What is a Full Member?
While it is free to join the
One Million Masterpiece, you will need to make a very small donation to one of our partner charities to enjoy full membership.
So what do full members get?
Firstly, full members are guaranteed to be included in the final One Million Masterpiece picture, and their work will definitely be displayed in the final exhibition. Free members do stand a good chance of being included, however when we reach the one million mark new donating members will begin to replace free members within the final picture.
Secondly, full members are eligible to win tickets to our unveiling event next year. We will be choosing twenty members who will each win a pair of all-expenses paid tickets to attend the launch party in London. It doesn't matter where you are in the world, we'll get you there!
Pairs of tickets will be given away for several different reasons, for example member who has referred the most friends and family (see our
Leaderboard), members who have made a major contribution to the project, or members who have a special story to tell.
Further details of how these tickets can be won will follow in early 2007.
You can become a full member of the project with a donation of just $6.50. Donations can be made via Paypal or Debit / Credit card by clicking the DONATE NOW button on the right hand side of the screen.
Still here, just working hard
I've been concentrating on a few other projects over the last few days, hence my absence. There have been some behind-the-scenes changes going on at the
One Million Masterpiece, with work on the first internetional site taking place. The full spanish site should be complete by the end of the week.
I've also taken some time to build up
Shoutdown little. After working on a web based project that has taken over six months to get online I wanted to see how quickly I could turn around a smaller site. I've been documenting my progress and will post several articles shortly.
Comments comments comments
We added the comment function to the OMM about a week ago and already there are 500 of them. It's great to see people taking to this function and running with it.
Today we added a great company to our roster of advertisers.
DNA 11 Art make original artwork out of your fingerprints and DNA - how cool. The pieces range from $190 to $790 dollars but are totally unique and a real talking point. That sounded like a complete advert but seriously, it is cool isn't it?
Check them out!
Comments anyone?
Good news - members of the
One Million Masterpiece can now leave a comment on any profile page. Think a picture is good, bad or want to say hello to a friend or family member – just leave them a comment.
To post comments you must be logged in to the website. You are only permitted to make one comment per profile, however you can change its content at any time. If you want to discuss a comment, use the forum pages or messaging system.
Leaderboard
Every time you send out an eCard or invitation from the One Million Masterpiece you are potentially bringing in new members. Every time someone joins the project by following a link from your invitation they are added to your tally – with the top 20 members being displayed on our new
leaderboard.
The top 5 referring members will be eligible for entry into an exclusive prize draw to be held next year - full details to follow!
Get your name on the
leaderboard by sending out invites and eCards
here.
Join our new Myspace group
Alicia (in Australia) - has just set up a Myspace group for the One Million Masterpiece. JOIN IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://groups.myspace.com/theonemillionmasterpiece
Top countries
The top 30 countries contributing to the One Million Masterpiece so far...
| 1389 | 32.7% | US |
| 1129 | 26.6% | UK |
| 318 | 7.5% | Canada |
| 200 | 4.7% | Australia |
| 69 | 1.6% | Germany |
| 48 | 1.1% | Mexico |
| 46 | 1.1% | New Zealand |
| 45 | 1.1% | Netherlands |
| 45 | 1.1% | Philippines |
| 38 | 0.9% | Sweden |
| 32 | 0.8% | Brazil |
| 31 | 0.7% | Portugal |
| 31 | 0.7% | Romania |
| 30 | 0.7% | Singapore |
| 29 | 0.7% | Finland |
| 29 | 0.7% | India |
| 28 | 0.7% | Ireland |
| 28 | 0.7% | Italy |
| 28 | 0.7% | Malaysia |
| 26 | 0.6% | France |
| 25 | 0.6% | Poland |
| 23 | 0.5% | Indonesia |
| 22 | 0.5% | Argentina |
| 22 | 0.5% | Norway |
| 19 | 0.4% | Egypt |
| 18 | 0.4% | Turkey |
| 16 | 0.4% | Chile |
| 14 | 0.3% | Belgium |
| 14 | 0.3% | Bulgaria |
| 14 | 0.3% | South Africa |
One of the best magazines in the world,
Computer Arts, have given us a great plug today.
"Draw your own little picture and contribute to what's intended to be the world's biggest collaborative picture, ever. And it's all for charidee."
Do I think we will hit the one million mark?
I've had plenty of people asking me how the project is going, and whether I think we can possibly hit the one million. Here are my thoughts on the subject…
Firstly, things are broadly on track. We've had some issues to resolve that any new project would encounter but in general we are doing well. Our projections factor in a slow start, gradual build and huge finish. Here are the estimated end-of-month figures for the next six months:
Sep 06 : 1,340
Oct 06 : 3,709
Nov 06 : 9,033
Dec 06 : 22,006
Jan 07 : 55,641
Feb 07 : 116,170
According to this we are already ahead of ourselves, but of course growth must continue to accelerate if we are to keep up with these numbers. What annoys me is people looking at the figures and just assuming they're impossible. Of course they're nothing more than informed guesswork, but at least I'm putting myself out there every single day trying to achieve them. Instead of criticism, put your energies into helping us out.
I'm someone who thinks in a very flexible way. I’ll change my mind and flex a concept to fit in with new information as it comes along. This is such a large and untested experiment that things might not pan out as expected – but *shock-horror* that is actually OK. It might be that one year isn't enough time, in which case we will extend the timeline. The principle of a unifying global arts project is too important to be constrained by a fairly arbitrary deadline.
Another thing that people might like to know is the events that are planned to boost publicity and numbers. In January we are launching a Schools Programme that will allow children to participate in the project from the classroom. This is a major International sub-project that will allow between 250,000 and 500,000 children to take part. It's requiring a major upgrade to the website platform, and so much of the work taking part at the moment is dedicated to this.
We're also planning a stunning live projection of the developing image for one month in central London early next year. Plans for this are still in an early stage of development but it will further boost the profile of the project.
Alongside these larger elements we are also developing new website features and planning new PR initiatives. For example, we've just opened the project to free registration (currently limited to the first 25,000 members) to help boost numbers and the internet presence of the project.
So let's get back to the original questions. I definitely am please with progress so far, particularly in light of the fact that almost everything so far has been voluntarily donated to us. In addition I'm very confident and excited about what's around the corner. Oh, and yes, I do think we can hit the one million mark.
4,000 calling
By the way, we are just a few people away from 4,000. Great news but we need to pick up the pace, so if anyone can offer any ad placement or good links LET ME KNOW!!!
Our official Australian representative
A few weeks ago
Alicia contacted me to offer her help. Offers of help like this are great and has been on of the joys of working on a project like this.
Most offers turn into some small contribution, but Alicia has been much more proactive than most and is a very welcome addition to the team. In a week or so she's already made up a couple of poster / flyers to use at art fairs and to post up in internet cafes. Feel free to download and use.
B/W Poster 1B/W Poster 2She's also been busy getting links to the website (including some local radio plugs), securing some free banner exposure and helping out in the forums. Be sure to say hello to her while you're there and congratulate her on a fabulous job! THANKS ALICIA!!
