The Washington Post illustrations
Responsibilities:
Art direction
Illustration
During my time at The Washington Post, a key part of my job was creating illustrations to accompany various articles published by the newsroom.
I had the chance to work with more than 50 artists to commission artwork to accompany various digital and print projects. Below, you can find a selection of some of my favorites.
“Less attractive, less picky: How mating is changing in a hotter world”
Dan Woodger for The Washington Post
“The short answer on if you should wear shorts to the office: No”
Tess Smith-Roberts for The Washington Post
Climate Coach special section cover
WRK for The Washington Post
“Take a quiz on asteroids as one becomes Earth's 'mini-moon’ this fall”
Jungmin Ryu for The Washington Post
“How Swedish death cleaning works to declutter your life”
Xiao Hua Yang for The Washington Post
Thanksgiving Inspired Life special section cover
Agathe Bray-Bourret for The Washington Post
“You need a bidet, but not for the reason you think”
Hunter French for The Washington Post
“How the eclipse might help heal our tattered nation”
Sally Deng for The Washington Post
Washington DC winter weather guide
Wenjia Tang for The Washington Post
In addition to hiring artists, I also had the chance to create hundreds of illustrations myself during my time at The Post. Here are a few of my all-time favorites.
“The worst cities in the U.S. for allergies”
“Hollywood’s tradition of blowing up D.C”
Ukraine’s counteroffensive series
A sampling of 50+ illustrations I created in
a 48-hour timeframe
“Most Americans support weed legalization”
“The White House correspondents’
dinner golden age”
“A guide to buying bacon”
“How to cope with divorce”
“Pop culture baby names will never die”
“Americans’ top money resolutions for 2022”