Editorial / Publishing

LA Pool Party

The Wall St Journal / AD Caitlin Choi

The Critic Magazine / AD Martin Colyer

Opera News / AD Trent Johnson

Jack Nicholson & Angelica Huston

Travel scene

The Wall St Journal / AD Maria Amador

John & Yoko / ‘69, ‘70, ‘71

John & Yoko / The Hit Factory, 1980

The Critic Magazine / AD Martin Colyer

Cincinnati Magazine / AD Brittany Dexter

Coloradan / ADs DJ Stout & Connor O'Neill

Eland Publishing

Beat #7 The Hybrid Issue

Today’s Veterinary Practice / AD Elizabeth Fleener

Illustration for Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End / Personal work

Condor Magazine / AD Dean Buckley

Today’s Veterinary Practice / AD Elizabeth Fleener

Beer Magazine / AD Matthew Ball

The Beatles for The New Yorker

Festival characters for Los Angeles Magazine / AD Steven Banks

The Washington Post Magazine / AD Tom Shroder

Opera News / AD Trent Johnson

The Wall St Journal / AD Maria Amador

Inside Housing

CMI Managers / AD Ian Findlay

The Critic Magazine / AD Martin Colyer

Dartmouth Alumini Magazine / AD Wendy McMillan

The Critic Magazine / AD Martin Colyer

Personal work

LA Times Holiday Gift Guide / AD Steven Banks

Illustration for Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End / Personal work

The Critic Magazine / AD Martin Colyer

Truman Capote & Grace Jones / Studio 54

Duke Ellington / AD Ken Kimmelman

Samson et Dalila / Opera News / AD Trent Johnson

Girls of the Golden West / Opera News / AD Trent Johnson

Bette Midler for The New Yorker / AD Chris Curry

The New Yorker / AD Aviva Michaelov

Step Journal / AD Mathew Ball

The Washington Post Magazine / AD Beth Broadwater

The Economist / ADs Stephen Petch & Graeme James

The Critic Magazine / AD Martin Colyer

Opera News / AD Trent Johnson

Illustrations for Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End / Personal work

Illustrations for Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End / Personal work

Bundesliga Magazine/ AD Raphael Honigstein

Time Magazine / AD Allison Duda

Opera News / AD Trent Johnson

Opera News / AD Priest & Grace

James Watt as the 18th Century's Don Draper (Mental Floss) / AD Winslow Taft

Global Reinsurance

Portraits

A selection of portraits for publications including The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, The Financial Times, The Economist ...

Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro in Killers of the Flower Moon

Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin in Rustin

Britt Lower & Tramell Tillman in Severance

Euros final '24: Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Jordan Pickford & Jude Bellingam / 8 By 8 Magazine / AD Robert Priest

DeAndre Hopkins, Roquan Smith, Kayvon Thibodeaux, Jozy Altidore & Issa Rae for Robb Report / AD Rob Hewitt

Forest Whitaker / Hughie for The New Yorker / AD Chris Curry

Dominic Sessa, Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers

Heide Rosendahl, Frank Busemann & Heike Drechsler for Sports Illustrated Deutschland / ADs Björn Schutrumpf & Linda Lorenz-Fluxa

