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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Another gent doing some aerobic drumming. Here's the modified version of the exercise for wheelchair users or anyone with difficulty standing or jumping.

Two-part instructional illustration of an elderly man sitting in a chair with an exercise ball in a basket in front of him. First step shows him sitting with his drumsticks on either side of the exercise ball, and the second step shows him raising one knee and hitting his drumsticks together over his head. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Renaissance Magazine, Hambly & Woolley, and Entente Education Canada.

Instructional illustration of a man sitting behind an exercise ball in a basket. He is pictured stepping out to the side and reaching across the ball to hit the opposite side of it. There is a ghosted version of that first figure, flipped mirror image, to show stepping out to the opposite side while repeating the same exercise. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Renaissance Magazine, Hambly & Woolley, and Entente Education Canada.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In no particular order. Baldur's Gate and Daggerfall were the truly definitive titles, I think.

My 9 Games
1. Baldur's Gate
2. Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
3. The Sims
4. Tekken 3
5. The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
6. Super Mario Bros. 3
7. Raptor: Call of the Shadows
8. Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon
9. Captain America and the Avengers

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Ste Johnson @steillustrates.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today is the 36th Anniversary of The Best of Both Worlds Part 2 - so gotta wheel this out again - can i get 100 reposts (unsubtle hint 😜) This poster was a long long time in the making but it's one of the few painting's I've done that I'm actually proud of. #startrek #thebestofbothworlds #fanart

A fan art poster painting for The Best of Both Worlds from the 1990 two parter of Star Trek The Next Generation

A Painting of captain picard being assimilated surrounded by 6 borg

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here are some fitness folks. Instructional illustrations, also for that Renaissance Magazine piece, "And the beat goes on."

Two-part instructional illustration of a man beside an exercise ball in a bucket in front of him. First step shows him squatting with his drumsticks on either side of the exercise ball, and the second step shows him jumping up and hitting his drumsticks together over his head. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Renaissance Magazine, Hambly & Woolley, and Entente Education Canada.

Instructional illustration of a man behind an exercise ball in a bucket. He is pictured stepping out to the side and reaching across the ball to hit the opposite side of it. There is a ghosted version of that first figure, flipped mirror image, to show stepping out to the opposite side while repeating the same exercise. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Renaissance Magazine, Hambly & Woolley, and Entente Education Canada.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy Tuesday! I hope all your wishes come true, as long as they're not evil wishes.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Some art to kick off my week. Drumming aerobics! This was for Renaissance Magazine last year, but I'm just getting around to putting it on the portfolio and socials. I love doing this column. Dreading the day it ends! I'm so attached to drawing these folks.

Editorial illustration of an elderly man in a wheel chair and a middle aged woman using drumsticks to drum on exercise balls in a community centre dance hall. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Renaissance Magazine, Hambly & Woolley, and Entente Education Canada.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Good morning, everybody. Happy Monday! Good luck on whatever you're doing.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Secondary illustration and sketches for HBR's "Case Study: Is Our Subscription Program Really Working?" about a luxury car manufacturer having concerns that their easy-access swap-anytime car-subscription plan is cheapening their brand.

Conceptual editorial illustration of a coin-operated candy-dispenser that is filled with car keys instead of candy. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Harvard Business Review.

Sketches for an editorial illustration about selecting from multiple luxury cars, including a tray of car keys, a merry-go-round of luxury cars, a candy dispenser filled with keys, and swiping through pictures of cars on a phone in the manner of a dating app. Sketches by Jori Bolton for Harvard Businesss Review.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New for Harvard Business Review, "Case Study: Is Our Subscription Program Really Working?" about a luxury car company testing out a subscription business model and worrying that it cheapens their brand.

Conceptual editorial illustration of a hand holding up a tray of cars. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Harvard Business Review.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I treasure this book as much for it's spine title typo as anything else

Photo of books on a bookshelf, highlighting the spineof the DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics, but the title on the spine has a typo and readings "Inkling" instead of "Inking."

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Some detail shots of the Margin Calls cover. I had fun doing the Nukit Burgers restaurant at the edge of the page. It was entirely on the wraparound bleed, so wouldn't show up on the cover—nice, low pressure area, but they printed the full image on an interior page, so it still made it to print!

Close crop of an illustration showing a fast-food storefront from the Shadowrun universe. A lit sign sits above a tall window, and inside the window there is a large man with horns (troll) ordering at the front counter, and an employee with a giant mushroom cloud hat taking the order. Outside, two police officers in riot gear stand in the rain, while one sips coffee. Illustration by Jori Bolton for the Shadowrun TTRPG plot sourcebook, Margin Calls, published by Catalyst Game Labs.

