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Congratulations Sarah Deann on landing the internship with Frank. Really nice work. Good luck.

Really great site re-design for the City of Philadelphia by happy cog. Amazing detail, even in the drop-down items. Take a look now and you can compare it side by side to the existing design.

It is hard to pick where to start with Frank Chimero, so I just picked his list of 10 ideas for January.

Really his whole blog is worth checking out, or if you are pressed for time read his Ethos section. Also, worthwhile is his flickr.

Great artwork for sale, including these hand-drawn matchboxes by Lisa Congdon.

Came to my attention because she has also started a Collection a Day blog.

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I am going to start adding some links to the Blogroll, over there in the top right of the blog. These are sights that I end up going to at least once a week just to see what is up.

Latest addition is the Lean Mean Fighting Machine blog. Great little agency in England that has a great eye for publishing quirky little moments from all over.

They are also responsible for this great site that promotes a new phone launch by having street photographer Nick Turpin take a photograph, then people can click on an area to vote for where he should take his next photo using the camera phone. He ended up traveling the whole globe, updating to Flickr, posting photos and videos. A really well done project.

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I love photography and the way that it can capture what is so fleeting and momentary. I also really love illustrations, but for a different reason, they can capture the absurd in a way that seems perfectly natural and easily created.

That (along with, I wish I could get inky blacks like that) was going through my head when I came upon Katia Fouquet. Wonderful illustrator, designer and animator based in Germany.

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If you are going to build a toy, why not base it off the great works of Brothers Grimm. Looks absolutely amazing. Found it on Peter Brown’s site, inside his art section.

Great hand-sketched illustrations by Dara Diliegro. Also worth checking out her interactive work that has a nice handmade quality.
 

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Love the way that illustrator Anders Nyberg uses his workshop to try to  bring his sketches to life.
 

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Been attracted to a lot of illustrator and sketcher blogs lately. One that I have really been into is Wil Freeborn.  Really nice drawings and watercolors. He also has been open about sharing his process and his sketchbooks.
 

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For the past week I have been flying around. Sitting in airports, riding in the back of cabs and listening to my ipod. One song has risen above all of the others. The new artic monkeys, produced by josh from queens of the stone age. Big hopes for the rest of the album, but thanks for the single……it has gotten me through this far; a perfect combination of smart, dirty, and hooky. thanks.

Great sketches from illustrator Gareth Hinds