Who are today's "illustration giants"? It seems

Sakimi

Jaime Jones made everyone want their digital paintings to look more natural. Most people still can't really figure that shit out.

Maciej Kukoobookulalala made everyone give up and just photobash.

>>2551461
Fuck off

mark crilley

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Ilya Kuvshinov

>>2551472
Her faces make my dick explode.

>>2551480
>her

nose bro

Gary Baseman, possibly?

MIKE

MIGNOLA

>>2551480
Ilya's a male name m8.

I'd throw James Jean into the ring

>>2551644
I think that's a voice actor.

Kim Jung Gi

I'm thinking Phil Hale would work, though he's now doing fine art stuff and not illustration.

>>2551464
Hm, he had a huge impact but it was very brief. He seems to be out of the spotlight now. He could count though.

>>2551644
More comics isn't he? But yeah.

>>2553134
That's a good one.

>>2553272
He's not an illustrator. His impact is large, yes, but that's more for his visual memory and the way he draws than the finished images.

Jim Lee

I know James Gurney isn't doing too much now, except making pertty rad instructional videos, but should he be included?

Some of his dinotopia works are masterpieces

>>2553282
>Hm, he had a huge impact but it was very brief. He seems to be out of the spotlight now. He could count though.

really? i figured he just keeps a low profile because a guy like him doesn't really depend on exposure anymore to get the good jobs. i would kill to know his rate though.

>>2553463
That might be it. My personal theory is he is a family man now and focused on that more than his career, which is pretty stable at this point. It is pretty obvious though he doesn't post new things online ever. All the stuff from the last few years has been released by companies who use his stuff, not him. Unfortunately with the exception of his Destiny work, a lot of his newer stuff hasn't been mindblowing.

As for his rates, they are probably high but nothing insane. Now that he's doing work in film more he's probably making a larger amount though. He still does some mtg cards though which only pay in the 1-2k range from what I hear.

Tara McPherson has been in quite a few books on contemporary illustration that I've purchased over the years, if that's something.

>>2553296
He still illustrates for magazines like Scientific American and National Geographic, mostly paleo-art.

Sachin Teng

In a decade maybe?

>>2551459

That feel when no european or non-asian ITT.

>>2551459
Me

>>2551459
personally i'd say Mullins, Ruan Jia, Jaime jones, maybe HGJ.
People like Sakimi, Ilya and Kwon will also go down in the books but not for necessarily being good but for earning big bucks i think

What about people who made instructional books with big impacts?
Gurney & Scott Robertson come to my mind.

>>2551459
>It seems in the past there were people who were huge figures even in their day, and everyone knew their massive impact and that they would be remembered in art history. I
well that's it anon...that was all judged after those decades were over. we will only ever know the giants in hindsight, this thread may be full of false gods for all we know. real life has much less of a narrative than history classes tend to feed you

>>2551644
this is a very good answer actually

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>>2551459

I think there's no such thing as 'the greats' anymore. Nowadays there's basically 'the greats' of any imaginable subgenre. For instance, you have the greats of editorial, the greats of childrens books, the greats of entertainment design, the greats of animation, the greats of sci-fi/fantasy books, etc etc.

I know of some wildly successful illustrators that make a shitton of money and you never hear their name on /ic/ (or anywhere else for that matter).

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gregory manchess

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petar meseldzija

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seconding phil hale

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яceн гюзeлeв - he is awesome

Not exactly today's but Dan Struzan and Giger

>>2551644
Yeah, he's also done variant covers for some classic novels. For comic artists I'd go with Bill Sienkiewicz too.

Moebius

>>2561651

He ded

>>2556581
By the gods, that's fucking great....

>>2551480
>faces
>plural

it's the same face every time.
but me too