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McCarty, Peter. (2006). Moon plane. New York: Henry Holt & Co.

[This guy has made it to the favorites list on the left - his stuff is just so soft and mysterious. As with the Dillons below, I can spot one of his illustrations on a book jacket from 30 paces.]







Bradbury, Ray. (2000). Switch on the night. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

[Chose this one not because it's by Ray Bradbury but because the illustrations are done by two of my new favorite illustrators, Leo & Diane Dillon. What's there to say about them? Their stuff is so instantly recognizable that I spot them all around the library all the time - they've done a million book jackets. They've apparently, done a bunch of science fiction covers, which, if you look at their stuff, makes perfect sense. In addition, they're stuff can be seen on a lot of books focusing on Africans and African Americans. Surreal and mystical with an intense and gorgeous color palette, the Dillons are masters of shading to show depth and are brilliant at combining different hues of the same color in the same illustration. Stunning stuff.]

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