Diana Beltrán Herrera loves to seek the relationship between animal and nature with her down-to-earth tools – her hands and paper. Her enthusiasm has thus given birth to a series of exquisite paper birds which, if you didn’t pay enough attention, may easily be mistaken for a live one.

Now come forth and enjoy with us these 10 exotic bird sculptures that do not imitate, but emphasize the sheer beauty of birds and nature surrounding them.

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Heron. As you can see in this exquisite paper bird, not only is Diana’s technique elegant, she also has a phenomenal sense of color.

Turaco. There’s no shortcut to Diana’s surreal paper birds; she simply handcrafted them feather by freaking feather.

Flamingo. Ever made a 3D origami paper swan? Now imagine how much work went into this.

Crane. It’s not just about the shapes, but only a skilful artisan’s hands can nail this beautiful crane.

Lesser. Even by just looking at it, you can already feel the soul in Diana’s works.

Quetzal. Exquisite, precise, rich are the words to describe this Quetzal and its colorful feathers

Disecciones. Ever wonder what these paper birds have inside? Something that amazes you even more!

Great Gray Shrike & Great Tit. Diana is always keen on fostering movement and relationship between animals, and that’s the spirit that makes her birds so believable.

Blue Spirit. I wouldn’t be surprised if these paper birds spread their wings and fly, just look at how seamlessy they blend into the nature.

Golden Hummingbird. This bird has every potential to become a killer commercial product, but Diana does not care about money. She’s one of those warriors who honor passion above all.

Even though I’m not particularly a bird lover, I’m already in love with Diana’s bird sculptures and would love to see more of them. If you feel the same, rejoice, as you can view more paper birds in her Flickr stream.

Tumblr is great social service that allows you to create your own blog, customize it, and fill it with your content in no time. Moreover, Tumblr lets you share the artworks and images that you like. Lots of people around the globe appreciate it for its user-friendly and elegant design.

It is also a great place to find great design ideas and inspiration for new creative ones. In this post is a list of 20 of the most inspiring Tumblr blogs for designers. Here you’ll find blogs covering graphic design, art, illustration, technology, typography, photography, and more.

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We hope you will be able to find one that will push you to innovate and create more beautiful masterpieces. Name your favorites in the comments section!

1. Curioos. This awesome Tumblr blog consists a collection of digital artworks from the designers all around the globe. Graphic design and illustration lovers will find tons of inspiration here.

2. EatSleepDraw. Drawing from the book “Eat, Pray, Love”, you as a designer should practice “Eat, Sleep, Draw”, right? It’s a magic online-gallery that brings you lots of artwork every week. The updates come hourly, so you definitely will not be bored.

3. Inspire Me Now. This blog is run by an experienced designer Szymon Blaszczyk. It was started back in 2007 and in all these years Inspire Me Now has accumulated tons of inspiring stuff here.

4. Gather. Gather is a blog by Georg Petschnigg. He is a co-founder of New York and Seattle-based FiftyThree company that develops tools for mobiles. His design background includes interaction and product design.

5. Michalva. Michalva is a showcase of curious Internet findings. You’ll find here everything you need: videos, packaging, print design, books and much more.

6. Designgram. Designgram is an incredible Tumblr blog that re-posts everything from Instagram tagged design, advertising, graphic design, and typography, hoping to give a worldly view to what people perceive as design.

7. Charlotte Audrey Owen-Meehan. If you have a love for color, Charlotte Audrey Owen-Meehan is a great source for popping inspiration. Thanks to the talent of the blog owner in finding the brightest of inspiration, once you open Charlotte Audrey Owen-Meehan you are instantly transported to summer.

8. Nae-Design. Nae-Design is an award-winning studio based in Sydney. It provides social media, graphic and website design solutions. The blog is updated daily.

9. Short Inspiration. Founded in 2012, Short Inspiration is a blog about graphic design. The most badass kind. Get excited!

10. Daily showturation. Daily showturation is focused on maintaining a high level of great design inspiration to share around the world.

11. Gouache Collective. The Gouache Collective collects the art of the new generation from illustrators, students, and artists who use gouache. This blog is curated by Russell Rabanal and Sarah Stovolosky.

12. The Made Shop. The Made Shop is a great blog curated by a great group of designers. All the images here are divided into three categories: objects, architecture, and graphic design. Everything ranging from branding to website designs, you’ll find here.

13. Typostrate. The greatest typography from all over the web space is collected here. This is a blog about type and what you can do with it. It shows you passion and power of typography.

14. LeftyLens. LeftyLens is the Tumblr blog curated by Rei Mooney, a Hawaiian photographer. This blog features a selection of her photos, offering a snapshot into the life of a professional photographer.

15. Baunau. Here you’ll find inspiration for everything including gifts, design, photography and much more. The founder of this blog is Sebastian Andaur, who loves colors and works as a freelance designer.

16. Wallpaper. Wallpaper is an architecture, design, fashion, art and lifestyle magazine. Here’s a selection of images that inspire, entertain and will spark your interest.

17. Design:Related Gallery. Design:Related Gallery blog is run by the team behind Design: Related community.

18. We Love Illustration. The main goal of this Tumblr blog is to inspire and to motivate the art lovers from around the globe, in accordance with the title.

19. Beautiful Type. This Tumblr blog was created by two designers that share the same passion for typography, thus it’s all about typography here.

20. Quirksville. Quirksville is a Tumblr blog by duo Naomi Ray and Justina Bailey that features visually creative graphic design and illustration. There are a huge number of images regarding technology, design, art, and fashion.

Which Tumblr blog do you like most and why? Let us know of more great Tumblr blogs for inspiration.

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