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Recent personal illustration of Brock Lesnar; the former WWE wrestler and now UFC Heavyweight Champion. For more visit www.juansolon.com and www.donkeyjuan.blogspot.com!

Jonathan Cusick is a very talented illustrator and caricaturist whose work strikes a perfect balance between realism and comedy. Whether he’s drawing celebrities, politicians or just plain old every day folks, Cusick imbues them with a personality that, if only for the moment, makes them larger than life. His work has won accolades from the Association of Illustrators (AOI) and Design and Art Direction (D&AD). And he’s met the Prince of Wales. Now that’s something most illustrators don’t get to do…

Dah… sometimes words are just not enough to describe some things. Like Kyle T. Webster’s work. Apart from saying it’s super, which is a bit of an understatement. We really need to invent new words like ‘transfunkcoolalicious’ or something. And watch his YouTube video for some true guerilla marketing!

Oleg Portnoy’s work mainly shows up in editorial pieces, with his stylized caricatures driving home the point. Check out the Illustration 2 portfolio to get a glimpse at some of his other styles as well.

Australian cartoonist Jason Chatfield does a fantastic job of bringing humor to current events (although many of these are Australia-centric). He also does live-comedy performances. How he manages such diverse talents is a mystery to me.

Antony Hare is an extremely accomplished illustrator who has mastered the art of minimalistic caricature. His site hosts a massive collection of work, and is a jump off point to his art brands, blog and Flickr pages.

Jerihely Leal España produces some of the most amazing caricature work on the planet. It really takes talent to make something so bad and so good at the same time! His current exhibition includes a delightful rendition of Brad Pitt from Troy, wihch is probably quite befitting his performance in said movie…

While many caricaturists easily poke fun at the celebrities they depict, Blake Loosli’s pictures let them retain their finer qualities as well. Blake keeps a blog with with some of his sketches too.