Squirrels! From Space! What's not to love?

Found in pilihp's Flickr photostream.

This book by Laura Ljungkvist looks great - a continuous line leads you through the stylishly illustrated pages, joining various objects along the way.

Via stickers and stuff.

I'm not usually a huge fan of collage but Julien Pacaud's work is a perfect example of how effective the medium can be when it's done so amazingly well - clever compositions and strong colour pallettes.

Via animinimalism.

Wow! Jazz. A book cover by Cliff Roberts in 1955, for 'The First Book of Jazz'. Found in davidgeorgepearson's Flickr Photostream, where you can also see illustrations from the inside of the book.

I've seen a lot of talk about Sam Weber recently, husband of the previously mentioned Jilian Tamaki

I really love his work, a move skewering the human photocopier approach to rendering and bringing in some very powerful use of negative space.

I will gladly admit he's very much one for me rather than Z.



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Christmas is coming soon - here's some fabulously festive work by Karolin Schnoor to get you into the spirit of things (click to view larger size). Visit her website to enjoy equally great and non-Christmas related illustrations!

Noma Bar's work is very intelligent indeed - his use of negative space is incredibly effective.

Via Existing Visual.

Enjoying the retro chic illustration and design work of Norway's Darling Clementine.

Via FFFFOUND!

This painting at Nucleus Gallery by Yoko Tanaka made me smile. It is entitled "Passport of Pawland for Zinfandel".

A vintage 'Space Age' illustration, courtesy of Will S. on Flickr. They (and by "they", I refer to the good people of 1957) reckoned that we would live like this in 1989.

I feel somewhat cheated.

Via WellMedicated, where there are many more vivid visions from the 1950s.

DKNG Studios are Dan Kuhlken and Nathan Goldman. I was particularly impressed by their perfect portfolio of posters (drawn in by an image on FFFFOUND!, as per usual).

I have set up a shop on Etsy selling some of my illustration work as prints - check it out at www.zaraillustrates.etsy.com!

Enjoying the 'Project Snack' updates from Noel Tanner's Flickr photostream. Some excellent work on his website, too.

Just came across the wonderful portfolio and blog of Heather Sloane - this illustration is especially clever.

Emiliano Ponzi's illustration work is very impressive - I found this image particularly striking.

Some awesome work on Fantazma Gloria, which you should go and look at right about now.

Canadian illustrator Miki Sato's work is so fresh and tactile-looking. This wonderfully surreal piece caught my eye on her blog.

The wonderful Design*Sponge have a great free desktop wallpaper design by Lena Corwin to download - go and download it now! It is beautifully detailed, just exquisite.

Alla Kinda sell all sorts of wonderful illustrated items which radiate happiness, as well as having a super Flickr photostream.

Via Where the Lovely Things Are.

I'm digging this image by New York-based graphic artist Nicholay Saveliev.