DrawBird is live: notes from the first month
DrawBird is live! I wanted to write about what I did in the first weeks, what I pay attention to in order to keep the sky safe, and what's coming next.
The first birds in the sky
The first birds started flying within the very first hours. A red collared dove, sparrows with yellow beaks, a few brave gull attempts. What I like most is that the birds look nothing alike. Some are realistic, some are a "V" drawn with a single line. But they all flap with the same enthusiasm.
What did I add?
- 11 languages. You can now play in Turkish, English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Indonesian.
- Flocks. Collect the birds you like in a flock, watch only them in the sky, share its link.
- Feeding. Drop some food somewhere in the sky and let the nearby birds come and peck.
- Bucket tool. Draw a shape, tap inside it with the bucket, and it fills in one go.
- Drawing lessons and bird pages. 10 drawing lessons and 20 birds from Türkiye are ready.
A safe sky
Kids use DrawBird too. That's why a human looks at new birds every day. Inappropriate words in bird, artist and flock names are blocked automatically. Every bird can be reported, and a bird that gets a few reports comes down by itself. This way your bird flies without waiting, and the sky stays pleasant for everyone.
This month's challenge: the funniest owl
This month I'm inviting everyone to draw an owl. You can follow the owl lesson or draw completely in your own style. Write "owl" in your bird's name. At the end of the month, I'll feature the owls with the most likes on the Birds of the week page.
What's next?
New bird pages, new lessons and translating the lessons into other languages. If you have a suggestion, write on GitHub. I read them all.