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| Josh Cochran |
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| Annette Marnat |
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| Victo Ngai |
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| Frank Viva |
I have had a subscription to The NYer for about three years now, and I religiously read the fiction piece in each issue and pay close attention to all of the illustrations and names of the illustrators being published. This is a small selection of illustrations in recent issues that I thought were especially interesting. The style and techniques are varied, I think the first one by Josh Cochran is the most similar to the sketchbook look that I employ, (it looks like he could've actually drawn these people in different situations and redrawn them into a party scene-which I have done before.) But his coloring is more daring than any I've ever tried.
I think the color palette in each illustration is what initially drew me to them. Frank Viva effectively used only 5 colors, which works well for this graphic illustration. And Annette Marnat makes very hot colors look soft with her blending in the limited palette. Victo Ngai's is reminiscient of a Marcos Chin to me, and the colored line work really adds to the drawing.
