Autumn Whitehurst

I've seen Autumn Whitehurst's illustration around the place, but it wasn't until I saw one of her pieces used as an illustration for a New Yorker short story recently that I looked her up. That's the first pic below. The cheesiness of it is just truly the greatest thing I've ever seen- it's like Klimt meets soft-porn. Wait. Nevermind.

Aubrey Longley-Cook

Hyper-achieving handy-crafter Aubrey Longley-Cook creates animations by stitching each frame. Pure insanity, but definitely entertaining.

 

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Alon Chou

More illustration, this time by Alon Chou. There's really only a couple of things on his site, but I love the expression and fantastic feeling of motion in this (click for big):

Kazuki Takamatsu

Kazuki Takamatsu is responsible for these bizarre conceptual works. They're done in gouache to mimic 3D renders. Of semi-hentai.

Il Lee

Classy ball-point pen drawings by Il Lee.

Sinix's Youtube Channel

Sinix is a concept artist previously employed by EA, FuZion and various other studios. Apart from being a very capable illustrator and a lovable character he has also provided free of charge this YouTube Channel. It has some awesome tutorials, giving a really clear insight into the way he creates vivacity in a painting. The portrait painting series is definitely worth a watch, and is filled with broadly useful information. Anyone who's tried to paint a lively and interesting skin-tone knows it's no easy task- in this series Sinix explains his own very effective method.

Thomas Woodruff

I'm fair crying with joy over these delightfuly freakish paintings by Thomas Woodruff. Click for big.