20 July, 2009

Who draw the twitter bird?

You might wonder, who's the artist who created the twitter blue bird? How much money he have make from this little blue bird???
His name is Simon Oxley, a exclusive artist from istockphoto. By the way, he is also the one who designed the istockphoto logo....

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There'a a interview with Simon Oxley on tutsplus.com by Sonali Vora. Here's some of the intro copy taken from tutsplus.com....

Simon Oxley is a British Illustrator and designer living in Fukuoka, Japan. Simon moved to Japan to work in a design company based in Harajuku, Tokyo. Since 2002, he runs his own design and illustration studio, Idokungfoo, and works for clients from all over the world.
He produces illustrated imagery for iStockphoto and he designed the iStockphoto logo. Simon is also the creator of the cute bird graphic that you see on Twitter's homepage. His work features strong Japanese influence and his illustrations are simple and refreshing. So, let's take this opportunity to have a digital chat with him! (text taken from tutsplus.com)


For the full interview, please click on link to visit tutsplus.com

Click on link to find out more about Simon Oxley.
Simon Oxley's website: www.idokungfoo.com
Simon Oxley's istockphoto profile page.