Ronald Peet & Alan Cumming / Daddy / The New Yorker/ AD Chris Curry

Charlize Theron & Seth Rogan / Long Shot / The New Yorker / AD Chris Curry

Pelé Cover, Issue #16 / AD Priest & Grace

Jeremy Corbyn for The Economist / AD Stephen Petch & Graeme James

The New Yorker / AD Sebit Min

Bob Iger & Bop Chapek for The Hollywood Reporter / AD Peter Cury

Bryan Cranston / Aaron Paul / Breaking Bad for The New Yorker / AD Chris Curry

Patti Smith for The Chicago Tribune / AD David Syrek

Gary Shteyngart for The Chicago Tribune / AD David Syrek

Who Made My Puzzle? series / The New York Times / AD Caroline Oh

Opera News / AD Trent Johnson

Anika Noni Rose / Carmen Jones / The New Yorker/ AD Chris Curry

Rolling Stone / AD Matthew Cooley

Bowe Bergdahl for Newsweek / AD Priest & Grace

Columinst portraits for MSNBC / AD Karla Haupt

Ben Stiller / Owen Wilson / Zoolander 2 for The New Yorker / AD Chris Curry

Steve Coogan & John C. Reilly / Stan & Ollie / The New Yorker / AD Chris Curry

Keegan-Michael Key for The New Yorker / AD Deanna Donegan

Brad Pitt for The Guardian / AD Bruno Haward

Sarah Palin for The Guardian/ AD Bruno Haward

Gordon Ramsay for The Guardian / AD Bruno Haward

Susan Sontag for The Chicago Tribune / AD David Syrek

2016 presidential candidates for The Washington Post / AD Greg Manifold

Trump's Russian connections for The Financial Times / AD Kevin Wilson

Kurt Andersen for The Chicago Tribune / AD David Syrek

J. R. R. Tolkien for The Chicago Tribune / AD David Syrek

Ted Chiang for The New Yorker / AD Rina Kurshnir

Parquet Courts for The New Yorker / AD Rina Kurshnir

James McBride for The Chicago Tribune / AD David Syrek

Harper Lee for The Chicago Tribune / AD David Syrek

Sienna Miller for The Guardian / AD Bruno Haward

Noel Gallagher for The Guardian / AD Bruno Haward

Kanye West for The Guardian / AD Bruno Haward

Bono for The Guardian / AD Bruno Haward

Neil Young for The Chicago Tribune / AD David Syrek

Fox anchors: Megyn Kelly / Bill O'Reilly / Sean Hannity for The New Yorker / AD Chris Curry

The Economist / AD Stephen Petch

Billy Eichner for The New Yorker / AD Chris Curry

Winona Ryder for The Guardian / AD Bruno Haward

Ashton Kutcher for The Guardian / AD Bruno Haward

Harvey Pekar for The Chicago Tribune / AD David Syrek

Don DeLillo for The Chicago Tribune / AD David Syrek

Norman Mailer for The Chicago Tribune / AD David Syrek

Dr Seuss for The Chicago Tribune / AD David Syrek

Russell Crowe for The Guardian / AD Bruno Haward

David Beckham for The Guardian / AD Bruno Haward

Advertising

Fortnum & Mason / Otherway / AD Tom Rowe

Transport For London / VCCP / AD Ali Augur

National Railcard / Red Brick Road / AD Anthea Goodrick

National Railcard / Red Brick Road / AD Baz Williamson

Ted Baker - Artwork for Xmas window display, bags and packaging / AD Zoe Lines

Silhouette Eyewear

Kiehl's / Night Agency / AD Dani Simon

Mo Salah / Adidas / AD Priest & Grace

David Silva / Adidas / AD Priest & Grace

Gabriel Jesus / Adidas / AD Priest & Grace

Javier Hernandez / Adidas / AD Priest & Grace

The New Yorker

A selection of portraits from The New Yorker's arts reviews and regular Persons of Interest column.

Forest Whitaker / Hughie / AD Chris Curry

Charlize Theron & Seth Rogan / Long Shot / AD Chris Curry

Ronald Peet & Alan Cumming / Daddy / AD Chris Curry

Bryan Cranston / Aaron Paul / Breaking Bad / AD Chris Curry

Keegan-Michael Key / AD Deanna Donegan

Ted Chiang / AD Rina Kushnir

Anika Noni Rose / Carmen Jones / AD Chris Curry

Steve Coogan & John C. Reilly / Stan & Ollie / The New Yorker / AD Chris Curry

Fox anchors: Megyn Kelly / Bill O'Reilly / Sean Hannity / AD Chris Curry

Bette Midler / Hello Dolly / AD Chris Curry

Ben Stiller / Owen Wilson / Zoolander 2 / AD Chris Curry

Billy Eichner / AD Chris Curry

Parquet Courts / AD Rina Kushnir

Raduan Nassar / AD Rina Kushnir

Carl Phillips / AD Chris Curry

The Beatles / Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years / AD Chris Curry

The New Yorker / AD Aviva Michaelov

Sport

I specialise in portraits of Sports personalities for publications such as Golf Digest, Eight By Eight, Sportsnet & Bundesliga Magazine.

DeAndre Hopkins, Roquan Smith, Kayvon Thibodeaux, Jozy Altidore & Issa Rae for Robb Report / AD Rob Hewitt

Heide Rosendahl, Frank Busemann & Heike Drechsler for Sports Illustrated Deutschland / ADs Björn Schutrumpf & Linda Lorenz-Fluxa

Euros final '24: Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Jordan Pickford & Jude Bellingam / 8 By 8 Magazine / AD Robert Priest

USWNT for Eight by Eight

Günter Netzer / Bernard Dietz / Oliver Bierhoff / Bastian Schweinsteiger for 72 80 96 16 Magazine

Christiano Ronaldo for Dubai Voyager

Tiger Woods for Golf Digest / AD Ken DeLago

Henrik Stenson for Golf Digest / AD Ken DeLago

Bubba Watson for Golf Digest / AD Ken DeLago

Antonio Conte for Eight By Eight

Jose Mourinho / Pep GuardiolaPaul Pogba / Arturo Vidal / Andrea Pirlo / Claudio Marchisio for Eight By Eight

Paul Pogba / Arturo Vidal / Andrea Pirlo / Claudio Marchisio for Eight By Eight

Michael Bradley / Luis Suárez / Neymar Jr / Lionel Messi for Eight By Eight

Clockwise from top L: Raphael Guerreiro / André Schürrle / Thomas Tuchel / Ousmane Dembélé / Marc Bartra / Mario Götze for Bundesliga Magazine / AD Raphael Honigstein

Lydia Ko for Golf Digest / AD Ken DeLago

Rory McIlroy for Golf Digest / AD Ken DeLago

Animals

I enjoy drawing animals and anthropomorphic animal characters. Here are a selection of advertising & editorial jobs where crazy creatures take centre stage.

