Designer Simon Oxley and his drawing of a bird in a tree were Twitter's first logo, but he did not receive much for his drawing.
Oxley designed the picture (below) for iStockPhoto, the subscription depository that offers hundreds of thousands of pictures that customers can pay to use for design and other projects.
Twitter's founders browsed the site when looking for a logo and selected Oxley's drawing. That decision made the designer about $4.
The designer says he spent just 30 minutes on the original drawing, and doesn't actually remember doing it.
Oxley is also famous for designing the GitHub Octocat. The cat-headed octopus rights were purchased by GitHub directly, avoiding iStock rules.
Twitter's founders browsed the site when looking for a logo and selected Oxley's drawing. That decision made the designer about $4.
The designer says he spent just 30 minutes on the original drawing, and doesn't actually remember doing it.
Oxley is also famous for designing the GitHub Octocat. The cat-headed octopus rights were purchased by GitHub directly, avoiding iStock rules.
