So, Who Are Your All Time Favorite Inflation Artists and Why?

My favourite inflation artist: Myself

Big Horse is the first name that springs to mind. He does more furry than human, but holy cow, he gets the hourglass shapes right. I always look at his uninflated ladies and go "how can it get better than that? She already looks pumped up." And then it gets better.

It's been awesome to watch Critical Volume evolve over the years. His coloring/shading has come a long way; his pieces look very professional, and I like his sense of curves.

Ylandra made me eat my words when I said "Nobody does anything good in Poser." That's how we met -- I got some samples in my email and immediately retracted my statement. I'd simply never seen anybody use Poser with skill or restraint until then. Really opened my eyes.

TLink always makes me smile. That cartoony style is always a joy.

For similar reasons, I like Sven's work very much because it is downright happy. His facial expressions sell the fun of the inflation for me.

And I'm really starting to dig GrayofPTA.

Big Horse... as Inflate123 stated, but also because his pieces are always whimsical. Everybody involved looks like they're either enjoying themselves or that their look of surprise could easily turn into a smirk.

Champagne Moon. Her original "Donna's New Look" piece with the winking babe with her hand on the airtank is still my all time favorite.

Off the top of my head and in no particular order.

"Doc Swell" - Shocked that he hasn't already been mentioned, I guess because he's pretty much inactive these days.  Berry Girl was a monumental game-changer in inflation/blueberry art and still holds up extremely well a decade later.

0pik-0ort - One of the finest modern artists in the genre, IMO.  The painted style comes across really well.

KidQuetzal - Lumped in with 0pik-0ort for the same reasons, but he is not afraid to go places that 0pik-0ort will not.

Critical Volume - Huge props to this guy for really taking his talent up a few notches over the years.

Sickstar - On the list pretty much just because of the faces he draws for his characters.  Many artists lack that talent.

I'm sure I'm forgetting several.

Overall, there are quite a few pictures that I think are really well done, some of which I actually find quite a turn.

HOWEVER, the problem I have is they don't all come from one single artist-there are a about a handful of artists who are all responsible for my favourite pictures, and no one particular artist in general.
e.g there are a couple of pictures of divers with overinflated diving suits bobbing up to/on the surface, and yet more then one artist has drawn these pictures.

Ya'll makin me wish I did more detailed inflation art instead of sketches = o= However the problem I have is trying not to bleed my fetish work with my non fetish work

Just recently I've stumbled across a selection of cartoons by someone called GreyofthePTA, and he's created a cartoon character called Inflatabelle (who's a duck drawn in the style of a Disney character).
What I like is that, like Helia Melonowski, she's pretty much a custom designed character created purposefully for inflationists, and I must say the art work for her wearing her strechty yellow suit are really quite good. :)

There's even a short comic called Belle is a Blast, in which she is tricked by another character and is blown up quite large before drifting into the sky, where thanks to atmospheric pressure she swells up to a really HUGE size. :)

Although it's all in black and blue colouring it's quite good, and for those who having seen this character or theart work featuring her yet you might want to look her up online. :)