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Jori Bolton | Illustrator

@joribolton.bsky.social

Editorial/corporate/book illustrator by day, gaming/fantasy/sci-fi/cyberpunk illustrator by night.

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Jori Bolton | Illustrator@joribolton.bsky.social · 4w ago

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.
Jori Bolton | Illustrator@joribolton.bsky.social · 4w ago

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.
Jori Bolton | Illustrator@joribolton.bsky.social · last mo.

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.
Jori Bolton | Illustrator@joribolton.bsky.social · last mo.

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.
Jori Bolton | Illustrator@joribolton.bsky.social · last mo.

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.
Jori Bolton | Illustrator@joribolton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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.
Aromie Kim ~Commissions open~@aromiekim.bsky.social · 2mo ago

All of them, really, but I'll give a special shoutout to this one since it's in front of me rn. I got this book with a note from my lovely 1st grade teacher. The book stuck with me, especially now that I do art. I couldn't find the one she gave me, so a few months ago I bought a new copy online.

Jori Bolton | Illustrator@joribolton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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.
Jori Bolton | Illustrator@joribolton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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