Drawing Day live twitter feed

We have added a live twitter feed to the Drawing Day homepage so we encourage you all to make sure you tweet any time you create a drawing and post a link to your drawing making sure you include the hashtag #drawingday.

You can also view the live feed here:
http://twitter.com/#search?q=drawingday%20OR%20%22drawing%20day%22%20OR%20%23drawingday

If you would like to post this feed to your own website to encourage people to promote Drawing Day then feel free to use the code:


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Artists Use The Internet To Create One Million Drawings In One Day

Can artists around the world all rally to create 1 million drawings by spreading the word via social networks like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube? World Drawing Day (June 5 2010) is an online art event supported by online art communities that encourages people around the world to drop everything and draw.

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) June 4, 2010 -- June 5, 2010 the world stops to remember that joy the first time you picked up a pencil and created a piece of art. A team of artists at DrawingDay.org are calling on other artists around the world to use social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to remind everyone of the power of drawing. The goal is 1 million drawings.

June 5, 2010 is world Drawing Day

One million drawings in one day may seem like a stretch to some, but take a moment to think how obtainable this goal is. Facebook currently has in excess of 350 million active users on global basis and more than 35m Facebook users update their status each day. Twitter now has around 15m active users on a regular basis. YouTube viewers watched more than 93 videos each month in January 2010. A small percentage of vocal artists from each of these social networks may very well reach one million drawings in no time.

Can artists around the world rally to create 1 million drawings in one day?

Artists are extremely passionate people and love to get noticed but they need to get creative to bring attention to their art. Gone are the days of simply creating an online portfolio and hoping it will launch your art career. Social networking has become the tool of choice to showcase art online. Websites such as Facebook, YouTube™, Flickr™, deviantART and RateMyDrawings.com help bring artists together, but is it enough? Founder of Drawing Day, Mick Gow who is an artists himself thinks more can be done to encourage this new way of showcasing art, so Drawing Day was born.

It is completely free and simple to get involved. Drawings can be created via any graphics software or by simply scanning drawings created on paper. Participants then submit these drawings to any of several online art communities or social networking websites listed on the Drawing Day website. For the more adventurous or tech-savvy artists, there will be various websites listed that will be hosting online drawing events that allow artists to create drawings directly from their web browser using a mouse or drawing tablet. Some artists are even recording videos of themselves drawing and posting them on YouTube. Participants are then encouraged to spread the word by sharing these drawings with their friends.

Jun 5 is Drawing Day. It's getting HOT!

Drawing Day is SOOOooooo close and things are starting to heat up fast.

It always amazes me how the Drawing Day event is a bit like a wild storm. Just before the event, it is fairly quiet but when the action happens it happens fast.

The social web is as active as it has ever been. Facebook, Twitter and social networks are more popular then ever and events like World Drawing Day are at the mercy of these networks. It no longer takes a huge budget or high profile press to make exciting events like ours work. It only takes one spark in a social network and this is where you can all help.

NOW, like right now is the time to Tweet, post on your Facebook wall, and spread the news on all the art community websites you belong to about our event.

DeviantArt is getting fired up:
http://news.deviantart.com/article/119077/
How can you help? Like this news and also upload this image from DeviantArt to your DA account now.

Facebook is getting excited:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Drawing-Day-1-million-drawings-in-1-day/124099384282009
Help - LIKE our Drawing Day page and post about our event on your wall.

Follow us on Twitter
We will be posting tweets all weekend long about the event.
Please help us now and tweet about Drawing Day.

If you believe our event is something the art community needs then please stop reading this blog and start doing everything you can to promote our event, and above all... remember to draw on Drawing Day and submit your art to any of our participating websites (that includes posting to Facebook) and just be sure to mention Drawing Day when you do.

Two weeks until 2010 Drawing Day -- get ready!

World Drawing Day (June 5 2010) is an online art event supported by online art communities that encourages people around the world to drop everything and draw. In its third year, the event aims to encourage people to create one million drawings.

We had some amazing responses over the past two years and expect this year to be just as inspiring. We had several participants draw non-stop for 24 hours or draw all weekend with very few breaks". Websites such as Facebook, YouTube™, Flickr™, deviantART and RateMyDrawings.com had great success in encouraging artists to participate.

Our press release has been sent out and we're gearing up for this years event.

Please LIKE our Facebook page for this years event, where all the latest Facebook happenings will be posted.

Also be sure to get a reminder via Facebook by joining our official Facebook event.

Drawing Day 24hr marathon on SecondLife

The SecondLife Drawing Day event has begun. SecondLife members should not miss out on checking out this event. Details about the SL event can be found here.

Ina Centaur will lead a twenty-four hour "art marathon", where she held the vigil and drew roughly 4 sketches per hour while rallying Second Life artists to participate in Drawing Day.

June 6 - It's World Drawing Day today

If it's June 6 where you are, then Drawing Day has arrived!

For half of the world, Drawing Day has already begun so - Happy Drawing Day!

We've just launched our online gallery where you can keep track of drawings as they're being uploaded to the various participating websites - Check out the gallery here

The most important part now is to Start Drawing! Everything you need to know about how to participate is available here.

The second, and just as important step is to spread the word! Email all your friends, tell them about the Drawing Day website and how to participate. This is a world-wide event and the biggest strength we all have as artists is our voice. If you own a blog, blog about the event. If you're a twitter user, then please tweet each time you create a drawing with links to your art and our website. You can also follow us on Twitter, which is a great way to stay updated about Drawing Day over this weekend.

Official Corel Painter Magazine supports Drawing Day

The latest issue of the official Corel Painter magazine (issues 30) has hit the shelves and has a great feature on Drawing Day. If you see the magazine in stores, be sure to check it out!

Official magazine website: http://paintermagazine.co.uk/