Bee Johnson

Created for The Guardian Labs x Henkel for a guide to recycling plastics

Spot illustrations for Eplexity, a cloud storage company

Illustrations for Geneseo Scene, the alumni publication for SUNY Geneseo

How to Handle Wedding-Planning Disputes with Parents

A collection of illustrations for the New York Times Weddings section about compromises made between brides, grooms, and their parents

Solving the Cybersecurity Riddle

Created in collaboration with the Washington Post Brand Studio

The Do’s and Don’ts of In-Flight Grooming

For By The Way, the travel section of the Washington Post

Researching how patterns of tone and pitch may differ in people with autism

Illustrations for In These Times Magazine about Trump's plan to privatize infrastructure

Gifts Your Kids Will (Eventually) Appreciate More Than the Stuff They Asked For

The Challenges of Dating with Chronic Illness

Investing in a Cleaner Future

Created in collaboration with the Washington Post Brand Studio

A seasonal guide to handling winter's unwelcome houseguests

Technological Advances in Freight Transportation

When Disappointment Follows a Gender Reveal

An American Girl Doll resale boutique teaches young women with autism basic job skills

Leveraging Data Analytics to Make Better Business Decisions

Created in collaboration with the Washington Post Brand Studio

A Single Woman’s Guide to Buying Furniture

Concept work for the ridesharing app

Successful female entrepreneurs share the habits and rituals that helped them rise to the top

Created in collaboration with the Washington Post Brand Studio

Giving children freedom to decide how to spend their allowance money

Planning for the future, charitable donations, retiring wisely, and family finance

Handling the loss of a child on digital platforms

Annual winter book guide cover

New brain imaging techniques allow study participants to interact face-to-face

Creating a point system for household chores to incentivize spouses

Summer travel guide cover

Studying early brain enlargement and its ties to autism

Scanning youth populations for autism’s prevalence

Illustrations for Access, a health industry journal published by the National Healthcareer Alliance

Icons for a report on forced displacement and its impact on refugees around the world

Illustration for Runner's World Magazine about finding grace while running at a slower pace

The importance of sunscreen

Valentine's Day Cover

Setting social media boundaries with babysitters

Client: Washington Post / Local Living Section

Art Direction: Amanda Soto

Assets and icons for MIT's fundraising campaign

Created in collaboration with The Moth

Breaking free from "scholar speak" to make academic writing more accessible

Created in collaboration with the Office of Gilbert Li

Profile of rising tennis star Naomi Osaka

Client: Racquet Magazine

Art Direction: Larry Buchanan

A short explainer video I worked on with the fantastic team at Baker & Hill. The client was CGAP, the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, and the purpose of the video was help financial service providers better understand the ways in which the poor manage their money.

Agency: Baker & Hill

Client: CGAP

Animator: Casey Latiolais

Cover and interior spot  for The Washington Post's Local Living section. The story was about adults forced to split their time between caring for their young children and their aging parents. The interior spot illustrated one particular woman's experience bonding with her mother during chemotherapy sessions.

Client: The Washington Post

Art Director: Amanda Soto

How millions of kids are being shaped by know-it-all voice assistants

Client: Washington Post

Art Direction: Danielle Rindler

For an article in the the lifestyle section about patients benefitting from access to their doctor's notes

Client: The Boston Globe

Art Director: Jane Martin

Info poster for an annual round-up of research findings on mice

Client: Spectrum News

Art Direction: Rebecca Horne

Illustration for an interview with a research team who built a high-tech mouse cage designed to collect data without interrupting the daily lives of the mice.

Client: Spectrum News

Art Direction: Rebecca Horne

Cover for the Washington Post's Health & Science section. The focus was on seniors getting better with age.

Client: The Washington Post

Art Director: Elizabeth Hart

A collection of illustrations for Cooking Light's Healthy Habits section published 2013-2015. 

Cover illustration for The Washington Post's Local Living section. The story was about retirees reinventing themselves as volunteers.

Client: The Washington Post

Art Director: Amanda Soto

Pattern-based illustration for a story in the June issue of Fast Company about Bevel, a men's grooming brand.

Client: Fast Company

Art Direction: Julia Knetzer

Repetitive behaviors observed in autistic children

Editorial illustration for BUST Magazine's Feb/March 2016 issue. The AD requested a group portrait of Ida B. Wells, Storme DeLavarie, and Grace Jones. 

Client: BUST Magazine

Art Director: Meredith Felt

"White people invented the clothes, but we make an art of it." 

—Papa Wemba

A personal piece inspired by Brazzaville's Sapeurs 

Illustration for a short humor piece in Playboy warning men not to disclose too much about themselves on the first date.

Client: Playboy 

Art Director: Justin Long

Cover illustration for the Sunday Perspective section of the Tampa Bay Times for a syndicated New York Times article by Peggy Orenstein about how young American women have turned to pornography as a means of sex education.

Client: Tampa Bay Times

Art Director: Thomas Bassinger

For an op-ed by Steven Pinker on why free speech is fundamental

Client: The Boston Globe

Art Director: Heather Hopp-Bruce

Illustration for Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera about technology disrupting our sex lives

Client: Corriere della Sera

Agency: Illozoo

Portrait of Vogue's editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour

Personal work

Illustration for an end-of-year piece in Spectrum News challenging scientists to  boil down years of research into a single sentence.

Client: Spectrum News

Art Director: Ingrid Wickelgren

Portrait of Pablo Escobar

Personal work

Personal work

Illustration for the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative about how an overly narrow focus of attention can help a person with autism in an overstimulating environment

Client: SFARI.org

Art Director: Amedeo Tumolillo

Agency: Illozoo

Personal work

Illustration for an article in Spectrum News about how mice sing to attract mates. Republished alongside a 2015 Year in Review collection of favorite quotes. 

Client: Spectrum News

Art Director: Ingrid Wickelgren

 Illustration for an article in Spectrum News about repetitive behaviors in children with autism, such as twirling or hand flapping.

Client: Spectrum News

Art Director: Ingrid Wickelgren