Kareena Zerefos is an Australian illustrator/designer, definitely one of my favorites.  She graduated with a degree in graphic design back in 2004 but has since picked up the pencil and now illustrates for some pretty big clients from MTV to her own personal shows all over the world.

Leanne Shapton is an artist, art director, illustrator, designer and publisher based in New York City. She is the co-founder, with photographer Jason Fulford, of J&L Books, an internationally-distributed imprint specializing in art and photography books. Leanne grew up in Toronto and attended McGill Univesity and Pratt Institute. After working at Harper's magazine and for illustator James McMullan, she began her career at the National Post where, by the age of 25, she was overseeing and art-directing the daily Avenue page, an award-winning double-page feature covering news and cultural trends. She went on to become art director of Saturday Night, the newspaper’s weekly news magazine.

She is an artist, art director, illustrator, designer and publisher you probably should know about.

http://leanneshapton.com/

Kevin Cornell is ridiculous, in a good way ridiculous. He recently posted on his work as the illustrator for a graphic novel adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. As always, it looks ridiculously good. The book is available for pre-order on Amazon.