), SuiteP (drawing with drool), Kevin (making your drawing look REALLY bad), Farmie (did not punch), Hunson (full of bagel), SP (phone gpoyw), Heather (campside painting), Kaylinn (learning geography for the first time), Katie (iPhone drawing win!), Brian (cubed and sketched), AntiKris (the usual), Ashley (MS paint win!), Jay (early morning mustache), Frangry (with fuzzy friend), Laurie (can draw better than you as well), SaraZ (throwback),