I draw, design and sometimes art direct things. In-between Toronto and NY these days. Proud alum of Alberta College of Art + Design. Say howdy and let's make some beautiful stuff together!

hello (at) laurentamaki (dot) com / Please email me directly for editorial or advertising inquires!

Literary Representation: Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency / Salky Literary Management - Please email Jesseca Salky <jsalky@salkylitmgmt.com>

Selected Clients

The New York Times
Penguin UK
New York Magazine
Bloomberg Businessweek
San Francisco Magazine
The Wall Street Journal
Harper's Bazaar Germany
Women's Wear Daily
Lucky Peach
GQ Magazine
GQ Germany
GOOD Magazine
Food & Wine Magazine
The Walrus
PLANSPONSOR
Bust Magazine
O Magazine
Esquire.com
Martha Stewart Living
Saveur Magazine
Lenny Letter
Brides Magazine
Buzzfeed
The Washington Post

The New Yorker
Pentagram
Apple
Google
Red Antler
Wunderman
AIGA
Wildsam Field Guides
Nickelodeon
Stubhub
Tumblr
CBC
Rockefeller Center
Bumble and bumble.
Ann Taylor
National Geographic
Into The Gloss
Creed Fragrances
Tommy Hilfiger
Armani Exchange
Loeffler Randell
Cole Haan
Gilt Group
Bobbi Brown
 

Book Learning + Real Jobs

X University (Formally known as Ryerson University) (Bachelor of Design w/ Distinction)
Alberta College of Art + Design (Bachelor of Design w/ Distinction)

Bumble and bumble. / Graphic Design, Illustration, Art Direction, Product Design
Arch & Loop / Web Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Art Direction
Kate Spade Saturday / Photography Art Direction 

School of Visual Arts / Instructor (2019-2020)

Bragging

2023 Robert F. Sibert Medal for Seen and Unseen
The BolognaRagazzi Award for the 2023 Special Category of PHOTOGRAPHY for Seen and Unseen
Chair for Society of Illustrators 62
Panelist at Talking Pictures: The Visual Book Now Symposium
Gold Medal / The 2018 National Magazine Awards
Society of Illustrators 64
Society of Illustrators 60
Society of Illustrators 59
American Illustration 42
American Illustration 41
American Illustration 40
American Illustration 39
American Illustration 38
American Illustration 37
American Illustration 36
American Illustration 35
American Illustration 34
American Illustration 32
American Illustration 31
Silver Medal in the 32nd Society for News Design Competition

Interviews and People Saying Nice Things

Lurking on the Internet

Saint Keanu&rsquo;s bday was Sept 2, an auspicious sign for yesterday, which was a personal doozy! I needed all the help I could get 🙏🏼 - Originally for @entertainmentweekly a few years back / AD was the wonderful @fstafford ❤️
Looking at People Looking at Art 👀 My first in a series of back pages for @afarmedia ❤️ I&rsquo;m thankful to Sarika and Supriya for pushing me to write more! After my camping story they were wondering what else was rattling around in my brain. Stay
Some unused sketches for the World Wildlife Magazine story (see previous post for the final)!
New one for World Wildlife Magazine! The author wrote the sweetest piece about her fond memories of red-spotted newts, which are the best newts, I reckon. - Thanks to AD Carla!!! @page33.studio
The F train a couple weeks ago - Ink and pen
An old sketchbook painting, still applicable 🥵 🔥 - Acrylic ink
Train dawg - Ink
The glorious remastered Criterion edition of 'Summertime' is officially out! I love that AD Eric Skillman lets me run wild with all the details: this is the image that goes under the disc/is the flip side of the outer wrap. The Piazza San Marco is
I was delighted to collaborate with AD Kristina at @audubonsociety on this feature about renaming birds. More than 100 North American birds carry the names of people, some of whom were enslavers, supremacists or grave robbers. I wanted a forward mom
Old sketch - Pencil, Ink, Pen - #lmtsketchbook
SEEN AND UNSEEN: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration - Photographer Dorothea Lange was hired by the War Relocation Authority (WRA) to document how Japanese Americans were
SEEN AND UNSEEN: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration ⚪️PROCESS - &quot;Up and down the West Coast, leaders of the Japanese American community were rounded up and taken awa
SEEN AND UNSEEN: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake and Ansel Adams&rsquo;s Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarcertion (@chroniclebooks, Oct 25, 2022) ⚫️ - I&rsquo;m at ALA (booth 1413) this weekend with SEEN AND UNSEEN, my labour of
More &ldquo;Summertime&rdquo; tests because it&rsquo;s almost summertime, dammit! - Yet even more sketches for @criterioncollection&rsquo;s July release of David Lean&rsquo;s &ldquo;Summertime&rdquo; 🌞 If you wanna see the final cover, go back a few
Unused portrait of David Hockney, one of my faves! - 2B Pencil
Giancarlo Esposito&rsquo;s Dream Dinner Party for @bonappetitmag 🌹 Featuring Sidney Poitier, Shirley MacLaine and Hedy Lamarr - Thanks as always, lovely Julia!
More kids in trees from the sketchbook&hellip; this one has a bit of an ominous vibe! - #ink #lmtsketchbook
A beloved sketchbook page of mine is up on the 'Sketchbook' section of @airmailweekly! I've always loved this aspect of Air Mail and I cannot BELIEVE I'm on the same page as these artists!!! Thank you for your support of my work, Brendan!
The Muscogee Nation poet Joy Harjo for Brick Literary Magazine. An American Sunrise BY JOY HARJO We were running out of breath, as we ran out to meet ourselves. We Were surfacing the edge of our ancestors&rsquo; fights, and ready to Strike. It was
Sneak peek ✨ Also only drawing portraits of birds now thnx! - #ink #acrylicink