Favorite Anime Artists

[mDuo13]

Hey, I thought - anime is art, right? So who are your favorite artists?

One of my favorites is Tony Taka. Apparently the guy does H-doujins and cgs, but that doesn't really interest me. However, his normal drawings are amazing. Examples:
Saber "fanart" scan
wallpaper of "After Sweet Kiss"

Takehito Harada, the main artist for Nippon Ichi Software:
Disgaea artwork
wallpaper of miscellaneous girl

I'm sure there are more but I don't know all that many of them by name.

[Spiritsnare]

Itaru Hinoue. She does character design for Visual Art's.

[Tsubasa]

Mitsumi Misato (Comic Party, Utawarerumono, Tenshi no Inai Jyuunigatsu, ToHeart2) - basically Leaf's most prolific illustrator and my overall favorite.  She creates the most moetic characters. <3  Her circle is known as "Cut A Dash!" and she works with Amaduyu Tatsuki, who also co-illustrated for all the above listed games.  I choose her over Amaduyu cause I prefer her distinct, however minor, differences.  And yes, I can distinguish between the two.
Samples: 1, 2

Nanase Aoi (Seraphim Call, Samurai Spirits OVA 2, Angel/Dust, Asuka 120%) - my former favorite illustrator.  I fell in love with her Samurai Spirits stuff more than anything else.  Nako rabu~!
Samples: 1, 2

Taka Tony (Shining Tears) - I'll let mDuo's description and samples take care of this one.

Komatsu "CO2A" Eiji (Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea, Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu, Maburaho, planetarian) - Cute.  What else can I say?
Samples: 1, 2

Carnelian (Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito, Kao no Nai Tsuki) - Some beautiful stuff.  It was basically her design of Lilith for Yamibou that put her on my list.
Samples: 1, 2

Honorable Mentions:
-Nanao Naru (D.C. ~Da Capo~, Sakura) Sample: 1
-Sasaki Mutsumi (Happy Lesson, Memories Off) Sample: 1

Those are the ones I can think of for now.  I may post more later.

[Sunara Ishi]

Iisaka Yukako among others...
Narumi Kakinouchi; The artist that does Vampire Princess Miyu
And the artist that does Sakura Taisen....

I also like most of the stuff from Leaf...

[mDuo13]

So far, I like a lot of those artists you guys have mentioned, most of whom I didn't know by name until reading your posts. Knowing is awesome.

Oh, I also forgot my favorite manga-ka and character designer for video games, Kosuke Fujishima (Oh My Goddess!, You're Under Arrest!, Tales of Phantasia, other Tales games, eX-Driver, etc.)
Samples: I wish I could find a scan of one of the amazing black-and-whites from the AMG manga, which are truly gorgeous.

Koge Donbo (Di Gi Charat, Pita Ten, A Little Snow Fairy Sugar, Kamichama Karin) is also someone whose character designs are so good, I can't help but enjoy her works.
Too lazy to find good samples. It's frustrating 'cause I used to have a ton but I lost them in my hard drive wipe.