by James Yang | Jun 25, 2013 | blog
I remember how the last year of college caused all kinds of anxiety. Most of it stemmed from knowing this would be the last time I was in a structured environment with a safety net. Ironically the first year after college was one of the funnest years in my young adult...
by James Yang | Jun 11, 2013 | blog
The Chronicle of Higher Education is one of my oldest clients. They first called the summer I graduated and we have been working together ever since. This illustration commissioned by Scott Seymour is for a column about the problems Asian Pacific Islanders have being...
by James Yang | Jun 4, 2013 | blog
One of my funner gigs is the Booming Blog for the New York Times. It’s a series of stories geared to the Baby Boomer generation. It is amazing how often I relate to the columns that are assignments. Ironically I relate more to the younger generation in this...
by James Yang | May 22, 2013 | blog
Got a note from my doctor that it’s time again for the annual checkup. This illustration for Healthleaders magazine is for an article about labor and management’s process in hammering out contracts. It also seems like an appropriate image for a yearly...
by James Yang | May 14, 2013 | blog
Many of my assignments recently have involved the brain. There seems to be rising interest in breaking it down to figure out why we react irrationally during times of stress or conflict. Turns out we can’t help ourselves and have to go against our nature to...