This is one of my favourite illustrators, I love how he can draw to fit the purpose. In his beautiful, fantastical, detailed drawings he can really engage the audience, he makes you want to see and explore the worlds he shows. In the reverse for his children's books simplifies his drawings right down while still managing to keep the essence of his work. He also does political cartoons which is where you can really tell how good he is at conveying the concept.
Teagan White
Sometimes I think that her work can seem a little twee, when it comes to her children's illustrations, because of this I tend to really prefer her drawings that are of animals over those of children. In the animals she gets the balance just right, making it cute rather than overpoweringly so. What I really think makes her work great is her line detail on the animals but I think they lack the narration that makes others so interesting.
David Roberts
David Roberts has the same ability as Chris Riddell to engage the audience, his pieces have a real sense of narrative to them. I find his black and white illustrations particularly beautiful and intriguing.
Jon Klassen
Jon Klassen's work is relatively recent to me, I grew interested in seeing more of it after reading one of his children's books. He has a wonderful capture of light and dark which is possibly why I enjoy them so much. He also has that same narrative as the other two.
Luigi serfini - Codex Seraphinianus
I have not seen any of his other work but I love the encyclopaedic nature of this book he created. He created a whole language for his book and said that he wanted his alphabet to convey the sensation that children feel in front of books they cannot yet understand, I also believe that in doing so he ensured that the reader would focus on the drawings themselves. As well as the language he created a parallel world and everything it contains. What I particularly love about this is the varying stages of strangeness and how with no legible text you become so very curious for answers you will never receive.
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