Jeff Soto.

I am a big fan of monsters. In particular Jeff Soto's work on them. The eyes he gives these little guys are (to me) so expressive I see human in them. They look so harmless but, upon closer inspection you can see that Soto is really trying to convey the life and strife of whatever characters -or whom ever- inspire life into these little creatures. It reminds me of something Paul Budnitz (creator of KIDROBOT) would love to turn into a collectible little toy. If you men don't know each other already, you should talk...