Johanna Basford an illustrator from my hometown Aberdeen, has just completed the first interactive illustration using the micro-blogging platform Twitter. Basford asked her Twitter followers to contribute ideas for her to incorporate into an illustration which she put together live over two days updating every stage with a picture of the slowly forming piece. In the project named TwitterPicture, she used every suggestion made (238) to create the print of which you can now buy a limited edition silk screen print. The whole project has received a fair bit of exposure over the last few days and is well worth a look.
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19th Oct 2009
3:52 pm
Can anyone see a lumberjack. That was my suggestion and I can’t find it.
Rydo
19th Oct 2009
4:14 pm
Give me a few days and I’ll have a go at trying to find it for you Charlie. Looking good Jo!
Scott Pollard
19th Oct 2009
4:20 pm
Simply the best use of Twitter for self promotion I have seen. Hugely engaging and became a talking point almost instantly. Great illustration and final piece also.
Greig
19th Oct 2009
4:28 pm
Yeah yet another great way of gaining exposure very quickly. Also worth checking out Johanna’s pursuit of a commission from Creative Review. Any young designers looking to get noticed out there take note.
Johanna
19th Oct 2009
7:13 pm
Panic over, Charlie has now found his bra-wearing Lumberjack (bottom left corner beside a Dinosaur in spotty T-shirt and a yawning hippo, obviously.)
As for Creative Review…. persistence and patience paid off – make sure you get the Christmas Issue
Ryan
19th Oct 2009
10:53 pm
Great promotional ideas, also helps that the work is cracking!
Nikolay
19th Oct 2009
11:21 pm
Johanna’s doing awesome job on promoting her!
Firstly the CR, then it was us. Now this. Fantastic.
If you see a penguin — It’s me
Martin
20th Oct 2009
9:16 am
I don\’t normally feel compelled to comment on anyone\’s work (who cares about my opinion!?) even less so when it comes to illustrative work but this is incredible, genuinely magnificent. It\’s like school jotter doodling amplified a million times in terms of quality, intricacy and detail.
Fantastic stuff. As is the rest of the work on Joanna\’s site, right down to the black and white palette.