How to Make an Editorial Illustration in One Day

The stressful yet rewarding process of drawing some owls for the New York Times

Happy June! The sun is out and the heat is officially back, along with some unforeseen air pollution to boot. I had finished a big book deadline on the 1st, so I believed that the following few weeks would be a nice chance to relax. BUT, I forgot I also do editorial illustration, and when an art director emails you with a cool project, you hop on it, ev…