Gary made some weeks ago a web app named TwitLinks that gathers links from top tech writers on Twitter as a kind of live zeitgeist. As soon as I found out about it I couldn't help making some graphics for it. I've been using Twitter for a while and all the bird-related aesthetics are very pleasing to work with:


_{So I had the idea of keeping the sky-blue and bird aspects of Twitter and add a geeky touch with the laptop and glasses. Am I original or what?}

What wasn't easy at first but now I'm pretty setisfied with is that I used Illustrator to get the thing done. As some of you may know, I'm not a vector guy. I'm a photoshop guy. A sketchy guy. I think those looks suit this kind of apps better, so I give it a try.
Of couse, after that I got all excited about making things and changing bit and reusing parts, so I made a few more posses for our feathered fellow, then I made the obvious 404 error page that cannot be missing:


_{I like the 50's-ish flat tubes and the yellow helmet I gave him.}

After all this, I was ready to make myself a stripped down background for my own Twitter account featuring our little fellow and clouds, thought to be tiled and lightweight. You can see it in use here.

Labels: illustrator, linkage, work