Artist: James Jean

James Jean's work is featured on the latest cover of Giant Robot Magazine and I fell in love instantly with the painting. He was born in Taiwan but moved to the US at the age of 3 and currently works out of L.A. From what I can tell, he is most well-known for his work on Fables, a Vertigo comic that is definitely very different from the usual Marvel or DC fare (think more along the lines of Sandman-which is also vertigo). His work is beautiful and incorporates a kind of fantasy world which I can only grasp at in my own imagination (I'm working on that). The interview in GR makes him sounds pretty chill and laid back, definitely a person I'd like to meet. It talks a lot about the current work he's done for Prada, including the New York Wallpaper which aparently has attracted more visitors than any other wallpaper...woot woot for illustrators on that point.

In any case. All I can really say is LOVE!

Artist: Tim Biskup

The animator/painter/toy creator Tim Biskup is pretty neat. He work(ed?) at cartoon network on a show called 'Time Squad' which I never really watch but his style reminds me a lot of some of my favorite CN shows, 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends' and 'Samurai Jack.' His website explains that CN animators work a lot together and often draw inspiration from each other's styles and the like-this makes plenty of sense. In any case, I can't say too much about his style except that I really love it. I've always sort of admired the blockier-square style of animation, if only because I'm too conscious of reality to actually accomplish it effectively (whatever that means-it makes sense to me anyway). I would totally buy his toys and clothing stuffs if I had the money and I didn't really want to save up for a Toki-Doki purse.

Niiice.