Isol is a children’s book illustrator based in Buenos Aires, who has illustrated for several authors such as Jorge Luján, Graciela Montes and Paul Auster.

She has quite a following, and no wonder – her deceptively simple illustrations say so much. Everything on her website is in Spanish, so if you’re not as linguistically challenged as I am, you can also peruse her blog which has a collection of posters that she illustrated. (of course, I can always count on Babelfish to help me out!)

{Thanks to Yael for the introduction into her work!}

Loving the fun illustrations of Denise Gallagher. Her work has a predominantly muted palette of green, browns and grey; with a lot of textures and fine line work. What I love most is her ability to express the many facets of her characters through the rendering of their facial expression — now that’s a skill I’d kill for! Also worth a read: her About page with one of the loveliest bios I’ve ever read.

See her BigCartel shop for prints you can purchase!

Martin Lacko’s sketchbooks first caught my eye but after looking a little closer, his strange creatures and dark humor has me hooked. The Slovakian illustrator’s bold lines and unapologetic strokes bring life to his characters; while his sketchbooks are a lot more detailed – I wish there were more to see!