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#TwitterPicture

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Posted by Neil Ayres, 14 October 2009, 10:24    Permalink    Comments (10)

Talented illustrator Johanna Basford, who impressed us recently with her personal take on a CR cover, appears to have pulled off another PR coup with #TwitterPicture, being touted in today’s Metro as ‘documenting the internet’s hive mind’.

The concept is simple. Johanna will create a picture in her signature style of intricate hand-penned drawings formed into a sphere. Anyone wanting to be involved can follow her on Twitter and tweet any item they’d like included in the finished picture (we requested a garden shed), along with the hashtag #TwitterPicture.

Johanna is open to your suggestions until five o’clock this afternoon (BST), and again from nine until five tomorrow. She is posting TwitPics of the design in progress at roughly 15 minute intervals throughout the two days. Here's one posted about half an hour before this blogpost was made:

And this one is from about ten minutes back:

The resultant #TwitterPicture will be made into a limited edition silk screen-print.

Along with each signed and edition numbered print, there will be a Twitter Artists' Certificate, detailing the name and suggestion of every person who contributed to the pieces creation. We'll post details of how to order the prints once they're available.

10 Comments

Great use of twitter. I love hearing stories like this. It's not just a platform for letting people know what you had for lunch. Great illustrations and all.
Alex Peterson
2009-10-14 11:06:45

Great and your suggestion of a Garden She d is very worthy!
uncle wilco
2009-10-14 11:18:09

Hmm I agree - BTW - last nights left over Pizza ;)
@onthersuperfly
2009-10-14 11:22:18

where does she print these???

come to THE PRINT CLUB LONDON!! we will print them for her!!
Rose
2009-10-14 11:51:09

@Rose, I think Johanna is intending to print the limited editions herself, but I'm sure she'd be interested in talking about the option of working with you.
Neil
2009-10-14 12:10:28

Amazing that she can work so calmly with the pressure of kazillions of people watching over her shoulder (so-to-speak). Great project!
D. Ruch
2009-10-14 15:09:07

Great thanks Neil, ask her to emaiil kate@printclublondon.com or myself rose@printclublondon.com
rose
2009-10-14 17:47:48

Absolutely love this idea, and very impressed with the results – a fantastic (and really addictive!) way to use social media. I just wish she'd do one once a week...
Ray (@toomanytigers)
2009-10-15 17:27:23

Very original (and talented way) of self-promotion in a competitive market. Hat's off!
chad's Eye View
2009-10-16 15:27:45

Now that this is finished, do you think you will include the final article anywhere in a future edition?
Kathy
2009-10-16 21:29:01

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