SELECT CLIENTS:

The New Yorker, ZEIT, Les Echos, The Telegraph, Vulture, The New York Times, Washington Post, Penguin Random House, Texas Monthly, Garden & Gun, Rolling Stone, The Observer, Alta Journal, AARP, The Stranger, Monocle

RECOGNITION:

Society of Illustrators 67

American Illustration 44 Chosen Winner

American Illustration 45 Selected Winner

World Illustration Awards 2026 Longlist - Editorial

James Yates is an award-winning illustrator and animator based in Brooklyn, NY. His work captures the humor and irony of modern life through gestural lines, bold color, and dry wit.

email: jamesyatesart@gmail.com

instagram: @james_w_yates