Photo of an interior page of the Shadowrun TTRPG plot sourcebook, Margin Calls, showing the cover illustration of a young girl walking on a city street during a rainy night. She is accompanied by a teal and lavender-coloured glowing coyote-like dog, and they are both looking away from the viewer toward the background, where we see buildings across the street, and a giant, lit sign in the shape of a diamond that has fallen and crushed a moving van, which was parked in front of the building. The scene is surrounded by police and forensic investigators, cordoned off with tape and holographic "CAUTION" and "KEEP CLEAR" words, while curious onlookers look on from the left hand side. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Catalyst Game Labs.

Close-up detail crop of the cover illustration for Shadowrun: Margin Calls, showing a girl's translucent rubber boots decorated with goldfish imagery as she walks across rainy pavement. In front of her are the legs of a teal and purple coyote-like dog. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Catalyst Game Labs.

Close-up detail crop of the cover illustration for Shadowrun: Margin Calls, showing two people, one on either side of a string of police tape. It is night, and raining, and one person is a woman wearing a yellow rain jacket and holding up a phone or tablet of some kind, seemingly recording a situation "off-screen." The other person is a man in police-type riot gear, holding up his hands. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Catalyst Game Labs.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Woah, I never properly shared my cover illustration for Shadowrun: Margin Calls from last year! It was a big deal for me, so I just assumed I plastered it everywhere. Here's the full-bleed, uncropped version. I got to put lots of fun details in it (for me, I love that kind of thing).

Illustration of a young girl walking on a city street during a rainy night. She is accompanied by a teal and lavender-coloured glowing coyote-like dog, and they are both looking away from the viewer toward the background, where we see buildings across the street, and a giant, lit sign in the shape of a diamond that has fallen and crushed a moving van, which was parked in front of the building. The scene is surrounded by police and forensic investigators, cordoned off with tape and holographic "CAUTION" and "KEEP CLEAR" words, while curious onlookers look on from the left hand side. Illustration by Jori Bolton for the Shadowrun TTRPG plot sourcebook, Margin Calls, published by Catalyst Game Labs.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Throwback to this little project because this is some pure expression of creative joy for me.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This was one of my favourite things to find when unboxing my childhood belongings. An unopened booster pack from the first HeroClix set. It's not worth anything, financially, but I love little treasures from the past, and I'm a sucker for things that are still sealed. Anyone else?

Photo of a Marvel HeroClix: Infinity Challenge booster pack, being held by a hand.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Updated the ol' website with some more of the illustrations for EQ Bank. These were all part of the original set, but not all of them went live during the initial launch of the brand refresh. joribolton.com

Screenshot of joribolton.com, showing black, white, and yellow illustrations of people on the right-hand side, and thumbnails of editorial illustrations on the left. Illustration by Jori Bolton.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This has got to be the #1 book that changed my life. It was given to me by my aunt and uncle one Christmas, and immediately became my art bible, and stayed that way for ages. Just a fantastic range of lessons with surprising scope and depth while somehow being accessible and a breeze to get through.

A photo of "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" by Stan Lee and John Buscema, showing the front cover.

A photo of "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" by Stan Lee and John Buscema, showing an interior spread with illustrations of tools used to draw comics, like brushes, nibs, ink bottle, a jar of water, pushpins, compass, drawing boards, etc.

A photo of "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" by Stan Lee and John Buscema, showing an interior spread of the book with a drawing of Dr. Doom beside a massive fictional machine on the left page, and a title, "The Secrets of - FORM!", along with text, on the right hand page.

A photo of "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" by Stan Lee and John Buscema, showing a spread from the book with instructional drawings of Iron Man on the left page and instructional drawings of Spider-Man on the right page.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

@dianaebolton.bsky.social and I are in the same issue of the same magazine for the first time! Thanks, Lit Review!

Photo of a page from the September 2026 issue of the Literary Review of Canada, showing an illustration by Diana Bolton of a spoon stirring a bowl with map of the globe on the surface of its contents.

Photo of a page from the September 2026 issue of the Literary Review of Canada, showing an illustration by Jori Bolton of a man opening a Hollinger documents box, with light emanating from within.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Pretty sure I talked to a bot account for the better part of a day without realizing it was a bot 😅

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Good morning, Bluesky! Happy Monday! What are you working on? I'm working on taking a break. 💪

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I might have already posted this, but I never did to Insta, so I'm putting it up here again in case I missed it. Opener illustration for "Case Study: A Fast-Food Company Considers Dynamic Pricing" for Harvard Business Review, from last year, but one of my favs.

Conceptual editorial illustration of a tray of fast food (burger, french fries, and drink in a to-go cup with a straw) that is sitting on a checkout counter in front of a point of sale terminal showing a loading circle on its screen. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Harvard Business Review.

