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Jori Bolton | Illustrator
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Editorial/corporate/book illustrator by day, gaming/fantasy/sci-fi/cyberpunk illustrator by night.
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Reposts appreciated 🍰

Starting November with emergency car expenses 🥲

If anyone's interested in character/critter art from me, please feel free to reach out via email or DM!

📧: aromie.kim@gmail.com
Comms: aromiekimart.carrd.co
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/aromiekimart
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A man dressed in a fancy embroidered vest, pants and cravat stands in the center. He has long russet hair tied in a tail. His arms and his torso are made of elaborate metal parts. To the left is a massive blue automaton with the face of a young boy. To the right is an automaton dressed like a dancer, its bottom half a massive ball like a metallic top. Black and white drawing of a Regenerador, an enemy monster from the Resident Evil 4 video game. A bulky, pale humanoid with a ghastly grinning face and long arms with tendrils coming out from the ends. Illustration of the Nue, a Japanese mythical chimera creature. A quadrupedal creature with the body of a tiger, head of a monkey and tail of a snake. An anthropomorphic otter, squirrel and mouse dressed in medieval-style clothing sit among rocks. Each one is checking a weapon - a javelin for the otter, a sling and stones for the squirrel, and a dagger for the mouse. Next to each one is a bowl of food: shrimps for the otter, nuts for the squirrel, and berries for the mouse.
November 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Trying to remake that great cup of coffee
Charlie from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia with a hand on a conspiracy board covered in pinned documents connected by red marker lines and gesturing towards another character. Charlie's eyes are wide and red. He looks crazy.
November 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The secondary illo for the HBR Performance Improvement Plans Case Study. I've never worked in a corporate environment, but those PIPs sound ✨uncomfortable✨.

#illustration
An illustration of a giant woman holding a giant magnifying glass and looking at a man working at a computer in a cubicle, who is shrinking away. Drawn by Jori Bolton for Harvard Business Review.
October 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Happy #PortfolioDay again! I'm also Jori, the fantasy/scifi/cyberpunk illustrator. Hoping to include more of the "fantasy" genre in this portfolio, but who has the time! Right now I do lots of work for Catalyst Game labs and the Shadowrun IP.

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Final cover art by Jori Bolton for the Shadowrun novella, The Mosaic Run, by Jennifer Brozek. The artwork shows two young women running down a narrow corridor in a server room while a security drone pursues and fires upon them. One woman aims a firearm at the drone. Illustration by Jori Bolton of a dwarf woman wearing a flowing red cap and firing a crossbow at a leaping vampire-like creature in a desert cave for the Shadowrun TTRPG book, Astral Ways. Illustration of a dwarf man and an ork woman in a dark, underground, abandoned subway station being used as a laboratory. The dwarf man grimaces and holds a hand up to glowing scratch marks on his face, while the ork woman in the background shines a flashlight at an apparently immobile rat monster held up by metal posts and connected to glowing orange tubes. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Catalyst Game Labs and the Shadowrun TTRPG. Cover art for Shadowrun: Margin Calls, a TTRPG gaming supplement from Catalyst Game Labs, with an illustration by Jori Bolton showing a young girl walking with a glowing purple/blue coyote and looking towards the background of the image where a massive, diamond-shaped sign has fallen from the top of a high-rise onto a parked delivery van, crushing the van's roof and part of the windshield. Police stand around while a forensic team examines the vehicle.
October 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Hey #PortfolioDay! I'm Jori, a Canadian illustrator, and I do conceptual editorial, fashion, lifestyle and corporate work.

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Editorial illustration by Jori Bolton of a man in a white shirt at a cubicle desk opening a briefcase to find a smaller briefcase inside. A pair of headphones is partially inside the smaller briefcase. Done for Harvard Business Review. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Renaissance Magazine showing three 50-70 year old people in a Pilates class with their hands behind their heads, stretching back. One female student is in a wheelchair, another female student is being helped by a female instructor who has her hands on the student's arms, and one male student is watching the instructor help the the other student. Illustration of a man standing atop a giant step-ladder in a maze by Jori Bolton for Harvard Business Review. Illustration by Jori Bolton showing three square video call feeds of people doing exercises. In the top left is a low angle shot of a woman with white hair in a living room, but most of the shot is taken up by a cat's face looking at the screen. Second from the left show's a man in a t-shirt, reaching one arm over to the side. Third from the left shows a woman in long sleeved active-wear reaching over to the side in a lunge, in front of a potted plant, a yoga ball, and a fitness riser, and then far right shows a woman in a wheel-chair also reaching over to the side. Illustrated for Renaissance Magazine from Entente Education Canada with design by Hambly & Woolley.
October 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Hi #PortfolioDay, I'm Alena, a freelance illustrator who loves painting things with character, capturing little story moments. Working mainly - but not only - in card/board games & book covers.

