One of the things that came along with the mainstream status of Twitter is the coolness of the bird as illustration element in web design. Bird is the new black. Everybody understood that any decent website should have at least one tiny little bird, whether is used as a follow me on Twitter button or just as a visual mantra. We made a selection of the best works we came across lately and we invite you to click on them to see the websites and to add some other examples in the comments. Thanks!
Extras:
- if you want your own bird, follow this great tutorial from NetTuts
- 472 Twitter goodies on Etsy
- 236 bird products on Supermarket HQ
- the best bird font ever is also free on Dafont
- 100 free Twitter icons for your blog on Hong Kiat
- you might need a few Twitter cupcakes
- also for your Twitter inspiration we recommend you the bigges hit ever – Surfin’ Bird by The Trashmen (1963)
- very nice article about the fact that Twitter Paid $6 or Less for Crowdsourced ‘Birdie’ Graphic
- Revenge of the Birds: new interview in Wired about how to switch a bird embryo to get a baby dinosaur
- a few birds from comments: here, here & here
- if you don’t belive me that the Bird is indeed the WORD, please watchthis video
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Lucien March 13, 2009
Hey, the list is great. I also have a bird project in mind, so I’ll keep you posted.
Hope to see more posts like this one the next days.
mark March 13, 2009
yo keep the birds comin! I think there are alot more outhere ;-)
Julian March 13, 2009
That birdhive one is the middle is soooo cute!
Catalin Zorzini March 13, 2009
Lucian, Mark – you ain’t seen nothing yet! thanks!
Julian – I like HootSuit best!
Lars March 14, 2009
Thank you for listing our twitter graphic!
http//www.cssstyle.me
Anh dep March 14, 2009
Cool graphic! Thanks for sharing!
Glynn Smith March 14, 2009
Big hugs for featuring Bumble, our little mascot. I love the agencyofrecord.com mascot, too – That facial expression is where it’s at! :D
Antonis March 14, 2009
hi, this is a great gallery :) i ve made recently two images inspired from twitter, so have a look if you like :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antonist/3310623942/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antonist/3350614361/in/photostream/
Chris Wallace March 14, 2009
Don’t forget my Tweeties, they’re licensed under a Creative Commons license. A great addition to the list!
Bas March 14, 2009
The Bird is the word! =)
Like the list, thanks!
grone March 15, 2009
This is great. thank you and keep em coming!
Pierro Marie March 15, 2009
Awesome – nise list and by the way, i love a lot of your icons :)
salut and some greets from germany …
Hit Counter March 17, 2009
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Twitter Themes March 21, 2009
Looks ok, some of them look to be drawn by 7 year olds though.
lollot March 24, 2009
Hey here is my bird lollot.com ;-)
julie adore March 27, 2009
i make the Twitter Dolls “Sweet Tweet”
Find them on my Blog at tag “made by me”
See you!;-)
Bruno Ancona Lopes May 31, 2009
Awesome topic! We have a Digital Engagement agency and run a blog about social media, inspiring ideas etc. A while ago we made a few images featuring the famous bird to illustrate our posts about Twitter. You can check them out here:
“In the attention economy the Twitter Guys are THE guys”:
http://www.foreplay.com.br/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/twitter_guys.jpg
“Everybody is talking, but who’s listening?”
http://www.foreplay.com.br/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/twitter_fever.gif
“20 Twitter tools for monitoring and trendspotting”
http://www.foreplay.com.br/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/twitter_tools_for_monitoring_trendsetting_by_michel_turtchin.gif
I hope you like it! =)
Cheers,
Bruno
Julien June 10, 2009
Haha, great job. Some of them are really good.
Rahul July 9, 2009
Great work! Congratulations! We also develop great Twitter backgrounds and graphics. Kindly visit http://twiiterarts.com to know more about us.
Blog Header Guy August 26, 2009
I love the Elvis Bird. Thanks for the share.
And yes…the bird is the word.
Claudia Beck August 26, 2009
Finally — the human race is gloryfing something worthwhile! :)
Seems not too many folks use photography yet, but it works great too.
Here’s mine to please post, scroll down in the left col.:
http://wahm-trade.com
Ezuca October 7, 2009
Those are very creative graphics. Some of them are real fun graphics. Thanks
SEO Sheffield January 9, 2010
Interesting read over a coffee! I do struggle to make a bird look good myself, but I am more tech than design!
I love the Twitter image; simplicity and freedom.
Vipmarts January 25, 2010
The Bird is the word! =)
Like the list, thanks!
Philly medical lawyer April 23, 2010
It’s interesting to see all the different takes and versions the twitter standard graphic. Great post, thanks for the information.
Custom Web Designs October 11, 2010
Yup, the twitter birdie is not only famous but pretty cool too. Nice :)
Les January 18, 2011
It should be Twitter Bird art. Cuz is only art with
Birds….
Fredrik February 14, 2011
Thanks for sharing! I might have an ide or two;)
Jim July 22, 2011
You can’t have your cake and eat it.