Finally Understanding Meme Template

Two explanations go over your head. The third finally gets through. Use the three arrows to compare what confuses you with what immediately makes sense.

In the first two panels, an arrow bends over the person’s head. In the last, it travels straight through and the person smiles. The drawing turns understanding into a literal path through the head.

The last label can be a clearer explanation of the same idea, or a much sillier subject you understand better. Keep that final choice as the reveal.

Place short labels beside the incoming arrows, in the open space to the left. Read from top to bottom: difficult, still difficult, then understood.

Keep the first two labels related so the last one makes a clear contrast. Formal documentation, a long presentation, and a quick sketch can tell a whole story about learning the same task.

First idea

The version that goes far over your head.

Second idea

A second version that still does not help.

What clicks

The version or subject that makes immediate sense.

• Use three short labels rather than three paragraphs.
• Leave the bends in the arrows and the changing expressions visible.
• Choose whether the final panel is a useful simplification or a silly preference.