Our last set of inspirational sites for the year should encourage you to keep a record of your daily dealings and look back on them fondly in an annual infographic report format.

Here’s a treat for the Thanksgiving and the holiday season that’s ramping up: freebies, bundles, and deals to help you create beautiful designs, all showcased on inspiring sites to boot.

In the spotlight this week are designs incorporating illustrations of birds in them. Let’s see how these sites featured our feathered friends.

Our featured designs for this week are of the creeping variety, a very popular design element for years now.

This week’s featured designs feature illustrations that set the mood and message of the product they’re peddling, much like a tableau.

This week’s featured designs use the not-so-common method of horizontal scrolling to tell their stories, each screenful a page or idea to absorb on your way to getting to know them fully.

This week’s crop of design inspiration all carry a traditional, handcrafted air about them with illustrations used in textbooks, journals, and storybooks.

This week’s Friday Focus shines the spotlight on designs with comic book-inspired aesthetic, each with its distinct take on the kick-butt art form. Check ‘em out after the jump!

Happy December Friday Focus! This week’s featured designs contain sketches and diagrams with a scientific slant, quite reminiscent of the drawings that Leonardo Da Vinci was renowned for.

This week’s Friday Focus features designs revolving around maps, both as embellishment and a tool.

This week’s Friday Focus features designs that incorporate the moon in them.

This week on Friday Focus, we’re looking at lovely visualizations embedded in designers’ portfolios. Infographics as standalone articles are the darling of the crowd these days, but using them to describe onself is another great use for them.