Seedfeeder
Illustration — Seedfeeder's illustration of a prostitute soliciting a potential client in a stopped vehicle Seedfeeder (7 July 2008 22 June 2012) is a pseudonymous illustrator known for contributing sexually explicit drawings to Wikipedia. Between 2008 and 2012, the artist created 48 depictions of various sexual acts. Illustrations garnered mixed reactions: some Wikipedia editors claimed they contained racist and sexist undertones, while Andy Cush of Gawker called him "Wikipedia's greatest artist of sex acts".
Seedfeeder

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Illustration — Seedfeeder's illustration of a prostitute soliciting a potential client in a stopped vehicle Seedfeeder (7 July 2008 22 June 2012) is a pseudonymous illustrator known for contributing sexually explicit drawings to Wikipedia. Between 2008 and 2012, the artist created 48 depictions of various sexual acts. Illustrations garnered mixed reactions: some Wikipedia editors claimed they contained racist and sexist undertones, while Andy Cush of Gawker called him "Wikipedia's greatest artist of sex acts".
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Artnet columnist Paddy Johnson listed Seedfeeder's work as one of the "Top 10 Digital Artworks of 2014".
Seedfeeder contributed 48 drawings of 35 various sex positions; these have also been used in other language editions of Wikipedia. They are available for adaptation and reuse under the conditions of a Creative Commons license. The images are vector graphics with gradient colors and neutral backgrounds; Seedfeeder said that he lacked the skills to make complex backgrounds. The simplified and "sterile" style of the artwork has been compared to that of aircraft safety cards. They contributed drawings to the following Wikipedia articles, among others: • English Wikipedia articles using Seedfeeder's illustrations (as of 16 August 2025) • Wikipedia article — Number of illustrations used in article — Date illustrations originally uploaded to Wikipedia — Notes • 69 (sex position) — 1 — 28 March 2010 • Anal sex — 3 — 25 August 2008, 8 November 2008, 22 November 2010 • Anilingus — 1 — 4 December 2011 • Bukkake — 2 — 11 August 2008, 18 August 2009 — The first illustration was removed from the article in the English Wikipedia, but is still used in the equivalent articles in many other languages such as Czech, Dutch, Finnish, Persian, Polish, and Swedish. • Cum shot — 1 — 31 December 2008 • Cunnilingus — 1 — 27 December 2009 • Doggy style — 1 — 21 January 2010 • Double penetration — 1 — 29 January 2012 • Ekiben (sexual act) — 1 — 17 August 2011 • Facial (sex act) — 3 — 7 July 2008, 20 January 2009 — Seedfeeder revised the first illustration on 26 December 2011 and the second illustration on 29 December 2011. The date for the third illustration in the article is provided in the entry for Cum shot. • Fellatio / Deep-throating — 2 — 17 August 2008, 12 January 2012 — Seedfeeder revised the first illustration on 19 December 2011. • Fingering (sexual act) — 1 — 15 January 2009 • Fisting — 1 — 20 September 2009 • Gokkun / Snowballing (sexual practice) — 2 — 1 September 2008, 28 August 2008 — Seedfeeder revised the first illustration on 31 December 2011 • Lateral coital position — 1 — 23 August 2009 • Mammary intercourse — 1 — 4 January 2009 • Missionary position — 4 — 20 November 2010, 2 June 2011, 27 February 2012, 26 May 2012 • Oral sex — 1 — 2 January 2009 • Non-penetrative sex — 2 — 13 March 2012 — The date for the second illustration in the article is provided in the entry for Mammary intercourse • Point-of-view pornography — 1 — 23 June 2011 • Sex position — 10 — 19 February 2012 — The date is for the only illustration in the article that is unique to this article. All other illustrations are also located in other articles. • Sexual practices between women — 4 — 11 October 2009 — The date is for the only illustration in the article that is unique to this article. All other illustrations are also located in other articles. • Spooning — 1 — 13 September 2009 • Teabagging — 1 — 12 April 2010 • Threesome — 2 — 15 October 2008, 7 March 2012 • Tribadism — 2 — 20 December 2009 — The date for the second illustration in the article is provided in the entry for Missionary Position • Woman on top — 2 — 19 September 2010, 29 August 2011 Seedfeeder retired from Wikipedia in June 2012.
