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Jack Smyth
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Photoshop is one hell of a drug.
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New illustration for the New Yorker, both online and in print.
Huge thanks to Art Director Supriya Kalidas.
October 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Reissue cover for Dave Randal's Sound System, out now on @plutopress.bsky.social

Art Direction by Melanie Patrick.
August 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Cover for Swallows by Natsuo Kirino, out now on Canongate.

Art Director: Rafi Romaya
August 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Illustration for Adam Gopnik's piece 'Was the Renaissance Real?' in The New Yorker this week.

Huge thanks to Art Director Supriya Kalidas.
July 31, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Cover design for Harbour Doubts by Bebe Ashley, publishing today via @bansheepress.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Cover for Monaghan (mo-na-han for the non-Gaels out there) by Timothy O'Grady, out today.

The second image shows some process work, where I made some ink prints with a roller from a cutout of my brother's silhouette from a photograph.
June 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Cover Design for The Slip, by Lucas Schaefer.
Published today by Simon & Schuster.

Art Direction by Jackie Seow.
June 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
llustration for Katy Waldman's article on Colum McCann's new book Twist for The New Yorker.

Art Direction by Supriya Kalidas.

@newyorker.com
May 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Illustration for The New Yorker article 'How to Survive the A.I. Revolution' by John Cassidy. Online now and in this week's print issue.

Art Direction by Nicholas Blechman.
@newyorker.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Cover design for On The Clock by Claire Baglin, translated by Jordan Stump, being published tomorrow by @dauntbookspub.bsky.social

Huge thanks to @marigoldatkey.bsky.social for championing this design from the start!
March 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Cover design for Luminous by Silvia Park, out today via Oneworld.

Art direction by Ben Summers.
March 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Cover design for The Lonely Voice by Frank O'Connor, which is being published tomorrow by @lilliputpress.bsky.social

Huge thanks to Stephen Reid for working with me on this.
February 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Cover design for The Boyhood of Cain by Michael Amherst, published today by @faberbooks.bsky.social

Photograph by Kirsten McKee

Art Direction by Pete Adlington
February 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Cover for Tenterhooks by Claire-Lise Kieffer.
Out now, published by Banshee Press.

Type by @commercialtype.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Some alternate-timeline Sherlocks for @theatlantic.com
Art Direction by Ben Kothe.
January 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
New work for Politico Europe print edition:
'World War III has already started. In Ukraine.'

Art Direction by Arnau Busquets
December 13, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Poster for Weak Chunks' gig in Dublin in March 2025.
December 10, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Illustration for David Sedaris' piece 'A long Way Home' in the New Yorker this week.

Thanks to Art Director Supriya Kalidas!
November 20, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Illustration for the New York Times Book Review of 'Correction' by Ben Austen.
Review by John J. Lennon.
Art Direction by Matt Dorfman
November 8, 2023 at 8:28 AM
November 3, 2023 at 5:05 PM