Artist turns Elon Musk's tweets into light-hearted colouring book

More than his inventions and initiatives, Tesla and SpaceX CEO is also widely known for his tweets. From cryptic messages to jokes to important information, Musk has tweeted about almost everything.

To make sure those tweets stay in our memories forever, an artist has turned Elon Musk's tweets into illustration and has compiled those illustrations into a colouring book.

A Colorado-based artist Salina Gomez, aka Ill Ink, has released a colouring book titledThe Illuminated Tweets of Elon Musk.

The 52-page book has Elon's tweets fromJuly 2016 to May 2020, which are arranged in a chronological order. This, Salina feels, will help the audienceunderstand the changes in Musk’s vision and development.

“Musk’s Twitter feed, once I had found it, brought me a lot of joy,” Gomez wrote on her Kickstarter page. “I decided to take on the role of a gonzo editorial cartoonist reading the Musk Twitter Headlines, subjectively interpreting them in a whimsical, positive manner, all the while immersing myself in the Twitterverse experience.”

Wanting to keep it light hearted, she said most editorial illustrators focus onserious societal or political issues. However, she wanted to portray Elon Musk's genius ideas in a fun and creative manner, while setting her work apart from the usual work.

“I wanted (and needed) to counterbalance the world’s problems with positive and hopeful content. Not only was Elon Musk the perfect person to focus the project’s energy on, I wouldn’t have even come up with the project if it weren’t for him. Musk is a once in a lifetime entrepreneur, engineer and visionary… and I think it is right to say that this book is a byproduct of his profound determination to dream big,” she added.

In order to fund her project, she has started a kickstarter page online which has helped her gain popularity and funds. Overwhelmed and thankful for all the support that she has received, she has promised to deliver the final project to the people who have backed the project and pledged to buy the book till Christmas. She will be sending out 200 signed copied from October, each costing$30 (Rs 2284).