The One Million Masterpiece (abbreviated OMM) is the largest artistic collaboration ever attempted. It is an ongoing  project to produce a true piece of global artwork. The site uses an Adobe Flash drawing tool to enable members to  contribute images drawn on screen using a mouse or digipad, and an AJAX viewer which displays the whole artwork  mosaic.

The website has developed and further social networking elements have been added. Artists can rate one anothers'  contributions, communicate via messages and maintain a profile page.

Participation is free to anyone with access to the internet. Participants are each given a square where they can use a  built-in drawing tool to create an image. (These individual images combined are what will make up the final project as  a giant mosaic.) The project is open to, and intended for, all willing participants. One need not be artistically  trained, in order to participate.

Celebrity contributors include Peaches Geldof, electric violinist Linzi Stoppard, playwright Tom Stoppard, doctor and  health commentator Miriam Stoppard, Frankie Goes to Hollywood frontman and artist Holly Johnson, cult commedy icon  Karl Pilkington, businessman and socialite Sebastien Sainsbury and Supremes band member Susaye Greene.

The One Million Masterpiece aims to produce a piece of public artwork that will provide a snapshot of global society.

The artwork also officially qualifies as a new world record. The previous official record for the most artists  completing a single picture was held by the painting A Little Dab of Texas, designed by Jim Campbell of Brenham,  Texas, USA. The picture was painted by 25,297 people and was completed in 3 years, 7 months on June 14, 1998.

As the project is still underway, it is largely wondered whether the final image will have a thematic unity or if it  will be a chaotic series of unrelated images. Many recurring elements can be found throughout the work. The most  notable of these recurring elements are what have been dubbed "space monkeys." Space monkeys are small circular faces,  typically cartoonish in nature and rudimentary in style. They are believed to have originated within Laura Dixon's  picture - but they soon began to appear in pictures throughout the project. Other common recurring elements include:  views of the earth from space, eyes, hearts, and flowers.

The OMM site's adobe drawing tool includes a feature that enables a video replay of the drawing process for each  picture. This feature has led several participants to not only create digital paintings, but also digital videos.  Angeli Arndt uses this feature in her artwork entitled "I'm Always Changing For You," to show a human face changing  over time. This video functionality adds a dimension to the project that is not noticeable when simply viewing still  images of the project.

When completed The One Million Masterpiece will measure 80 metres in width and 31 meters in height and each individual  contribution will be a 5cm by 5cm square. It is proposed that the final piece will be printed and unveiled in Central  London on World Population Day.