100 Illustrators is a 720-page artbook that features specially selected illustrators that have been featured in the Illustration Now! series that Taschan has published over the years.

I'm not sure about the selection criteria but it should be interesting to see what the artists have to offer. Some of them include Istvan Banyai, Gary Baseman, Seymour Chwast, Paul Davis, Brad Holland, Mirko Ilic, Anita Kunz, Christoph Niemann and more.

The book is already out on Amazon UK, and will be out elsewhere in Feb 2014.

100 Illustrators can be pre-ordered at Amazon (US | CA | UK | DE | FR | IT | ES | JP | CN) and Book Depository (US | UK)

Simply Messing About is a pretty cool art blog created by several children book illustrators, namely Tracy Bishop, Christina Forshay, Renee Kurilla and Laura Zarrin.

It has tutorials, interesting projects, tips and interviews. It should appeal to those who like or create children illustrations.