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Jennifer Dionisio @jenniferdionisio.com · 23/08/2026

❤️🥹

Studio photo of Mr Dressup with his puppet friends.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Who else loves expensive cardboard wrapped in foil? And who else is actually excited about the Marvel MTG set? I'm pumped! Looking at these cards is sparking childhood joy. I've barely had a chance to play it, yet, though. What's your favourite card? Best pull? I dunno just talk magic! #magic #tcg

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Taking a trip down memory lane with some old work. After I found that old Electro piece from... 2011? I came across all this old #fanart I made for FanExpo when I was testing the waters with conventions (not for me, but one day I'd love to do a comic cover or something). Here's Deadman!

Drawing of Deadman from DC Comics in water colour and coloured inks. He is standing, with his back towards us, and looking over his shoulder with his right hand raised upward. Drawing by Jori Bolton during college. Not reflective of what you'll get if you commission me, art directors, for better or worse.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Artists, post your #fanart Went looking through old art and found these pieces from way way back when, while I was in college and made fan art for conventions and commissions. Here's Electro! Watercolour, ink, and gouache, according to my *DeviantArt*. #spider-man #marvel

Watercolour, gouache, and ink drawing of Electro, from Marvel Comics, standing, looking up, and holding up his fists which glow with yellow electricity. Painting by Jori Bolton from ages ago (don't expect this work if you hire me now).

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Good morning, Bluesky! What's everyone working on, today? It's drawing some call-centre-type people for me!

Crop of a Photoshop window showing a work-in-progress digital drawing in pink line of the face of a woman who is wearing a headset. Drawing by Jori Bolton.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Happy Wednesday! Good luck with on whatever's on your plate!

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Fitness habits for GQ France! This was also from back in 2023, in the haziest few months after our second daughter was born, and never made it to any socials.

Line art illustration of a man running in a t-shirt and shorts with drawings of objects in the background (clockwise from top left: journal, apple and water bottle, dumbbells, kettle bell weight, calendar, smart watch, sofa, and massager). Illustration by Jori Bolton for GQ France.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

anyone else flip-flop between feeling like drawing is the only thing in the world that you want to do and feeling like you'll throw up if you even think of doing another drawing?

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

New work for the Literary Review of Canada! Illustration for an essay about spending time with the Mordecai Richler Archive at the University of Calgary.

Black and white editorial illustration of a man seated at a desk and opening a Hollinger document box while looking inside. He is illuminated by the contents. Illustration by Jori Bolton for the Literary Review of Canada.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Some illustrations for Luca Faloni's mid-season collection, from back in 2023. Catching up my Insta with un-posted work, so tossing these here, too.

Fashion illustration of a man wearing faded jeans, a green sweater, and a grey scarf, who is riding on a red bicycle along a path with rolling hillsides, fall trees, and a house in the background. illustration by Jori Bolton for Luca Faloni.

Fashion illustration of a man wearing brown loafers, charcoals pants, a blue button-up, grey cardigan, and a green cap, while walking through Central Park with a stone bridge in the background, along with some NYC buildings in the distance. illustration by Jori Bolton for Luca Faloni.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

August website update! Catching up on posting some Renaissance Magazine illustrations to the portfolio, featuring this glamorous lakeside lady. #illustration

Screenshot of Jori Bolton's illustration portfolio website, joribolton.com, showing thumbnails of editorial illustrations on the left, and larger images on the right, with an illustration of people walking from wood cabin towards a lakeside beach, with mountains, blue sky, and strips of clouds in the background.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Just did these new building illustrations for Equitable Bank! ("just did" as in just published—I finished the illustrations a few months ago). Enjoyed stretching some rarely used drawing muscles for these.

Illustration of a three-storey brick commercial building by Jori Bolton for Equitable Bank.

Illustration of an under-construction commercial high-rise building with a crane behind the top by Jori Bolton for Equitable Bank.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

What are you working on? I feel like that sounds like engagement bait, but I really do like hearing about what people are working on, which I guess doesn't make it *not* engagement bait... are all conversation starters engagement bait? What I'm working on right now:

Screenshot of a Photoshop window showing a black drawing over a pink sketch, of an arm opening a filing box on a desk with partially drawn books also on the desk. Drawing by Jori Bolton.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Good luck on your endeavours, everyone!

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Every week I forget how to draw. How is it like that?

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Newish for Literary Review of Canada. New client for me—great to work with. Fun to work in black and white, too! Illustration for a book review of Gillian Deacon's "A Love Affair with the Unknown", written by Tara Henley. #illustration

Conceptual editorial illustration of a woman wearing a one-piece swimsuit, swim cap, and goggles, perched on the end of a diving board with hands together in an "about to dive" pose. Background is textured black. Illustration by Jori Bolton for the Literary Review of Canada.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Hope everyone's work is going well! I'm working on drawing some fit seniors for a health and fitness column. What are you working on?

