Japanese illustrator Maori Sakai has created a bunch of adorable animated GIFs with seasonal themes.
![Fun! Fun! Fall! - Animated GIF by Maori Sakai](https://blog.myarthaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Maori-Sakai_Art_04.gif)
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The illustrations are vignettes in soft colours. I think they have an almost vintage appeal; the detail and hatching almost mimics the effect of engraved printing but with a softer touch. I also really like the hand-lettered writing used in many of the drawings.
They perfectly capture the feeling of each season — the dog playing in a pile of leaves and the couple surrounded by falling leaves for autumn, an old-fashioned lemonade machine and a boat on the ocean for summer, and a series of several designs with bouquets, each titled Flower For You, for spring.
![Hello, Autumn! - Animated GIF by Maori Sakai](https://blog.myarthaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Maori-Sakai_Art_01.gif)
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![Coffee Books and Cats - Animated GIF by Maori Sakai](https://blog.myarthaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Maori-Sakai_Art_08.gif)
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![Soup - Animated GIF by Maori Sakai](https://blog.myarthaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Maori-Sakai_Art_05.gif)
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![Good Morning Handsome - Animated GIF by Maori Sakai](https://blog.myarthaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Maori-Sakai_Art_02.gif)
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![Have a Nice Day - Animated GIF by Maori Sakai](https://blog.myarthaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Maori-Sakai_Art_09.gif)
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![The Lemonade Machine - Animated GIF by Maori Sakai](https://blog.myarthaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Maori-Sakai_Art_06.gif)
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![Flower for You 3 - Animated GIF by Maori Sakai](https://blog.myarthaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Maori-Sakai_Art_03.gif)
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![Flower for You - Animated GIF by Maori Sakai](https://blog.myarthaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Maori-Sakai_Art_07.gif)
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