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# init(draw:delegate:)

Returns a representation of an image initialized with the specified delegate information.

```
init(draw selector: Selector, delegate: Any)
```

## Parameters

`selector`

The selector to call when it is time to draw the image. The method should take a single parameter of type `id` that represents the [`NSCustomImageRep`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCustomImageRep) object that initiated drawing. The method must draw the image starting at the point (0, 0) in the current coordinate system.

`delegate`

The delegate object that responds to the selector in `aMethod`.

## Return Value

An initialized [`NSCustomImageRep`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCustomImageRep) object, or `nil` if the object could not be initialized.

## Discussion

When the receiver is asked to draw the image, it sends the specified message to the selector, passing itself as a parameter to the delegate method. The delegate’s drawing method should have the following form:

```objc
- (void)myCustomDrawMethod:(id)anNSCustomImageRep;
```

## See Also

[`-  draw`](/documentation/AppKit/NSImageRep/draw())

Implemented by subclasses to draw the image in the current coordinate system.


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