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JAMES YAMASAKI
May 17, 2016

James Yamasaki's illustration for The Stranger, inspired by old Soviet propaganda posters, was so powerful, the magazine used for two articles.   (more)

May 10, 2016

James Yamasaki's cover illustration for Boys’ Life, the Boy Scouts of America magazine, featured the theme “Service”.  “It was a fun challenge to create a scene that incorporated all these different areas of a city with different activities,” James says. “I wanted to try to capture a sort of idyllic small town.” (more)

May 5, 2016

James Yamasaki's illustration for The Stranger accompanied an article about how the Federal government continues to prosecute and incarcerate pot growers, even though mainstream political figures like Hillary Clinton vocally support medical marijuana.   (more)

April 26, 2016

James Yamasaki created a super series of illustrations for “Stay Smart about Tobacco,” a middle-school educational campaign sponsored by Scholastic National Partnerships for CVS.  James’ poster and related illustrations proved both informative and graphically engaging. (more)

April 13, 2016

James Yamasaki used his signature dramatic “camera angle” to illustrate an article in The Stranger about the dinosaurs of old-school media fighting to the death for dominance of the San Francisco market share.   (more)

April 5, 2016

James Yamasaki's illustration for The Stranger accompanied a feature relating funny/embarrassing/inspiring bits about guest authors who visited for readings and lectures at a local writers' organization.  (more)

March 30, 2016

James Yamasaki's illustration accompanied an article in The Stranger about LGBT activists “outing” a fellow gay-rights blogger. (more)

March 22, 2016

James Yamasaki's illustration for The Stranger accompanied an article on the Pleasures and Perils of Chasing Book Thieves, written by a worker at a bookshop.  (more)

March 16, 2016

James Yamasaki's illustration for The Stranger references vintage children’s books to accompany the article, "Smart, Ambitious Women Discuss Why Smart, Ambitious Women Aren't Running for Local Office.” (more)

March 9, 2016

James Yamasaki creates an urgent sense of action and movement in this illustration for The Stranger that pokes a bit of fun at former Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn.  It seems Hizzoner is a big bike advocate and famously cycles everywhere… (more)

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