City skies are rarely as beautiful as the ones you can see in the countryside, but when Thomas Lamadieu draws into those  skies, they suddenly become much more interesting.

A fun project by Tata & Friends, a set of icons that illustrate the names of famous rock bands.

Those of you who are long time subscribers may remember my elephant alphabet, which I also shared on Designer Daily. Now the cute elephant is back to cheer you up when you take your showers.

Eric Chow, a London-based illustrator from Hong Kong. After graduated from London College of Communication in 2012, he has been working as a graphic designer in London and building up his illustration collection at the same time.

This collaborative project invites illustrators to participate in a never-ending illustration.  Each illustrator adds to the piece in sequence while only being allowed to see a small part of what the previous illustrator contributed. The result is pretty cool.

An illustrated poster that was created by The Empire for the movie The Double. The creation process is also quite interesting. The sketching was made in illustrator, then shades and textures were added in Photoshop. Finally, an illustrator was hired to give the handdrawn feeling.

Chicks & Type is a beautiful illustration project by Simone Massoni. It takes the shape of popular fonts, then use some vintage pin-up illustrations whose style matches the font. I love almost everything about this project: the choice of fonts, the illustrations and the use of colors/textures.

If Game of Thrones can be a bit too violent or rough for you, these illustrations by Olly Moss should make you feel better about the show.

Jean Jullien is a French graphic designer living and working in London. He comes from Nantes and did a graphic design degree in Quimper before coming to London. He graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2008 and from the Royal College of Art in 2010.

Tang Yau Hoong is an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In this series, he played with lamps and lights to create surreal illustrations.

Spectacular illustrations of nature’s finest predators by Maxim Shkret, a Russian designer. The illustrations were created using 3D software and a lot of patience.

Homa Delvaray is an Iranian graphic designer and illustrator. Her illustrations make great use of typography and work great in posters.

Kerby Rosanes‘ sketches contain a really impressive level of details, as well as a good dose of humor. Don’t miss his tribute to Myiazaki.

Most of Don Kenn’s drawings are made on the side of his work as a writer and director of television shows for kids. He draws mostly monsters with a sharpie on… post-it notes.

This line-based logo design is great by itself, but it’s even better when you see the whole design process. The color scheme works very well and fits perfectly to the illustrations. This redesign was created by Denis Bashev of Moscow, Russia.