Eric Carle, illustration

This image makes such good use of texture, and i could see this style of illustration making an easy transition into an animated cutout style, this rhino is "asking" to be in motion, i like the strong silhouette  and the way the figure is constructed, almost like a collage of textured bits of paper.
Here is another of Eric's illustrations:

Again lovely use of texture, and similar jagged construction of the bear.