How to… create a #TwitterPicture 19th Oct 2009

238 Tweets

48 Hours

14 Fineliners

2 Penguins

1 #TwitterPicture...

...and 100 Limited Edition Silk Screen Prints

Twitter Picture

Last week I launched #TwitterPicture, a unique concept merging creativity with social networking platform, Twitter. On Wednesday 14^th and Thursday 15^th October, I invited the Tweeters to get involved and help create the world's first Twitter inspired artwork. The torrent of tweets came thick and fast, draining several dozen of my beloved fine liners within the first 3 hours.

Day 1 and Day 2 of the project are detailed here.

The result is an inky, hand drawn snap shot of Twitter imaginations over a 48 hour period. The weird and the wonderful, the quirky, the bizarre, the emotional and the political are all captured in delicately penned detail to form this most eclectic of artworks.

Twitter Picture Top

Over the next couple of days I'll be diligently scanning the in the #TwitterPicture and prepping the artwork for screen printing. I'm also in the process of analysing all the Tweets and putting together some rather interesting stats and pie charts on the results! Just how many people requested Meerkats? Why so many top hats? And what on earth is a hanbok?

I'll be hand printing 100 very exclusive, limited edition silk screen prints of the #TwitterPicture. Each numbered and signed print will be sold with a Twitter Artists' Certificate, detailing the name and suggestion of every person who contributed in its creation.

Due to high demand, I will be taking orders for the Prints from today:

Price per print is £150.00 + £4.00 P&P*

Tweeters who took part in the project will receive a 25% discount per print.

Just 100 of these little beauties will be printed, so they will be sold on a first come, first served basis.

To get your paws on one before they are all snapped up, email me with your name, address and telephone number. Payment in full is required to secure your print.

Keep up with the latest #TwitterPicture developments (including the super cool screen printing process!) by following me on Twitter.

*mainland UK only

Posted in - #TwitterPicture

Comments

Did you have to chop the original to scan it?! BTW, I really like how *my* whale turned out! Is that Lorum Ipsum that the whale is spouting?
Eric MacLeod 19th Oct 2009
Thanks for all the super cool comments and blog posts! Response to the TwitterPicture has been truly Awesome! Definitely not cutting up the picture to scan - just some tactical paper folding! And May, I wish I could accept cake currency (it would make me happy, but I fear the bank may be less impressed!)
Johanna 19th Oct 2009
Finally had ours framed: http://tweetphoto.com/6664403
Mark Jennings 18th Dec 2009
Looks ace!! And I can see my piece of crying toast, haha :D well done, this is an immense piece of work, got yourself so much publicity and if my maths is right, quite a bit of money from the sale of the prints! Nice one. x
Rachel Lewis 19th Oct 2009
Great job! I posted a link to this report on www.workplayexperience.blogspot.com Thanks! Adam (powerpoint presentation of a bra, left hand edge)
Adam Lawrence 19th Oct 2009
Hey Johanna, we have just posted the project on www.formfiftyfive.com as well as on my personal blog www.effektiveblog.com
Greig Anderson 19th Oct 2009
everytime i see my Domokun i just gotta laugh :D which i had the pretty pennies to buy a print!! Do you accept cakes instead of currency??
May Chung 19th Oct 2009
Hi Johanna, Love the finished article, we hope your hand has recovered from all the drawing! Perhaps if our clients pay up a bit faster we will have enough for one of your prints for our new office!
Mucky Puddle 20th Oct 2009
Hi! Fantastic idea and great drawing!! When is the poster and t-shirts out? bests- www.naimsheriff.com
Naim Sheriff 20th Oct 2009

How to… create a #TwitterPicture 19th Oct 2009

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