Take a look at what I do at www.ajinak.cz 🎨
A collage of digital paintings: A sneaky red dragon above a forest stream, examining a little garnet. Two trios of bookmark illustrations, one centering around scenes (viking/valkyrie/valhalla, dwarf and swords, innkeeper and his rat inside a tavern), the other around female characters (vampire ball, steampunk, dark fantasy and magic). A cat warlock with glowing dual-bladed sword in a dusk scene. Arthas as a puppet paladin held by a boy, with red rose petals swirling around. An albino murloc pirate strolling a sunny beach, grinning, holding a sabre and a bamboozled fish.
October 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Hey #portfolioday!!

I'm a digital artist who creates commissioned art for #startrek #fanfiction projects - Had some wonderful opportunities to help out some fantastic folk and love to help others with their projects - even happy to jump star franchises ;) Thanks so much!
October 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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New for Harvard Business Review "Case Study: Should a CHRO Abandon Performance Improvement Plans?"

It's about these PIPs, which if I'm understanding, are documents put together for struggling employees with goals/criteria/feedback which can be used to help or to provide paper trail for termination.
Illustration from a high angle point-of-view showing a man in a white button-up shirt and blue pants leaping through the second of five star-shaped hoops lined up between cubicles in an office-like environment. Illustration by Jori Bolton for Harvard Business Review.
October 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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New for WSJ! #illustration #art

Article here: www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
Two trees with birdhouses with a red bird flying in between. The birdhouse on the left tree is small with a peaked roof, and the bird house on the right is a seven storeys tall and structured like an office building. The small red bird flutters to toward the small, peak-roofed bird house on the left. Illustration by Jori Bolton for The Wall Street Journal.
October 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Notifications on LinkedIn feel like gaslighting.
September 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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This one's from last year, but I felt like a repost.

"How To Make Being Alone Work For You" for the Mr Porter Journal.

#illustration #art #editorialillustration
Illustration of a man in shorts and a t-shirt, wearing a large hiking backpack, and standing atop a graphic representation of a snowcapped mountaintop. Artwork by Jori Bolton for the Mr Porter Journal.
September 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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More hands for EQ Bank!

Original -> then two versions as used in different contexts on the site (or in the app, I don't know for sure).

#illustration #branding #art
Line drawing of two hands holding a smart phone. The screen is yellow with a white swish across the middle. Illustration by Jori Bolton for EQ Bank. Line drawing of two hands holding a smart phone. There is a purple checkmark on the screen and the EQ Bank yellow diamond-shape. Hand illustration by Jori Bolton and phone interface design by EQ Bank. Line drawing of two hands holding a smart phone. There is an EQ Bank yellow diamond-shape on the screen. Hands drawn by Jori Bolton and phone interface design and colour by EQ Bank.
September 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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More brand illos for EQ Bank. Hands!

Original -> In-context (with design done in-house by EQ Bank)
Line art illustration of a hand holding a phone near a pay terminal by Jori Bolton for EQ Bank. Line art illustration of a hand holding a phone near a pay terminal by Jori Bolton for EQ Bank.
September 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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More EQ Bank art! Some friends helping each other up a bar graph. First is original, second is in context. #illustration #branding
Line art illustration of two men helping each other up a bar graph. The higher man is dressed in a t-shirt, pants, and sneakers, and is reaching down to grasp the hand of the lower man, who is dressed in a long-sleeved shirt, pants, and hiking boots and is wearing a backpack. Drawing by Jori Bolton for EQ Bank.
September 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Taking a trip to the past building some MtG decks with friends from a random selection only Revised cards. My first cards were from Seventh Edition, so a long way after this, but I'm loving these exploring early cards. #magic #mtg
Photo showing two stacks of Magic: the Gathering Revised Edition cards on a desktop with Water Elemental and Lightning Bolt visible on top.
September 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Personal work

#art #illustration
An illustration showing a close up of a woman's face as she removes cracked, round-lensed glasses, revealing dark shadows where eyes would be. Small pinpricks of light sit at the centre of those shadows. Artwork by Jori Bolton.
August 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Personal work

#art #illustration
An illustration showing a close up of a woman's face as she removes cracked, round-lensed glasses, revealing dark shadows where eyes would be. Small pinpricks of light sit at the centre of those shadows. Artwork by Jori Bolton.
August 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Happy Birthday, Marina!
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Today is my 🥳✨birthday✨🥳

I would be eternally grateful if you could share my work ❤️

Who could’ve thought that at this point of my life I’d be able to do what I love best and have such amazing support 🥹❤️🙏
August 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Auctioning an acrylic painted artist proof to benefit the Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline. A little nod to my love for Baldur's Gate 1! The opening bid is a steal vs my usual rate for original commissioned AP painting.

