Uncovering talent with Pixi

Our goal with Pixi was to bring #TwitterArt to the masses, and one of our favorite things ever is discovering talented new artists that have come to the forefront of the #TwitterArt arena through our app.

Here are some of our favorites..

Dion Matta (@Dion_Matta_Art) — by now a #TwitterArt star, the Canadian artist regularly produces beautiful original pieces:

Dion has recently even started colorizing his artwork!:

Mario Tascón (@mtascon) — from Spain, Mario regularly indulges in simple and elegant pieces such as this one:

Ling-Yi Kung (@yiyiiiii) — we’re huge fans of her tessellations and patterns:

We’ll be doing this again soon so keep watch. And keep drawing. Love, Pixi.

We’re available in the Chrome Web Store!

Ever since Google’s own browser came onto the web scene in 2008, it’s seen an impressive adoption rate with currently more than 30% market share (as of 2012; source: Wikipedia). This is great news for TwitterArt, because Google Chrome is one of the best browsers for rendering ASCII characters.

That’s why we’ve made Pixi available in the Chrome Web Store as a web app. If you’re using Chrome, install Pixi for free below and you’ll always be a single click away from your favorite drawing App for Twitter.

Templates come to Pixi

Today we’re rolling out an exciting update (v 1.4) that makes it a breeze for anyone to make TwitterArt.

Introducing Templates
We’ve collaborated with up-and-coming Twitter Artist Dion Matta from Canada to bring you nine adorable templates of his signature style. Choose one that suits your mood, customize it to your own taste, add a message, or just tweet it as is!

We’re looking forward to bringing you more high quality templates over time to help you express yourself even faster on Pixi.

Try Templates now at pixidraw.com

Find out more about Dion Matta at dionmatta.com or on Twitter @Dion_Matta_Art

Other changes in v 1.4:

  • More undo levels
  • Link to Pixi on Web Store when using Chrome
  • Visual improvements

Introducing Pixi, the drawing app for Twitter

Did you know that you can draw your tweets? 

TwitterArt

Welcome to the world of #TwitterArt, ASCII art for Twitter in 140 characters or less.

Pixi is the best way to draw TwitterArt. It’s simple and fun to use: you can easily create, edit and share your art with friends and followers. Just point your browser to pixidraw.com and get creative.

Pixi Screenshot


Pixi was crafted with love, but it’s not perfect. If you need support or think we could do things better, tweet us at @pixidraw and we’ll get in touch. We’re also building up support pages on this very blog.

We hope you enjoy using Pixi as much as we do making it.