Tara McPherson

Tara McPherson is an illustrator in New York, famous for her "art about people". She has done poster art and illustrations for advertising, editorial and comics. Her fine art has been in galleries in new york, california and germany, and will be in a gallery in texas in march. She's even been featured in the film Juno. I love the comic book covers featured on her website and her poster art, because they're always so creative.

Her website is taramcpherson.com

Blaine Fontana

Blaine Fontana is an artist in Portland, Oregon. His work includes paintings, sculpture, mixed media illustrations and various graphic design projects. He's been featured in several galleries, mainly in California, and was recently chosen to create a concept car for scion. The brightly colored pieces are usually pretty strange, sometimes with an asian influence; my favorites are his mixed media pieces.
Go to his website here.

Scott Musgrove

Scott Musgrove's work includes "Paintings of Previously Unknown but Now Extinct Animals and Plants" and the comic/cartoon Fat Dog Mendoza, which has aired in roughly 50 countries throughout the world. He has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles and Seattle.

I really like his unusual creations and creative concepts. You can usually see a hint of a recognizable animal (or two or three or four) in his characters, and yet they're completely his own. & The amount of detail in the paintings enthralls me. It's like you can reach right into it and feel the animal... if it doesn't bite you. It's amazing, go buy a print now.

His website is scottmusgrove.com