Earlier this year I was asked to illustrate the opening spread and two spot illustrations for an article to be published in the Harvard Business Review titled 'The Talent Curse'.
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Initial concept sketches for the spread & title
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Spot illustration concepts
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The final spot illustrations
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I also created the opening type for the article
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Process
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The final spread
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In the magazine!
For the Korean edition, they used the illustration for the cover!
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