Andrew Bannecker (USA)

"I dream of digital ink on antique paper. Layering texture upon texture and telling a story." - Andrew Bannecker.

Source: Illustration Now! 3, 2009, First Ed. Julius Wiedemann, Germany: TASCHEN. (pp. 34-37)

• Andrew Bannecker Main Page
• Andrew Bannecker on Bernstein Andriulli (Agency)
• Andrew Bannecker on Outre Gallery
• on Juxtapoz Magazine
• Blog (has moved to his main page since 2012, June 25)
• on Designer Daily

Owen Davey (UK)

"My aim is to use colour, texture and pattern to create fun and entertaining images, perfect for engaging audiences in a friendly and informative manner." - Owen Davey

Source: Illustration Now! 4, 2011, Ed. Julius Wiedemann, Germany: TASCHEN. (pp. 86-87)

• Owen Davey Homepage
• Owen Davey on Blogger
• on Folio Illustration Agency
• *Interview on Lucinda's Picture Book Blog
• *Interview on 1973
• on Ballista Magazine
• on Graphic Tide
• *on Boys with Banjos (Studio Crush)

Anne Cresci (France)

"My work is kind of like a dream in which happiness and melancholia get mixed up. It's full of female figures, flowers, animals and many hidden details." - Anne Cresci.

Source: Illustration Now! 4, 2011, Ed. Julius Wiedemann, Germany: TASCHEN. (pp. 80-81)

• Anne Cresci Homepage on Blogger
• Anne Cresci on Vimeo (Self-Promote Video in French)
• on Colagene Illustration Clinic
• on Etsy Shop
• on 52 Aces
• on Creative Bite

Molly Crabapple (USA)

"My work is a hyper-detailed, Victorian-inspired meditation (=冥想、沉思) on sex, ambition, and artifice (=craftsmanship). With lots of curly lines." - Molly Crabapple.

Source: Illustration Now! 4, 2011, Ed. Julius Wiedemann, Germany: TASCHEN. (pp. 76-79)

• Molly Crabapple Homepage
• Molly Crabapple on Tumblr
• on Wikipedia Profile
• Interview by Pin Curl
• Molly Crabapple on Vice

Mark Ryden (USA)

• Mark Ryden Homepage
• on Wikipedia Profile
• Incarnation by Mark Ryden, on Youtube

• Mark Ryden on TASCHEN
• on Between Mirrors
• on Ferrebeekeeper
• on The Fox is Black

Nicoletta Ceccoli (San Marino, Italy)

"My illustrations play with contradictions. They are whimsical, but also disturbing, dreamlike and thought-provoking. Like the dark side of a nursery rhyme, a dream of lovely things with a hint of darkness." - Nicoletta Ceccoli.

Source: Illustration Now! 4, 2011, Ed. Julius Wiedemann, Germany: TASCHEN. (pp. 64-67)

• Nicoletta Ceccoli Homepage
• on Wikipedia Profile
• on Living Design
• on AFA Gallery Profile and Biography
• Interview of Nicoletta, by Arrested Motion
• on Daily Art Fixx
• on My Modern Met
• on Seven Impossible Things
• on Empty Kingdom
• on Indies Art
• on Youtube