Issue 34: I Spy by Featured Artist Jane Demarest
"Similar to how I feel, my characters do not have set gender expressions. Occasionally, I will use names or some kind of gender markers…"
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I Spy by Featured Artist Jane Demarest
I am an illustrator living in Philadelphia. Having grown up in New York City, I like to draw mazes of buildings, fire escapes, and busy streets. My stories and drawings have a root in Jewish humor: a bit of wordplay, irony, and a little self-deprecation. I draw characters that have woken up on the wrong side of the bed and just kind of stayed there.
My gender identity has also shaped the way I draw people. Similar to how I feel, my characters do not have set gender expressions. Occasionally, I will use names or some kind of gender markers, but there’s no sense of strict gender presentation. When I am not drawing plants and fields of flowers, I like to garden.
Jane Demarest is an illustrator, based in Philadelphia, PA. They studied Communications Design with a focus on Illustration at Pratt Institute. They are currently the In-House Illustrator at Off Assignment, creating editorial work for the column, Witching Hour. Some of Jane’s clients include Universal Music Group, McSweeney’s, Field Meridians, Courtney Barnett, Wilco, and Waxahatchee.
Issue 34 Highlights
The crack in my armor by Michael Nagle
dervish; wolf 3 | poem and artwork by Melissa Leto
Part 3: Nadine's Consensual Home Invasion by Swati Sudarsan photograph by Michel O’Hara
Fire by Jesse Sorrell | sculpture by Sorcha McNamara
This is a Blanket by Deborah Stein
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