February 15, 2024

Wall St. Journal

“Luxury Hotels” for the Wall St. Journal. Thanks to AD Marlene Szczesny!

Renaissance Magazine and Hambly & Woolley



““Keep Fit This Winter” (above) and “What’s Your Activity Personality?” (below) for Renaissance Magazine. AD: Josiah Gordon with Hambly and Woolley.


Boston Globe

“Work Perks” for The Boston Globe. A series of spots highlighting worker benefits from various Massachusetts employers. Click the image above to see more of the spots. Thanks to AD Greg Klee!

Cottage Life

Illustration for Cottage Life’s “Zim Weighs In” column about cottagers wanting to prevent non-residents from using the local lake. AD: Taylor Kristan

Money Deck

Ben Barrett-Forrest needed a couple of updated illustrations for a re-issue of The Money Deck. Here’s a new, alcohol-free version of the “Asset Allocation” illustration.

 

September 8, 2021

Mr Porter

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Mr Porter

Various illustrations for Mr Porter. From top to bottom: "Scent Astrology", "Becoming a Dad in a Pandemic", and "Can a Watch Change Your Behaviour?"

AD: Catriona McCormick for all.

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Mr Porter

 

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Mr Porter

 

Harvard Medicine

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Harvard Medicine Illustration by Jori Bolton for Harvard Medicine

This illustration was for an article about advocates and advances in women's health for Harvard Medicine. On the left was the original submitted illustration, then on the right is the edited version that went to print. It felt like a bold move to leave all of the door and the background the same colour, but Paul DiMattia knows what he's doing and once the type treatment was applied and it was put into the spread, it worked so much better than the original high contrast version would have.

 

May 3, 2021

Corporate Knights

Illustration of Tamara Vrooman by Jori Bolton for Corporate Knights

Had the pleasure of working with Jack Dylan of Corporate Knights for the first time last month on this portrait of Tamara Vrooman.

 

RNJ

Illustration by Jori Bolton for RNJ

What Nursing Means to Me for RNJ (formerly Registered Nurse Journal). In each issue RNJ publishes a personal essay by a registered nurse describing what nursing means to them. This column, for their Winter 2021 issue, told the story of the author coming to fully understand the importantance of every healthcare worker in meeting patients' needs.

 

Harvard Medicine

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Harvard Medicine

Paul DiMattia commissioned this illustration for Harvard Medicine's special report on racism in medicine. This image was for the article "Field Correction" by Stephanie Dutchen. You can read the text here: https://hms.harvard.edu/magazine/racism-medicine/field-correction

 

Harvard Business Review

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Harvard Business Review

I illustrated Harvard Businesss Review's Case Study feature for their November-December 2020 issue. It's an examination of a fictional business problem (reflective of real ones) accompanied by a series of comic-style illustrations. Senior Designer Emily Caulfield was a big help in livening up my panels for this project. I don't have a lot of experience doing sequential work like this, and her art direction was a big help.

 

Bonobos

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Bonobos

Portraits of sartorial fun guys Lawrence Schlossman and James Harris for a Bonobos Black Friday feature.

 

Duke Magazine

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Duke Magazine

An illustration for Duke Magazine and AD Lacey Chylack. This was a long and wide one, with the headline appearing in the middle, for an essay about a man’s experience with surgery, mortality, and appreciation for life written by author, artist, and teacher Ashon Crawley.

 

Proper Cloth

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Proper Cloth

Matt Coleman of Proper Cloth emailed me last year to commission a website illustration for their Guide to the Perfect White Shirt. Loved working with this simple, monochromatic approach. You can see it live on their site here: propercloth.com/perfect-white-shirt

 

Renaissance Magazine

Illustrations by Jori Bolton for Renaissance MagazineIllustrations by Jori Bolton for Renaissance Magazine

Exercise spots for Renaissance Magazine, which is published by the RTO (Retired Teachers of Ontario), demonstrating chair-based pilates.

 

Education Spots

Illustration by Jori Bolton

Fitness grads!

 

Mr Porter

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Mr Porter

A few Mr Porter pieces from before that I overlooked when updating my website at the time. These first three were for a feature on short shorts.

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Mr Porter


The History of the Tan

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Mr Porter


And this motion illustration for their coverage of the US Open

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Mr Porter

 

February 06, 2021

Bonobos

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Bonobos

Here are a few of the header and spot illustrations done for Bonobos' Fashion Blog last year with AD John Jannuzzi. This first one was for an article on dressing up (or down) for Valentine's Day.

