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Leif studied art at Sheridan College in Brampton, Ontario. After graduation, he worked as a renderer at an advertising agency in Toronto.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/people/leifpeng/?rb=1 About Leif Peng.] ''Flickr''. Retrieved February 13, 2017.</ref> After the passing of a colleague named "Bud", Leif received a filing cabinet full of illustration clippings from ''{{wp|The Saturday Evening Post}}'', ''{{wp|Esquire (magazine)|Esquire}}'' and other well-known magazines at the time. Over the years, Leif was often "pouring through Bud's files" for ideas and inspiration for his own illustrations. In the early 2000s, he decided to scan a 1950s pin-up girl illustration and email it to several friends, with the subject line "Today's Inspiration", which was met with much enthusiasm, and the email list grew over the next two years. | Leif studied art at Sheridan College in Brampton, Ontario. After graduation, he worked as a renderer at an advertising agency in Toronto.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/people/leifpeng/?rb=1 About Leif Peng.] ''Flickr''. Retrieved February 13, 2017.</ref> After the passing of a colleague named "Bud", Leif received a filing cabinet full of illustration clippings from ''{{wp|The Saturday Evening Post}}'', ''{{wp|Esquire (magazine)|Esquire}}'' and other well-known magazines at the time. Over the years, Leif was often "pouring through Bud's files" for ideas and inspiration for his own illustrations. In the early 2000s, he decided to scan a 1950s pin-up girl illustration and email it to several friends, with the subject line "Today's Inspiration", which was met with much enthusiasm, and the email list grew over the next two years. | ||
In 2005, Leif began his "Today's Inspiration" internet blog, which allowed him to annotate the posts with his own thoughts as well. As interest and popularity in the blog grew, Leif developed an interest in learning about the business and artists behind the mid-20th | In 2005, Leif began his "Today's Inspiration" internet blog, which allowed him to annotate the posts with his own thoughts as well. As interest and popularity in the blog grew, Leif developed an interest in learning about the business and artists behind the mid-20th century classic magazine images. He began collecting his own magazine material, either sourcing them online or through second-hand bookstores. Leif has been contacted by "dozens" of family members of the artists of the illustrations, and sometimes even by the artists themselves. He has spent time researching, interviewing and writing about mid-20th century illustrators, even crowdfunding an artwork book showing the work of Ken Dallison, a prolific car and truck illustrator.<ref>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1502319432/ken-dallison-a-life-in-illustration Ken Dallison - A Life in Illustration] ''Kickstarter''. Retrieved February 13, 2017.</ref> | ||
Other than blog posting and research, Leif has worked in promotional marketing and logo design for corporations such as {{wp|Nestlé}}, school textbook illustrations for the Oxford University press, and children's book covers and interior illustrations for [[Nintendo]] and HarperCollins. | Other than blog posting and research, Leif has worked in promotional marketing and logo design for corporations such as {{wp|Nestlé}}, school textbook illustrations for the Oxford University press, and children's book covers and interior illustrations for [[Nintendo]] and HarperCollins. | ||
