Twitter can be used for many things. Promoting yourself or your business, driving traffic to a website, stalking, etc, but my favorite use for the micro-blogging site is for fun. Yes, fun. You know that word that most people who are using it for “serious” things hate to hear.
Twitter is a great place to let loose, share some humor, perk up your day or that of a friends. Recently I learned about a Twitter account that was taking tweets and making funny sketch drawings of them, like this one:
And this one:
Things like this make me happy and I want to share them with others who would find it equally amusing, but I also wanted to know more about the person behind @drawmytweet. Luckily, I was able to grab the attention of the creator behind it, Karen Nicoletti, and ask her a few questions:
1. How did you come up with the idea of drawing tweets. What made you decide to do it?
I love to draw, and I wanted to come up with a fun project that would incorporate illustrations. I had decided to open an Etsy shop in part to sell offbeat hand-drawn greeting cards, but I got sidetracked with the idea of reinterpreting or playing off of people’s tweets in the form of a little drawing. It seemed like a fun challenge with endless inspiration, and I liked the idea of maybe making people laugh a little at the new take on their tweet.
2. What is your favorite tweet drawing you have done so far?
Illustration-wise, Bullwinkle as Rocky’s lawyer. Joke-wise, Sally Field/Boniva.
3. If someone wanted a printed copy of a tweet you have drawn could they get one?
I think the tweet’s originator should have first crack at buying the original drawing, and yes, that is an option, if people are
interested. I’d also make reprints available.
4. You have an Etsy shop for your art, any plans to incorporate the tweet drawings into cards? Are there any special projects you are working on?
The card shop grew out of my affinity for collage and papercuts, and I do want to incorporate my drawings into it soon. Most of the cards in there now feature these cool little illustrations I fell in love with — they’re from a home repair book from the ’30s. As for other art projects, even though lately I use iPhone camera apps far more than my DSLR, I’m addicted to photography and am working with a friend to build a website for my photos.
For your daily dose of fun tweet drawings, follow @drawmytweet. Karen takes requsts all the time so don’t hesitate to send her a tweet you’d like to see illustrated.
*Thanks to @betheboy for his initial tweet alerting me to this awesome Twitter account.
