Twitterigami
After reading Lee Munroe’s post about creative Twitter backgrounds I discovered a list of 20+ Twitter Bird designs. It seems to be fastly becoming the latest craze to create your own Twitter bird for your blog. And I’m all about crazes! Here’s what I came up with.
I really wanted something a bit different and obscure than the traditional ‘cartoony style’ bird so I went for an origami one. Any thoughts/opinions on it are welcome. I had a look at some origami birds and then designed my own over the top of the original Twitter logo, using the same colours to make it a bit more recognisable to twitter addicts.
I kinda like the fact that only people who are really familiar with and love Twitter for the right reasons should be able to recognise it. Twitter has crossed a line recently with Britney Spears creating an account. Don’t get me started on that.
Anyway, feel free to use the files below on your blog/site if you like it :) Im a true believer in the open source life so just shoot me an email if you use them. :) Also you can find me on Twitter at paddydonnelly.
Transparent Gif versions below.
Cheers!
Comments (46)
Kyle
4 Nov
Impressive… wonder if I can come up with one? We’ll see…
Lee Munroe
4 Nov
Very creative Mr Donnelly! Very Michael Scofield of you.
Michael Mallon
4 Nov
I like….
so when you going to create the whole origami icon set? That would be pretty cool.
paddy
4 Nov
Thanks guys,
@Lee Haha, yeah need to get myself some tattoos next.
@Michael They are on the way! :D
Joke
4 Nov
Michelango of origami :) ‘Goe gedaan’ that’s what we would say!
Declan ONeill
13 Nov
These are really impressive, I would like to use them in a presentation I am putting together on twitter.
Paddy
13 Nov
Go for it Declan!
Check out the full range of icons also.
Let me know how the presentation goes :)
WL
13 Nov
Awesome!!!! How long did it take you to create the first one?
Paddy
13 Nov
@wl It took a while to illustrate the first time, but after a bit it got easier to envisage how it would look if it were paper.
Gabe Diaz
23 Nov
Very cool work! It’s amazing how these birds have taken on a life of their own.
Victoria
Twitter
28 Jan
I love this origami twitter bird! And kudos to you for sharing the files.
disassembler
Twitter
21 Aug
This is by far my favorite set! I love these!
destekblog.net
12 Jan
tks youu elrıne salgık
essay writing
13 Jan
twitter^^) AW It is really cool, I think you should make some sort of exhibition, like at some web summit:)
Origami Lover
22 Jan
Good post. I just found this Origami-inspired Twitter icon at Digg, which you can use on your blog if it is running WordPress.
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