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Lost In New York!

↑ When Kareem Granton returned home safe after his 5-day disappearance, New York Magazine detailed his adventure in a two page comic-strip.


↑ The story as it appeared in the magazine last spring. ↓

Art Direction: Sheth Karishma

tags: Kareem Granton, New York Magazine, comic, illustration, lost in the subway, north face illustration, short comic, subway
Tuesday 02.03.15
Posted by Reid K Johnson
 

Wildlife Invasion

↑ New York Times Sunday Review cover (dummy text provided by the Times.)

Thank you to art director Aviva Michaelov who passed along a fun piece about power outages caused by squirrels.

↑ In print.

↑ Spot illustration accompanying the article.

↑ New York Magazine article about invasive vines from earlier this summer. Another "live-edge" illustration on a similar theme.

Art direction: Karishma Sheth.

tags: New York Magazine, New York Times, invasive species, power line, squirrels, sunday review, vines
Saturday 08.31.13
Posted by Reid K Johnson
 

Spots and Metaphors

Some recent small spot illustrations:

Celiac disease, pot smoking, and sleeping pill addiction from an "ask the doctor" feature in New York Magazine. Art Direction: Rami Moghadam.

 

‘63 Buick Riviera for Men's Health. Art Direction: Thomas O'Quinn.

tags: New York Magazine, Spots, illustration, metaphor
Tuesday 07.31.12
Posted by Reid K Johnson
 

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