 

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Bonobos

 

 

For an article on podcasts:

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Bonobos' Fashion Blog

 

Illustrations by Jori Bolton for Bonobos

 

Working from home:

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Bonobos

Illustrations by Jori Bolton for Bonobos

 

And various portraits and spots:

Spot illustrations by Jori Bolton for Bonobos

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Bonobos

 

Portrait illustrations by Jori Bolton for Bonobos

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Bonobos

 

 

 

November 06, 2020

The Money Deck

the Money Deck, by Ben Barrett-Forrest, Nicholas Fleming, and
Photo and design © Ben Barrett-Forrest

I had some of the most fun I've had illustrating while working with Ben Barrett-Forrest and Nicholas Fleming on The Money Deck. A deck of playing cards chock-full of financial facts, tips, quotes, graphs, and illustrations. You can see more of the deck itself, plus Nick and Ben's great video on the Kickstarter page.

illustration by Jori Bolton for the Money DeckIllustration by Jori Bolton for The Money Deck

Illustration by Jori Bolton for The Money DeckIllustration by Jori Bolton for The Money Deck
Clockwise from top left: Overconfidence Bias, Bull and Bear Markets, Mental Accounting, and Diversification.

There are a little over thirty of my illustrations throughout, which came out of many more sketches and many many more conceptual notes. My wife, illustrator Diana Bolton, was a life-saver and was very generous with lending her cleverness and patience to the process.

Sketches by Jori Bolton for the Money DeckSketches by Jori Bolton for the Money Deck

I learned a few things myself while working on it and seeing the cards posted on the Instagram page. For example, I had no idea how credit scores were calculated, and for the life of me could not remember which was which, between bear markets and bull markets.

Illustration by Jori Bolton for the Money DeckIllustration by Jori Bolton for the Money Deck

Illustration by Jori Bolton for the Money DeckIllustration by Jori Bolton for the Money Deck
Clockwise from top left: What Is Money?, Recessions, The Economy, and Paying Off Debt.

And one more cool gif below because I love Ben's gifs for this project:

Photo of The Money Deck by Ben Barrett-Forrest
Photo and design © Ben Barrett-Forrest

Links for more images and info:

Kickstarter     ::   Instagram   ::   Ben Barrett-Forrest

 

August 24, 2020

Education Week

Education Week illustration by Jori Bolton

I had the pleasure of working with art director Gina Tomko on Education Week's 2020 Technology Counts special report on "Coronavirus, Virtual Learning, & Beyond". Initially, the issue was about the benefits and risks of technology in the classroom in general, but then the pandemic hit, and the issue was reconfigured to better address current issues. Cover illustration above, interior illustrations below.

Education Week illustration by Jori Bolton

Illustration for Education Week by Jori Bolton

Here are some sketches from from before the report was reconfigured. There's a lot of fun stuff to do using phones and tablets in visual metaphors.

Education Week Sketches by Jori Bolton

And then a few of the sketches for the updated version of the report.

Education Week Sketches by Jori Bolton

Education Week Sketches by Jori Bolton

 

Bonobos

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Bonobos

I did a number of illustrations for Bonobos this past year. The header above and spots below were for an article about Thanksgiving conversation topics.

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Bonobos

Mr Porter

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Mr Porter

An illustration for Mr Porter's smart aging guide.

 

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Mr Porter

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Mr Porter

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Mr Porter

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Mr Porter

Illustrations for Mr Porter's guide to buying a suit online.

 

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Mr Porter

Outfit-swapped portraits of Jeremy Kirkland for a joint podcast between Blamo! and Mr Porter.

 

 

 

Renaissance Magazine

Fitness illustrations by Jori Bolton

Some instructional fitness illustrations for Renaissance Magazine and AD Taylor Kristan.

 

 

March 29, 2019

Reader's Digest

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Reader's Digest


John Montgomery of Reader's Digest got in touch to work on some illustrations for their feature, "Outrageous Family Stories". Here's the full page up above, and a quarter page down below. It was a great project, with some funny content to work with (like the chicken blasting out of the garbage bag below).

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Reader's Digest

 

 

Mr. Porter

Reader's Digest     John Montgomery of Reader's Digest got in touch to work on some illustrations for Mr. Porter


Dream assignment! Hattie Gable of Mr. Porter asked for a number of illustrations of career-related outfits as retro monocolour action-figure accesory sets. This hit so many buttons for me. Getting to reference 1960's art and design? Check. Toys, action-figures specifically? Check. Fashion? Check. Monocolour? Yes, please.

A few more below. The versions that ended up on the site have a slightly different background, which you can see over at the Mr. Porter Journal.

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Mr. PorterIllustration by Jori Bolton for Mr. Porter

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Mr. PorterIllustration by Jori Bolton for Mr. Porter

 

 

January 8, 2019

Scientific American

Illustration by Jori Bolton for Scientific American


Always a great pleasure illustrating for Scientific American! This was for a story about discovering new uses for old drugs. AD: Michael Mrak.