Ben Jones

http://www.benjonesillustration.com/
http://illustrationbenjones.blogspot.com/
I love black and white print +collage illustrations.

Patricia Tewel

http://www.flickr.com/photos/patriciatewel/
I love Patricia Tewel's child like free drawings. Her collages are great too!

From an essay by Wang Pi (226–249) about the I Ching:

From an essay by Wang Pi (226–249) about the I Ching:

The words are that which clarify the images; obtaining the images, one forgets the words. 

The images are that which maintain the meaning; obtaining the meaning, one forgets the image. 

Similarly, a trail is how you catch a hare. Once you have the hare, you forget the trail. 

Traps are how you catch a fish. Once you have the fish, you forget the trap. 

In this way, then, words are the trail of images, and images are the traps of meaning.

Because of this, one who stores up the words is not one who obtains the images. 

One who stores up the images is not one who obtains the meaning. 

The images are born from the meaning, which is stored in the images. 

Thus what is stored is surely not the images.

The words are born from the images, which are stored in the words. 

Ths what is stored is surely not the words.

My teacher Lissa sent me this essay. I think words and images are like good friends.
They dance together. Some times, one just listen or speak louder than each other. 

Fabrice Houdry

I love graphical images. I found Fabrice Houdry's images are strong and simple.  I love the colors and primitive shapes.

http://fabricehoudry.blogspot.com/

Children's illustration gallery and Agency sites

kidshannon.com
http://bareps.com/

http://www.illustrationmundo.com

http://www.childrensillustrators.com/

http://www.illoreps.com/

http://www.writershouseart.com/

http://www.larkworthy.com/

http://www.heartagency.com/

http://www.book-by-its-cover.com/category/childrens

http://www.lindgrensmith.com/

http://www.plumpuddingillustration.com/

http://www.mbartists.com/

illustrationfriday.com

http://www.prospectagency.com/

Penguin Art Director Giuseppe Castellano, recommended these websites in SCBWI Oakland conference. He also told us that he often goes to Comicon, too.  :)
Thank you Giuseppe Castellano!

additional link I found from SCBWI resources.
www.agentquery.com

Hiraoka Masanobu’s animation

jeregarde.com

10 Best Children’s Books

http://childrensbooksguide.com/top-100

This is from childrensbook guide. 

10 Best Children’s Books

Where the Wild Things Are: Author Maurice Sendak offers a tale of suspense, action, and fun, with this story about a young boy named Max who wears a wolf suit to bed. Max has been naughty and is sent to bed without any dinner. The real adventure begins with the forest growing and creatures appearing as wild and free. Being wild with the wild things can be tiring, as Max discovers on his adventure. As things begin to happen in his room, creatures appear that are a cross between scary and funny. Winner of the Caldecott Medal and listed in the ‘Best Illustrated Children’s Books” for many years, this is a winner worth a look. Illustrations that will grab your eye and a written tale that will draw you and your children back again and again are what this story has to offer. Adventure, artwork, and fun are all wrapped up in one small package here.

The Giving Tree: It has been said that the true example of love is being willing to give of one’s self for the benefit of another. Shel Silverstein tells the story of love between a boy and a tree that is an example of this sacrificial love. From the time the boy is young and needs shade as he plays to growing up and being allowed to climb in her branches to the time when he is older and wants something that may mean the end of the tree, the tree keeps on giving to him- out of love. Though there are many ways to interpret this story, the true message of love shines through. Even when the boy is an old man and long after the tree has been cut down, what is left of the tree is still giving. The old man, once the little boy who played under the tree, now uses the stump of the tree to rest on. Click on read more !