oekaki

An online "board" where people can draw, via a java paint applet, pictures (usually in the style of anime) and can have comments posted by other users, so as to have their artwork thoughtfully critiqued. Fun to do if you go to a good board.

If you don't have a tablet then oekaki boards would suck.

by Blizzleair November 10, 2003

oekaki

Literally meaning "to draw a picture" is Japanese, it's become a term amoung artists, usually of the anime sort, to draw on a certain board using either OekakiBBS or PaintBBS and drawing pretty pictures to share with the board buddies.

My friends are better at oekaki than me, but I pwn them once I go onto Photoshop!

by Ayumi Moore May 10, 2005

oekaki

An online drawing website were you can interact with other people. Choose from several programs to draw with. Other users can leave comments on the picture you drew. Can be used with a mouse or a tablet.

I was up all night drawing my 1337 picture on the oekaki

Oh man, my uber gay computer was lagging while I was trying to finish my oekaki, whilst drawing with my tablet

by Troggy January 26, 2005

oekaki

oekaki means doodle in japanese. a place where pepole draw pictures and other pepole can comment on the picture. it helps arists become better. it was started in japan but now is all over the world.

i went to the oekai bords and there was wonderfull pepoles there

by requiem September 27, 2003

oekaki

A place to draw, where your pictures usually come out pixillated and overall a little shitty, unless you have a tablet/go to an advanced oekaki. People may comment on them giving their opinions. Oekaki, when translated, means 'scribble' (which is exactly what your picture is).

I draw on an oekaki.

by draikom February 7, 2004

Oekaki

Oekaki is a term used commonly by pussy cuck beta males that don't know how to pixel art. Commonly used in conversation to bring down a pixel artist that is really good and makes high resolution things.

GoodArtist: Hey! Look at what I made! *sends pixel art*
Cuckboy: BOI! That is some oekaki that ain't pixel art!
GoodArtists:Oh ok... *deletes picture*

by PineTreePizza September 4, 2018

oekaki

1. An online imageboard/BBS where one can draw pictures online (traditionally with Java applets such as PaintBBS, although HTML5 applets have been introduced in more recent times) and post it on the board. They used to be quite popular in the 2000's, but essentially died off around the 2010s, apart from a few lucky boards such as Wacintaki. They have had a bit of a resurgence in the 2020's indie web scene with the creation of board scripts such as POTI-board.

2. An image created in an oekaki board. They are typically low-resolution and have pixelated lines.

3. A drawing that uses pixelated lines, but isn't considered pixel art, as the pixels are not carefully placed. Doesn't necessarily have to be made in an oekaki board. Typically used in a derogatory way against artists.

The term is derived from the Japanese word for 'doodle' or 'drawing', and these boards originated from Japanese websites before eventually reaching Western audiences somewhere around the early 2000's. Some notable applets are OekakiBBS, PaintBBS, Oekaki Shi-Painter, ChibiPaint, Klecks, ChickenPaint and PaintBBS NEO.

1. Oekaki boards are great! People there are so nice, and for something so old they hold up quite well.
2. My oekaki aren't always great, but they're fun to make.

3. I wouldn't really call that pixel art. It looks a lot more like an oekaki than anything, really.

by mariepirouette November 15, 2025