Tag Archives: illustration

Nocturnal-Devil

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Talk Like a Pirate Day 2007

Once more it’s time to celebrate the International Talk Like a Pirate Day. And I will do it on my way, sharing links, since I don’t have any pirate costume. Catster and Dogster users are also participating of this special … Continue reading

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Vintage Matchbook Labels

A very coloured collection of Vintage Matchbook Labels from the 1950s and 1960s, from East Europe: Czech, Hungary and Estonia. The Flickr set was created by Linzie Hunter, who had a hard work, “painstakingly boring” work as she said, of … Continue reading

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Yannick Thomé

The French illustrator Yannick Thomé has an adorable illustration blog. The blog isn’t frequently updated, but the archive with cute illustrations worth a visit. The kids will love the his blog, specially the category Pour les petits with illustration for … Continue reading

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French ballooning and parachuting history cards

The image set Early flight at Wikipedia contains two beautiful series of French collecting cards with pictures of events in ballooning and parachuting history. The series contain images of events from 1783 to 1846. Printed between 1890 and 1900 by … Continue reading

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Patrick Hitte

What a lovely image: a gorgeous brunette in a “café”and a marvellous Paris Métro exit in Art Nouveau style. The enclosed exit of Porte Dauphine station with the “Metropolitain” word really exists and it was designed by Hector Guimard in1899. … Continue reading

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Musicotherapie

Musicotherapie is a funny schizophrenic French animation presenting the director of a mental institute neurotic with all kind of noises. To make it worse, the insane patients start to compose a music with noises and fuss in the kitchen. This … Continue reading

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Gribouillblog

A suggestion of blog to subscribe: Gribouillblog, the illustration blog of Marie Margo. The posts, with pretty illustrations and cartoon sequences, about events and quotidian situations, are quite funny. But some French is required.

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Heather Houghton

Animals are always a great inspiration to artists. Heather Houghton knows that and creates the most adorable paintings and illustrations with them. On her portfolio there are several super coloured and cute paintings with dogs, some with cats and even … Continue reading

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Blog Day 2007

Happy Blog Day to all of you. If you have no idea of what this is, here is a brief explanation: Blog Day was created with the belief that bloggers should have one day dedicated to getting to know other … Continue reading

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