Artist Vows to Draw All New Twitter Followers

@GregBurney sets sketch deadline of Nov. 14

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Looking to satisfy your mild narcissism and your desire to be a patron of the arts? Then you'll want to head over to Twitter and follow British artist Greg Burney. He has promised to sketch every new follower he receives before Nov. 14. (See update below.) Burney began with 70 followers and saw his audience explode to 700 within two days, thanks to a retweet from legendary typographer Erik Spiekermann (whom you might have seen in the font documentary Helvetica).

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