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With a printmaking background behind him, Chris Koelle’s beautiful illustrations look both drawn and printed at the same time.

Jeff Kulak has a wonderful selection of past work on his site, collecting examples showing off both his design and illustration skills. Check out the Play section too for his personal and uncommissioned work.

Megan Russell’s illustrations look like they jumped out of an early 20th century picture book. Her lovely work, with touches of art nouveau and its fascination with mythology thrown in, are simply beautiful. Check out her interesting costume design illustrations too.

Michael Hacker is an illustrator and screen printer from Austria, where he is part of Atzgerei studio. His gig prints are excellent, be sure to check out the work done for various metal bands.

Monika Grubizna is studying serigraphy in art school, and her experience in printmaking spills over into her non-print work in the way of interesting textures and linework.

Brad Haubrich  has a nice portfolio of work that looks like it was influenced by traditional printmaking methods. His ‘Backwords’ CD work in particular stands out.

John Kenefic specializes in creating digital woodcut artwork, which retains the charm of old-style book illustrations while being contemporary in theme and color.

Seattle-based Sasha Barr creates fine print-based illustrations and posters with minimal colors. I love the effectiveness of restricted palette artwork – as the old saying goes, sometimes less really is more. Check out his store for great (and affordable!) serigraph prints that would look great in any home.

Carrying on one of the oldest forms of illustration is Italian artist/illustrator Valeria Brancaforte. Armed with a degree in Slavic languages and a passion for printmaking, her illustrations fuse traditional printmaking techniques like linocuts with digital colors. Be sure to check out her hand made books!