Lifting A Dreamer (aka. Twitter Fail Whale)
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This piece, which eventually became the Twitter ‘Fail Whale’ was originally called ‘Lifting a Dreamer’, and was a personal work – a visual greeting to my friends overseas.
It was then used during periods of downtime by the social networking service Twitter. When Twitter gets overloaded, users see the "Fail Whale" error message.
The art gives frustrated Twitterers something to smile about, also inspired creative artwork, illustrations and visual projects from the community.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/FailWhale/64467830480
Brief History of the Fail Whale:
http://www.yiyinglu.com/?portfolio=lifting-a-dreamer-aka-twitter-fail-whale
4 months ago
awesome to see who made this :)
4 months ago
Nice work with cool colors great shot :D welcome to Dribbble
4 months ago
Thank you Kenneth and Seevi! I'm new on dribbble and will upload more projects here!
4 months ago
beautiful concept and illustration!
4 months ago
Awesome to know how it all started. Really gave us some peace :D
4 months ago
Truly iconic. Welcome!
4 months ago
You made this? Very nice indeed!
4 months ago
i like it ..welcome friend!!!
4 months ago
Very nice work :)
4 months ago
So cute. Nice to meet you on dribbble
4 months ago
Thank you all for your kind words! Great to join in Dribbble and greet you all! :)
4 months ago
Cute! Welcome!
4 months ago
Awesome flying whale is awesome!
Surprised to see that you just now joined, welcome!
4 months ago
Surprised indeed! :) Welcome welcome! :D
4 months ago
Oh, I've seen it thousand times!))
Very cool! Welcome aboard))
4 months ago
I've loved your work! Happy to see you made it to Dribbble! Welcome!
4 months ago
I love it! and also hate it when it appears :D
4 months ago
Stellar debut!
4 months ago
Awesome :) before I read the comment I was thinking "Wait, did someone copy the fail whale and post it? Lame..." But then, you're the real deal! I've seen this and loved it so many times, it's really great to see the creator. Welcome to Dribbble, looking forward to more of your work!
4 months ago
Great whale to debut.
4 months ago
always dug this illustration.
4 months ago
awesome! it always made me feel better when twitter was down :)
4 months ago
A lovely yet hated design.
4 months ago
Amazingly brilliant! Hope Twitter looked after you for creating one of the most iconic whales of all time!
4 months ago