Sharp Conceptual Illustrations by Richard A. Chance

Brooklyn-based illustrator Richard A. Chance translates the pressures of modern professional life into offbeat, unsettling images, the kind that make an argument before you’ve finished looking at them.

Richard works primarily in editorial, with clients including Bloomberg Businessweek, The New Yorker and The New York Times. His work explores familiar social and psychological themes like workplace burnout, financial anxiety and the invisible friction of bureaucracy.

His characters are rendered with a gritty, tactile grain that grounds even the most surreal elements in something believable. The style sits somewhere between editorial cartoon and fine illustration, direct enough for a magazine spread, layered enough to hold your attention a little longer.

For more of Richard A. Chance’s work, check out his website.

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