Until now we have dealt with 3D-worlds, but also in the 2D-Web we can find fascinating virtual worlds art, which dos really break the real world records.

“In yet another example of how online social communities are impacting our offline world, a social networking website last week announced the breaking of a decidedly real-world record. Without a paint brush in sight, the largest piece of collaborative art has been assembled beneath the art critics noses, using nothing more than the humble computer mouse and the creativity of over 25,000 willing doodler. In the dim and not so distant past, such a feat would have presented huge logistical challenges. The previous world record for the largest number of contributors to a single painting was set in the state of Texas, USA where a steady line of budding artists added their own blob of paint to a canvas during a period spanning 3 years and seven months. The final image, tangible as it was, was essentially nothing more than a giant paint numbers, designed and lorded over by artist Jim Campbell.

Cue the internet revolution, birth of social networking and another artist with grand plans. This time round however the discernibly more left wing project architect, Paul Fisher, is less inclined to get his (or his participant’s) hand’s dirty. In laying out a vast digital canvas and some structured democratic rules, his Million Masterpiece (millionmasterpiece.com) has taken on a life of its own, breaking the record set by Jim Cambell’s monolith and creating something with almost infinite interpretations…..

The potential for this kind of collaborative artwork has been spotted by others. The infinitely layered graffiti wall we know as Drawball (drawball.com), and Markus Weichselbaum’s brilliant global mosaic theBroth (thebroth.com) both explore the concept of mass participation in single artistic projects that become more complex and meaningful over time.”

This article was published already 2007
http://www.articlesbase.com/art-articles/virtual-world-art-breaks-real-world-record-189149.html

Which may be today the largest Canvas in the Web?

“Webcanvas is a large online digital painting project. A large ‘artwork’ that is purportedly the largest collaborative painting in the world. It is free to look at and you have to register (for free) to add your own graffiti to it – because that is essentially what it is – a giant digital graffiti wall.”

“You are given a couple of levels of zoom to get a broader overview of a segment of the wall, but the facility to look at the wall as a whole is not yet possible.”
http://petermcclory.com/2008/06/webcanvas-collaborative-online-painting/

I don’t know if  webcanvas.com is really the largest canvas in the web. Maybe you know a larger. But it is really great :0))).

More interesting online-painting tools you can find here:
http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2008/05/online-drawing-tools-free-online-painting-sketching-tools/
http://www.go2web20.net/#tag:paint

I have added here and there a small piece  in this great pictures, which does tell its own stories about us, who have became a part of this collaborative work. This really was fun.

Greetings
Tesira