What is Illustration? Part 2: Practitioners

Here are five illustrators whose work is mostly generated for agencies or client;

Adrian Tomine
From his New York Drawings book which were originally made for the New York Times Magazine, I really enjoy Tomine's work. He has a great understanding of composition and colour which I greatly admire. 

Eleni Kalorkoti 
Kalorkoti is an Illustrator who creates client based work predominantly, although she does create self published work also. She seems to be very aware of shape and manipulates it to create very evocative imagery.

Noma Bar
Although considered a graphic artist, Noma Bar's work still displays much use of illustration. Working for the agency Dutch Uncle, Bar makes pieces for clients by expertly using shape and space, often playing on people's preconceptions to fill the empty space within his work.

Lyndon Hayes
I think Hayes illustrations, with their incomplete feel and loose line work, are amazing. Again, working with the Dutch Uncle agency, Hayes has created work for clients such as Esquire, FHM and Time magazine.

Shout
Real name Alessandro Gottardo also works with Dutch Uncle and has created pieces for Modern Library publishers among others, however most of his work is created for exhibition use. Gottardo's work is very reliant on space and he expertly uses compositional elements such as layering to create depth, and positions elements to be the main focal point of an image.