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When the arts and culture magazine, The New Yorker, was launched in 1925 the cover featured a drawing by the magazine’s first art editor, Rea Irvin. The drawing of a monocle-wearing dandy named Eustace Tilley became the face of the magazine. Each week since, The New Yorker has had a different illustration and in combination with its well recognised Art Deco font has managed to establish a very distinctive look for the publication.
Some eighty four years later, the June 1, 2009 illustration was created by artist Jorge Colombo. Colombo says he was able to create the cover illustration in just one hour, but what makes the illustration worth talking about is that he created it on his iPhone using a new app called brushes.
What a wonderful way for Apple to launch it’s application and get all the folk in the big apple and beyond talking about its possibilities. Colombo, the artist, says one of the benefits was being able to draw in the dark without using a flashlight. Hence, his illustration of a night scene of a 42nd Street hot dog stand. Mustard with that anyone?
