i stumbled across the work of illustrator and graphic designer Diana Köhne. Like myself, Köhne studied communication design. 

(if you're unfamiliar with what communication design is, wikipedia explains it a lot better than I would.)

anyways, i love Köhne's style. her stuff is awesome. colorful. whimsical. 

according to her blog, each drawing starts as a "loose thrown-up pencil curl.…

i've been spending way more time than i'd care to admit looking at egon schiele's landscapes. and i love them. and you should, too.

i love his whimsical style, which is just as interesting in his landscape pieces as it is his portraiture. 

his stuff is just so captivating! the color, the loose line work, everything. amazing. 

if you wanna check out more of his stuff, head on over to …

i'll be honest, i'm here because i'm avoiding all the actual stuff i need to do. but i guess if you're here, you're probably also evading a Real Life Obligation™.

lately i've been pretty unexplainably passionate about Bibendum, commonly referred to by his street name, The Michelin Man.

specifically vintage Michelin ads. there's something undeniably likable about them …