'Busy Town' LA style for Los Angeles Magazine/ AD Steven Banks

Personal work

Fortnum & Mason / Otherway / AD Tom Rowe

Transport For London / VCCP/ AD Ali Augur

The Boston Globe Magazine / AD Greg Klee

Los Angeles Magazine/ AD Steven Banks

Personal work

ESPN / AD Titus Smith

Annabelle Magazine/ AD Annette Keller

Days Like This Magazine / AD Emma Hammar

ESPN / AD Titus Smith

Days Like This Magazine / AD Santiago Vargues

ESPN / AD Titus Smith

Medical, Marketing & Media Magazine

The Washington Post/ AD Tom Shroder

Personal Work

Martha Stewart Living Magazine

The Boston Globe

ESPN / AD Titus Smith

The Guardian

Mental Floss/ AD Winslow Taft

Personal Work

Boston Magazine

National Railcard/ AD Anthea Goodrick

Myself Magazine

Mental Floss/ AD Winslow Taft

The Washington Post

Greg Manifold of The Washington Post commissioned me to create a series of portraits for the 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential campaigns. This has been an exciting project as the head/shoulders & full body portraits have had a variety of applications, from appearing on the Post's front page to social media cards, iWatch graphics and even a live-streamed, robot-drawn election night map.

Politics

Portraits of political figures

The New Yorker / AD Sebit Min

The Economist / AD Stephen Petch

The Economist / ADs Stephen Petch & Graeme James

The Washington Post Magazine / AD Beth Broadwater

Bowe Bergdahl for Newsweek / AD Robert Priest

Trump's Russian connections for The Financial Times

Mike Pence for The Washington Post Magazine / AD Beth Broadwater

The Washington Post Magazine / AD Beth Broadwater

The Economist

Portraits for The Washington Post's 2016 Election coverage

Michelle Obama for The New Republic

Barack Obama for The New Republic

Sarah Palin for The Guardian

The Night Before Christmas / Boxer Books

Ben Kirchner has created the illustrations and adapted the text for a new re-imagining of The Night Before Christmas. The book celebrates the 200 year anniversary of the publication of Clement Moore's original poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'.

Ben's adaptation takes place at the South Pole with a family of emperor penguins visited by a North Pole, polar bear Santa. The story is populated throughout with a cast of Antarctic birds and animals with spreads packed with drama and playful details.

The book is published by Boxer Books in the UK and Union Square in the US

Above: Opening spread

"Twas the night before Christmas, on a moonlit ice floe,

Not a creature was stirring above... or below..."

Having decided to set the story in Antarctica, Ben was keen to make sure the animals surrounding the emperor penguin family were fellow South Pole residents. Imperial shags, an orca, an hourglass dolphin, a southern elephant seal and an Antarctic sun starfish all set the scene on the opening spread, all deep in sleep on the night before Christmas

Ben Kirchner: "One of my favourite spreads is where the family are asleep in the igloo. I really enjoyed creating a sense of cosiness, and trying to translate traditional room elements into a penguin environment. A dog sleeping on a rug in front of the fire is now a seal pup sleeping in an ice hole"

Above: part of Ben's flatplan for the book

Ben Kirchner: "I wanted to create something fun and energetic that kids would enjoy with lots of action, slapstick and colourful characters. I love the work of midcentury kids' illustrators such as Richard Scarry and Mel Crawford - the sort of chaotic animal characters they create. I love the distinctive house style of Little Golden Books. It's always been an inspiration and the physicality of Scarry's animal characters - the way they often seem to be tumbling through the air"

Above:

"The reindeer touched down on the rooftop with ease,

But alas, down the chimney the bear could not squeeze!"

Santa's struggle with the igloo's chimney, the bursting buttons of Santa's coat and the sweat and grimaces of the reindeer set up for the antics that follow on the next spread

Above: vignette details of the Dad penguin and the family's 'pet' leopard seal

Ben Kirchner: "My idea for the 'Penguin Slide' came from my initial sketches for the penguin's ice house. One of my sketches reminded me of the classic toy, and inspired the idea of Santa sliding down the spiral chute and climbing back up the stairs.”

Above: Santa sliding down the helter-skelter

"He was dressed for the Arctic, which gave him some shielding,

(Antarctic ice can be hard and unyielding!)"

