embroidery.

how amazing are these embroidered book covers created by jillian tamaki? they are beyond beautiful...i think my favorite is emma, but maybe that is because that is one of my favorite books hahaha. i might have to buy one of these when they come out in october!

lauren maurer.

these are gorgeous. these are just a few of my favorites...definitely check out her etsy shop!

erica sharp.

i am really loving these gorgeous illustrations by erica sharp! they are a combination of illustration and japanese washi paper. beautiful!

olimpia.

love these illustrations by olimpia zagnoli!

delicious.

i think that the illustrations in these ads are brilliant! i prefer the wolf as opposed to the shark...but i still think they are both great! the one thing is though is that i think that the copy could have been much stronger to help support these illustrations...but still think these are great!

linda & harriet.

i love all of the things in linda and harriet's shop! they use such cute images - i have their 2009 calendar, and at some point i want to get all of the pages framed! they have a new calendar coming out in august for 2011 and once you are done using it, they can be used as fun postcards - absolutely love their style!

&.

i thought this was fun!

luke bott.

i thought these illustrations were so fun! they are by luke bott...and he also does some really great logo work!

banneker.

i have actually mentioned this illustrator before...but i came across some more pieces that i really like again, so i thought i would share them! these are by andrew bannecker and i just love the style of his drawings!

wizard of oz.

i saw these illustrations over on jessica hische's blog...they are actually work from some of her students at the university of the arts in philadelphia. the assignment was to create cover illustrations and endpapers/bookplates for the wizard of oz. these are my favorites of the bunch:

city prints.

i have blogged about blanca gomez before (monsieur & mademoiselle)...but i once again came across more of her prints that i just love! love her illustration style!

doodles.

{from notebook doodles}

fruit alphabet.

today during my FINAL class of the semester...i was doing research for my capstone class (i will definitely post that project when i am finished) which is about fruits and vegetables and i found these cute, but also disturbing illustrations. hahaha so i thought i would share!

you can see the rest of the alphabet here where i found them!