October 2010

Something Borrowed

digital illustration, 1/5

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Illustration for the short story «Hissing of Summer Lawns» by Jonathan Franzen.

August 2010

Seagulls – Spots

pencil drawing, 1/15

November 2011

The Long Haul — Portrait of Nico Muhly

pencil drawing, digital

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Illustrated portrait of Nico Muhly to accompany a text by Alex Ross on the young composer’s first two operas “Two Boys” and “Dark Sisters.”

August 2010

Seagulls – Spots

pencil drawing, 1/15

September 2010

Enter the Void

digital illustration

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Gaspar Noé directed this drama, about a teen-age drug dealer who returns from the dead to protect his sister. Starring Nathaniel Brown and Paz de la Huerta. In English and Japanese.

August 2010

Seagulls – Spots

pencil drawing, 1/15

October 2010

Something Borrowed

digital illustration, 1/5

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Illustration for the short story «Empire Records» by Rohinton Mistery.

August 2010

Ice Cream Lover – Spots

pen drawing, 1/13

October 2010

Something Borrowed

digital illustration, 1/5

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Illustration for the short story «Sweet Charity» by Zadie Smith.

April 2012

The Theatre — Past Imperfect

mixed media

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‘A Tennessee Williams resurrection, and Bruce Norris on Broadway.’ Six collaborators and a computer rewrite one of Tennessee Williams’s great plays. Illustration to a text by John Lahr and a Photo by Michael Childers.

August 2010

Takers

digital illustration

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A group of bank robbers find their $20 million heist obstructed by a hard-boiled detective. Starring Paul Walker, Idris Elba, Matt Dillon, and Hayden Christensen. Directed by John Luessenhop.

June 2010

20 under 40 – Portrait of Jonathan Safran Foer

pencil drawing

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Grafilu portrays twenty young writers who capture the inventiveness and the vitality of contemporary American fiction.

August 2010

Ice Cream Lover – Spots

pen drawing, 1/13

August 2010

Ice Cream Lover – Spots

pen drawing, 1/13

October 2011

Reality Testing — Portrait of Ben Lerner

pencil drawing

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Illustration accompanying James Wood’s book review of Ben Lerner’s “Leaving the Atocha Station,” a first novel about poetry and imposture in Spain.

August 2010

Ice Cream Lover – Spots

pen drawing, 1/13

August 2010

Seagulls – Spots

pencil drawing, 1/15

June 2010

20 under 40 – Portrait of Dinaw Mengestu

pencil drawing

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Grafilu portrays twenty young writers who capture the inventiveness and the vitality of contemporary American fiction.

February 2011

The Arrival of Enigmas – Portrait of Teju Cole

pencil drawing

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Illustration for James Wood’s book review of Teju Cole’s prismatic début novel, “Open City.”

June 2010

20 under 40 – Portrait Rivka Galchen

pencil drawing

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Grafilu portrays twenty young writers who capture the inventiveness and the vitality of contemporary American fiction.

August 2010

Ice Cream Lover – Spots

pen drawing, 1/13

MARCH 2011

The Critics

digital drawing

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spring in the city

August 2010

Seagulls – Spots

pencil drawing, 1/15

June 2010

20 under 40 – Portrait of Yiyun Li

pencil drawing

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Grafilu portrays twenty young writers who capture the inventiveness and the vitality of contemporary American fiction.

October 2010

Something Borrowed

digital illustration, 1/5

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Illustration for the short story «Dealing With the Dead» by Jennifer Egan.

November 2010

The Green Hornet

digital illustration

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Seth Rogan is The Green Hornet, a masked vigilante who fights crime with the help of marital arts expert and faithful sidekick, Kato. Directed by Michel Gondry. Starring Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Edward Furlong.

October 2011

The Crypto-Currency – Dept. of Technology

digital illustration

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This illustration accompanies an article by Joshua Davis about the online currency bitcoin and its mysterious inventor Satoshi Nakamoto.

October 2010

Something Borrowed

digital illustration, 1/5

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Illustration for the short story «Honor Bound» by Henry Bromell.

August 2010

Ice Cream Lover – Spots

pen drawing, 1/13

June 2010

20 under 40 – Portrait of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

pencil drawing

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Grafilu portrays twenty young writers who capture the inventiveness and the vitality of contemporary American fiction.

drawing & illustrating

for The New Yorker
shuffle images / Grafilu Home

August 2010

Seagulls – Spots

pencil drawing, 1/15

July 2010

Nothing Left

digital drawing (unpublished)

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Portrait of Kim Jong Il for a letter from Yanji by Barbara Demick.

August 2010

Ice Cream Lover – Spots

pen drawing, 1/13