Victo Ngai’s Butterfly Swarm for The New Yorker

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“This full page illustration is for the last New Yorker fiction “Mayfly” by Kevin Canty.
AD Jordan Awan suggested that we could focus the piece on the first paragraph of the story:”

“Driving across the Utah desert on I‐70, James hit a butterfly with his car. Then another. Then a shower of them, hitting the windshield like hail, wings trapped in the wipers, orange and black. The noise of them, muted but steady, woke Molly from her trance, and she looked out the windshield, at broken wings and yellow smears.” 

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4 Comments on “Victo Ngai’s Butterfly Swarm for The New Yorker”

  1. February 1, 2013 at 9:57 am #

    Mesmerizing!

  2. berthamakes
    February 1, 2013 at 1:51 pm #

    Reblogged this on Bertha's Blog.

  3. February 7, 2013 at 6:43 am #

    Really lovely work as usual!

  4. February 19, 2013 at 2:49 am #

    Reblogged this on Ink & Intuition.

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