Sophie Blackall, a New York-based illustrator, takes mundane looking Craigslist's MissedConnections ads and illustrates them.
The idea behind the ads is so sweet and romantic but Craigslist's format does not leave too much room for daydreaming. Sophie picks the ads she likes the most and illustrates them.
For those of you unfamiliar with the MissedConnections section of the iconic ad site, it is a free service that people use to reconnect with someone that they might have glanced at briefly on the overcrowded train, or helped with the luggage and an hour later regretted not asking for their phone number.
As Sophie herself puts it: "Every day hundreds of strangers reach out to other strangers on the strength of a glance, a smile or a blue hat. Their messages have the lifespan of a butterfly. I'm trying to pin a few of them down"