General reactions
General reactions
• Illustration — Seedfeeder created this illustration of "a freckled Asian woman blowing a seductive goodbye kiss" for his retirement announcement. Seedfeeder captioned the illustration with the sentence "So long, and thanks for all the fish", which has been interpreted as a "nerdy cunnilingus joke". Seedfeeder's images received media coverage in numerous languages and publications. In 2014, Gawkers Andy Cush published an article about Seedfeeder's "frank, graphic" illustrations, and a companion gallery called "The Best of Seedfeeder, Wikipedia's Greatest Sex Illustrator", which he described as a collection of the artist's "greatest works". In his Gawker piece, Cush called Seedfeeder "Wikipedia's greatest artist of sex acts" and his work "unmistakable" and "nearly as striking as [the] subject matter". Cyriaque Lamar of Cracked.com called the images "goddamn hilarious" and also compared them to airline safety pamphlets. Lamar acknowledged their educational value but criticized them for being too pornographic for pedagogical purposes. The Cracked.com article included a gallery of the six "most terrifying sex illustrations on Wikipedia". HuffPost Andres Jauregui said the illustrations were "anything but shy" and that "by rendering intense acts of coupling in a sterile, almost instructional manner, Seedfeeder's drawings have a normalizing effect on bedroom play that some might consider taboo". He wrote that the sexual acts Seedfeeder illustrates "aren't weird, but the plastic, detached style in which they're rendered is bizarrely matter-of-fact, like the airline safety pamphlets that the illustrator says inspired them". Furthermore, he said: "Some wouldn't consider it art, but it's not porn, either. The drawings are educational, but they serve a purpose beyond illustration." Artnet columnist Paddy Johnson listed Seedfeeder's work as one of the "Top 10 Digital Artworks of 2014".
Criticism
Seedfeeder's drawings were also met with controversy. Some Wikipedia contributors perceived racist and sexist undertones, resulting in the removal of some images from English-language Wikimedia projects. A depiction of a facial featuring a black man ejaculating onto a white woman prompted criticism, with some users claiming that the image was racist and promoted violence against women. Seedfeeder responded to those who argued that descriptions of sex acts without accompanying images would be best by saying: "I come from a philosophical viewpoint that every Wikipedia article should have all forms of media available associated with it. Images, audio, and video. All articles, without exception. So any argument predicated on 'an image isn't necessary' is one that carries absolutely zero weight. None." In an interview with NaTemat.pl, sexologist Andrzej Depko defended the images, saying that images of sexual activity are nothing new and that people should not be offended by sex. In response to criticism of the interracial facial image, Seedfeeder implied the backlash was due to racial prejudice, stating, "What about the heroes being from two different races? I don't care about the prejudices and anxieties of people with limited horizons." Seedfeeder also responded to criticism that children could discover his illustrations by writing, "if your children are actively searching for these kind of topics... it's because they already have a slight idea of them... and they feel ready to know more."
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- 1.Date of upload of first image. The account was created three days later.
- 2.Date of retirement announcement and upload of last image. Their last sexually explicit image was uploaded 26 May 2012. Their last activity on Wikipedia was a post to their talk page on 24 March 2013
- 3.Die Geschichte von Wikipedias bekanntestem Sex-Illustrator. Der Standard. 29 November 2014.
- 4.Mufson, Beckett. Looking Back on 15 Years of Wikipedia and Art. Vice. January 15, 2016.
- 5.Cush, Andy. Wikipedia's Greatest Sex Illustrator Is an Anonymous Legend: Seedfeeder. Gawker. November 12, 2014.
- 6.Vice Media. Can Men Fake Orgasms? And Other Debates on Wikipedia's Sex Pages. Vice. 1077-6788.
- 7.Goorwich, Siam. NSFW: Seedfeeder is the greatest X-rated sex artist you've never heard of. Metro. DMG Media. 29 November 2014. 1469-6215.
- 8.Lamar, Cyriaque. The 6 Most Terrifying Sex Illustrations on Wikipedia. Cracked.com. Demand Media. 1. February 26, 2013.
- 9.Jauregui, Andres. Wikipedia's SeedFeeder Is The Weirdest Sex Illustrator You've Never Heard Of (NSFW). HuffPost. November 12, 2014.
- 10.Johnson, Paddy. The Top 10 Digital Artworks of 2014. Artnet. 24 December 2014.
- 11.Schwarzenberg-Czerny, Urszula. To on zilustrował seks na Wikipedii. 48 osiem rysunków, które obrazują, co w łóżku się dzieje. NaTemat.pl. 2015.
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