Remember the good old days when Twitter was called Twitter? Now it’s called “X” – something that I don’t think that I will ever get used to.
I joined Twitter in 2009. I was so excited about it that I created a full set of 3d illustrations, presumably to use in marketing materials announcing my new Twitter account. Nobody cared. But the illustrations live on.
A quick overview of the entire set
The images in this collection convey popular Twitter metaphors such as security, account deletion, and networking. There are two sets:
- The final Twitter logo
- The original twitter logo
In addition to all those Facebook logo illustrations I created, this entire collection of Twitter logo graphics follow the same format. I’ve taken some liberties with their brand image (just a little – shame on me!). Most of these logos very metallic – almost medallion-like. They render very nicely that way, with a lot of glossy reflections and massive amounts of bling.
Set 1: The final Twitter logo
The final Twitter logo is brilliant in my opinion. They totally capitalized on the ‘tweet’ metaphor, and came up with a clean ‘twitter bird’ graphic which looks great in pretty much any context.
The only downside to the final logo is how it translates into a 3d model. I’m fairly certain that the Twitter team never intended for this logo to be modeled in 3d, but I gave it a shot anyway. As you can see, it’s such a simple shape that I had to end up placing it on a flat surface within a physical object for the renderings.
Set 2: The original Twitter logo
The images below are part of a collection that I created way back in about 2011 or so. The original logo for Twitter was a simple lowercase T, which worked quite nicely for doing 3D renderings. Yes, it looks somewhat dated now due to its overall thickness and weight. However, from a historical perspective, it’s neat to take a look back and see how this massive brand started.
The next one is especially classic: twitter wasn’t even a thing when the first iPhone came out, but no matter. It’s a historically awesome illustration to say the least:
Final thoughts
I had no idea that we as a society could be bothered enough to take time out of our busy days to jot down quick status updates for complete strangers to see. And yeah, I admit it. I’ve been finding it difficult to find just a few minutes a day to update my own twitter account lately.
I’d like to make a promise to be more active (starting like, now), but I know me. And I know that I’d rather be spending my time making 3d illustrations than telling you what my last bowl movement was like. That’s how I roll.