Ben Kirchner: "Once I had the idea of the penguin slide game, it was clear that I would need to revise the text in key places to make the concept work. I really enjoyed the process of coming up with new rhymes. It's obviously an adaptation, and much of Clement C Moore's beautiful poem remains but it was fun to put my own spin on the text.

Ben Kirchner: "I decided to find some new digital brushes at the start of this project. I wanted to make sure the work for the book was looser and less vector based than some of my editorial and other commercial work.

Above: The story comes full circle as the young penguins open the present Santa has delivered - the penguin ice house game, complete with Santa also taking a ride on the slide!

Eight By Eight

I'm a regular contributor to the beautiful football magazine Eight by Eight, winner of SPD's Magazine of the Year award for 2015.

Scroll down for a selection of spreads featuring my portraits (typography/layouts by Priest + Grace).

Euros final '24: Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Jordan Pickford & Jude Bellingam / 8 By 8 Magazine / AD Robert Priest

Pelé Cover, Issue #16 / AD Priest & Grace

Jurgen Klopp / AD Priest & Grace

Mason Mount cover, Euros digital edition / AD Priest & Grace

Messi & Ronaldo, Issue #16 / AD Priest & Grace

USA Women’s World Cup Team / AD Priest & Grace

Mo Salah / Adidas / AD Priest & Grace

Antonio Conte / AD Priest & Grace

Gabriel Jesus / Adidas / AD Priest & Grace

David Silva / Adidas / AD Priest & Grace

Peter Shilton / Johnny Rotten / Bob Paisley / Margaret Thatcher / AD Priest & Grace

Jose Mourinho / Pep Guardiola / AD Priest & Grace

Javier Hernandez / Adidas / AD Priest & Grace

Lionel Messi / Adidas / AD Priest & Grace

Michael Bradley / Luis Suárez / Neymar Jr / Lionel Messi / AD Priest & Grace

Tony Morley / Lemmy Kilmister / Terry Butcher / Elton John / AD Priest & Grace

Hungary's 'Golden Team' 1950s / AD Priest & Grace

Paul Pogba / Arturo Vidal / Andrea Pirlo / Claudio Marchisio / AD Priest & Grace

Alexis Sanchez / AD Priest & Grace

Paul Breitner / Michael Ballack / AD Priest & Grace

Major / Harry Stafford / Billy Meredith / AD Priest & Grace

The New York Times

A selection of portraits of New York Times ‘constructors’ for the Who Made My Puzzle? series. Art direction by Caroline Oh.

Opera News

I contribute regularly to Opera News. Scroll for a selection of recent illustrations.

Opera News / AD Trent Johnson

Opera News / Cover / AD Trent Johnson

Samson et Dalila / Opera News / AD Trent Johnson

Girls of the Golden West / Opera News / AD Trent Johnson

Upcoming attractions in US Opera season / AD Priest & Grace

Opera News / AD Trent Johnson

Verdi & Meyerbeer thrash it out / AD Trent Johnson

Opera stars travelling to Europe / AD Trent Johnson

Rossini's final opera - Guillaume Tell / AD Trent Johnson

North American opera scene / AD Trent Johnson

MSNBC

A selection of columnist portraits for MSNBC. Art direction by Kara Haupt & Chelsea Stahl

National Railcard

I have been working with The Red Brick Road to create posters for National Railcard which feature in stations nationwide and were adapted for a TV advert. Scroll down for a selection ...

AD Baz Williamson

/ AD Anthea Goodrick

AD Anthea Goodrick

Editorial / Publishing 2

More editorial/publishing work for clients including The New Yorker, The Wall St Journal, Penguin Books, Time, Mental Floss ...

A wraparound cover illustration for the final print edition of Mental Floss / AD Winslow Taft

Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards for Mental Floss / AD Winslow Taft

Penguin Books

Jackson Pollock for Time Magazine

Glamour Magazine

Franklin Roosevelt's 'Weather Machine' for Mental Floss / AD Winslow Taft

Inside Housing

The Wall Street Journal

Employee Benefits Magazine

Reuters

Construction Manager Magazine

Frank Dorsa's 'Waffle Machine' for Mental Floss / AD Winslow Taft

Mental Floss / AD Winslow Taft

The Washington Post

Vim & Vigor Magazine

Mental Floss / AD Winslow Taft

Days Like This Magazine / AD Vanessa Arnaud

Vim & Vigor Magazine

Women's Health / AD Cathie Yun

The Critic / AD Martin Colyer

Harvard Ed. Magazine / AD Patrick Mitchell

Annabelle Magazine / AD Annette Keller

The Boston Globe / AD Greg Klee

Ted Baker

Ted Baker commissioned me to create the artwork for their Xmas window display. I had to illustrate the main penguin character from several angles so that a 3D, animated model could be built (by Prop Studios) for the display. My artwork was also featured on carrier bags and other products. AD Zoe Lines