Screenshot of a Photoshop window that shows an incomplete line drawing of a 55-75 yo woman from chest up who is wearing a fitness top, and partial crops of completed illustrations in the background showing elderly people exercising, one in a pool, and one standing up from sitting. Drawings by Jori Bolton for Renaissance Magazine, Entente Education Canada, and Hambly & Woolley.

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Diana Bolton | Illustrator @dianaebolton.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A couple illustrations for Edify Magazine, a column called LOVE Letters. The first was for a woman thanking a pharmaceutical company for bringing back her husband who fell into a mental break, and the second was of a comedian that found herself through the landscape of comedy. #illustration

Conceptual illustration of heart-shaped chocolate box filled with pills.

Conceptual illustration of comedian's microphone cord forming a heart-shape on stage.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A couple of spots for Barron's for a retirement column. #illustration

Conceptual editorial illustration of an elderly man sliding down the centre line of a percentage symbol. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Barron's.

Conceptual editorial illustration of a brown and orange bird sitting on a variety of eggs, a bouncy ball, and an apple, all in a nest. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Barron's.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The sheer number of things I have no idea how to paint/render/illustrate never ceases to amaze me.

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marina 🌊 lev-👁️-uh-thun @leviahthanart.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hey #PortfolioDay! I’m Marina and I’m a freelance fantasy illustrator ✨ My commissions for August-September are open! 📧 leviahthanart@gmail.com 🖼 cara.app/leviahthanart 📑 leviahthanartcomms.carrd.co 🪙 ko-fi.com/leviahthanart 🖨 inprnt.com/gallery/leviahthanart

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Alena Kubíková @ajinak.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hi #PortfolioDay, I'm Alena, a freelance illustrator from Prague, who loves painting things with character, capturing little story moments. I work mainly - but not only - in card/board games & book covers. Take a look at what I do at www.ajinak.cz 🎨

A digital painting of a sneaky red dragon inside a forest, moving on rocks above a stream, holding a bright red gemstone with its tail, just above the water, examining it. Bottom part of the image is submerged, showing other gems scattered on the stream floor.

Three bookmark illustrations side by side:

1. A dark-haired nobleman with a cane and a coat over shoulder stands on the ramparts, with a blue flag fluttering in the front and an evening sky in the back.

2. A reddish-brown-haired dragon rider sits on the ground with one leg up, with a red dragon wing over his head, while a little dragon sleeps in front of him, and two dragons fly in the sky in the back.

3. A black-haired sorceress with horns dressed in black dress casts green magic, flying, surrounded by floating leaves burning with green flames.

Four black-and-white digital paintings with visible lineart, each featuring an artifact: a babbling book in front of a mirror; a spear made of dark meteoric metal lying on cracked ground; a throne with a carving of an owl with light shining from a glass mozaic behind; a dark club with carvings set in a snowy landscape with a giant skeleton lying next to it.

A digital painting of a grey cat warlock standing ready in a misty, rocky landscape, holding a double-bladed topaz sword faintly glowing with magic. A giant rat skull rests on the rocks to the left, and a hissing rat appears on the right. A flock of birds flies in the background.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Happy #portfolioday! Hope you achieve all your artistic dreams. I'm Jori and I'm a Canadian illustrator. Here's some of my editorial work!

Conceptual editorial illustration by Jori Bolton for Harvard Medicine Magazine of a man in a trench coat on a dark blue background shining a flashlight on footprints that look like microbes.

Illustration of a woman wearing pink slacks and a white shirt, lifting one end of a mattress off of a bed and seeing stairs descending into darkness underneath. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Harvard Business Review.

Conceptual editorial illustration of a man holding flowers and wearing a suit while standing in a cemetery in front of a headstone. The headstone is casting a shadow in the shape of an urn. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Harvard Business Review.

Illustration of a high angle view of an F1 track, showing a man in a minivan attempting to merge with race cars. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Harvard Business Review.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Another little update for joribolton.com, with some work for Harvard Medicine, Harvard Business Review, and the Wall Street Journal. #illustration

Screenshot of joribolton.com, showing thumbnail previews of editorial illustrations on the left, and full size illustrations on the right, including a man shining a light on bacteria-shaped footprints, and someone mopping the colour off a multicoloured tile floor.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

To kick things off, here's the latest for Harvard Business Review, about a mattress company investigating health and safety violations from one of its suppliers. #illustration

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator @joribolton.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

To kick things off, here's the latest for Harvard Business Review, about a mattress company investigating health and safety violations from one of its suppliers. #illustration

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