James Jean (born 1979) is a Taiwanese-American award winning artist and illustrator living in Los Angeles. He was born in Taiwan but and was raised in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey. He was educated at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Upon graduating in 2001, he quickly became an ac

Dreamy, Feminine, Illustration, Pastoral, Psychedelic, Surreal

Sendak is a writer and illustrator of children's literature. His first published illustration appeared in a textbook called Atomics for the Millions in 1947. Throughout the 50's his drawings were found in a number of children's books including the series Little Bear. His most noted work is Where t

Children's literature, Dreamy, Grotesque, Illustration, Mythic, Playful, Surreal

Edge Design has a flair for the playfully sophisticated pitch. They create images that are nuanced but cartoonish, displaying a concentrated yet accessible wit. Irony and contradiction animate their ideas, and their advertisements reveal the essences of products through simple, incisive metaphors. Th

Cartoonish, Charming, Clean, Clever, Layered

John Maeda is distressed at the state of the design arts. As upgrades in design software keep users in a constant state of tutelage, esteem tends to fall on those who master the app, not the craft. The conceptual innovations at the core of artistic creation lose out as software presents new tools to

Mathematical, Playful, Repetitive, Smart, The digital era