Some of the illustrations I’ve commissioned and art directed while at The Washington Post and The Walrus. At The Walrus, we worked with primarily Canadian artists, and it was one of my priorities to seek out and work with first-time contributors.
“Citizen of Nowhere: The Complicated Limbo of Deepan Budlakoti” Art by James Lee Chiahan
“Dying to Compete: When risking lives is part of the show”
Illustration by Tim McDonagh
“Wherever You Go, There You Are” for Art with a Point
Illustration by Holly Stapleton
“What Do You Do with a Billion Grams of Surplus Weed?”
Illustration by Byron Eggenschwiler
“The Cactus That Came Back from the Dead”
Illustration by Jeffrey Kam
“Don’t Be a Prude: The Benefits of Public Nudity”
Illustration by Mariana Yatsuda Ikuta
“What DIY Couldn’t Do for Me”
Illustration by Janet Mac
“Will There Ever Be an Openly Queer NHL Player?”
Illustration by Franco Égalité
“When My Wife Developed Alzheimer’s, the Story of Our Marriage Kept Us Connected”
Art by Michelle Paterok
“Female bodybuilders describe widespread sexual exploitation”
Illustration by Tim McDonagh
“Trans kids crave acceptance at school in a nation that often resists it”
Illustration by Roche Cruchon
“Anti-Asian Racism Is More than a Trending Topic”
Illustration by Dorothy Leung
“Porch Cameras and Facebook Groups Are Turning Streets into Surveillance States”
Illustration by Dalbert B. Vilarino
“Why William Gibson Is a Literary Genius”
Illustration by Ashley Mackenzie
“The Rise of the Roommate”
Illustration by Hudson Christie
“Black Communities Have Known about Mutual Aid All Along”
Illustration by blackpowerbarbie
“Your Brain on COVID-19”
Illustration by Cornelia Li
“Survivors of an International Buddhist Cult Share Their Stories”
Illustration by James Lee Chiahan
“Did Prisons Ever Work?”
Illustration by Jeremy Leung
“This Is the Internet We Were Promised”
Illustration by Dalbert Vilarino
“Everybody Hates Millennials: Gen Z and the TikTok Generation Wars”
Illustration by Yazmin Butcher
“How YouTube Gives Us Love without the Messiness”
Illustration by Glenn Harvey
Ask an Expert series: “What Would It Take to Bring Back the Dinosaurs?”
Illustration by Irma Kniivila
Ask an Expert series: “How Will People Travel in a Postpandemic World?”
Illustration by Irma Kniivila
“Our Unspoken Discomfort with Interracial Relationships”
Illustration by Stephanie Singleton
“Having a Miserable Winter? Go for a Walk”
Illustration by Rachel Joan Wallis (part of our series: “The Longest Winter”)
“When QAnon Came to Canada”
Illustration by Anson Chan
“Affected Development: Will Kids Ever Recover from Isolation?”
Illustration by Yong Ling Kang
“The Case for Affordable Child Care”
Illustration by Michelle Theodore
“The False Promise of Green Housing”
Illustration by Irma Kniivila
“The Fault, Dear Reader, Is Not in Our Stars”
Illustration by Cienna Smith
“I Was a Teenage Beauty Pageant Loser”
Illustration by Mariah Llanes
“Anxious about Going Back to ‘Normal’? You’re Not Alone”
Illustration by Kristan Lai
Ask an Expert series: “What Would It Take to Leave the Monarchy?”
Illustration by Irma Kniivila
Ask an Expert series: “Will a Canadian Team Ever Win the Stanley Cup Again?”
Illustration by Irma Kniivila
“Ditch the Sweatpants”
Illustration by blacksneakers
“Gotta Catch ’Em All: Why Old Pokémon Cards Are Suddenly Worth Thousands”
Illustration by Mathias Ball
“Solving Homelessness Starts With Access to a Safe Bed”
Illustration by Kathleen Fu
“Will COVID-19 Change How We Think About Disability?”
Illustration by Rachel Joan Wallis (part of our series: “The Longest Winter”)