Some artists aspire to be featured in galleries, but Yiying Lu seems to prefer a less glamourous location for her work: the web page users see when a site breaks down.
Lu achieved Internet stardom after Twitter co-founder Biz Stone discovered her illustration of a whale being lifted up by birds on iStockPhoto, and decided to use it for the social network's 404 page. The Fail Whale became a kind of pop-culture icon, as Twitter became increasingly popular and experienced more frequent service outages
See also: The Origin of Twitter's "Fail Whale"
Since then, Lu has created QR code projects and designs for SXSW, but she has returned occasionally to the 404 page and the whale that made her famous. In late 2010, she created a Pale Whale design for Conan O'Brien's 404 page that spoofed the Fail Whale. Earlier this year, she created the Shorty Whale to serve as a mascot for the fifth anniversary of the Shorty Awards Read more...
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