As artists, we often take ourselves too seriously. We forget to improvise and to create something temporary, to play, to make and to simply just get our stuff out there for the world to enjoy.

This morning, Bortusk Leer gave me a good reminder of that with a BONK! on the head. Starting with his about page, where he playfully describes that he's born from, "the forbidden love between a one-legged trapeze artist and a retired communist party official turned dancing-ferret trainer." Mr. Leer draws fantastical childlike characters that typically have more than the average number of appendages. They bleed with color, on newspaper print, and are pasted around town (from Amsterdam to New York). Lucky you if you get to see one in the wild.

I first discovered Julia Grigorieva's artwork because of her colorful and playful patterns of cats, birds, dragons and a whole bunch more, but I recently came upon her sketchbook and got a peak into how fun and creative she is outside of her commercial illustration work. Everything she touches comes to life and makes you smile from ear to ear. Enjoy.

Ceskin’s doodles are as inviting and playful as an amusement park. I want to spend a day inside them to wander amongst the happy faces and savor the eye candy.

The moleskine pages from Maykel Nunes are consumed with doodles from corner to corner. The ink literally bleeds to the end of each spread and the content completely differs on every page turn.

The presentation of the work is simply wonderful too, as the context of each photo; from coffee beans to playing cards, make for great backdrops. Well done Maykel. See some selects »