My dear readers, I have some news I must share... it appears my time as a guest contributor will be coming to an end today. I have had a lot of fun sharing my finds with you all, I hope that you enjoyed them as well! For those of you who can't bare the separation you can always check out my blog for drawings everyday! I'm also on Twitter—don't be strangers!

When I first saw Shane Vorhaben's work I thought it must be digital. His line work is nearly flawless. I looked further and realized that many of his drawings were simply scanned from his Moleskine sketchbook—I was blown away.

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I recently came across the work of Valesca van Waveren through flickr. From her website I discovered she runs a small design studio called VALEZKI in Amsterdam. There must be something in the water there.

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I was so taken by Emma Kidd's drawings that I just started writing this post without first checking to see if she had already graced the pages of Doodlers Anonymous. It turns out her work has been shown here (Make It A Go) and rightly so. Since I pulled all of this together (and because the work is so great) we decided to post about Benconservato (aka Emma Kidd) once again!

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I first discovered Ryan O'Rourke's work at the Hartford Art School Faculty show. At the time we were both adjunct professors—so I was surprised I had not seen his work before. His hand-painted birdhouses are nothing short of fantastical. Rumor has it that Ryan's grandfather would build these birdhouses by hand and then give them to Ryan. After he had acquired the equivalent of a small birdie housing project Ryan decided to paint one of them—one turned into many. Ryan often makes custom birdhouses on commission as well. The one shown on the top right was actually made for my other friend Ryan (coincidence?) as a present for his wife Jessica.

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I found this amazing video on the Boston Biker blog. Even if you don't ride a bicycle I am sure you will love this short little film.

Grant Gilliland goes by the moniker, "The Gross Uncle." I am not sure exactly what that means—but I like it. Grant posts drawings on his flickr very often and I am always excited when they show up in my contacts' stream. His style is very recognizable, yet all of his work remains fresh.

While doing a little research I stumbled upon this great video (above) of Grant live-drawing a character. These are wonderfully gross too »