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March 20, 2014 02:42 am -04
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Grumpy Cat Rides a Wrecking Ball in Yiying Lu's SXSW Illustration
Yiying Lu mixes whimsy with nods to technology and pop culture in her designs.
The Sydney-based artist's work has appeared as web logos, in fashion magazines and most famously, on Twitter's early error page. Lu's "Lifting a Dreamer" became better known as the "Fail Whale" after Twitter found the image on a stock-photo website in 2008.
See also: The Origin of Twitter's "Fail Whale"
Lu stopped by the Mashable House at SXSW 2014 to create a special piece inspired by the space. The result was a kooky, brilliant collision of Miley Cyrus and the Internet's most famous feline — that's right, it's Grumpy Cat riding a wrecking ball Read more...
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