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1. Aesop Illustrated Since November, at the design company I work at, we've been immersed in the land of nursery rhymes and poems as we illustrate large scale posters for the primary elementary school classrooms. I got pretty excited to see how other artists are tackling these poems and fables in the modern world. See more of Denise Gallagher's work on Aesop Illustrated on For Print Only, or check out her site. 2. Brave the Woods' Target Gift Cards Design I always have the hardest time picking out which gift card design I like best

 
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1. Lettering Index Feeling so very thankful to Brad Woodard for sharing this wonderful lettering resource! The Letter Index is a jackpot of letters and words in a variety of styles from script to logo to hand made. It's just amazing. Quite often I'm asked to write out someone's name and just my handwriting will be used for their logo. That's quite a lot of pressure on my little pen and me, so this will be a hand resource to look up interesting and new ways of adding flourishes to make their letters a little more unique. I'm going to start pinning some right away! See my Handwriting, Lettering and Calligraphy board here. 2. The Hidden Sea For another jaw dropping typo-centric piece, I'm loving Jon Contino's new type and illusration work for The Hidden Sea‚ it's just gorgeous! I'm already a big fan of Jon Contino, especially his other nautical inspired designs, but this just blows them out of the water (pun intended)

 
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1. Pixar Logo Animations This was fun to watch, seeing how far one the greatest (next to Disney of course) animation studio ever, Pixar, has come over the decades. Found via Brand New. 2. Lesley Barnes I was really drawn to the illustration work of Lesley Barnes. Each piece made me smile, from the characters to the saturated colors. Found via Design Work Life. 3. Mohawk Paper Another Design Work Life find, shows such an inspiring video to get to work, with your hands, making high quality crafts. See more from Mohawk Paper. What will you make today? 4. Biz Ladies Profile: Dana Tanamachi Yet another week where I have to mention Dana Tanamachi, but this girl is just all over the place. And she is such an inspiration. In response to a question regarding starting your own business, she said: Know your strengths. If you’re good at something, you’ll usually be passionate about it. Typically, we look at it from the other way around, but sometimes (and if we’re honest) we’re not that great at everything we’re passionate about. And in starting a business, we’ve got to be realistic. Both passion and skill have got to be there! Read the whole interview here on Design*Sponge. 5. Art Display Frame I

 
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1. The Progression of Storytelling Really enjoyed this short video found on Brave the Woods! Joe Sabia has great storytelling skills—all using his iPad to supply the visuals. Just watching made me so excited to create and read and learn and share! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did or at least I hope it brings a smile to your face this Friday morning! 2. Once in A Lullaby Adorable poster by The Heads of State (and congrats on the new site!)

 
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