Monday Matticchio - Il Mostro

Sunday Safari - The Chicken & the Egg

G. Douanne propaganda poster,1916

thanks to trialsanderrors

And the chicks, of course.

Mariacininha, Comunidade

Marietje Vitteveen, De Gouden Haan, 1940

thanks to BibliOdissey

Mai Miturich, illustration from The Rainbow Book by Samuil Marshak, 1974,

thanks to art.crazed

Vyacheslav Legkobit illustration, 1976,

found thanks to Kickcan and Conkers

Eva Johanna Rubin, illustration for 3 x 3 three by three by James Kruss, 1963, 

thanks to eliz.avery

Hollie Wright, thanks to Art Finds

K. Kalinichevoy, illustration from 1962 Soviet book

Christopher Wormell

Jim Flora, Little Hatchy Hen

George Him cover from Graphis Annual 1961–62, 

thanks to the amazing Sandi Vincent, now a contributor at Aqua-Velvet

Saul Steinberg

Francesco Bongiorni

Elephants & Butterflies

Un milione di farfalle is a 2007 book written by Edward van de Vendel and illustrated by Carll Cneut.

I photographed its beautiful pages a year ago, and they have been waiting in my iPhoto archives way too long!

The story describes the strange adventure of growing up and falling in love for the first time. 

The young elephant Stach starts seeing butterflies. His parents explain that this sign means

 that he has to leave the security of his home and go travel the world. Alone, Stach starts

looking for someone who can also see butterflies and share what he is going through.

 When he finally meets a special someone, all the butterflies flutter in his stomach...

 Born in Belgium in 1969, Cneut studied graphic design and worked as the art director of an advertising agency

 until 2000, when he decided to dedicate himself full time to illustrating. Since his 1996 debut, his children's

books have won many awards and have published around the world. Un milione di farfalle is available

in Italian, French, German, Spanish and other languages, while as far as I know there is no English edition yet.

The Other Side

Worms. What an a–mazing life. 

This animated short was directed in 1993 by Mikhail Aldashin at Pilot studio.

Monday Matticchio - Nice dress