Start a Story

Start a Story is a new website with the aim of encouraging people to start stories.

The internet has seen many collaborative projects.

Start a Story differs in that it doesn't focus on one idea; it has an aim, which is to encourage collaboration and creativity.

It does this by presenting a number of different projects that you can participate in.

Many high profile illustrators and artists have already been involved such as Adam Neate and Phil Wrigglesworth; but many of the projects are open to anyone who's interested.

Contributions have come from all over the world from Argentina to Taiwan.

With a diverse mix of people participating the results have not only been enjoyable for the people who contributed but also to a wider audience.

One of the newest projects is called 5x5 and could be compared to an illustrated patchwork of images.

Artists are allocated a square and told to consider how their illustration relates to the other squares it's next too, so in narrative and/or imagery.

The results have been extremely varied and it's interesting to see how people interpret and visualize a story and how different people can bring their own unique insight, creativity and direction to the project.