Girl Distracted

Hey, in my defense, I had a lot of visiting family to keep company over the holidays to properly sit down and blog. But what better way to start 2010 than to admire these charming illustrations by Esther Arrts from the Netherlands.

via Grain Edit

Commercial for Mary & Matt’s Chocolate Editions. Love the illustrations.

If you love fun facts and mostly useless information, or planning to be a Jeopardy contestant, then you’d love this website. It’s kinda a digital version of a page-a-day calendar… Neat-o!

Doodling last night for you know who.

I didn’t think it was possible to fall in love with a website until I stumbled upon Live Now. It’s an ongoing project led by illustrator/graphic designer Eric Smith, who, with the help of many artists, encourages people to live in the now. Inspirational indeed!

Odosketch is a free flash drawing application – so you can start your own digital sketchbook of sorts.

Currently coveting this Charley Harper book, a collection of his colorful, fantastical illustration work. Rumor has it, there will be a cheaper version coming out in the fall. Wishlist!

New Zealand graphic designer Ellen Gigenbach’s paper art designs.

via Print & Pattern