Skebob or СКЕБОБ is a gourd sculpture of a crow with a round body, large beak and frizzy head of hair used in a series of Russian memes. Skebob was created and shared by Pinterest user Jenn Norpchen in December 2017. The photo of the artwork was turned into an image macro as early as July 2024, when Russian SoundCloud rapper Erosion used it for the cover of his song "4Пенопластырь Клубняк 2008." The memes were further popularized both inside and outside of Russia on TikTok in late June and early July 2025 as an AI trend in which AI programs are used to bring Skebob to life.
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On December 20th, 2017, Pinterest[1] user and artist Jenn Norpchen posted a photograph of one of her latest gourd sculptures, writing in the description, "Pet Crow…Everyone should have one!" garnering roughly seven likes in eight years.
A photo of a gourd sculpture of a crow. The animal is known as "Skebob" in memes.
It is unclear when exactly "СКЕБОБ" was first written over the image, turning it into a meme. The earliest known person to share the image macro is SoundCloud[2] artist Erosion, who on March 7th, 2024, used the image macro as the cover for his song "4Пенопластырь Клубняк 2008." It is unconfirmed if this is the true first appearance of the specific СКЕБОБ meme.
