Please Speed I Need This Drawing

Learn how to draw the Please Speed I Need This drawing with this easy step-by-step cartoon tutorial. The meme began on IShowSpeed’s December 29, 2021 “EARLY STREAM!” YouTube broadcast, when a young fan pleaded during a Fortnite session, “Please, Speed, I need this. My mom is kinda homeless. I live with my dad. I wanna help her out” — and Speed completely failed not to laugh. That earnest, wide-eyed moment is perfect cartoon material: big expressive eyes, an open pleading mouth, and dramatic begging hands. Below you will find a beginner-friendly Please Speed I Need This drawing tutorial that takes you from blank page to finished meme face in under fifteen minutes.

Table of Contents

• What You Will Need
• Step-by-Step: Drawing the Meme Face
• Coloring and Shading Tips
• Fun Variations to Try
• Drawing FAQ

What You Will Need for Your Please Speed I Need This Drawing

• Paper or a sketchbook — anything works, though thicker paper handles markers better.
• A pencil and eraser for the sketch stage.
• A fineliner or black pen for inking the final lines.
• Colored pencils, markers, or digital brushes if you want to color it.
• Reference image: keep the drawing above (or the PNG version of the meme) open while you work.

Step-by-Step: How to Draw the Please Speed I Need This Meme Face

1. Start with a big round head. Lightly sketch a large circle — cartoon meme faces work best oversized, taking up most of the page. Add a vertical and horizontal guideline through the middle to keep the features symmetrical.
2. Draw the pleading eyes. On the horizontal guideline, draw two huge circles for eyes, close together. Leave big white highlights in each — shiny, desperate eyes are the soul of this meme. Add thick upper eyelids and tiny raised eyebrows high above for maximum begging energy.
3. Add the open mouth. Below the eyes, draw a tall oval mouth, open wide mid-plea. Add a simple tongue curve at the bottom of the oval and a dark fill inside to give it depth — this is the mouth saying “I need this.”
4. Sketch the begging hands. On either side of the chin, draw two simple mitten-style hands pressed together, fingers pointing up. Keep the shapes chunky and simple — cartoon hands read better than realistic ones.
5. Add hair and ears. Give the character simple hair — a few curved spikes or a basic hairline — and small C-shaped ears on the sides of the head.
6. Ink your lines. Go over your pencil sketch with fineliner, using thicker lines for the eyes and mouth (the emotional focal points) and thinner lines elsewhere. Let the ink dry, then erase the pencil.
7. Add the caption. In bold, slightly wobbly cartoon letters above or below the face, write “PLEASE, SPEED, I NEED THIS.” The text is half the meme — do not skip it.

Coloring and Shading Tips

Keep the palette bold and simple, like classic meme art. Use flat skin tones with one soft blush shade on the cheeks — blushing sells the earnestness. Color the inside of the mouth dark red or brown, keep the eyes white with black pupils, and make the caption text pop in yellow with a thick black outline (the same yellow-and-black energy as our soundboard design). Add a simple speed-line or starburst background behind the head to give the drawing that viral-meme punch.

Fun Please Speed I Need This Drawing Variations

• Chibi version: shrink the body to a tiny nub under the giant head for maximum cuteness.
• Speed’s reaction: draw a second panel of a streamer character desperately holding in laughter — the other half of the legendary moment.
• Comic strip: three panels — the ask, the struggle not to laugh, the meme explosion. Instant shareable content.
• Sticker style: thick white outline around the whole drawing, ready to become a custom phone wallpaper or laptop sticker.

The moment you are drawing is a genuine piece of internet history — it even has its own Know Your Meme entry. Your fan art joins thousands of tributes to the most earnest plea ever uttered in a Fortnite lobby.

Please Speed I Need This Drawing FAQ