San Francisco-based illustrator Mark Ulriksen has been creating editorial illustrations since the mid 90s and is most known for his work with the The New Yorker. His latest cover for the magazine is for this week’s issue, titled Streetball. “Basketball players are tall and lean, like the buildings in Manhattan, and New York is famous for basketball games in pickup playground,” he tells the New Yorker. “But, also, I really like images of people suspended in air.”
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