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August 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Little website update! Freshening up that news roll with some not-quite-so-old-art.

joribolton.com

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Screenshot of joribolton.com, showing illustration by Jori Bolton, with thumbnails of illustrations on the left and featured recent illustrations on the right along with descriptions of the artwork. Top right shows four spot illustrations of people with giant props involved the manufacture of denim, which were drawn for Luca Faloni, and beneath that is an illustration of Bob Iger straining under the weight of a massive Mickey Mouse head, which was drawn for The Hollywood Reporter.
August 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Post an old illustration you still like 🌳
Digital Painting of a woman in a red hood with a basket of groceries, in the forest with a wolf silhouette in the back amongst the trees
August 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Friends helping each other up the graph for EQ Bank.

This was one of the last ones we did before we settled into the white/yellow/off-white scheme seen in the edited version.

First is the original, then the edit, then the piece in-context.

#illustration #branding
A woman with black, curly hair, who is wearing a t-shirt, exercise pants, and a backpack stands on a jagged, ascending line graph, and reaches down to help up a woman with shoulder-length blond hair in a hairband, who is wearing a striped t-shirt and shorts. Geometric clouds are in the background. Illustration by Jori Bolton for EQ Bank. A woman with black, curly hair, who is wearing a t-shirt, exercise pants, and a backpack stands on a jagged, ascending line graph, and reaches down to help up a man with short hair, a yellow hoodie, and black shorts. Geometric clouds are in the background. Illustration of figures by Jori Bolton for EQ Bank. Illustration of clouds by EQ Bank. A woman with black, curly hair, who is wearing a t-shirt, exercise pants, and a backpack stands on a jagged, ascending line graph, and reaches down to help up a man with short hair, a yellow hoodie, and black shorts. Clouds sit behind them on a backdrop of the yellow EQ diamond-shape. Illustration of figures by Jori Bolton for EQ Bank. Illustration of clouds and general design by EQ Bank.
August 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Ladder climbing folks for EQ Bank.

It was fun drawing different outfits for the figures in this series. My comfort zone for drawing clothes is a tucked-in button-up, black slacks, and Oxfords, so anything else is an adventure.

First is original, second is in context.

#illustration #branding
Line art illustration of a bar graph with a woman in a short-sleeve t-shirt and baggy striped pants standing on top of the tallest, right-most bar and holding a rope ladder which extends to the bottom of the graph, where a man in a t-shirt and shorts is starting to climb up. Drawing by Jori Bolton for EQ Bank. Line art illustration of a bar graph with a woman in a short-sleeve t-shirt and baggy striped pants standing on top of the tallest, right-most bar and holding a rope ladder which extends to the bottom of the graph, where a man in a t-shirt and shorts is starting to climb up. The beginning of two words starting with "Co" can be seen on the right-hand background. Figures drawn by Jori Bolton. Design by EQ Bank.
August 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Ladder climbing folks for EQ Bank.

It was fun drawing different outfits for the figures in this series. My comfort zone for drawing clothes is a tucked-in button-up, black slacks, and Oxfords, so anything else is an adventure.

First is original, second is in context.

#illustration #branding
Line art illustration of a bar graph with a woman in a short-sleeve t-shirt and baggy striped pants standing on top of the tallest, right-most bar and holding a rope ladder which extends to the bottom of the graph, where a man in a t-shirt and shorts is starting to climb up. Drawing by Jori Bolton for EQ Bank. Line art illustration of a bar graph with a woman in a short-sleeve t-shirt and baggy striped pants standing on top of the tallest, right-most bar and holding a rope ladder which extends to the bottom of the graph, where a man in a t-shirt and shorts is starting to climb up. The beginning of two words starting with "Co" can be seen on the right-hand background. Figures drawn by Jori Bolton. Design by EQ Bank.
August 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Fella on a phone for EQ Bank. Tap tap.

First is original. Second is in-context.

#illustration #branding
Line-art illustration of a man with a fade haircut, who is wearing a sweater, pants, and loafers, and is sitting on a cube while leaning forward and using his phone. Illustration by Jori Bolton for EQ Bank. Line-art illustration of a man with a fade haircut, who is wearing a sweater, pants, and loafers, and is sitting on a the EQ Bank yellow diamond logo-shape while leaning forward and using his phone. In the background is a graphic representation of a phone screen with the text "Elliot's EQ Card" and "$5,714" written underneath. At the top of the image is the numeral "4" in a yellow circle. Figure illustration by Jori Bolton. Design by EQ Bank.
August 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM