Victo Ngai

New York Based- Hong Kong born- world wide wicked!

Personally I find Victo's work gives me a slight Utagawa Kuniyoshi taste with a tinge of modern day but I could be way off, tell you what judge for yourself, you can see her work here: http://victo-ngai.com/#javascript or on her wonderfully candid and honest blog

Paul Blow

This is of course the work of illustrator Paul Blow. I first came across Paul's work at the

Pick me up exhibition at Somerset house. Paul's work is often witty and humorous but nearly always touches on deeper subject matter- which works as a perfect taster for topics that are usually too dark for imagery.

However, don't let me tell you that his work needs text to justify it as you can see from examples on his site or in his beautiful prints, Paul is able to express the intention behind the pieces clearly using only simple visual tools (perhaps best illustrated in his piece on Internet pornography). These elements form your intellectual stimulant but far from being a one trick pony his use of color and line make a decent aesthetic impression too.

feast your eyes on Paul's goodie bag here: http://www.paulblow.com/

Matthew Green

So theres this guy, Mathew Green and he's f**king awesome! anyone who says otherwise is a liar.

Told you so

Illustration Podcast

I found this little gem whilst searching for something to listen to whilst doing a spot of drawing. It is the
Escape from Illustration Island podcast and you can pap it on your itunes by clicking here and following the links. From the variety of usefull episodes you can check out talks with leading critics, historians and a multitude of artists, editors and illustrators. My favorite is episode 74 - intermission where you can hear musical hits such as "i might have to get a day job" and "illustration high coo".